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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5916 
The first take on the new room. 5910 
New Room, a first shot. 5909 
Wonderful 5909 
Adopted 5908 
The first relaxed night with the room 5906 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5905 
The listening room is ready. 5904 
New Room, a First Shot 5902 
Continue to work with the room 5902 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5902 
Room 5901 
I think it will take another month. 5901 
The Buttressing 5901 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5900 
The new place and the new noises. 5900 
Big listening room 5899 
Screw the "big" rooms 5899 
Big listening rooms 5899 
First reflection points 5898 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5898 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5895 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5894 
Squeezing the floor 5894 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5894 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5894 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5893 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5893 
The new room, the very first listening. 5893 
The 14.5 foot. 5892 
Again… 5891 
Romy's new Playground 5891 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5891 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5891 
For the uninitiated ... 5890 
NH guy 5890 
Room 5890 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5889 
The first base is done 5889 
Reentry time alignment. 5888 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5887 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5887 
Mid bass horn. 5887 
Guess is only a guess… 5887 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5887 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5886 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5886 
Diffusors 5886 
Diffuse injection 5886 
Let analyse why it so 5886 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5886 
Wheel and Deal 5886 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5886 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5886 
I Must Be Missing Something 5886 
I put sliders under my speakers 5885 
ROOM 5884 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5884 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5884 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5884 
No concerns 5884 
Speakers and room 5884 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5883 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5883 
Diaphram 5883 
Phram 5883 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5883 
Perfect piston 5883 
Decorater 5882 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5882 
New morning 5881 
The first take on the room with RTA 5880 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5880 
Axiomatic 5880 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5879 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5879 
The size of the bass. 5879 
Bass Factory 5879 
Crude Level, or something more? 5879 
I will play with it this week…. 5879 
Rent-A 5879 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5879 
Corner horns 5879 
Cheating from below 5879 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5879 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5878 
A possibly overly simplified view 5878 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5878 
Iceberg 5878 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5878 
Why not horn 5878 
A correction…. 5878 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5878 
They are just not related things at all. 5878 
Fertin 5876 
Low resonance is good... 5876 
Et tu, Brute? 5875 
The Room response at LF 5874 
Life On The Ground Floor 5874 
Bass arrays 5874 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5874 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5874 
The super sucks. 5874 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5874 
You may also try 5873 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5873 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5873 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5873 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5873 
60 Hz Resonance 5873 
No notching… so far. 5873 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5872 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5872 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5872 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5872 
Power to the People 5872 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5872 
Aura 5872 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5872 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5872 
All class D is the same 5872 
Interpreting the LF results. 5871 
The Halibut 5871 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5871 
The Big Picture 5871 
Power & ULF channels 5871 
The big picture indeed. 5871 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5871 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5871 
The Power and the Glory 5870 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5870 
I guess I did not get this memo 5870 
French LF drivers 5870 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5870 
(another) French LF approach 5869 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5869 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5869 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5869 
Limpschtick 5869 
Symmetry 5869 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5868 
Room correction 5868 
It migh be more complicated. 5868 
Bass EQ ? 5868 
Agree and not. 5868 
Two "diseases" 5868 
Parametric filters 5868 
Ceiling arrays 5868 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5868 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5868 
The Middle of the Room. 5868 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5868 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5868 
Stop! 5868 
Appendectomy 5868 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5867 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5867 
No Isolation 5867 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5864 
Potential contenders? 5863 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5863 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5863 
Those Crazy Canucks 5859 
Mo' Better Bass 5853 
Bird in the Hand? 5853 
A wet listening spot? 5846 
Storm 5843 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5843 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5829 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5799 
Polar Opposite ULF 5798 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5786 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5784 
Differently but the same. 5783 
PVC 5782 
The sail test try. 5782 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5782 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5782 
Trial 5781 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5781 
Some explanations 5781 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5780 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5779 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5778 
Acrylate 5777 
Magic blanket 5777 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5776 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5776 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5776 
I have a few options. 5776 
Foam color 5776 
Strange things with upperbass 5776 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5775 
Teatro reform. . . 5775 
The foaming room dilemma. 5774 
Melamine Foam 5774 
Foaming up the cat house 5774 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5774 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5774 
Acoustic revisions… 5773 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5770 
Surprises so far in the new room 5769 
The upperbass in the new room. 5769 
Slight change of hart. 5768 
Camco supply of Boston 5766 
Room acoustics 5766 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5725 
I need to kill dust first. 5725 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5723 
To feed the leeches? 5723 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5722 
Yh 5722 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5722 
DPOLs? 5722 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5722 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5719 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5719 
A HalfPipe solution? 5719 
I absolutely love it. 5719 
Piper work 5718 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5718 
Absorption 5718 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5717 
Cats life ? 5717 
Call me Pussy. 5717 
More about traps 5717 
Acoustic impedance? 5717 
You maybe right 5717 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5717 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5716 
Heavy Curtain 5716 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5715 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5715 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5715 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5712 
Fix speaker move chair? 5711 
Back and forth ceremony 5711 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5710 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5709 
Glass windows 5708 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5707 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5706 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5704 
How to use basement jacks? 5704 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5704 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5704 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5703 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5703 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5702 
Sore eyes... 5701 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5701 
The harvesting week! 5699 
I need an inspiration… 5698 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5697 
Like this? 5697 
Dramatically randomize MF 5697 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5696 
The room eats dynamic 5696 
Diffusers 5696 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5695 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5680 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5679 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5679 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5679 
About Width-Importance balance. 5677 
Letting the music scale up 5676 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5676 
To finish my house décor… 5672 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5671 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5670 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5670 
Calling the gods of music 5670 
Absolutely 5670 
Phase manipulation 5670 
No relation. 5670 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5670 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5670 
Dynamical mismatch 5669 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5669 
Stradiwinerius? 5666 
Dealing with the glass. 5665 
Boston 5665 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5665 
Added mass 5665 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5665 
It is about moderation…. 5665 
To hell with the wine... 5665 
Also for other surafaces 5664 
LEAD 5664 
LEAD & GLASS 5664 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5664 
Read carefully 5664 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5664 
Crooks and morons 5664 
Magiscopios 5663 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5643 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5643 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5642 
The LP setup in the new home. 5591 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5586 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5586 
Pianochord will do! 5586 
Spanyi heaven 5586 
I see no conflict at all. 5586 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5586 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5586 
A year after closing 5578 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5578 
Traveling antimatter 5571 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5565 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5564 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5538 
Cast Iron fireplace 5537 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5537 
The hardcore way 5537 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5501 
This is How It's Done 5500 
Listening room during summer. 5488 
What about those... 5487 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5487 
Reducing A/C Noise 5487 
HVAC the Cat 5487 
Big Ass fan 5486 
Variac dimmers 5486 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5486 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5486 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5418 
Some winter observations. 5309 
That Asian man…. 5278 
The Franz Schubert morning 5252 
Spring.... 5201 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5151 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5122 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5122 
Just good photography? 5122 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5122 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5122 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5121 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5121 
Sports car 5121 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5121 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5121 
Train Positioning 5121 
Kind of what I want 5121 
The lap listening… 5121 
Family Room 5121 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5118 
A super audio room. 5114 
Time Warp! 5114 
A piano in a listening room 5093 
Pianissimo 5093 
The plan in blue. 5093 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5093 
My doubts 5093 
It is exactly what I worry. 5092 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5092 
Musicians at home 5092 
Piano Measurements 5091 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5086 
The next step. 5072 
Midbass horns missing?? 5071 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5061 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5061 
Baby Grand 5060 
Wood floor 5060 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5060 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5060 
Amy’s baby. 5058 
Improvement 5058 
Agree with Scott 5058 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5046 
Integrated casters 5046 
Very nice, thanks. 5046 
Customization 5046 
Sliders 5046 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5039 
Congratulations 5039 
Holes in the floor... 5039 
Tubes and kids 5039 
Sweet spot enlargement 5039 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5037 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5036 
Wood Floors and Water 5036 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5031 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5030 
WAF is for Losers 5030 
WAF: it depends. 5030 
Integration 5029 
Here and there. 5029 
Life after WWIII 5029 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5029 
Cables management. 5027 
Featurizing 5027 
Kids and tubes cont. 5024 
Kid magnet 5024 
Kids and audio 5023 
Radars 5023 
Wow, what the days! 5019 
The comming weekend 5015 
It all was worth it! 5012 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5007 
Here is how it is look. 5007 
Resolving the carpet issue 5007 
Bonfire 5007 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5007 
Proof of concept? 5007 
Geometry 5007 
A view from listening position. 5007 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5007 
Some feedback 5007 
Evening 5007 
I wonder why. 5006 
Rugs and things 5006 
In defense… 5006 
I can’t get it. 5003 
Haze. 5002 
Front wall 5002 
It is very possible. 5002 
It is nice to be back. 4999 
My comfy corner. 4996 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4636 
WMD in house. 4458 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4361 
The third listening spot. 4340 
For sure a very different experience. 4302 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4297 
It's Jfretch's system. 4297 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4296 
Domestic games 4250 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4111 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4111 
Dynamic screening 4111 
Actually this is very good idea! 4111 
Volcanic fabric 4111 
I should have done this. 4109 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4105 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4074 
No worries 4074 
Awesome memories 4074 
Optimization of space 4074 
Child-ish considerations 4071 
Finding peace.... 4065 
"Fencing"? 4064 
I need to build something custom 4064 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4064 
Stressed Skin 4064 
NYC elevators 4064 
Kids toys and quantities. 4064 
Everything is completely reversible 4063 
Racks and things 4063 
Now it looks even more promising! 4063 
Quantity of rods 4063 
Avoiding diagonals 4061 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4060 
That's not fair! 4060 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4060 
Discrimination? 4055 
Vertical configuration 4048 
Impresive ! 3977 
Did you read the site? 3977 
Contact 3977 
Company's name is Rixrax 3977 
Stand 3976 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3932 
End of life headphone system 3932 
Something like this? 3932 
The "Second Living Room" 3932 
Mixing urban & suburban 3932 
Late night listening 3932 
Moving life... 3930 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3930 
A true listening room. 3906 
It started… 3891 
Levels of Interest 3891 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3891 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3891 
I can't not to post it.... 3891 
Do not leave him unattended. 3891 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3891 
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