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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6013 
The first take on the new room. 6007 
New Room, a first shot. 6006 
Wonderful 6006 
Adopted 6005 
The first relaxed night with the room 6003 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6002 
The listening room is ready. 6001 
New Room, a First Shot 5999 
Continue to work with the room 5999 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5999 
Room 5998 
I think it will take another month. 5998 
The Buttressing 5998 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5997 
The new place and the new noises. 5997 
Big listening room 5996 
Screw the "big" rooms 5996 
Big listening rooms 5996 
First reflection points 5995 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5995 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5992 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5991 
Squeezing the floor 5991 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5991 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5991 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5990 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5990 
The new room, the very first listening. 5990 
The 14.5 foot. 5989 
Again… 5988 
Romy's new Playground 5988 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5988 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5988 
For the uninitiated ... 5987 
NH guy 5987 
Room 5987 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5986 
The first base is done 5986 
Reentry time alignment. 5985 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5984 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5984 
Mid bass horn. 5984 
Guess is only a guess… 5984 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5984 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5983 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5983 
Diffusors 5983 
Diffuse injection 5983 
Let analyse why it so 5983 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5983 
Wheel and Deal 5983 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5983 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5983 
I Must Be Missing Something 5983 
I put sliders under my speakers 5982 
ROOM 5981 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5981 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5981 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5981 
No concerns 5981 
Speakers and room 5981 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5980 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5980 
Diaphram 5980 
Phram 5980 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5980 
Perfect piston 5980 
Decorater 5979 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5979 
New morning 5978 
The first take on the room with RTA 5977 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5977 
Axiomatic 5977 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5976 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5976 
The size of the bass. 5976 
Bass Factory 5976 
Crude Level, or something more? 5976 
I will play with it this week…. 5976 
Rent-A 5976 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5976 
Corner horns 5976 
Cheating from below 5976 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5976 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5975 
A possibly overly simplified view 5975 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5975 
Iceberg 5975 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5975 
Why not horn 5975 
A correction…. 5975 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5975 
They are just not related things at all. 5975 
Fertin 5973 
Low resonance is good... 5973 
Et tu, Brute? 5972 
The Room response at LF 5971 
Life On The Ground Floor 5971 
Bass arrays 5971 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5971 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5971 
The super sucks. 5971 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5971 
You may also try 5970 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5970 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5970 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5970 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5970 
60 Hz Resonance 5970 
No notching… so far. 5970 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5969 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5969 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5969 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5969 
Power to the People 5969 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5969 
Aura 5969 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5969 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5969 
All class D is the same 5969 
Interpreting the LF results. 5968 
The Halibut 5968 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5968 
The Big Picture 5968 
Power & ULF channels 5968 
The big picture indeed. 5968 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5968 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5968 
The Power and the Glory 5967 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5967 
I guess I did not get this memo 5967 
French LF drivers 5967 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5967 
(another) French LF approach 5966 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5966 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5966 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5966 
Limpschtick 5966 
Symmetry 5966 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5965 
Room correction 5965 
It migh be more complicated. 5965 
Bass EQ ? 5965 
Agree and not. 5965 
Two "diseases" 5965 
Parametric filters 5965 
Ceiling arrays 5965 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5965 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5965 
The Middle of the Room. 5965 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5965 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5965 
Stop! 5965 
Appendectomy 5965 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5964 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5964 
No Isolation 5964 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5961 
Potential contenders? 5960 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5960 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5960 
Those Crazy Canucks 5956 
Mo' Better Bass 5950 
Bird in the Hand? 5950 
A wet listening spot? 5943 
Storm 5940 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5940 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5926 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5896 
Polar Opposite ULF 5895 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5883 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5881 
Differently but the same. 5880 
PVC 5879 
The sail test try. 5879 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5879 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5879 
Trial 5878 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5878 
Some explanations 5878 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5877 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5876 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5875 
Acrylate 5874 
Magic blanket 5874 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5873 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5873 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5873 
I have a few options. 5873 
Foam color 5873 
Strange things with upperbass 5873 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5872 
Teatro reform. . . 5872 
The foaming room dilemma. 5871 
Melamine Foam 5871 
Foaming up the cat house 5871 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5871 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5871 
Acoustic revisions… 5870 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5867 
Surprises so far in the new room 5866 
The upperbass in the new room. 5866 
Slight change of hart. 5865 
Camco supply of Boston 5863 
Room acoustics 5863 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5822 
I need to kill dust first. 5822 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5820 
To feed the leeches? 5820 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5819 
Yh 5819 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5819 
DPOLs? 5819 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5819 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5816 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5816 
A HalfPipe solution? 5816 
I absolutely love it. 5816 
Piper work 5815 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5815 
Absorption 5815 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5814 
Cats life ? 5814 
Call me Pussy. 5814 
More about traps 5814 
Acoustic impedance? 5814 
You maybe right 5814 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5814 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5813 
Heavy Curtain 5813 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5812 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5812 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5812 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5809 
Fix speaker move chair? 5808 
Back and forth ceremony 5808 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5807 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5806 
Glass windows 5805 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5804 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5803 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5801 
How to use basement jacks? 5801 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5801 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5801 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5800 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5800 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5799 
Sore eyes... 5798 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5798 
The harvesting week! 5796 
I need an inspiration… 5795 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5794 
Like this? 5794 
Dramatically randomize MF 5794 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5793 
The room eats dynamic 5793 
Diffusers 5793 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5792 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5777 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5776 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5776 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5776 
About Width-Importance balance. 5774 
Letting the music scale up 5773 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5773 
To finish my house décor… 5769 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5768 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5767 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5767 
Calling the gods of music 5767 
Absolutely 5767 
Phase manipulation 5767 
No relation. 5767 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5767 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5767 
Dynamical mismatch 5766 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5766 
Stradiwinerius? 5763 
Dealing with the glass. 5762 
Boston 5762 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5762 
Added mass 5762 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5762 
It is about moderation…. 5762 
To hell with the wine... 5762 
Also for other surafaces 5761 
LEAD 5761 
LEAD & GLASS 5761 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5761 
Read carefully 5761 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5761 
Crooks and morons 5761 
Magiscopios 5760 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5740 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5740 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5739 
The LP setup in the new home. 5688 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5683 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5683 
Pianochord will do! 5683 
Spanyi heaven 5683 
I see no conflict at all. 5683 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5683 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5683 
A year after closing 5675 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5675 
Traveling antimatter 5668 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5662 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5661 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5635 
Cast Iron fireplace 5634 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5634 
The hardcore way 5634 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5598 
This is How It's Done 5597 
Listening room during summer. 5585 
What about those... 5584 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5584 
Reducing A/C Noise 5584 
HVAC the Cat 5584 
Big Ass fan 5583 
Variac dimmers 5583 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5583 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5583 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5515 
Some winter observations. 5406 
That Asian man…. 5375 
The Franz Schubert morning 5349 
Spring.... 5298 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5248 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5219 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5219 
Just good photography? 5219 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5219 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5219 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5218 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5218 
Sports car 5218 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5218 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5218 
Train Positioning 5218 
Kind of what I want 5218 
The lap listening… 5218 
Family Room 5218 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5215 
A super audio room. 5211 
Time Warp! 5211 
A piano in a listening room 5190 
Pianissimo 5190 
The plan in blue. 5190 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5190 
My doubts 5190 
It is exactly what I worry. 5189 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5189 
Musicians at home 5189 
Piano Measurements 5188 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5183 
The next step. 5169 
Midbass horns missing?? 5168 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5158 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5158 
Baby Grand 5157 
Wood floor 5157 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5157 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5157 
Amy’s baby. 5155 
Improvement 5155 
Agree with Scott 5155 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5143 
Integrated casters 5143 
Very nice, thanks. 5143 
Customization 5143 
Sliders 5143 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5136 
Congratulations 5136 
Holes in the floor... 5136 
Tubes and kids 5136 
Sweet spot enlargement 5136 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5134 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5133 
Wood Floors and Water 5133 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5128 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5127 
WAF is for Losers 5127 
WAF: it depends. 5127 
Integration 5126 
Here and there. 5126 
Life after WWIII 5126 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5126 
Cables management. 5124 
Featurizing 5124 
Kids and tubes cont. 5121 
Kid magnet 5121 
Kids and audio 5120 
Radars 5120 
Wow, what the days! 5116 
The comming weekend 5112 
It all was worth it! 5109 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5104 
Here is how it is look. 5104 
Resolving the carpet issue 5104 
Bonfire 5104 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5104 
Proof of concept? 5104 
Geometry 5104 
A view from listening position. 5104 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5104 
Some feedback 5104 
Evening 5104 
I wonder why. 5103 
Rugs and things 5103 
In defense… 5103 
I can’t get it. 5100 
Haze. 5099 
Front wall 5099 
It is very possible. 5099 
It is nice to be back. 5096 
My comfy corner. 5093 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4733 
WMD in house. 4555 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4458 
The third listening spot. 4437 
For sure a very different experience. 4399 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4394 
It's Jfretch's system. 4394 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4393 
Domestic games 4347 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4208 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4208 
Dynamic screening 4208 
Actually this is very good idea! 4208 
Volcanic fabric 4208 
I should have done this. 4206 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4202 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4171 
No worries 4171 
Awesome memories 4171 
Optimization of space 4171 
Child-ish considerations 4168 
Finding peace.... 4162 
"Fencing"? 4161 
I need to build something custom 4161 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4161 
Stressed Skin 4161 
NYC elevators 4161 
Kids toys and quantities. 4161 
Everything is completely reversible 4160 
Racks and things 4160 
Now it looks even more promising! 4160 
Quantity of rods 4160 
Avoiding diagonals 4158 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4157 
That's not fair! 4157 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4157 
Discrimination? 4152 
Vertical configuration 4145 
Impresive ! 4074 
Did you read the site? 4074 
Contact 4074 
Company's name is Rixrax 4074 
Stand 4073 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4029 
End of life headphone system 4029 
Something like this? 4029 
The "Second Living Room" 4029 
Mixing urban & suburban 4029 
Late night listening 4029 
Moving life... 4027 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4027 
A true listening room. 4003 
It started… 3988 
Levels of Interest 3988 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3988 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3988 
I can't not to post it.... 3988 
Do not leave him unattended. 3988 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3988 
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