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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5955 
The first take on the new room. 5949 
New Room, a first shot. 5948 
Wonderful 5948 
Adopted 5947 
The first relaxed night with the room 5945 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5944 
The listening room is ready. 5943 
New Room, a First Shot 5941 
Continue to work with the room 5941 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5941 
Room 5940 
I think it will take another month. 5940 
The Buttressing 5940 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5939 
The new place and the new noises. 5939 
Big listening room 5938 
Screw the "big" rooms 5938 
Big listening rooms 5938 
First reflection points 5937 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5937 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5934 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5933 
Squeezing the floor 5933 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5933 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5933 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5932 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5932 
The new room, the very first listening. 5932 
The 14.5 foot. 5931 
Again… 5930 
Romy's new Playground 5930 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5930 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5930 
For the uninitiated ... 5929 
NH guy 5929 
Room 5929 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5928 
The first base is done 5928 
Reentry time alignment. 5927 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5926 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5926 
Mid bass horn. 5926 
Guess is only a guess… 5926 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5926 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5925 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5925 
Diffusors 5925 
Diffuse injection 5925 
Let analyse why it so 5925 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5925 
Wheel and Deal 5925 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5925 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5925 
I Must Be Missing Something 5925 
I put sliders under my speakers 5924 
ROOM 5923 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5923 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5923 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5923 
No concerns 5923 
Speakers and room 5923 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5922 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5922 
Diaphram 5922 
Phram 5922 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5922 
Perfect piston 5922 
Decorater 5921 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5921 
New morning 5920 
The first take on the room with RTA 5919 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5919 
Axiomatic 5919 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5918 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5918 
The size of the bass. 5918 
Bass Factory 5918 
Crude Level, or something more? 5918 
I will play with it this week…. 5918 
Rent-A 5918 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5918 
Corner horns 5918 
Cheating from below 5918 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5918 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5917 
A possibly overly simplified view 5917 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5917 
Iceberg 5917 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5917 
Why not horn 5917 
A correction…. 5917 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5917 
They are just not related things at all. 5917 
Fertin 5915 
Low resonance is good... 5915 
Et tu, Brute? 5914 
The Room response at LF 5913 
Life On The Ground Floor 5913 
Bass arrays 5913 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5913 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5913 
The super sucks. 5913 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5913 
You may also try 5912 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5912 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5912 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5912 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5912 
60 Hz Resonance 5912 
No notching… so far. 5912 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5911 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5911 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5911 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5911 
Power to the People 5911 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5911 
Aura 5911 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5911 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5911 
All class D is the same 5911 
Interpreting the LF results. 5910 
The Halibut 5910 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5910 
The Big Picture 5910 
Power & ULF channels 5910 
The big picture indeed. 5910 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5910 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5910 
The Power and the Glory 5909 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5909 
I guess I did not get this memo 5909 
French LF drivers 5909 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5909 
(another) French LF approach 5908 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5908 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5908 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5908 
Limpschtick 5908 
Symmetry 5908 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5907 
Room correction 5907 
It migh be more complicated. 5907 
Bass EQ ? 5907 
Agree and not. 5907 
Two "diseases" 5907 
Parametric filters 5907 
Ceiling arrays 5907 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5907 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5907 
The Middle of the Room. 5907 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5907 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5907 
Stop! 5907 
Appendectomy 5907 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5906 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5906 
No Isolation 5906 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5903 
Potential contenders? 5902 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5902 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5902 
Those Crazy Canucks 5898 
Mo' Better Bass 5892 
Bird in the Hand? 5892 
A wet listening spot? 5885 
Storm 5882 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5882 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5868 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5838 
Polar Opposite ULF 5837 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5825 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5823 
Differently but the same. 5822 
PVC 5821 
The sail test try. 5821 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5821 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5821 
Trial 5820 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5820 
Some explanations 5820 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5819 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5818 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5817 
Acrylate 5816 
Magic blanket 5816 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5815 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5815 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5815 
I have a few options. 5815 
Foam color 5815 
Strange things with upperbass 5815 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5814 
Teatro reform. . . 5814 
The foaming room dilemma. 5813 
Melamine Foam 5813 
Foaming up the cat house 5813 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5813 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5813 
Acoustic revisions… 5812 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5809 
Surprises so far in the new room 5808 
The upperbass in the new room. 5808 
Slight change of hart. 5807 
Camco supply of Boston 5805 
Room acoustics 5805 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5764 
I need to kill dust first. 5764 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5762 
To feed the leeches? 5762 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5761 
Yh 5761 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5761 
DPOLs? 5761 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5761 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5758 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5758 
A HalfPipe solution? 5758 
I absolutely love it. 5758 
Piper work 5757 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5757 
Absorption 5757 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5756 
Cats life ? 5756 
Call me Pussy. 5756 
More about traps 5756 
Acoustic impedance? 5756 
You maybe right 5756 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5756 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5755 
Heavy Curtain 5755 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5754 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5754 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5754 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5751 
Fix speaker move chair? 5750 
Back and forth ceremony 5750 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5749 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5748 
Glass windows 5747 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5746 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5745 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5743 
How to use basement jacks? 5743 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5743 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5743 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5742 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5742 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5741 
Sore eyes... 5740 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5740 
The harvesting week! 5738 
I need an inspiration… 5737 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5736 
Like this? 5736 
Dramatically randomize MF 5736 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5735 
The room eats dynamic 5735 
Diffusers 5735 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5734 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5719 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5718 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5718 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5718 
About Width-Importance balance. 5716 
Letting the music scale up 5715 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5715 
To finish my house décor… 5711 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5710 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5709 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5709 
Calling the gods of music 5709 
Absolutely 5709 
Phase manipulation 5709 
No relation. 5709 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5709 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5709 
Dynamical mismatch 5708 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5708 
Stradiwinerius? 5705 
Dealing with the glass. 5704 
Boston 5704 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5704 
Added mass 5704 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5704 
It is about moderation…. 5704 
To hell with the wine... 5704 
Also for other surafaces 5703 
LEAD 5703 
LEAD & GLASS 5703 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5703 
Read carefully 5703 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5703 
Crooks and morons 5703 
Magiscopios 5702 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5682 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5682 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5681 
The LP setup in the new home. 5630 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5625 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5625 
Pianochord will do! 5625 
Spanyi heaven 5625 
I see no conflict at all. 5625 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5625 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5625 
A year after closing 5617 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5617 
Traveling antimatter 5610 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5604 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5603 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5577 
Cast Iron fireplace 5576 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5576 
The hardcore way 5576 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5540 
This is How It's Done 5539 
Listening room during summer. 5527 
What about those... 5526 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5526 
Reducing A/C Noise 5526 
HVAC the Cat 5526 
Big Ass fan 5525 
Variac dimmers 5525 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5525 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5525 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5457 
Some winter observations. 5348 
That Asian man…. 5317 
The Franz Schubert morning 5291 
Spring.... 5240 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5190 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5161 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5161 
Just good photography? 5161 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5161 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5161 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5160 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5160 
Sports car 5160 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5160 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5160 
Train Positioning 5160 
Kind of what I want 5160 
The lap listening… 5160 
Family Room 5160 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5157 
A super audio room. 5153 
Time Warp! 5153 
A piano in a listening room 5132 
Pianissimo 5132 
The plan in blue. 5132 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5132 
My doubts 5132 
It is exactly what I worry. 5131 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5131 
Musicians at home 5131 
Piano Measurements 5130 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5125 
The next step. 5111 
Midbass horns missing?? 5110 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5100 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5100 
Baby Grand 5099 
Wood floor 5099 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5099 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5099 
Amy’s baby. 5097 
Improvement 5097 
Agree with Scott 5097 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5085 
Integrated casters 5085 
Very nice, thanks. 5085 
Customization 5085 
Sliders 5085 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5078 
Congratulations 5078 
Holes in the floor... 5078 
Tubes and kids 5078 
Sweet spot enlargement 5078 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5076 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5075 
Wood Floors and Water 5075 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5070 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5069 
WAF is for Losers 5069 
WAF: it depends. 5069 
Integration 5068 
Here and there. 5068 
Life after WWIII 5068 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5068 
Cables management. 5066 
Featurizing 5066 
Kids and tubes cont. 5063 
Kid magnet 5063 
Kids and audio 5062 
Radars 5062 
Wow, what the days! 5058 
The comming weekend 5054 
It all was worth it! 5051 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5046 
Here is how it is look. 5046 
Resolving the carpet issue 5046 
Bonfire 5046 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5046 
Proof of concept? 5046 
Geometry 5046 
A view from listening position. 5046 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5046 
Some feedback 5046 
Evening 5046 
I wonder why. 5045 
Rugs and things 5045 
In defense… 5045 
I can’t get it. 5042 
Haze. 5041 
Front wall 5041 
It is very possible. 5041 
It is nice to be back. 5038 
My comfy corner. 5035 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4675 
WMD in house. 4497 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4400 
The third listening spot. 4379 
For sure a very different experience. 4341 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4336 
It's Jfretch's system. 4336 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4335 
Domestic games 4289 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4150 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4150 
Dynamic screening 4150 
Actually this is very good idea! 4150 
Volcanic fabric 4150 
I should have done this. 4148 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4144 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4113 
No worries 4113 
Awesome memories 4113 
Optimization of space 4113 
Child-ish considerations 4110 
Finding peace.... 4104 
"Fencing"? 4103 
I need to build something custom 4103 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4103 
Stressed Skin 4103 
NYC elevators 4103 
Kids toys and quantities. 4103 
Everything is completely reversible 4102 
Racks and things 4102 
Now it looks even more promising! 4102 
Quantity of rods 4102 
Avoiding diagonals 4100 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4099 
That's not fair! 4099 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4099 
Discrimination? 4094 
Vertical configuration 4087 
Impresive ! 4016 
Did you read the site? 4016 
Contact 4016 
Company's name is Rixrax 4016 
Stand 4015 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3971 
End of life headphone system 3971 
Something like this? 3971 
The "Second Living Room" 3971 
Mixing urban & suburban 3971 
Late night listening 3971 
Moving life... 3969 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3969 
A true listening room. 3945 
It started… 3930 
Levels of Interest 3930 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3930 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3930 
I can't not to post it.... 3930 
Do not leave him unattended. 3930 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3930 
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