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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6024 
The first take on the new room. 6018 
New Room, a first shot. 6017 
Wonderful 6017 
Adopted 6016 
The first relaxed night with the room 6014 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6013 
The listening room is ready. 6012 
New Room, a First Shot 6010 
Continue to work with the room 6010 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6010 
Room 6009 
I think it will take another month. 6009 
The Buttressing 6009 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6008 
The new place and the new noises. 6008 
Big listening room 6007 
Screw the "big" rooms 6007 
Big listening rooms 6007 
First reflection points 6006 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6006 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6003 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6002 
Squeezing the floor 6002 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6002 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6002 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6001 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6001 
The new room, the very first listening. 6001 
The 14.5 foot. 6000 
Again… 5999 
Romy's new Playground 5999 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5999 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5999 
For the uninitiated ... 5998 
NH guy 5998 
Room 5998 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5997 
The first base is done 5997 
Reentry time alignment. 5996 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5995 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5995 
Mid bass horn. 5995 
Guess is only a guess… 5995 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5995 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5994 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5994 
Diffusors 5994 
Diffuse injection 5994 
Let analyse why it so 5994 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5994 
Wheel and Deal 5994 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5994 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5994 
I Must Be Missing Something 5994 
I put sliders under my speakers 5993 
ROOM 5992 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5992 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5992 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5992 
No concerns 5992 
Speakers and room 5992 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5991 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5991 
Diaphram 5991 
Phram 5991 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5991 
Perfect piston 5991 
Decorater 5990 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5990 
New morning 5989 
The first take on the room with RTA 5988 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5988 
Axiomatic 5988 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5987 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5987 
The size of the bass. 5987 
Bass Factory 5987 
Crude Level, or something more? 5987 
I will play with it this week…. 5987 
Rent-A 5987 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5987 
Corner horns 5987 
Cheating from below 5987 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5987 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5986 
A possibly overly simplified view 5986 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5986 
Iceberg 5986 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5986 
Why not horn 5986 
A correction…. 5986 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5986 
They are just not related things at all. 5986 
Fertin 5984 
Low resonance is good... 5984 
Et tu, Brute? 5983 
The Room response at LF 5982 
Life On The Ground Floor 5982 
Bass arrays 5982 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5982 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5982 
The super sucks. 5982 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5982 
You may also try 5981 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5981 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5981 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5981 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5981 
60 Hz Resonance 5981 
No notching… so far. 5981 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5980 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5980 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5980 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5980 
Power to the People 5980 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5980 
Aura 5980 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5980 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5980 
All class D is the same 5980 
Interpreting the LF results. 5979 
The Halibut 5979 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5979 
The Big Picture 5979 
Power & ULF channels 5979 
The big picture indeed. 5979 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5979 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5979 
The Power and the Glory 5978 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5978 
I guess I did not get this memo 5978 
French LF drivers 5978 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5978 
(another) French LF approach 5977 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5977 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5977 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5977 
Limpschtick 5977 
Symmetry 5977 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5976 
Room correction 5976 
It migh be more complicated. 5976 
Bass EQ ? 5976 
Agree and not. 5976 
Two "diseases" 5976 
Parametric filters 5976 
Ceiling arrays 5976 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5976 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5976 
The Middle of the Room. 5976 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5976 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5976 
Stop! 5976 
Appendectomy 5976 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5975 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5975 
No Isolation 5975 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5972 
Potential contenders? 5971 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5971 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5971 
Those Crazy Canucks 5967 
Mo' Better Bass 5961 
Bird in the Hand? 5961 
A wet listening spot? 5954 
Storm 5951 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5951 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5937 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5907 
Polar Opposite ULF 5906 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5894 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5892 
Differently but the same. 5891 
PVC 5890 
The sail test try. 5890 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5890 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5890 
Trial 5889 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5889 
Some explanations 5889 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5888 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5887 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5886 
Acrylate 5885 
Magic blanket 5885 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5884 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5884 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5884 
I have a few options. 5884 
Foam color 5884 
Strange things with upperbass 5884 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5883 
Teatro reform. . . 5883 
The foaming room dilemma. 5882 
Melamine Foam 5882 
Foaming up the cat house 5882 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5882 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5882 
Acoustic revisions… 5881 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5878 
Surprises so far in the new room 5877 
The upperbass in the new room. 5877 
Slight change of hart. 5876 
Camco supply of Boston 5874 
Room acoustics 5874 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5833 
I need to kill dust first. 5833 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5831 
To feed the leeches? 5831 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5830 
Yh 5830 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5830 
DPOLs? 5830 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5830 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5827 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5827 
A HalfPipe solution? 5827 
I absolutely love it. 5827 
Piper work 5826 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5826 
Absorption 5826 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5825 
Cats life ? 5825 
Call me Pussy. 5825 
More about traps 5825 
Acoustic impedance? 5825 
You maybe right 5825 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5825 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5824 
Heavy Curtain 5824 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5823 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5823 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5823 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5820 
Fix speaker move chair? 5819 
Back and forth ceremony 5819 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5818 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5817 
Glass windows 5816 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5815 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5814 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5812 
How to use basement jacks? 5812 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5812 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5812 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5811 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5811 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5810 
Sore eyes... 5809 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5809 
The harvesting week! 5807 
I need an inspiration… 5806 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5805 
Like this? 5805 
Dramatically randomize MF 5805 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5804 
The room eats dynamic 5804 
Diffusers 5804 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5803 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5788 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5787 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5787 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5787 
About Width-Importance balance. 5785 
Letting the music scale up 5784 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5784 
To finish my house décor… 5780 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5779 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5778 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5778 
Calling the gods of music 5778 
Absolutely 5778 
Phase manipulation 5778 
No relation. 5778 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5778 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5778 
Dynamical mismatch 5777 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5777 
Stradiwinerius? 5774 
Dealing with the glass. 5773 
Boston 5773 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5773 
Added mass 5773 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5773 
It is about moderation…. 5773 
To hell with the wine... 5773 
Also for other surafaces 5772 
LEAD 5772 
LEAD & GLASS 5772 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5772 
Read carefully 5772 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5772 
Crooks and morons 5772 
Magiscopios 5771 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5751 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5751 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5750 
The LP setup in the new home. 5699 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5694 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5694 
Pianochord will do! 5694 
Spanyi heaven 5694 
I see no conflict at all. 5694 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5694 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5694 
A year after closing 5686 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5686 
Traveling antimatter 5679 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5673 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5672 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5646 
Cast Iron fireplace 5645 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5645 
The hardcore way 5645 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5609 
This is How It's Done 5608 
Listening room during summer. 5596 
What about those... 5595 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5595 
Reducing A/C Noise 5595 
HVAC the Cat 5595 
Big Ass fan 5594 
Variac dimmers 5594 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5594 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5594 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5526 
Some winter observations. 5417 
That Asian man…. 5386 
The Franz Schubert morning 5360 
Spring.... 5309 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5259 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5230 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5230 
Just good photography? 5230 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5230 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5230 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5229 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5229 
Sports car 5229 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5229 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5229 
Train Positioning 5229 
Kind of what I want 5229 
The lap listening… 5229 
Family Room 5229 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5226 
A super audio room. 5222 
Time Warp! 5222 
A piano in a listening room 5201 
Pianissimo 5201 
The plan in blue. 5201 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5201 
My doubts 5201 
It is exactly what I worry. 5200 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5200 
Musicians at home 5200 
Piano Measurements 5199 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5194 
The next step. 5180 
Midbass horns missing?? 5179 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5169 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5169 
Baby Grand 5168 
Wood floor 5168 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5168 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5168 
Amy’s baby. 5166 
Improvement 5166 
Agree with Scott 5166 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5154 
Integrated casters 5154 
Very nice, thanks. 5154 
Customization 5154 
Sliders 5154 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5147 
Congratulations 5147 
Holes in the floor... 5147 
Tubes and kids 5147 
Sweet spot enlargement 5147 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5145 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5144 
Wood Floors and Water 5144 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5139 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5138 
WAF is for Losers 5138 
WAF: it depends. 5138 
Integration 5137 
Here and there. 5137 
Life after WWIII 5137 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5137 
Cables management. 5135 
Featurizing 5135 
Kids and tubes cont. 5132 
Kid magnet 5132 
Kids and audio 5131 
Radars 5131 
Wow, what the days! 5127 
The comming weekend 5123 
It all was worth it! 5120 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5115 
Here is how it is look. 5115 
Resolving the carpet issue 5115 
Bonfire 5115 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5115 
Proof of concept? 5115 
Geometry 5115 
A view from listening position. 5115 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5115 
Some feedback 5115 
Evening 5115 
I wonder why. 5114 
Rugs and things 5114 
In defense… 5114 
I can’t get it. 5111 
Haze. 5110 
Front wall 5110 
It is very possible. 5110 
It is nice to be back. 5107 
My comfy corner. 5104 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4744 
WMD in house. 4566 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4469 
The third listening spot. 4448 
For sure a very different experience. 4410 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4405 
It's Jfretch's system. 4405 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4404 
Domestic games 4358 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4219 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4219 
Dynamic screening 4219 
Actually this is very good idea! 4219 
Volcanic fabric 4219 
I should have done this. 4217 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4213 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4182 
No worries 4182 
Awesome memories 4182 
Optimization of space 4182 
Child-ish considerations 4179 
Finding peace.... 4173 
"Fencing"? 4172 
I need to build something custom 4172 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4172 
Stressed Skin 4172 
NYC elevators 4172 
Kids toys and quantities. 4172 
Everything is completely reversible 4171 
Racks and things 4171 
Now it looks even more promising! 4171 
Quantity of rods 4171 
Avoiding diagonals 4169 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4168 
That's not fair! 4168 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4168 
Discrimination? 4163 
Vertical configuration 4156 
Impresive ! 4085 
Did you read the site? 4085 
Contact 4085 
Company's name is Rixrax 4085 
Stand 4084 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4040 
End of life headphone system 4040 
Something like this? 4040 
The "Second Living Room" 4040 
Mixing urban & suburban 4040 
Late night listening 4040 
Moving life... 4038 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4038 
A true listening room. 4014 
It started… 3999 
Levels of Interest 3999 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3999 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3999 
I can't not to post it.... 3999 
Do not leave him unattended. 3999 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3999 
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