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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5931 
The first take on the new room. 5925 
New Room, a first shot. 5924 
Wonderful 5924 
Adopted 5923 
The first relaxed night with the room 5921 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5920 
The listening room is ready. 5919 
New Room, a First Shot 5917 
Continue to work with the room 5917 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5917 
Room 5916 
I think it will take another month. 5916 
The Buttressing 5916 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5915 
The new place and the new noises. 5915 
Big listening room 5914 
Screw the "big" rooms 5914 
Big listening rooms 5914 
First reflection points 5913 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5913 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5910 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5909 
Squeezing the floor 5909 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5909 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5909 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5908 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5908 
The new room, the very first listening. 5908 
The 14.5 foot. 5907 
Again… 5906 
Romy's new Playground 5906 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5906 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5906 
For the uninitiated ... 5905 
NH guy 5905 
Room 5905 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5904 
The first base is done 5904 
Reentry time alignment. 5903 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5902 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5902 
Mid bass horn. 5902 
Guess is only a guess… 5902 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5902 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5901 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5901 
Diffusors 5901 
Diffuse injection 5901 
Let analyse why it so 5901 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5901 
Wheel and Deal 5901 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5901 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5901 
I Must Be Missing Something 5901 
I put sliders under my speakers 5900 
ROOM 5899 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5899 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5899 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5899 
No concerns 5899 
Speakers and room 5899 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5898 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5898 
Diaphram 5898 
Phram 5898 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5898 
Perfect piston 5898 
Decorater 5897 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5897 
New morning 5896 
The first take on the room with RTA 5895 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5895 
Axiomatic 5895 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5894 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5894 
The size of the bass. 5894 
Bass Factory 5894 
Crude Level, or something more? 5894 
I will play with it this week…. 5894 
Rent-A 5894 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5894 
Corner horns 5894 
Cheating from below 5894 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5894 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5893 
A possibly overly simplified view 5893 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5893 
Iceberg 5893 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5893 
Why not horn 5893 
A correction…. 5893 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5893 
They are just not related things at all. 5893 
Fertin 5891 
Low resonance is good... 5891 
Et tu, Brute? 5890 
The Room response at LF 5889 
Life On The Ground Floor 5889 
Bass arrays 5889 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5889 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5889 
The super sucks. 5889 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5889 
You may also try 5888 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5888 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5888 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5888 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5888 
60 Hz Resonance 5888 
No notching… so far. 5888 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5887 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5887 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5887 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5887 
Power to the People 5887 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5887 
Aura 5887 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5887 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5887 
All class D is the same 5887 
Interpreting the LF results. 5886 
The Halibut 5886 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5886 
The Big Picture 5886 
Power & ULF channels 5886 
The big picture indeed. 5886 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5886 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5886 
The Power and the Glory 5885 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5885 
I guess I did not get this memo 5885 
French LF drivers 5885 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5885 
(another) French LF approach 5884 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5884 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5884 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5884 
Limpschtick 5884 
Symmetry 5884 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5883 
Room correction 5883 
It migh be more complicated. 5883 
Bass EQ ? 5883 
Agree and not. 5883 
Two "diseases" 5883 
Parametric filters 5883 
Ceiling arrays 5883 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5883 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5883 
The Middle of the Room. 5883 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5883 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5883 
Stop! 5883 
Appendectomy 5883 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5882 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5882 
No Isolation 5882 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5879 
Potential contenders? 5878 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5878 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5878 
Those Crazy Canucks 5874 
Mo' Better Bass 5868 
Bird in the Hand? 5868 
A wet listening spot? 5861 
Storm 5858 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5858 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5844 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5814 
Polar Opposite ULF 5813 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5801 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5799 
Differently but the same. 5798 
PVC 5797 
The sail test try. 5797 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5797 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5797 
Trial 5796 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5796 
Some explanations 5796 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5795 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5794 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5793 
Acrylate 5792 
Magic blanket 5792 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5791 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5791 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5791 
I have a few options. 5791 
Foam color 5791 
Strange things with upperbass 5791 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5790 
Teatro reform. . . 5790 
The foaming room dilemma. 5789 
Melamine Foam 5789 
Foaming up the cat house 5789 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5789 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5789 
Acoustic revisions… 5788 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5785 
Surprises so far in the new room 5784 
The upperbass in the new room. 5784 
Slight change of hart. 5783 
Camco supply of Boston 5781 
Room acoustics 5781 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5740 
I need to kill dust first. 5740 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5738 
To feed the leeches? 5738 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5737 
Yh 5737 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5737 
DPOLs? 5737 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5737 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5734 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5734 
A HalfPipe solution? 5734 
I absolutely love it. 5734 
Piper work 5733 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5733 
Absorption 5733 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5732 
Cats life ? 5732 
Call me Pussy. 5732 
More about traps 5732 
Acoustic impedance? 5732 
You maybe right 5732 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5732 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5731 
Heavy Curtain 5731 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5730 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5730 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5730 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5727 
Fix speaker move chair? 5726 
Back and forth ceremony 5726 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5725 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5724 
Glass windows 5723 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5722 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5721 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5719 
How to use basement jacks? 5719 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5719 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5719 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5718 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5718 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5717 
Sore eyes... 5716 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5716 
The harvesting week! 5714 
I need an inspiration… 5713 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5712 
Like this? 5712 
Dramatically randomize MF 5712 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5711 
The room eats dynamic 5711 
Diffusers 5711 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5710 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5695 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5694 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5694 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5694 
About Width-Importance balance. 5692 
Letting the music scale up 5691 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5691 
To finish my house décor… 5687 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5686 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5685 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5685 
Calling the gods of music 5685 
Absolutely 5685 
Phase manipulation 5685 
No relation. 5685 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5685 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5685 
Dynamical mismatch 5684 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5684 
Stradiwinerius? 5681 
Dealing with the glass. 5680 
Boston 5680 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5680 
Added mass 5680 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5680 
It is about moderation…. 5680 
To hell with the wine... 5680 
Also for other surafaces 5679 
LEAD 5679 
LEAD & GLASS 5679 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5679 
Read carefully 5679 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5679 
Crooks and morons 5679 
Magiscopios 5678 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5658 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5658 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5657 
The LP setup in the new home. 5606 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5601 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5601 
Pianochord will do! 5601 
Spanyi heaven 5601 
I see no conflict at all. 5601 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5601 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5601 
A year after closing 5593 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5593 
Traveling antimatter 5586 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5580 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5579 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5553 
Cast Iron fireplace 5552 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5552 
The hardcore way 5552 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5516 
This is How It's Done 5515 
Listening room during summer. 5503 
What about those... 5502 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5502 
Reducing A/C Noise 5502 
HVAC the Cat 5502 
Big Ass fan 5501 
Variac dimmers 5501 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5501 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5501 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5433 
Some winter observations. 5324 
That Asian man…. 5293 
The Franz Schubert morning 5267 
Spring.... 5216 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5166 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5137 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5137 
Just good photography? 5137 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5137 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5137 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5136 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5136 
Sports car 5136 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5136 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5136 
Train Positioning 5136 
Kind of what I want 5136 
The lap listening… 5136 
Family Room 5136 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5133 
A super audio room. 5129 
Time Warp! 5129 
A piano in a listening room 5108 
Pianissimo 5108 
The plan in blue. 5108 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5108 
My doubts 5108 
It is exactly what I worry. 5107 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5107 
Musicians at home 5107 
Piano Measurements 5106 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5101 
The next step. 5087 
Midbass horns missing?? 5086 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5076 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5076 
Baby Grand 5075 
Wood floor 5075 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5075 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5075 
Amy’s baby. 5073 
Improvement 5073 
Agree with Scott 5073 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5061 
Integrated casters 5061 
Very nice, thanks. 5061 
Customization 5061 
Sliders 5061 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5054 
Congratulations 5054 
Holes in the floor... 5054 
Tubes and kids 5054 
Sweet spot enlargement 5054 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5052 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5051 
Wood Floors and Water 5051 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5046 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5045 
WAF is for Losers 5045 
WAF: it depends. 5045 
Integration 5044 
Here and there. 5044 
Life after WWIII 5044 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5044 
Cables management. 5042 
Featurizing 5042 
Kids and tubes cont. 5039 
Kid magnet 5039 
Kids and audio 5038 
Radars 5038 
Wow, what the days! 5034 
The comming weekend 5030 
It all was worth it! 5027 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5022 
Here is how it is look. 5022 
Resolving the carpet issue 5022 
Bonfire 5022 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5022 
Proof of concept? 5022 
Geometry 5022 
A view from listening position. 5022 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5022 
Some feedback 5022 
Evening 5022 
I wonder why. 5021 
Rugs and things 5021 
In defense… 5021 
I can’t get it. 5018 
Haze. 5017 
Front wall 5017 
It is very possible. 5017 
It is nice to be back. 5014 
My comfy corner. 5011 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4651 
WMD in house. 4473 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4376 
The third listening spot. 4355 
For sure a very different experience. 4317 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4312 
It's Jfretch's system. 4312 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4311 
Domestic games 4265 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4126 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4126 
Dynamic screening 4126 
Actually this is very good idea! 4126 
Volcanic fabric 4126 
I should have done this. 4124 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4120 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4089 
No worries 4089 
Awesome memories 4089 
Optimization of space 4089 
Child-ish considerations 4086 
Finding peace.... 4080 
"Fencing"? 4079 
I need to build something custom 4079 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4079 
Stressed Skin 4079 
NYC elevators 4079 
Kids toys and quantities. 4079 
Everything is completely reversible 4078 
Racks and things 4078 
Now it looks even more promising! 4078 
Quantity of rods 4078 
Avoiding diagonals 4076 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4075 
That's not fair! 4075 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4075 
Discrimination? 4070 
Vertical configuration 4063 
Impresive ! 3992 
Did you read the site? 3992 
Contact 3992 
Company's name is Rixrax 3992 
Stand 3991 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3947 
End of life headphone system 3947 
Something like this? 3947 
The "Second Living Room" 3947 
Mixing urban & suburban 3947 
Late night listening 3947 
Moving life... 3945 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3945 
A true listening room. 3921 
It started… 3906 
Levels of Interest 3906 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3906 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3906 
I can't not to post it.... 3906 
Do not leave him unattended. 3906 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3906 
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