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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5746 
The first take on the new room. 5740 
New Room, a first shot. 5739 
Wonderful 5739 
Adopted 5738 
The first relaxed night with the room 5736 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5735 
The listening room is ready. 5734 
New Room, a First Shot 5732 
Continue to work with the room 5732 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5732 
Room 5731 
I think it will take another month. 5731 
The Buttressing 5731 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5730 
The new place and the new noises. 5730 
Big listening room 5729 
Screw the "big" rooms 5729 
Big listening rooms 5729 
First reflection points 5728 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5728 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5725 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5724 
Squeezing the floor 5724 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5724 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5724 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5723 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5723 
The new room, the very first listening. 5723 
The 14.5 foot. 5722 
Again… 5721 
Romy's new Playground 5721 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5721 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5721 
For the uninitiated ... 5720 
NH guy 5720 
Room 5720 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5719 
The first base is done 5719 
Reentry time alignment. 5718 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5717 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5717 
Mid bass horn. 5717 
Guess is only a guess… 5717 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5717 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5716 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5716 
Diffusors 5716 
Diffuse injection 5716 
Let analyse why it so 5716 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5716 
Wheel and Deal 5716 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5716 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5716 
I Must Be Missing Something 5716 
I put sliders under my speakers 5715 
ROOM 5714 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5714 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5714 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5714 
No concerns 5714 
Speakers and room 5714 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5713 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5713 
Diaphram 5713 
Phram 5713 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5713 
Perfect piston 5713 
Decorater 5712 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5712 
New morning 5711 
The first take on the room with RTA 5710 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5710 
Axiomatic 5710 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5709 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5709 
The size of the bass. 5709 
Bass Factory 5709 
Crude Level, or something more? 5709 
I will play with it this week…. 5709 
Rent-A 5709 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5709 
Corner horns 5709 
Cheating from below 5709 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5709 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5708 
A possibly overly simplified view 5708 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5708 
Iceberg 5708 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5708 
Why not horn 5708 
A correction…. 5708 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5708 
They are just not related things at all. 5708 
Fertin 5706 
Low resonance is good... 5706 
Et tu, Brute? 5705 
The Room response at LF 5704 
Life On The Ground Floor 5704 
Bass arrays 5704 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5704 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5704 
The super sucks. 5704 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5704 
You may also try 5703 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5703 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5703 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5703 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5703 
60 Hz Resonance 5703 
No notching… so far. 5703 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5702 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5702 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5702 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5702 
Power to the People 5702 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5702 
Aura 5702 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5702 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5702 
All class D is the same 5702 
Interpreting the LF results. 5701 
The Halibut 5701 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5701 
The Big Picture 5701 
Power & ULF channels 5701 
The big picture indeed. 5701 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5701 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5701 
The Power and the Glory 5700 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5700 
I guess I did not get this memo 5700 
French LF drivers 5700 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5700 
(another) French LF approach 5699 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5699 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5699 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5699 
Limpschtick 5699 
Symmetry 5699 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5698 
Room correction 5698 
It migh be more complicated. 5698 
Bass EQ ? 5698 
Agree and not. 5698 
Two "diseases" 5698 
Parametric filters 5698 
Ceiling arrays 5698 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5698 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5698 
The Middle of the Room. 5698 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5698 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5698 
Stop! 5698 
Appendectomy 5698 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5697 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5697 
No Isolation 5697 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5694 
Potential contenders? 5693 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5693 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5693 
Those Crazy Canucks 5689 
Mo' Better Bass 5683 
Bird in the Hand? 5683 
A wet listening spot? 5676 
Storm 5673 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5673 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5659 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5629 
Polar Opposite ULF 5628 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5616 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5614 
Differently but the same. 5613 
PVC 5612 
The sail test try. 5612 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5612 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5612 
Trial 5611 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5611 
Some explanations 5611 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5610 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5609 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5608 
Acrylate 5607 
Magic blanket 5607 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5606 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5606 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5606 
I have a few options. 5606 
Foam color 5606 
Strange things with upperbass 5606 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5605 
Teatro reform. . . 5605 
The foaming room dilemma. 5604 
Melamine Foam 5604 
Foaming up the cat house 5604 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5604 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5604 
Acoustic revisions… 5603 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5600 
Surprises so far in the new room 5599 
The upperbass in the new room. 5599 
Slight change of hart. 5598 
Camco supply of Boston 5596 
Room acoustics 5596 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5555 
I need to kill dust first. 5555 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5553 
To feed the leeches? 5553 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5552 
Yh 5552 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5552 
DPOLs? 5552 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5552 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5549 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5549 
A HalfPipe solution? 5549 
I absolutely love it. 5549 
Piper work 5548 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5548 
Absorption 5548 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5547 
Cats life ? 5547 
Call me Pussy. 5547 
More about traps 5547 
Acoustic impedance? 5547 
You maybe right 5547 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5547 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5546 
Heavy Curtain 5546 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5545 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5545 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5545 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5542 
Fix speaker move chair? 5541 
Back and forth ceremony 5541 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5540 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5539 
Glass windows 5538 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5537 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5536 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5534 
How to use basement jacks? 5534 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5534 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5534 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5533 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5533 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5532 
Sore eyes... 5531 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5531 
The harvesting week! 5529 
I need an inspiration… 5528 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5527 
Like this? 5527 
Dramatically randomize MF 5527 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5526 
The room eats dynamic 5526 
Diffusers 5526 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5525 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5510 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5509 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5509 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5509 
About Width-Importance balance. 5507 
Letting the music scale up 5506 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5506 
To finish my house décor… 5502 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5501 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5500 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5500 
Calling the gods of music 5500 
Absolutely 5500 
Phase manipulation 5500 
No relation. 5500 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5500 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5500 
Dynamical mismatch 5499 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5499 
Stradiwinerius? 5496 
Dealing with the glass. 5495 
Boston 5495 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5495 
Added mass 5495 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5495 
It is about moderation…. 5495 
To hell with the wine... 5495 
Also for other surafaces 5494 
LEAD 5494 
LEAD & GLASS 5494 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5494 
Read carefully 5494 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5494 
Crooks and morons 5494 
Magiscopios 5493 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5473 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5473 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5472 
The LP setup in the new home. 5421 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5416 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5416 
Pianochord will do! 5416 
Spanyi heaven 5416 
I see no conflict at all. 5416 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5416 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5416 
A year after closing 5408 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5408 
Traveling antimatter 5401 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5395 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5394 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5368 
Cast Iron fireplace 5367 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5367 
The hardcore way 5367 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5331 
This is How It's Done 5330 
Listening room during summer. 5318 
What about those... 5317 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5317 
Reducing A/C Noise 5317 
HVAC the Cat 5317 
Big Ass fan 5316 
Variac dimmers 5316 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5316 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5316 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5248 
Some winter observations. 5139 
That Asian man…. 5108 
The Franz Schubert morning 5082 
Spring.... 5031 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4981 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4952 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4952 
Just good photography? 4952 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4952 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4952 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4951 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4951 
Sports car 4951 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4951 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4951 
Train Positioning 4951 
Kind of what I want 4951 
The lap listening… 4951 
Family Room 4951 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4948 
A super audio room. 4944 
Time Warp! 4944 
A piano in a listening room 4923 
Pianissimo 4923 
The plan in blue. 4923 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4923 
My doubts 4923 
It is exactly what I worry. 4922 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4922 
Musicians at home 4922 
Piano Measurements 4921 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4916 
The next step. 4902 
Midbass horns missing?? 4901 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4891 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4891 
Baby Grand 4890 
Wood floor 4890 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4890 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4890 
Amy’s baby. 4888 
Improvement 4888 
Agree with Scott 4888 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4876 
Integrated casters 4876 
Very nice, thanks. 4876 
Customization 4876 
Sliders 4876 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4869 
Congratulations 4869 
Holes in the floor... 4869 
Tubes and kids 4869 
Sweet spot enlargement 4869 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4867 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4866 
Wood Floors and Water 4866 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4861 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4860 
WAF is for Losers 4860 
WAF: it depends. 4860 
Integration 4859 
Here and there. 4859 
Life after WWIII 4859 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4859 
Cables management. 4857 
Featurizing 4857 
Kids and tubes cont. 4854 
Kid magnet 4854 
Kids and audio 4853 
Radars 4853 
Wow, what the days! 4849 
The comming weekend 4845 
It all was worth it! 4842 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4837 
Here is how it is look. 4837 
Resolving the carpet issue 4837 
Bonfire 4837 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4837 
Proof of concept? 4837 
Geometry 4837 
A view from listening position. 4837 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4837 
Some feedback 4837 
Evening 4837 
I wonder why. 4836 
Rugs and things 4836 
In defense… 4836 
I can’t get it. 4833 
Haze. 4832 
Front wall 4832 
It is very possible. 4832 
It is nice to be back. 4829 
My comfy corner. 4826 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4466 
WMD in house. 4288 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4191 
The third listening spot. 4170 
For sure a very different experience. 4132 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4127 
It's Jfretch's system. 4127 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4126 
Domestic games 4080 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3941 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3941 
Dynamic screening 3941 
Actually this is very good idea! 3941 
Volcanic fabric 3941 
I should have done this. 3939 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3935 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3904 
No worries 3904 
Awesome memories 3904 
Optimization of space 3904 
Child-ish considerations 3901 
Finding peace.... 3895 
"Fencing"? 3894 
I need to build something custom 3894 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3894 
Stressed Skin 3894 
NYC elevators 3894 
Kids toys and quantities. 3894 
Everything is completely reversible 3893 
Racks and things 3893 
Now it looks even more promising! 3893 
Quantity of rods 3893 
Avoiding diagonals 3891 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3890 
That's not fair! 3890 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3890 
Discrimination? 3885 
Vertical configuration 3878 
Impresive ! 3807 
Did you read the site? 3807 
Contact 3807 
Company's name is Rixrax 3807 
Stand 3806 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3762 
End of life headphone system 3762 
Something like this? 3762 
The "Second Living Room" 3762 
Mixing urban & suburban 3762 
Late night listening 3762 
Moving life... 3760 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3760 
A true listening room. 3736 
It started… 3721 
Levels of Interest 3721 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3721 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3721 
I can't not to post it.... 3721 
Do not leave him unattended. 3721 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3721 
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