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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6010 
The first take on the new room. 6004 
New Room, a first shot. 6003 
Wonderful 6003 
Adopted 6002 
The first relaxed night with the room 6000 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5999 
The listening room is ready. 5998 
New Room, a First Shot 5996 
Continue to work with the room 5996 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5996 
Room 5995 
I think it will take another month. 5995 
The Buttressing 5995 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5994 
The new place and the new noises. 5994 
Big listening room 5993 
Screw the "big" rooms 5993 
Big listening rooms 5993 
First reflection points 5992 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5992 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5989 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5988 
Squeezing the floor 5988 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5988 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5988 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5987 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5987 
The new room, the very first listening. 5987 
The 14.5 foot. 5986 
Again… 5985 
Romy's new Playground 5985 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5985 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5985 
For the uninitiated ... 5984 
NH guy 5984 
Room 5984 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5983 
The first base is done 5983 
Reentry time alignment. 5982 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5981 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5981 
Mid bass horn. 5981 
Guess is only a guess… 5981 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5981 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5980 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5980 
Diffusors 5980 
Diffuse injection 5980 
Let analyse why it so 5980 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5980 
Wheel and Deal 5980 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5980 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5980 
I Must Be Missing Something 5980 
I put sliders under my speakers 5979 
ROOM 5978 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5978 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5978 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5978 
No concerns 5978 
Speakers and room 5978 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5977 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5977 
Diaphram 5977 
Phram 5977 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5977 
Perfect piston 5977 
Decorater 5976 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5976 
New morning 5975 
The first take on the room with RTA 5974 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5974 
Axiomatic 5974 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5973 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5973 
The size of the bass. 5973 
Bass Factory 5973 
Crude Level, or something more? 5973 
I will play with it this week…. 5973 
Rent-A 5973 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5973 
Corner horns 5973 
Cheating from below 5973 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5973 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5972 
A possibly overly simplified view 5972 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5972 
Iceberg 5972 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5972 
Why not horn 5972 
A correction…. 5972 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5972 
They are just not related things at all. 5972 
Fertin 5970 
Low resonance is good... 5970 
Et tu, Brute? 5969 
The Room response at LF 5968 
Life On The Ground Floor 5968 
Bass arrays 5968 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5968 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5968 
The super sucks. 5968 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5968 
You may also try 5967 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5967 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5967 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5967 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5967 
60 Hz Resonance 5967 
No notching… so far. 5967 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5966 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5966 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5966 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5966 
Power to the People 5966 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5966 
Aura 5966 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5966 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5966 
All class D is the same 5966 
Interpreting the LF results. 5965 
The Halibut 5965 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5965 
The Big Picture 5965 
Power & ULF channels 5965 
The big picture indeed. 5965 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5965 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5965 
The Power and the Glory 5964 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5964 
I guess I did not get this memo 5964 
French LF drivers 5964 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5964 
(another) French LF approach 5963 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5963 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5963 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5963 
Limpschtick 5963 
Symmetry 5963 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5962 
Room correction 5962 
It migh be more complicated. 5962 
Bass EQ ? 5962 
Agree and not. 5962 
Two "diseases" 5962 
Parametric filters 5962 
Ceiling arrays 5962 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5962 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5962 
The Middle of the Room. 5962 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5962 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5962 
Stop! 5962 
Appendectomy 5962 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5961 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5961 
No Isolation 5961 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5958 
Potential contenders? 5957 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5957 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5957 
Those Crazy Canucks 5953 
Mo' Better Bass 5947 
Bird in the Hand? 5947 
A wet listening spot? 5940 
Storm 5937 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5937 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5923 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5893 
Polar Opposite ULF 5892 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5880 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5878 
Differently but the same. 5877 
PVC 5876 
The sail test try. 5876 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5876 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5876 
Trial 5875 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5875 
Some explanations 5875 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5874 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5873 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5872 
Acrylate 5871 
Magic blanket 5871 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5870 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5870 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5870 
I have a few options. 5870 
Foam color 5870 
Strange things with upperbass 5870 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5869 
Teatro reform. . . 5869 
The foaming room dilemma. 5868 
Melamine Foam 5868 
Foaming up the cat house 5868 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5868 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5868 
Acoustic revisions… 5867 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5864 
Surprises so far in the new room 5863 
The upperbass in the new room. 5863 
Slight change of hart. 5862 
Camco supply of Boston 5860 
Room acoustics 5860 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5819 
I need to kill dust first. 5819 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5817 
To feed the leeches? 5817 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5816 
Yh 5816 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5816 
DPOLs? 5816 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5816 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5813 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5813 
A HalfPipe solution? 5813 
I absolutely love it. 5813 
Piper work 5812 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5812 
Absorption 5812 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5811 
Cats life ? 5811 
Call me Pussy. 5811 
More about traps 5811 
Acoustic impedance? 5811 
You maybe right 5811 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5811 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5810 
Heavy Curtain 5810 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5809 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5809 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5809 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5806 
Fix speaker move chair? 5805 
Back and forth ceremony 5805 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5804 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5803 
Glass windows 5802 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5801 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5800 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5798 
How to use basement jacks? 5798 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5798 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5798 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5797 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5797 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5796 
Sore eyes... 5795 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5795 
The harvesting week! 5793 
I need an inspiration… 5792 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5791 
Like this? 5791 
Dramatically randomize MF 5791 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5790 
The room eats dynamic 5790 
Diffusers 5790 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5789 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5774 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5773 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5773 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5773 
About Width-Importance balance. 5771 
Letting the music scale up 5770 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5770 
To finish my house décor… 5766 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5765 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5764 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5764 
Calling the gods of music 5764 
Absolutely 5764 
Phase manipulation 5764 
No relation. 5764 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5764 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5764 
Dynamical mismatch 5763 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5763 
Stradiwinerius? 5760 
Dealing with the glass. 5759 
Boston 5759 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5759 
Added mass 5759 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5759 
It is about moderation…. 5759 
To hell with the wine... 5759 
Also for other surafaces 5758 
LEAD 5758 
LEAD & GLASS 5758 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5758 
Read carefully 5758 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5758 
Crooks and morons 5758 
Magiscopios 5757 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5737 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5737 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5736 
The LP setup in the new home. 5685 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5680 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5680 
Pianochord will do! 5680 
Spanyi heaven 5680 
I see no conflict at all. 5680 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5680 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5680 
A year after closing 5672 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5672 
Traveling antimatter 5665 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5659 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5658 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5632 
Cast Iron fireplace 5631 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5631 
The hardcore way 5631 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5595 
This is How It's Done 5594 
Listening room during summer. 5582 
What about those... 5581 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5581 
Reducing A/C Noise 5581 
HVAC the Cat 5581 
Big Ass fan 5580 
Variac dimmers 5580 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5580 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5580 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5512 
Some winter observations. 5403 
That Asian man…. 5372 
The Franz Schubert morning 5346 
Spring.... 5295 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5245 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5216 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5216 
Just good photography? 5216 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5216 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5216 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5215 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5215 
Sports car 5215 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5215 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5215 
Train Positioning 5215 
Kind of what I want 5215 
The lap listening… 5215 
Family Room 5215 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5212 
A super audio room. 5208 
Time Warp! 5208 
A piano in a listening room 5187 
Pianissimo 5187 
The plan in blue. 5187 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5187 
My doubts 5187 
It is exactly what I worry. 5186 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5186 
Musicians at home 5186 
Piano Measurements 5185 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5180 
The next step. 5166 
Midbass horns missing?? 5165 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5155 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5155 
Baby Grand 5154 
Wood floor 5154 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5154 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5154 
Amy’s baby. 5152 
Improvement 5152 
Agree with Scott 5152 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5140 
Integrated casters 5140 
Very nice, thanks. 5140 
Customization 5140 
Sliders 5140 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5133 
Congratulations 5133 
Holes in the floor... 5133 
Tubes and kids 5133 
Sweet spot enlargement 5133 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5131 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5130 
Wood Floors and Water 5130 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5125 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5124 
WAF is for Losers 5124 
WAF: it depends. 5124 
Integration 5123 
Here and there. 5123 
Life after WWIII 5123 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5123 
Cables management. 5121 
Featurizing 5121 
Kids and tubes cont. 5118 
Kid magnet 5118 
Kids and audio 5117 
Radars 5117 
Wow, what the days! 5113 
The comming weekend 5109 
It all was worth it! 5106 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5101 
Here is how it is look. 5101 
Resolving the carpet issue 5101 
Bonfire 5101 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5101 
Proof of concept? 5101 
Geometry 5101 
A view from listening position. 5101 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5101 
Some feedback 5101 
Evening 5101 
I wonder why. 5100 
Rugs and things 5100 
In defense… 5100 
I can’t get it. 5097 
Haze. 5096 
Front wall 5096 
It is very possible. 5096 
It is nice to be back. 5093 
My comfy corner. 5090 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4730 
WMD in house. 4552 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4455 
The third listening spot. 4434 
For sure a very different experience. 4396 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4391 
It's Jfretch's system. 4391 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4390 
Domestic games 4344 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4205 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4205 
Dynamic screening 4205 
Actually this is very good idea! 4205 
Volcanic fabric 4205 
I should have done this. 4203 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4199 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4168 
No worries 4168 
Awesome memories 4168 
Optimization of space 4168 
Child-ish considerations 4165 
Finding peace.... 4159 
"Fencing"? 4158 
I need to build something custom 4158 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4158 
Stressed Skin 4158 
NYC elevators 4158 
Kids toys and quantities. 4158 
Everything is completely reversible 4157 
Racks and things 4157 
Now it looks even more promising! 4157 
Quantity of rods 4157 
Avoiding diagonals 4155 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4154 
That's not fair! 4154 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4154 
Discrimination? 4149 
Vertical configuration 4142 
Impresive ! 4071 
Did you read the site? 4071 
Contact 4071 
Company's name is Rixrax 4071 
Stand 4070 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4026 
End of life headphone system 4026 
Something like this? 4026 
The "Second Living Room" 4026 
Mixing urban & suburban 4026 
Late night listening 4026 
Moving life... 4024 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4024 
A true listening room. 4000 
It started… 3985 
Levels of Interest 3985 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3985 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3985 
I can't not to post it.... 3985 
Do not leave him unattended. 3985 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3985 
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