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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5897 
The first take on the new room. 5891 
New Room, a first shot. 5890 
Wonderful 5890 
Adopted 5889 
The first relaxed night with the room 5887 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5886 
The listening room is ready. 5885 
New Room, a First Shot 5883 
Continue to work with the room 5883 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5883 
Room 5882 
I think it will take another month. 5882 
The Buttressing 5882 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5881 
The new place and the new noises. 5881 
Big listening room 5880 
Screw the "big" rooms 5880 
Big listening rooms 5880 
First reflection points 5879 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5879 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5876 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5875 
Squeezing the floor 5875 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5875 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5875 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5874 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5874 
The new room, the very first listening. 5874 
The 14.5 foot. 5873 
Again… 5872 
Romy's new Playground 5872 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5872 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5872 
For the uninitiated ... 5871 
NH guy 5871 
Room 5871 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5870 
The first base is done 5870 
Reentry time alignment. 5869 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5868 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5868 
Mid bass horn. 5868 
Guess is only a guess… 5868 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5868 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5867 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5867 
Diffusors 5867 
Diffuse injection 5867 
Let analyse why it so 5867 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5867 
Wheel and Deal 5867 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5867 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5867 
I Must Be Missing Something 5867 
I put sliders under my speakers 5866 
ROOM 5865 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5865 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5865 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5865 
No concerns 5865 
Speakers and room 5865 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5864 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5864 
Diaphram 5864 
Phram 5864 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5864 
Perfect piston 5864 
Decorater 5863 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5863 
New morning 5862 
The first take on the room with RTA 5861 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5861 
Axiomatic 5861 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5860 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5860 
The size of the bass. 5860 
Bass Factory 5860 
Crude Level, or something more? 5860 
I will play with it this week…. 5860 
Rent-A 5860 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5860 
Corner horns 5860 
Cheating from below 5860 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5860 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5859 
A possibly overly simplified view 5859 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5859 
Iceberg 5859 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5859 
Why not horn 5859 
A correction…. 5859 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5859 
They are just not related things at all. 5859 
Fertin 5857 
Low resonance is good... 5857 
Et tu, Brute? 5856 
The Room response at LF 5855 
Life On The Ground Floor 5855 
Bass arrays 5855 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5855 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5855 
The super sucks. 5855 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5855 
You may also try 5854 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5854 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5854 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5854 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5854 
60 Hz Resonance 5854 
No notching… so far. 5854 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5853 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5853 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5853 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5853 
Power to the People 5853 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5853 
Aura 5853 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5853 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5853 
All class D is the same 5853 
Interpreting the LF results. 5852 
The Halibut 5852 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5852 
The Big Picture 5852 
Power & ULF channels 5852 
The big picture indeed. 5852 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5852 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5852 
The Power and the Glory 5851 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5851 
I guess I did not get this memo 5851 
French LF drivers 5851 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5851 
(another) French LF approach 5850 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5850 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5850 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5850 
Limpschtick 5850 
Symmetry 5850 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5849 
Room correction 5849 
It migh be more complicated. 5849 
Bass EQ ? 5849 
Agree and not. 5849 
Two "diseases" 5849 
Parametric filters 5849 
Ceiling arrays 5849 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5849 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5849 
The Middle of the Room. 5849 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5849 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5849 
Stop! 5849 
Appendectomy 5849 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5848 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5848 
No Isolation 5848 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5845 
Potential contenders? 5844 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5844 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5844 
Those Crazy Canucks 5840 
Mo' Better Bass 5834 
Bird in the Hand? 5834 
A wet listening spot? 5827 
Storm 5824 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5824 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5810 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5780 
Polar Opposite ULF 5779 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5767 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5765 
Differently but the same. 5764 
PVC 5763 
The sail test try. 5763 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5763 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5763 
Trial 5762 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5762 
Some explanations 5762 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5761 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5760 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5759 
Acrylate 5758 
Magic blanket 5758 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5757 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5757 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5757 
I have a few options. 5757 
Foam color 5757 
Strange things with upperbass 5757 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5756 
Teatro reform. . . 5756 
The foaming room dilemma. 5755 
Melamine Foam 5755 
Foaming up the cat house 5755 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5755 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5755 
Acoustic revisions… 5754 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5751 
Surprises so far in the new room 5750 
The upperbass in the new room. 5750 
Slight change of hart. 5749 
Camco supply of Boston 5747 
Room acoustics 5747 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5706 
I need to kill dust first. 5706 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5704 
To feed the leeches? 5704 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5703 
Yh 5703 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5703 
DPOLs? 5703 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5703 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5700 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5700 
A HalfPipe solution? 5700 
I absolutely love it. 5700 
Piper work 5699 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5699 
Absorption 5699 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5698 
Cats life ? 5698 
Call me Pussy. 5698 
More about traps 5698 
Acoustic impedance? 5698 
You maybe right 5698 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5698 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5697 
Heavy Curtain 5697 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5696 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5696 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5696 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5693 
Fix speaker move chair? 5692 
Back and forth ceremony 5692 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5691 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5690 
Glass windows 5689 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5688 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5687 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5685 
How to use basement jacks? 5685 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5685 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5685 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5684 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5684 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5683 
Sore eyes... 5682 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5682 
The harvesting week! 5680 
I need an inspiration… 5679 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5678 
Like this? 5678 
Dramatically randomize MF 5678 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5677 
The room eats dynamic 5677 
Diffusers 5677 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5676 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5661 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5660 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5660 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5660 
About Width-Importance balance. 5658 
Letting the music scale up 5657 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5657 
To finish my house décor… 5653 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5652 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5651 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5651 
Calling the gods of music 5651 
Absolutely 5651 
Phase manipulation 5651 
No relation. 5651 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5651 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5651 
Dynamical mismatch 5650 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5650 
Stradiwinerius? 5647 
Dealing with the glass. 5646 
Boston 5646 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5646 
Added mass 5646 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5646 
It is about moderation…. 5646 
To hell with the wine... 5646 
Also for other surafaces 5645 
LEAD 5645 
LEAD & GLASS 5645 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5645 
Read carefully 5645 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5645 
Crooks and morons 5645 
Magiscopios 5644 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5624 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5624 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5623 
The LP setup in the new home. 5572 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5567 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5567 
Pianochord will do! 5567 
Spanyi heaven 5567 
I see no conflict at all. 5567 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5567 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5567 
A year after closing 5559 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5559 
Traveling antimatter 5552 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5546 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5545 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5519 
Cast Iron fireplace 5518 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5518 
The hardcore way 5518 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5482 
This is How It's Done 5481 
Listening room during summer. 5469 
What about those... 5468 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5468 
Reducing A/C Noise 5468 
HVAC the Cat 5468 
Big Ass fan 5467 
Variac dimmers 5467 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5467 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5467 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5399 
Some winter observations. 5290 
That Asian man…. 5259 
The Franz Schubert morning 5233 
Spring.... 5182 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5132 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5103 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5103 
Just good photography? 5103 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5103 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5103 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5102 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5102 
Sports car 5102 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5102 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5102 
Train Positioning 5102 
Kind of what I want 5102 
The lap listening… 5102 
Family Room 5102 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5099 
A super audio room. 5095 
Time Warp! 5095 
A piano in a listening room 5074 
Pianissimo 5074 
The plan in blue. 5074 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5074 
My doubts 5074 
It is exactly what I worry. 5073 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5073 
Musicians at home 5073 
Piano Measurements 5072 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5067 
The next step. 5053 
Midbass horns missing?? 5052 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5042 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5042 
Baby Grand 5041 
Wood floor 5041 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5041 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5041 
Amy’s baby. 5039 
Improvement 5039 
Agree with Scott 5039 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5027 
Integrated casters 5027 
Very nice, thanks. 5027 
Customization 5027 
Sliders 5027 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5020 
Congratulations 5020 
Holes in the floor... 5020 
Tubes and kids 5020 
Sweet spot enlargement 5020 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5018 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5017 
Wood Floors and Water 5017 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5012 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5011 
WAF is for Losers 5011 
WAF: it depends. 5011 
Integration 5010 
Here and there. 5010 
Life after WWIII 5010 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5010 
Cables management. 5008 
Featurizing 5008 
Kids and tubes cont. 5005 
Kid magnet 5005 
Kids and audio 5004 
Radars 5004 
Wow, what the days! 5000 
The comming weekend 4996 
It all was worth it! 4993 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4988 
Here is how it is look. 4988 
Resolving the carpet issue 4988 
Bonfire 4988 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4988 
Proof of concept? 4988 
Geometry 4988 
A view from listening position. 4988 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4988 
Some feedback 4988 
Evening 4988 
I wonder why. 4987 
Rugs and things 4987 
In defense… 4987 
I can’t get it. 4984 
Haze. 4983 
Front wall 4983 
It is very possible. 4983 
It is nice to be back. 4980 
My comfy corner. 4977 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4617 
WMD in house. 4439 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4342 
The third listening spot. 4321 
For sure a very different experience. 4283 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4278 
It's Jfretch's system. 4278 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4277 
Domestic games 4231 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4092 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4092 
Dynamic screening 4092 
Actually this is very good idea! 4092 
Volcanic fabric 4092 
I should have done this. 4090 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4086 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4055 
No worries 4055 
Awesome memories 4055 
Optimization of space 4055 
Child-ish considerations 4052 
Finding peace.... 4046 
"Fencing"? 4045 
I need to build something custom 4045 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4045 
Stressed Skin 4045 
NYC elevators 4045 
Kids toys and quantities. 4045 
Everything is completely reversible 4044 
Racks and things 4044 
Now it looks even more promising! 4044 
Quantity of rods 4044 
Avoiding diagonals 4042 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4041 
That's not fair! 4041 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4041 
Discrimination? 4036 
Vertical configuration 4029 
Impresive ! 3958 
Did you read the site? 3958 
Contact 3958 
Company's name is Rixrax 3958 
Stand 3957 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3913 
End of life headphone system 3913 
Something like this? 3913 
The "Second Living Room" 3913 
Mixing urban & suburban 3913 
Late night listening 3913 
Moving life... 3911 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3911 
A true listening room. 3887 
It started… 3872 
Levels of Interest 3872 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3872 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3872 
I can't not to post it.... 3872 
Do not leave him unattended. 3872 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3872 
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