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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5968 
The first take on the new room. 5962 
New Room, a first shot. 5961 
Wonderful 5961 
Adopted 5960 
The first relaxed night with the room 5958 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5957 
The listening room is ready. 5956 
New Room, a First Shot 5954 
Continue to work with the room 5954 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5954 
Room 5953 
I think it will take another month. 5953 
The Buttressing 5953 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5952 
The new place and the new noises. 5952 
Big listening room 5951 
Screw the "big" rooms 5951 
Big listening rooms 5951 
First reflection points 5950 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5950 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5947 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5946 
Squeezing the floor 5946 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5946 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5946 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5945 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5945 
The new room, the very first listening. 5945 
The 14.5 foot. 5944 
Again… 5943 
Romy's new Playground 5943 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5943 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5943 
For the uninitiated ... 5942 
NH guy 5942 
Room 5942 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5941 
The first base is done 5941 
Reentry time alignment. 5940 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5939 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5939 
Mid bass horn. 5939 
Guess is only a guess… 5939 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5939 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5938 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5938 
Diffusors 5938 
Diffuse injection 5938 
Let analyse why it so 5938 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5938 
Wheel and Deal 5938 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5938 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5938 
I Must Be Missing Something 5938 
I put sliders under my speakers 5937 
ROOM 5936 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5936 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5936 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5936 
No concerns 5936 
Speakers and room 5936 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5935 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5935 
Diaphram 5935 
Phram 5935 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5935 
Perfect piston 5935 
Decorater 5934 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5934 
New morning 5933 
The first take on the room with RTA 5932 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5932 
Axiomatic 5932 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5931 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5931 
The size of the bass. 5931 
Bass Factory 5931 
Crude Level, or something more? 5931 
I will play with it this week…. 5931 
Rent-A 5931 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5931 
Corner horns 5931 
Cheating from below 5931 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5931 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5930 
A possibly overly simplified view 5930 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5930 
Iceberg 5930 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5930 
Why not horn 5930 
A correction…. 5930 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5930 
They are just not related things at all. 5930 
Fertin 5928 
Low resonance is good... 5928 
Et tu, Brute? 5927 
The Room response at LF 5926 
Life On The Ground Floor 5926 
Bass arrays 5926 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5926 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5926 
The super sucks. 5926 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5926 
You may also try 5925 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5925 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5925 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5925 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5925 
60 Hz Resonance 5925 
No notching… so far. 5925 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5924 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5924 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5924 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5924 
Power to the People 5924 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5924 
Aura 5924 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5924 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5924 
All class D is the same 5924 
Interpreting the LF results. 5923 
The Halibut 5923 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5923 
The Big Picture 5923 
Power & ULF channels 5923 
The big picture indeed. 5923 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5923 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5923 
The Power and the Glory 5922 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5922 
I guess I did not get this memo 5922 
French LF drivers 5922 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5922 
(another) French LF approach 5921 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5921 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5921 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5921 
Limpschtick 5921 
Symmetry 5921 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5920 
Room correction 5920 
It migh be more complicated. 5920 
Bass EQ ? 5920 
Agree and not. 5920 
Two "diseases" 5920 
Parametric filters 5920 
Ceiling arrays 5920 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5920 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5920 
The Middle of the Room. 5920 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5920 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5920 
Stop! 5920 
Appendectomy 5920 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5919 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5919 
No Isolation 5919 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5916 
Potential contenders? 5915 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5915 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5915 
Those Crazy Canucks 5911 
Mo' Better Bass 5905 
Bird in the Hand? 5905 
A wet listening spot? 5898 
Storm 5895 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5895 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5881 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5851 
Polar Opposite ULF 5850 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5838 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5836 
Differently but the same. 5835 
PVC 5834 
The sail test try. 5834 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5834 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5834 
Trial 5833 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5833 
Some explanations 5833 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5832 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5831 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5830 
Acrylate 5829 
Magic blanket 5829 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5828 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5828 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5828 
I have a few options. 5828 
Foam color 5828 
Strange things with upperbass 5828 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5827 
Teatro reform. . . 5827 
The foaming room dilemma. 5826 
Melamine Foam 5826 
Foaming up the cat house 5826 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5826 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5826 
Acoustic revisions… 5825 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5822 
Surprises so far in the new room 5821 
The upperbass in the new room. 5821 
Slight change of hart. 5820 
Camco supply of Boston 5818 
Room acoustics 5818 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5777 
I need to kill dust first. 5777 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5775 
To feed the leeches? 5775 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5774 
Yh 5774 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5774 
DPOLs? 5774 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5774 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5771 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5771 
A HalfPipe solution? 5771 
I absolutely love it. 5771 
Piper work 5770 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5770 
Absorption 5770 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5769 
Cats life ? 5769 
Call me Pussy. 5769 
More about traps 5769 
Acoustic impedance? 5769 
You maybe right 5769 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5769 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5768 
Heavy Curtain 5768 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5767 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5767 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5767 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5764 
Fix speaker move chair? 5763 
Back and forth ceremony 5763 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5762 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5761 
Glass windows 5760 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5759 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5758 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5756 
How to use basement jacks? 5756 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5756 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5756 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5755 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5755 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5754 
Sore eyes... 5753 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5753 
The harvesting week! 5751 
I need an inspiration… 5750 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5749 
Like this? 5749 
Dramatically randomize MF 5749 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5748 
The room eats dynamic 5748 
Diffusers 5748 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5747 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5732 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5731 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5731 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5731 
About Width-Importance balance. 5729 
Letting the music scale up 5728 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5728 
To finish my house décor… 5724 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5723 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5722 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5722 
Calling the gods of music 5722 
Absolutely 5722 
Phase manipulation 5722 
No relation. 5722 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5722 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5722 
Dynamical mismatch 5721 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5721 
Stradiwinerius? 5718 
Dealing with the glass. 5717 
Boston 5717 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5717 
Added mass 5717 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5717 
It is about moderation…. 5717 
To hell with the wine... 5717 
Also for other surafaces 5716 
LEAD 5716 
LEAD & GLASS 5716 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5716 
Read carefully 5716 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5716 
Crooks and morons 5716 
Magiscopios 5715 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5695 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5695 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5694 
The LP setup in the new home. 5643 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5638 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5638 
Pianochord will do! 5638 
Spanyi heaven 5638 
I see no conflict at all. 5638 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5638 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5638 
A year after closing 5630 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5630 
Traveling antimatter 5623 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5617 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5616 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5590 
Cast Iron fireplace 5589 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5589 
The hardcore way 5589 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5553 
This is How It's Done 5552 
Listening room during summer. 5540 
What about those... 5539 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5539 
Reducing A/C Noise 5539 
HVAC the Cat 5539 
Big Ass fan 5538 
Variac dimmers 5538 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5538 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5538 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5470 
Some winter observations. 5361 
That Asian man…. 5330 
The Franz Schubert morning 5304 
Spring.... 5253 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5203 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5174 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5174 
Just good photography? 5174 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5174 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5174 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5173 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5173 
Sports car 5173 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5173 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5173 
Train Positioning 5173 
Kind of what I want 5173 
The lap listening… 5173 
Family Room 5173 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5170 
A super audio room. 5166 
Time Warp! 5166 
A piano in a listening room 5145 
Pianissimo 5145 
The plan in blue. 5145 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5145 
My doubts 5145 
It is exactly what I worry. 5144 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5144 
Musicians at home 5144 
Piano Measurements 5143 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5138 
The next step. 5124 
Midbass horns missing?? 5123 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5113 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5113 
Baby Grand 5112 
Wood floor 5112 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5112 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5112 
Amy’s baby. 5110 
Improvement 5110 
Agree with Scott 5110 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5098 
Integrated casters 5098 
Very nice, thanks. 5098 
Customization 5098 
Sliders 5098 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5091 
Congratulations 5091 
Holes in the floor... 5091 
Tubes and kids 5091 
Sweet spot enlargement 5091 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5089 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5088 
Wood Floors and Water 5088 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5083 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5082 
WAF is for Losers 5082 
WAF: it depends. 5082 
Integration 5081 
Here and there. 5081 
Life after WWIII 5081 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5081 
Cables management. 5079 
Featurizing 5079 
Kids and tubes cont. 5076 
Kid magnet 5076 
Kids and audio 5075 
Radars 5075 
Wow, what the days! 5071 
The comming weekend 5067 
It all was worth it! 5064 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5059 
Here is how it is look. 5059 
Resolving the carpet issue 5059 
Bonfire 5059 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5059 
Proof of concept? 5059 
Geometry 5059 
A view from listening position. 5059 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5059 
Some feedback 5059 
Evening 5059 
I wonder why. 5058 
Rugs and things 5058 
In defense… 5058 
I can’t get it. 5055 
Haze. 5054 
Front wall 5054 
It is very possible. 5054 
It is nice to be back. 5051 
My comfy corner. 5048 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4688 
WMD in house. 4510 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4413 
The third listening spot. 4392 
For sure a very different experience. 4354 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4349 
It's Jfretch's system. 4349 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4348 
Domestic games 4302 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4163 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4163 
Dynamic screening 4163 
Actually this is very good idea! 4163 
Volcanic fabric 4163 
I should have done this. 4161 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4157 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4126 
No worries 4126 
Awesome memories 4126 
Optimization of space 4126 
Child-ish considerations 4123 
Finding peace.... 4117 
"Fencing"? 4116 
I need to build something custom 4116 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4116 
Stressed Skin 4116 
NYC elevators 4116 
Kids toys and quantities. 4116 
Everything is completely reversible 4115 
Racks and things 4115 
Now it looks even more promising! 4115 
Quantity of rods 4115 
Avoiding diagonals 4113 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4112 
That's not fair! 4112 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4112 
Discrimination? 4107 
Vertical configuration 4100 
Impresive ! 4029 
Did you read the site? 4029 
Contact 4029 
Company's name is Rixrax 4029 
Stand 4028 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3984 
End of life headphone system 3984 
Something like this? 3984 
The "Second Living Room" 3984 
Mixing urban & suburban 3984 
Late night listening 3984 
Moving life... 3982 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3982 
A true listening room. 3958 
It started… 3943 
Levels of Interest 3943 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3943 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3943 
I can't not to post it.... 3943 
Do not leave him unattended. 3943 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3943 
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