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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5756 
The first take on the new room. 5750 
New Room, a first shot. 5749 
Wonderful 5749 
Adopted 5748 
The first relaxed night with the room 5746 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5745 
The listening room is ready. 5744 
New Room, a First Shot 5742 
Continue to work with the room 5742 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5742 
Room 5741 
I think it will take another month. 5741 
The Buttressing 5741 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5740 
The new place and the new noises. 5740 
Big listening room 5739 
Screw the "big" rooms 5739 
Big listening rooms 5739 
First reflection points 5738 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5738 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5735 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5734 
Squeezing the floor 5734 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5734 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5734 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5733 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5733 
The new room, the very first listening. 5733 
The 14.5 foot. 5732 
Again… 5731 
Romy's new Playground 5731 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5731 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5731 
For the uninitiated ... 5730 
NH guy 5730 
Room 5730 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5729 
The first base is done 5729 
Reentry time alignment. 5728 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5727 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5727 
Mid bass horn. 5727 
Guess is only a guess… 5727 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5727 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5726 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5726 
Diffusors 5726 
Diffuse injection 5726 
Let analyse why it so 5726 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5726 
Wheel and Deal 5726 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5726 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5726 
I Must Be Missing Something 5726 
I put sliders under my speakers 5725 
ROOM 5724 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5724 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5724 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5724 
No concerns 5724 
Speakers and room 5724 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5723 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5723 
Diaphram 5723 
Phram 5723 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5723 
Perfect piston 5723 
Decorater 5722 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5722 
New morning 5721 
The first take on the room with RTA 5720 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5720 
Axiomatic 5720 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5719 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5719 
The size of the bass. 5719 
Bass Factory 5719 
Crude Level, or something more? 5719 
I will play with it this week…. 5719 
Rent-A 5719 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5719 
Corner horns 5719 
Cheating from below 5719 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5719 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5718 
A possibly overly simplified view 5718 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5718 
Iceberg 5718 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5718 
Why not horn 5718 
A correction…. 5718 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5718 
They are just not related things at all. 5718 
Fertin 5716 
Low resonance is good... 5716 
Et tu, Brute? 5715 
The Room response at LF 5714 
Life On The Ground Floor 5714 
Bass arrays 5714 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5714 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5714 
The super sucks. 5714 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5714 
You may also try 5713 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5713 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5713 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5713 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5713 
60 Hz Resonance 5713 
No notching… so far. 5713 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5712 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5712 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5712 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5712 
Power to the People 5712 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5712 
Aura 5712 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5712 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5712 
All class D is the same 5712 
Interpreting the LF results. 5711 
The Halibut 5711 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5711 
The Big Picture 5711 
Power & ULF channels 5711 
The big picture indeed. 5711 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5711 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5711 
The Power and the Glory 5710 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5710 
I guess I did not get this memo 5710 
French LF drivers 5710 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5710 
(another) French LF approach 5709 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5709 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5709 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5709 
Limpschtick 5709 
Symmetry 5709 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5708 
Room correction 5708 
It migh be more complicated. 5708 
Bass EQ ? 5708 
Agree and not. 5708 
Two "diseases" 5708 
Parametric filters 5708 
Ceiling arrays 5708 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5708 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5708 
The Middle of the Room. 5708 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5708 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5708 
Stop! 5708 
Appendectomy 5708 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5707 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5707 
No Isolation 5707 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5704 
Potential contenders? 5703 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5703 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5703 
Those Crazy Canucks 5699 
Mo' Better Bass 5693 
Bird in the Hand? 5693 
A wet listening spot? 5686 
Storm 5683 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5683 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5669 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5639 
Polar Opposite ULF 5638 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5626 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5624 
Differently but the same. 5623 
PVC 5622 
The sail test try. 5622 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5622 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5622 
Trial 5621 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5621 
Some explanations 5621 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5620 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5619 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5618 
Acrylate 5617 
Magic blanket 5617 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5616 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5616 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5616 
I have a few options. 5616 
Foam color 5616 
Strange things with upperbass 5616 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5615 
Teatro reform. . . 5615 
The foaming room dilemma. 5614 
Melamine Foam 5614 
Foaming up the cat house 5614 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5614 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5614 
Acoustic revisions… 5613 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5610 
Surprises so far in the new room 5609 
The upperbass in the new room. 5609 
Slight change of hart. 5608 
Camco supply of Boston 5606 
Room acoustics 5606 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5565 
I need to kill dust first. 5565 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5563 
To feed the leeches? 5563 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5562 
Yh 5562 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5562 
DPOLs? 5562 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5562 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5559 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5559 
A HalfPipe solution? 5559 
I absolutely love it. 5559 
Piper work 5558 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5558 
Absorption 5558 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5557 
Cats life ? 5557 
Call me Pussy. 5557 
More about traps 5557 
Acoustic impedance? 5557 
You maybe right 5557 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5557 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5556 
Heavy Curtain 5556 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5555 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5555 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5555 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5552 
Fix speaker move chair? 5551 
Back and forth ceremony 5551 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5550 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5549 
Glass windows 5548 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5547 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5546 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5544 
How to use basement jacks? 5544 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5544 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5544 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5543 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5543 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5542 
Sore eyes... 5541 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5541 
The harvesting week! 5539 
I need an inspiration… 5538 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5537 
Like this? 5537 
Dramatically randomize MF 5537 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5536 
The room eats dynamic 5536 
Diffusers 5536 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5535 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5520 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5519 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5519 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5519 
About Width-Importance balance. 5517 
Letting the music scale up 5516 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5516 
To finish my house décor… 5512 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5511 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5510 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5510 
Calling the gods of music 5510 
Absolutely 5510 
Phase manipulation 5510 
No relation. 5510 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5510 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5510 
Dynamical mismatch 5509 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5509 
Stradiwinerius? 5506 
Dealing with the glass. 5505 
Boston 5505 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5505 
Added mass 5505 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5505 
It is about moderation…. 5505 
To hell with the wine... 5505 
Also for other surafaces 5504 
LEAD 5504 
LEAD & GLASS 5504 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5504 
Read carefully 5504 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5504 
Crooks and morons 5504 
Magiscopios 5503 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5483 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5483 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5482 
The LP setup in the new home. 5431 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5426 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5426 
Pianochord will do! 5426 
Spanyi heaven 5426 
I see no conflict at all. 5426 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5426 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5426 
A year after closing 5418 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5418 
Traveling antimatter 5411 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5405 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5404 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5378 
Cast Iron fireplace 5377 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5377 
The hardcore way 5377 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5341 
This is How It's Done 5340 
Listening room during summer. 5328 
What about those... 5327 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5327 
Reducing A/C Noise 5327 
HVAC the Cat 5327 
Big Ass fan 5326 
Variac dimmers 5326 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5326 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5326 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5258 
Some winter observations. 5149 
That Asian man…. 5118 
The Franz Schubert morning 5092 
Spring.... 5041 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4991 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4962 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4962 
Just good photography? 4962 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4962 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4962 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4961 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4961 
Sports car 4961 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4961 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4961 
Train Positioning 4961 
Kind of what I want 4961 
The lap listening… 4961 
Family Room 4961 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4958 
A super audio room. 4954 
Time Warp! 4954 
A piano in a listening room 4933 
Pianissimo 4933 
The plan in blue. 4933 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4933 
My doubts 4933 
It is exactly what I worry. 4932 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4932 
Musicians at home 4932 
Piano Measurements 4931 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4926 
The next step. 4912 
Midbass horns missing?? 4911 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4901 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4901 
Baby Grand 4900 
Wood floor 4900 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4900 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4900 
Amy’s baby. 4898 
Improvement 4898 
Agree with Scott 4898 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4886 
Integrated casters 4886 
Very nice, thanks. 4886 
Customization 4886 
Sliders 4886 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4879 
Congratulations 4879 
Holes in the floor... 4879 
Tubes and kids 4879 
Sweet spot enlargement 4879 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4877 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4876 
Wood Floors and Water 4876 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4871 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4870 
WAF is for Losers 4870 
WAF: it depends. 4870 
Integration 4869 
Here and there. 4869 
Life after WWIII 4869 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4869 
Cables management. 4867 
Featurizing 4867 
Kids and tubes cont. 4864 
Kid magnet 4864 
Kids and audio 4863 
Radars 4863 
Wow, what the days! 4859 
The comming weekend 4855 
It all was worth it! 4852 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4847 
Here is how it is look. 4847 
Resolving the carpet issue 4847 
Bonfire 4847 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4847 
Proof of concept? 4847 
Geometry 4847 
A view from listening position. 4847 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4847 
Some feedback 4847 
Evening 4847 
I wonder why. 4846 
Rugs and things 4846 
In defense… 4846 
I can’t get it. 4843 
Haze. 4842 
Front wall 4842 
It is very possible. 4842 
It is nice to be back. 4839 
My comfy corner. 4836 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4476 
WMD in house. 4298 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4201 
The third listening spot. 4180 
For sure a very different experience. 4142 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4137 
It's Jfretch's system. 4137 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4136 
Domestic games 4090 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3951 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3951 
Dynamic screening 3951 
Actually this is very good idea! 3951 
Volcanic fabric 3951 
I should have done this. 3949 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3945 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3914 
No worries 3914 
Awesome memories 3914 
Optimization of space 3914 
Child-ish considerations 3911 
Finding peace.... 3905 
"Fencing"? 3904 
I need to build something custom 3904 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3904 
Stressed Skin 3904 
NYC elevators 3904 
Kids toys and quantities. 3904 
Everything is completely reversible 3903 
Racks and things 3903 
Now it looks even more promising! 3903 
Quantity of rods 3903 
Avoiding diagonals 3901 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3900 
That's not fair! 3900 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3900 
Discrimination? 3895 
Vertical configuration 3888 
Impresive ! 3817 
Did you read the site? 3817 
Contact 3817 
Company's name is Rixrax 3817 
Stand 3816 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3772 
End of life headphone system 3772 
Something like this? 3772 
The "Second Living Room" 3772 
Mixing urban & suburban 3772 
Late night listening 3772 
Moving life... 3770 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3770 
A true listening room. 3746 
It started… 3731 
Levels of Interest 3731 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3731 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3731 
I can't not to post it.... 3731 
Do not leave him unattended. 3731 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3731 
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