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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6025 
The first take on the new room. 6019 
New Room, a first shot. 6018 
Wonderful 6018 
Adopted 6017 
The first relaxed night with the room 6015 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6014 
The listening room is ready. 6013 
New Room, a First Shot 6011 
Continue to work with the room 6011 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6011 
Room 6010 
I think it will take another month. 6010 
The Buttressing 6010 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6009 
The new place and the new noises. 6009 
Big listening room 6008 
Screw the "big" rooms 6008 
Big listening rooms 6008 
First reflection points 6007 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6007 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6004 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6003 
Squeezing the floor 6003 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6003 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6003 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6002 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6002 
The new room, the very first listening. 6002 
The 14.5 foot. 6001 
Again… 6000 
Romy's new Playground 6000 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6000 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6000 
For the uninitiated ... 5999 
NH guy 5999 
Room 5999 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5998 
The first base is done 5998 
Reentry time alignment. 5997 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5996 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5996 
Mid bass horn. 5996 
Guess is only a guess… 5996 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5996 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5995 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5995 
Diffusors 5995 
Diffuse injection 5995 
Let analyse why it so 5995 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5995 
Wheel and Deal 5995 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5995 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5995 
I Must Be Missing Something 5995 
I put sliders under my speakers 5994 
ROOM 5993 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5993 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5993 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5993 
No concerns 5993 
Speakers and room 5993 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5992 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5992 
Diaphram 5992 
Phram 5992 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5992 
Perfect piston 5992 
Decorater 5991 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5991 
New morning 5990 
The first take on the room with RTA 5989 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5989 
Axiomatic 5989 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5988 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5988 
The size of the bass. 5988 
Bass Factory 5988 
Crude Level, or something more? 5988 
I will play with it this week…. 5988 
Rent-A 5988 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5988 
Corner horns 5988 
Cheating from below 5988 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5988 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5987 
A possibly overly simplified view 5987 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5987 
Iceberg 5987 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5987 
Why not horn 5987 
A correction…. 5987 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5987 
They are just not related things at all. 5987 
Fertin 5985 
Low resonance is good... 5985 
Et tu, Brute? 5984 
The Room response at LF 5983 
Life On The Ground Floor 5983 
Bass arrays 5983 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5983 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5983 
The super sucks. 5983 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5983 
You may also try 5982 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5982 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5982 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5982 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5982 
60 Hz Resonance 5982 
No notching… so far. 5982 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5981 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5981 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5981 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5981 
Power to the People 5981 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5981 
Aura 5981 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5981 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5981 
All class D is the same 5981 
Interpreting the LF results. 5980 
The Halibut 5980 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5980 
The Big Picture 5980 
Power & ULF channels 5980 
The big picture indeed. 5980 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5980 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5980 
The Power and the Glory 5979 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5979 
I guess I did not get this memo 5979 
French LF drivers 5979 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5979 
(another) French LF approach 5978 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5978 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5978 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5978 
Limpschtick 5978 
Symmetry 5978 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5977 
Room correction 5977 
It migh be more complicated. 5977 
Bass EQ ? 5977 
Agree and not. 5977 
Two "diseases" 5977 
Parametric filters 5977 
Ceiling arrays 5977 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5977 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5977 
The Middle of the Room. 5977 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5977 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5977 
Stop! 5977 
Appendectomy 5977 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5976 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5976 
No Isolation 5976 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5973 
Potential contenders? 5972 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5972 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5972 
Those Crazy Canucks 5968 
Mo' Better Bass 5962 
Bird in the Hand? 5962 
A wet listening spot? 5955 
Storm 5952 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5952 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5938 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5908 
Polar Opposite ULF 5907 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5895 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5893 
Differently but the same. 5892 
PVC 5891 
The sail test try. 5891 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5891 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5891 
Trial 5890 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5890 
Some explanations 5890 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5889 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5888 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5887 
Acrylate 5886 
Magic blanket 5886 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5885 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5885 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5885 
I have a few options. 5885 
Foam color 5885 
Strange things with upperbass 5885 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5884 
Teatro reform. . . 5884 
The foaming room dilemma. 5883 
Melamine Foam 5883 
Foaming up the cat house 5883 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5883 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5883 
Acoustic revisions… 5882 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5879 
Surprises so far in the new room 5878 
The upperbass in the new room. 5878 
Slight change of hart. 5877 
Camco supply of Boston 5875 
Room acoustics 5875 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5834 
I need to kill dust first. 5834 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5832 
To feed the leeches? 5832 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5831 
Yh 5831 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5831 
DPOLs? 5831 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5831 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5828 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5828 
A HalfPipe solution? 5828 
I absolutely love it. 5828 
Piper work 5827 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5827 
Absorption 5827 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5826 
Cats life ? 5826 
Call me Pussy. 5826 
More about traps 5826 
Acoustic impedance? 5826 
You maybe right 5826 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5826 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5825 
Heavy Curtain 5825 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5824 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5824 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5824 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5821 
Fix speaker move chair? 5820 
Back and forth ceremony 5820 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5819 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5818 
Glass windows 5817 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5816 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5815 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5813 
How to use basement jacks? 5813 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5813 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5813 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5812 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5812 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5811 
Sore eyes... 5810 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5810 
The harvesting week! 5808 
I need an inspiration… 5807 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5806 
Like this? 5806 
Dramatically randomize MF 5806 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5805 
The room eats dynamic 5805 
Diffusers 5805 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5804 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5789 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5788 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5788 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5788 
About Width-Importance balance. 5786 
Letting the music scale up 5785 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5785 
To finish my house décor… 5781 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5780 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5779 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5779 
Calling the gods of music 5779 
Absolutely 5779 
Phase manipulation 5779 
No relation. 5779 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5779 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5779 
Dynamical mismatch 5778 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5778 
Stradiwinerius? 5775 
Dealing with the glass. 5774 
Boston 5774 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5774 
Added mass 5774 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5774 
It is about moderation…. 5774 
To hell with the wine... 5774 
Also for other surafaces 5773 
LEAD 5773 
LEAD & GLASS 5773 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5773 
Read carefully 5773 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5773 
Crooks and morons 5773 
Magiscopios 5772 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5752 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5752 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5751 
The LP setup in the new home. 5700 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5695 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5695 
Pianochord will do! 5695 
Spanyi heaven 5695 
I see no conflict at all. 5695 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5695 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5695 
A year after closing 5687 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5687 
Traveling antimatter 5680 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5674 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5673 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5647 
Cast Iron fireplace 5646 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5646 
The hardcore way 5646 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5610 
This is How It's Done 5609 
Listening room during summer. 5597 
What about those... 5596 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5596 
Reducing A/C Noise 5596 
HVAC the Cat 5596 
Big Ass fan 5595 
Variac dimmers 5595 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5595 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5595 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5527 
Some winter observations. 5418 
That Asian man…. 5387 
The Franz Schubert morning 5361 
Spring.... 5310 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5260 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5231 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5231 
Just good photography? 5231 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5231 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5231 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5230 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5230 
Sports car 5230 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5230 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5230 
Train Positioning 5230 
Kind of what I want 5230 
The lap listening… 5230 
Family Room 5230 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5227 
A super audio room. 5223 
Time Warp! 5223 
A piano in a listening room 5202 
Pianissimo 5202 
The plan in blue. 5202 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5202 
My doubts 5202 
It is exactly what I worry. 5201 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5201 
Musicians at home 5201 
Piano Measurements 5200 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5195 
The next step. 5181 
Midbass horns missing?? 5180 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5170 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5170 
Baby Grand 5169 
Wood floor 5169 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5169 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5169 
Amy’s baby. 5167 
Improvement 5167 
Agree with Scott 5167 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5155 
Integrated casters 5155 
Very nice, thanks. 5155 
Customization 5155 
Sliders 5155 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5148 
Congratulations 5148 
Holes in the floor... 5148 
Tubes and kids 5148 
Sweet spot enlargement 5148 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5146 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5145 
Wood Floors and Water 5145 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5140 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5139 
WAF is for Losers 5139 
WAF: it depends. 5139 
Integration 5138 
Here and there. 5138 
Life after WWIII 5138 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5138 
Cables management. 5136 
Featurizing 5136 
Kids and tubes cont. 5133 
Kid magnet 5133 
Kids and audio 5132 
Radars 5132 
Wow, what the days! 5128 
The comming weekend 5124 
It all was worth it! 5121 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5116 
Here is how it is look. 5116 
Resolving the carpet issue 5116 
Bonfire 5116 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5116 
Proof of concept? 5116 
Geometry 5116 
A view from listening position. 5116 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5116 
Some feedback 5116 
Evening 5116 
I wonder why. 5115 
Rugs and things 5115 
In defense… 5115 
I can’t get it. 5112 
Haze. 5111 
Front wall 5111 
It is very possible. 5111 
It is nice to be back. 5108 
My comfy corner. 5105 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4745 
WMD in house. 4567 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4470 
The third listening spot. 4449 
For sure a very different experience. 4411 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4406 
It's Jfretch's system. 4406 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4405 
Domestic games 4359 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4220 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4220 
Dynamic screening 4220 
Actually this is very good idea! 4220 
Volcanic fabric 4220 
I should have done this. 4218 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4214 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4183 
No worries 4183 
Awesome memories 4183 
Optimization of space 4183 
Child-ish considerations 4180 
Finding peace.... 4174 
"Fencing"? 4173 
I need to build something custom 4173 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4173 
Stressed Skin 4173 
NYC elevators 4173 
Kids toys and quantities. 4173 
Everything is completely reversible 4172 
Racks and things 4172 
Now it looks even more promising! 4172 
Quantity of rods 4172 
Avoiding diagonals 4170 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4169 
That's not fair! 4169 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4169 
Discrimination? 4164 
Vertical configuration 4157 
Impresive ! 4086 
Did you read the site? 4086 
Contact 4086 
Company's name is Rixrax 4086 
Stand 4085 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4041 
End of life headphone system 4041 
Something like this? 4041 
The "Second Living Room" 4041 
Mixing urban & suburban 4041 
Late night listening 4041 
Moving life... 4039 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4039 
A true listening room. 4015 
It started… 4000 
Levels of Interest 4000 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4000 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4000 
I can't not to post it.... 4000 
Do not leave him unattended. 4000 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4000 
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