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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5810 
The first take on the new room. 5804 
New Room, a first shot. 5803 
Wonderful 5803 
Adopted 5802 
The first relaxed night with the room 5800 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5799 
The listening room is ready. 5798 
New Room, a First Shot 5796 
Continue to work with the room 5796 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5796 
Room 5795 
I think it will take another month. 5795 
The Buttressing 5795 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5794 
The new place and the new noises. 5794 
Big listening room 5793 
Screw the "big" rooms 5793 
Big listening rooms 5793 
First reflection points 5792 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5792 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5789 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5788 
Squeezing the floor 5788 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5788 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5788 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5787 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5787 
The new room, the very first listening. 5787 
The 14.5 foot. 5786 
Again… 5785 
Romy's new Playground 5785 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5785 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5785 
For the uninitiated ... 5784 
NH guy 5784 
Room 5784 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5783 
The first base is done 5783 
Reentry time alignment. 5782 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5781 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5781 
Mid bass horn. 5781 
Guess is only a guess… 5781 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5781 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5780 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5780 
Diffusors 5780 
Diffuse injection 5780 
Let analyse why it so 5780 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5780 
Wheel and Deal 5780 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5780 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5780 
I Must Be Missing Something 5780 
I put sliders under my speakers 5779 
ROOM 5778 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5778 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5778 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5778 
No concerns 5778 
Speakers and room 5778 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5777 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5777 
Diaphram 5777 
Phram 5777 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5777 
Perfect piston 5777 
Decorater 5776 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5776 
New morning 5775 
The first take on the room with RTA 5774 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5774 
Axiomatic 5774 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5773 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5773 
The size of the bass. 5773 
Bass Factory 5773 
Crude Level, or something more? 5773 
I will play with it this week…. 5773 
Rent-A 5773 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5773 
Corner horns 5773 
Cheating from below 5773 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5773 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5772 
A possibly overly simplified view 5772 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5772 
Iceberg 5772 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5772 
Why not horn 5772 
A correction…. 5772 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5772 
They are just not related things at all. 5772 
Fertin 5770 
Low resonance is good... 5770 
Et tu, Brute? 5769 
The Room response at LF 5768 
Life On The Ground Floor 5768 
Bass arrays 5768 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5768 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5768 
The super sucks. 5768 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5768 
You may also try 5767 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5767 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5767 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5767 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5767 
60 Hz Resonance 5767 
No notching… so far. 5767 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5766 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5766 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5766 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5766 
Power to the People 5766 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5766 
Aura 5766 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5766 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5766 
All class D is the same 5766 
Interpreting the LF results. 5765 
The Halibut 5765 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5765 
The Big Picture 5765 
Power & ULF channels 5765 
The big picture indeed. 5765 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5765 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5765 
The Power and the Glory 5764 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5764 
I guess I did not get this memo 5764 
French LF drivers 5764 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5764 
(another) French LF approach 5763 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5763 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5763 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5763 
Limpschtick 5763 
Symmetry 5763 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5762 
Room correction 5762 
It migh be more complicated. 5762 
Bass EQ ? 5762 
Agree and not. 5762 
Two "diseases" 5762 
Parametric filters 5762 
Ceiling arrays 5762 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5762 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5762 
The Middle of the Room. 5762 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5762 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5762 
Stop! 5762 
Appendectomy 5762 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5761 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5761 
No Isolation 5761 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5758 
Potential contenders? 5757 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5757 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5757 
Those Crazy Canucks 5753 
Mo' Better Bass 5747 
Bird in the Hand? 5747 
A wet listening spot? 5740 
Storm 5737 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5737 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5723 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5693 
Polar Opposite ULF 5692 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5680 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5678 
Differently but the same. 5677 
PVC 5676 
The sail test try. 5676 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5676 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5676 
Trial 5675 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5675 
Some explanations 5675 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5674 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5673 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5672 
Acrylate 5671 
Magic blanket 5671 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5670 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5670 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5670 
I have a few options. 5670 
Foam color 5670 
Strange things with upperbass 5670 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5669 
Teatro reform. . . 5669 
The foaming room dilemma. 5668 
Melamine Foam 5668 
Foaming up the cat house 5668 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5668 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5668 
Acoustic revisions… 5667 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5664 
Surprises so far in the new room 5663 
The upperbass in the new room. 5663 
Slight change of hart. 5662 
Camco supply of Boston 5660 
Room acoustics 5660 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5619 
I need to kill dust first. 5619 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5617 
To feed the leeches? 5617 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5616 
Yh 5616 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5616 
DPOLs? 5616 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5616 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5613 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5613 
A HalfPipe solution? 5613 
I absolutely love it. 5613 
Piper work 5612 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5612 
Absorption 5612 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5611 
Cats life ? 5611 
Call me Pussy. 5611 
More about traps 5611 
Acoustic impedance? 5611 
You maybe right 5611 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5611 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5610 
Heavy Curtain 5610 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5609 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5609 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5609 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5606 
Fix speaker move chair? 5605 
Back and forth ceremony 5605 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5604 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5603 
Glass windows 5602 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5601 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5600 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5598 
How to use basement jacks? 5598 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5598 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5598 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5597 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5597 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5596 
Sore eyes... 5595 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5595 
The harvesting week! 5593 
I need an inspiration… 5592 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5591 
Like this? 5591 
Dramatically randomize MF 5591 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5590 
The room eats dynamic 5590 
Diffusers 5590 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5589 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5574 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5573 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5573 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5573 
About Width-Importance balance. 5571 
Letting the music scale up 5570 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5570 
To finish my house décor… 5566 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5565 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5564 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5564 
Calling the gods of music 5564 
Absolutely 5564 
Phase manipulation 5564 
No relation. 5564 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5564 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5564 
Dynamical mismatch 5563 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5563 
Stradiwinerius? 5560 
Dealing with the glass. 5559 
Boston 5559 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5559 
Added mass 5559 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5559 
It is about moderation…. 5559 
To hell with the wine... 5559 
Also for other surafaces 5558 
LEAD 5558 
LEAD & GLASS 5558 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5558 
Read carefully 5558 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5558 
Crooks and morons 5558 
Magiscopios 5557 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5537 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5537 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5536 
The LP setup in the new home. 5485 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5480 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5480 
Pianochord will do! 5480 
Spanyi heaven 5480 
I see no conflict at all. 5480 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5480 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5480 
A year after closing 5472 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5472 
Traveling antimatter 5465 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5459 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5458 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5432 
Cast Iron fireplace 5431 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5431 
The hardcore way 5431 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5395 
This is How It's Done 5394 
Listening room during summer. 5382 
What about those... 5381 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5381 
Reducing A/C Noise 5381 
HVAC the Cat 5381 
Big Ass fan 5380 
Variac dimmers 5380 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5380 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5380 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5312 
Some winter observations. 5203 
That Asian man…. 5172 
The Franz Schubert morning 5146 
Spring.... 5095 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5045 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5016 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5016 
Just good photography? 5016 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5016 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5016 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5015 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5015 
Sports car 5015 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5015 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5015 
Train Positioning 5015 
Kind of what I want 5015 
The lap listening… 5015 
Family Room 5015 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5012 
A super audio room. 5008 
Time Warp! 5008 
A piano in a listening room 4987 
Pianissimo 4987 
The plan in blue. 4987 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4987 
My doubts 4987 
It is exactly what I worry. 4986 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4986 
Musicians at home 4986 
Piano Measurements 4985 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4980 
The next step. 4966 
Midbass horns missing?? 4965 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4955 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4955 
Baby Grand 4954 
Wood floor 4954 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4954 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4954 
Amy’s baby. 4952 
Improvement 4952 
Agree with Scott 4952 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4940 
Integrated casters 4940 
Very nice, thanks. 4940 
Customization 4940 
Sliders 4940 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4933 
Congratulations 4933 
Holes in the floor... 4933 
Tubes and kids 4933 
Sweet spot enlargement 4933 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4931 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4930 
Wood Floors and Water 4930 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4925 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4924 
WAF is for Losers 4924 
WAF: it depends. 4924 
Integration 4923 
Here and there. 4923 
Life after WWIII 4923 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4923 
Cables management. 4921 
Featurizing 4921 
Kids and tubes cont. 4918 
Kid magnet 4918 
Kids and audio 4917 
Radars 4917 
Wow, what the days! 4913 
The comming weekend 4909 
It all was worth it! 4906 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4901 
Here is how it is look. 4901 
Resolving the carpet issue 4901 
Bonfire 4901 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4901 
Proof of concept? 4901 
Geometry 4901 
A view from listening position. 4901 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4901 
Some feedback 4901 
Evening 4901 
I wonder why. 4900 
Rugs and things 4900 
In defense… 4900 
I can’t get it. 4897 
Haze. 4896 
Front wall 4896 
It is very possible. 4896 
It is nice to be back. 4893 
My comfy corner. 4890 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4530 
WMD in house. 4352 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4255 
The third listening spot. 4234 
For sure a very different experience. 4196 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4191 
It's Jfretch's system. 4191 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4190 
Domestic games 4144 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4005 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4005 
Dynamic screening 4005 
Actually this is very good idea! 4005 
Volcanic fabric 4005 
I should have done this. 4003 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3999 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3968 
No worries 3968 
Awesome memories 3968 
Optimization of space 3968 
Child-ish considerations 3965 
Finding peace.... 3959 
"Fencing"? 3958 
I need to build something custom 3958 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3958 
Stressed Skin 3958 
NYC elevators 3958 
Kids toys and quantities. 3958 
Everything is completely reversible 3957 
Racks and things 3957 
Now it looks even more promising! 3957 
Quantity of rods 3957 
Avoiding diagonals 3955 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3954 
That's not fair! 3954 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3954 
Discrimination? 3949 
Vertical configuration 3942 
Impresive ! 3871 
Did you read the site? 3871 
Contact 3871 
Company's name is Rixrax 3871 
Stand 3870 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3826 
End of life headphone system 3826 
Something like this? 3826 
The "Second Living Room" 3826 
Mixing urban & suburban 3826 
Late night listening 3826 
Moving life... 3824 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3824 
A true listening room. 3800 
It started… 3785 
Levels of Interest 3785 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3785 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3785 
I can't not to post it.... 3785 
Do not leave him unattended. 3785 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3785 
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