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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5852 
The first take on the new room. 5846 
New Room, a first shot. 5845 
Wonderful 5845 
Adopted 5844 
The first relaxed night with the room 5842 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5841 
The listening room is ready. 5840 
New Room, a First Shot 5838 
Continue to work with the room 5838 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5838 
Room 5837 
I think it will take another month. 5837 
The Buttressing 5837 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5836 
The new place and the new noises. 5836 
Big listening room 5835 
Screw the "big" rooms 5835 
Big listening rooms 5835 
First reflection points 5834 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5834 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5831 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5830 
Squeezing the floor 5830 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5830 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5830 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5829 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5829 
The new room, the very first listening. 5829 
The 14.5 foot. 5828 
Again… 5827 
Romy's new Playground 5827 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5827 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5827 
For the uninitiated ... 5826 
NH guy 5826 
Room 5826 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5825 
The first base is done 5825 
Reentry time alignment. 5824 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5823 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5823 
Mid bass horn. 5823 
Guess is only a guess… 5823 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5823 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5822 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5822 
Diffusors 5822 
Diffuse injection 5822 
Let analyse why it so 5822 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5822 
Wheel and Deal 5822 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5822 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5822 
I Must Be Missing Something 5822 
I put sliders under my speakers 5821 
ROOM 5820 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5820 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5820 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5820 
No concerns 5820 
Speakers and room 5820 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5819 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5819 
Diaphram 5819 
Phram 5819 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5819 
Perfect piston 5819 
Decorater 5818 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5818 
New morning 5817 
The first take on the room with RTA 5816 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5816 
Axiomatic 5816 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5815 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5815 
The size of the bass. 5815 
Bass Factory 5815 
Crude Level, or something more? 5815 
I will play with it this week…. 5815 
Rent-A 5815 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5815 
Corner horns 5815 
Cheating from below 5815 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5815 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5814 
A possibly overly simplified view 5814 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5814 
Iceberg 5814 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5814 
Why not horn 5814 
A correction…. 5814 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5814 
They are just not related things at all. 5814 
Fertin 5812 
Low resonance is good... 5812 
Et tu, Brute? 5811 
The Room response at LF 5810 
Life On The Ground Floor 5810 
Bass arrays 5810 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5810 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5810 
The super sucks. 5810 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5810 
You may also try 5809 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5809 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5809 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5809 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5809 
60 Hz Resonance 5809 
No notching… so far. 5809 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5808 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5808 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5808 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5808 
Power to the People 5808 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5808 
Aura 5808 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5808 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5808 
All class D is the same 5808 
Interpreting the LF results. 5807 
The Halibut 5807 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5807 
The Big Picture 5807 
Power & ULF channels 5807 
The big picture indeed. 5807 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5807 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5807 
The Power and the Glory 5806 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5806 
I guess I did not get this memo 5806 
French LF drivers 5806 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5806 
(another) French LF approach 5805 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5805 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5805 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5805 
Limpschtick 5805 
Symmetry 5805 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5804 
Room correction 5804 
It migh be more complicated. 5804 
Bass EQ ? 5804 
Agree and not. 5804 
Two "diseases" 5804 
Parametric filters 5804 
Ceiling arrays 5804 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5804 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5804 
The Middle of the Room. 5804 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5804 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5804 
Stop! 5804 
Appendectomy 5804 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5803 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5803 
No Isolation 5803 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5800 
Potential contenders? 5799 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5799 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5799 
Those Crazy Canucks 5795 
Mo' Better Bass 5789 
Bird in the Hand? 5789 
A wet listening spot? 5782 
Storm 5779 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5779 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5765 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5735 
Polar Opposite ULF 5734 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5722 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5720 
Differently but the same. 5719 
PVC 5718 
The sail test try. 5718 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5718 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5718 
Trial 5717 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5717 
Some explanations 5717 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5716 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5715 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5714 
Acrylate 5713 
Magic blanket 5713 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5712 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5712 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5712 
I have a few options. 5712 
Foam color 5712 
Strange things with upperbass 5712 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5711 
Teatro reform. . . 5711 
The foaming room dilemma. 5710 
Melamine Foam 5710 
Foaming up the cat house 5710 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5710 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5710 
Acoustic revisions… 5709 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5706 
Surprises so far in the new room 5705 
The upperbass in the new room. 5705 
Slight change of hart. 5704 
Camco supply of Boston 5702 
Room acoustics 5702 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5661 
I need to kill dust first. 5661 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5659 
To feed the leeches? 5659 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5658 
Yh 5658 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5658 
DPOLs? 5658 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5658 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5655 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5655 
A HalfPipe solution? 5655 
I absolutely love it. 5655 
Piper work 5654 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5654 
Absorption 5654 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5653 
Cats life ? 5653 
Call me Pussy. 5653 
More about traps 5653 
Acoustic impedance? 5653 
You maybe right 5653 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5653 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5652 
Heavy Curtain 5652 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5651 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5651 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5651 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5648 
Fix speaker move chair? 5647 
Back and forth ceremony 5647 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5646 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5645 
Glass windows 5644 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5643 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5642 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5640 
How to use basement jacks? 5640 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5640 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5640 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5639 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5639 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5638 
Sore eyes... 5637 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5637 
The harvesting week! 5635 
I need an inspiration… 5634 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5633 
Like this? 5633 
Dramatically randomize MF 5633 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5632 
The room eats dynamic 5632 
Diffusers 5632 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5631 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5616 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5615 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5615 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5615 
About Width-Importance balance. 5613 
Letting the music scale up 5612 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5612 
To finish my house décor… 5608 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5607 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5606 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5606 
Calling the gods of music 5606 
Absolutely 5606 
Phase manipulation 5606 
No relation. 5606 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5606 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5606 
Dynamical mismatch 5605 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5605 
Stradiwinerius? 5602 
Dealing with the glass. 5601 
Boston 5601 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5601 
Added mass 5601 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5601 
It is about moderation…. 5601 
To hell with the wine... 5601 
Also for other surafaces 5600 
LEAD 5600 
LEAD & GLASS 5600 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5600 
Read carefully 5600 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5600 
Crooks and morons 5600 
Magiscopios 5599 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5579 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5579 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5578 
The LP setup in the new home. 5527 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5522 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5522 
Pianochord will do! 5522 
Spanyi heaven 5522 
I see no conflict at all. 5522 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5522 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5522 
A year after closing 5514 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5514 
Traveling antimatter 5507 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5501 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5500 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5474 
Cast Iron fireplace 5473 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5473 
The hardcore way 5473 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5437 
This is How It's Done 5436 
Listening room during summer. 5424 
What about those... 5423 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5423 
Reducing A/C Noise 5423 
HVAC the Cat 5423 
Big Ass fan 5422 
Variac dimmers 5422 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5422 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5422 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5354 
Some winter observations. 5245 
That Asian man…. 5214 
The Franz Schubert morning 5188 
Spring.... 5137 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5087 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5058 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5058 
Just good photography? 5058 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5058 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5058 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5057 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5057 
Sports car 5057 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5057 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5057 
Train Positioning 5057 
Kind of what I want 5057 
The lap listening… 5057 
Family Room 5057 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5054 
A super audio room. 5050 
Time Warp! 5050 
A piano in a listening room 5029 
Pianissimo 5029 
The plan in blue. 5029 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5029 
My doubts 5029 
It is exactly what I worry. 5028 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5028 
Musicians at home 5028 
Piano Measurements 5027 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5022 
The next step. 5008 
Midbass horns missing?? 5007 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4997 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4997 
Baby Grand 4996 
Wood floor 4996 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4996 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4996 
Amy’s baby. 4994 
Improvement 4994 
Agree with Scott 4994 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4982 
Integrated casters 4982 
Very nice, thanks. 4982 
Customization 4982 
Sliders 4982 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4975 
Congratulations 4975 
Holes in the floor... 4975 
Tubes and kids 4975 
Sweet spot enlargement 4975 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4973 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4972 
Wood Floors and Water 4972 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4967 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4966 
WAF is for Losers 4966 
WAF: it depends. 4966 
Integration 4965 
Here and there. 4965 
Life after WWIII 4965 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4965 
Cables management. 4963 
Featurizing 4963 
Kids and tubes cont. 4960 
Kid magnet 4960 
Kids and audio 4959 
Radars 4959 
Wow, what the days! 4955 
The comming weekend 4951 
It all was worth it! 4948 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4943 
Here is how it is look. 4943 
Resolving the carpet issue 4943 
Bonfire 4943 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4943 
Proof of concept? 4943 
Geometry 4943 
A view from listening position. 4943 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4943 
Some feedback 4943 
Evening 4943 
I wonder why. 4942 
Rugs and things 4942 
In defense… 4942 
I can’t get it. 4939 
Haze. 4938 
Front wall 4938 
It is very possible. 4938 
It is nice to be back. 4935 
My comfy corner. 4932 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4572 
WMD in house. 4394 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4297 
The third listening spot. 4276 
For sure a very different experience. 4238 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4233 
It's Jfretch's system. 4233 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4232 
Domestic games 4186 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4047 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4047 
Dynamic screening 4047 
Actually this is very good idea! 4047 
Volcanic fabric 4047 
I should have done this. 4045 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4041 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4010 
No worries 4010 
Awesome memories 4010 
Optimization of space 4010 
Child-ish considerations 4007 
Finding peace.... 4001 
"Fencing"? 4000 
I need to build something custom 4000 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4000 
Stressed Skin 4000 
NYC elevators 4000 
Kids toys and quantities. 4000 
Everything is completely reversible 3999 
Racks and things 3999 
Now it looks even more promising! 3999 
Quantity of rods 3999 
Avoiding diagonals 3997 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3996 
That's not fair! 3996 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3996 
Discrimination? 3991 
Vertical configuration 3984 
Impresive ! 3913 
Did you read the site? 3913 
Contact 3913 
Company's name is Rixrax 3913 
Stand 3912 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3868 
End of life headphone system 3868 
Something like this? 3868 
The "Second Living Room" 3868 
Mixing urban & suburban 3868 
Late night listening 3868 
Moving life... 3866 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3866 
A true listening room. 3842 
It started… 3827 
Levels of Interest 3827 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3827 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3827 
I can't not to post it.... 3827 
Do not leave him unattended. 3827 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3827 
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