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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5851 
The first take on the new room. 5845 
New Room, a first shot. 5844 
Wonderful 5844 
Adopted 5843 
The first relaxed night with the room 5841 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5840 
The listening room is ready. 5839 
New Room, a First Shot 5837 
Continue to work with the room 5837 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5837 
Room 5836 
I think it will take another month. 5836 
The Buttressing 5836 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5835 
The new place and the new noises. 5835 
Big listening room 5834 
Screw the "big" rooms 5834 
Big listening rooms 5834 
First reflection points 5833 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5833 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5830 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5829 
Squeezing the floor 5829 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5829 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5829 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5828 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5828 
The new room, the very first listening. 5828 
The 14.5 foot. 5827 
Again… 5826 
Romy's new Playground 5826 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5826 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5826 
For the uninitiated ... 5825 
NH guy 5825 
Room 5825 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5824 
The first base is done 5824 
Reentry time alignment. 5823 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5822 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5822 
Mid bass horn. 5822 
Guess is only a guess… 5822 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5822 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5821 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5821 
Diffusors 5821 
Diffuse injection 5821 
Let analyse why it so 5821 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5821 
Wheel and Deal 5821 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5821 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5821 
I Must Be Missing Something 5821 
I put sliders under my speakers 5820 
ROOM 5819 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5819 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5819 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5819 
No concerns 5819 
Speakers and room 5819 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5818 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5818 
Diaphram 5818 
Phram 5818 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5818 
Perfect piston 5818 
Decorater 5817 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5817 
New morning 5816 
The first take on the room with RTA 5815 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5815 
Axiomatic 5815 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5814 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5814 
The size of the bass. 5814 
Bass Factory 5814 
Crude Level, or something more? 5814 
I will play with it this week…. 5814 
Rent-A 5814 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5814 
Corner horns 5814 
Cheating from below 5814 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5814 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5813 
A possibly overly simplified view 5813 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5813 
Iceberg 5813 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5813 
Why not horn 5813 
A correction…. 5813 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5813 
They are just not related things at all. 5813 
Fertin 5811 
Low resonance is good... 5811 
Et tu, Brute? 5810 
The Room response at LF 5809 
Life On The Ground Floor 5809 
Bass arrays 5809 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5809 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5809 
The super sucks. 5809 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5809 
You may also try 5808 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5808 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5808 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5808 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5808 
60 Hz Resonance 5808 
No notching… so far. 5808 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5807 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5807 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5807 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5807 
Power to the People 5807 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5807 
Aura 5807 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5807 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5807 
All class D is the same 5807 
Interpreting the LF results. 5806 
The Halibut 5806 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5806 
The Big Picture 5806 
Power & ULF channels 5806 
The big picture indeed. 5806 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5806 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5806 
The Power and the Glory 5805 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5805 
I guess I did not get this memo 5805 
French LF drivers 5805 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5805 
(another) French LF approach 5804 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5804 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5804 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5804 
Limpschtick 5804 
Symmetry 5804 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5803 
Room correction 5803 
It migh be more complicated. 5803 
Bass EQ ? 5803 
Agree and not. 5803 
Two "diseases" 5803 
Parametric filters 5803 
Ceiling arrays 5803 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5803 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5803 
The Middle of the Room. 5803 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5803 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5803 
Stop! 5803 
Appendectomy 5803 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5802 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5802 
No Isolation 5802 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5799 
Potential contenders? 5798 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5798 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5798 
Those Crazy Canucks 5794 
Mo' Better Bass 5788 
Bird in the Hand? 5788 
A wet listening spot? 5781 
Storm 5778 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5778 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5764 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5734 
Polar Opposite ULF 5733 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5721 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5719 
Differently but the same. 5718 
PVC 5717 
The sail test try. 5717 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5717 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5717 
Trial 5716 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5716 
Some explanations 5716 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5715 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5714 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5713 
Acrylate 5712 
Magic blanket 5712 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5711 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5711 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5711 
I have a few options. 5711 
Foam color 5711 
Strange things with upperbass 5711 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5710 
Teatro reform. . . 5710 
The foaming room dilemma. 5709 
Melamine Foam 5709 
Foaming up the cat house 5709 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5709 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5709 
Acoustic revisions… 5708 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5705 
Surprises so far in the new room 5704 
The upperbass in the new room. 5704 
Slight change of hart. 5703 
Camco supply of Boston 5701 
Room acoustics 5701 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5660 
I need to kill dust first. 5660 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5658 
To feed the leeches? 5658 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5657 
Yh 5657 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5657 
DPOLs? 5657 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5657 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5654 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5654 
A HalfPipe solution? 5654 
I absolutely love it. 5654 
Piper work 5653 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5653 
Absorption 5653 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5652 
Cats life ? 5652 
Call me Pussy. 5652 
More about traps 5652 
Acoustic impedance? 5652 
You maybe right 5652 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5652 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5651 
Heavy Curtain 5651 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5650 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5650 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5650 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5647 
Fix speaker move chair? 5646 
Back and forth ceremony 5646 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5645 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5644 
Glass windows 5643 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5642 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5641 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5639 
How to use basement jacks? 5639 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5639 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5639 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5638 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5638 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5637 
Sore eyes... 5636 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5636 
The harvesting week! 5634 
I need an inspiration… 5633 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5632 
Like this? 5632 
Dramatically randomize MF 5632 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5631 
The room eats dynamic 5631 
Diffusers 5631 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5630 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5615 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5614 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5614 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5614 
About Width-Importance balance. 5612 
Letting the music scale up 5611 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5611 
To finish my house décor… 5607 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5606 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5605 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5605 
Calling the gods of music 5605 
Absolutely 5605 
Phase manipulation 5605 
No relation. 5605 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5605 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5605 
Dynamical mismatch 5604 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5604 
Stradiwinerius? 5601 
Dealing with the glass. 5600 
Boston 5600 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5600 
Added mass 5600 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5600 
It is about moderation…. 5600 
To hell with the wine... 5600 
Also for other surafaces 5599 
LEAD 5599 
LEAD & GLASS 5599 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5599 
Read carefully 5599 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5599 
Crooks and morons 5599 
Magiscopios 5598 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5578 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5578 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5577 
The LP setup in the new home. 5526 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5521 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5521 
Pianochord will do! 5521 
Spanyi heaven 5521 
I see no conflict at all. 5521 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5521 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5521 
A year after closing 5513 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5513 
Traveling antimatter 5506 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5500 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5499 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5473 
Cast Iron fireplace 5472 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5472 
The hardcore way 5472 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5436 
This is How It's Done 5435 
Listening room during summer. 5423 
What about those... 5422 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5422 
Reducing A/C Noise 5422 
HVAC the Cat 5422 
Big Ass fan 5421 
Variac dimmers 5421 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5421 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5421 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5353 
Some winter observations. 5244 
That Asian man…. 5213 
The Franz Schubert morning 5187 
Spring.... 5136 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5086 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5057 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5057 
Just good photography? 5057 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5057 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5057 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5056 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5056 
Sports car 5056 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5056 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5056 
Train Positioning 5056 
Kind of what I want 5056 
The lap listening… 5056 
Family Room 5056 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5053 
A super audio room. 5049 
Time Warp! 5049 
A piano in a listening room 5028 
Pianissimo 5028 
The plan in blue. 5028 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5028 
My doubts 5028 
It is exactly what I worry. 5027 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5027 
Musicians at home 5027 
Piano Measurements 5026 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5021 
The next step. 5007 
Midbass horns missing?? 5006 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4996 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4996 
Baby Grand 4995 
Wood floor 4995 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4995 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4995 
Amy’s baby. 4993 
Improvement 4993 
Agree with Scott 4993 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4981 
Integrated casters 4981 
Very nice, thanks. 4981 
Customization 4981 
Sliders 4981 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4974 
Congratulations 4974 
Holes in the floor... 4974 
Tubes and kids 4974 
Sweet spot enlargement 4974 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4972 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4971 
Wood Floors and Water 4971 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4966 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4965 
WAF is for Losers 4965 
WAF: it depends. 4965 
Integration 4964 
Here and there. 4964 
Life after WWIII 4964 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4964 
Cables management. 4962 
Featurizing 4962 
Kids and tubes cont. 4959 
Kid magnet 4959 
Kids and audio 4958 
Radars 4958 
Wow, what the days! 4954 
The comming weekend 4950 
It all was worth it! 4947 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4942 
Here is how it is look. 4942 
Resolving the carpet issue 4942 
Bonfire 4942 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4942 
Proof of concept? 4942 
Geometry 4942 
A view from listening position. 4942 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4942 
Some feedback 4942 
Evening 4942 
I wonder why. 4941 
Rugs and things 4941 
In defense… 4941 
I can’t get it. 4938 
Haze. 4937 
Front wall 4937 
It is very possible. 4937 
It is nice to be back. 4934 
My comfy corner. 4931 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4571 
WMD in house. 4393 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4296 
The third listening spot. 4275 
For sure a very different experience. 4237 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4232 
It's Jfretch's system. 4232 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4231 
Domestic games 4185 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4046 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4046 
Dynamic screening 4046 
Actually this is very good idea! 4046 
Volcanic fabric 4046 
I should have done this. 4044 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4040 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4009 
No worries 4009 
Awesome memories 4009 
Optimization of space 4009 
Child-ish considerations 4006 
Finding peace.... 4000 
"Fencing"? 3999 
I need to build something custom 3999 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3999 
Stressed Skin 3999 
NYC elevators 3999 
Kids toys and quantities. 3999 
Everything is completely reversible 3998 
Racks and things 3998 
Now it looks even more promising! 3998 
Quantity of rods 3998 
Avoiding diagonals 3996 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3995 
That's not fair! 3995 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3995 
Discrimination? 3990 
Vertical configuration 3983 
Impresive ! 3912 
Did you read the site? 3912 
Contact 3912 
Company's name is Rixrax 3912 
Stand 3911 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3867 
End of life headphone system 3867 
Something like this? 3867 
The "Second Living Room" 3867 
Mixing urban & suburban 3867 
Late night listening 3867 
Moving life... 3865 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3865 
A true listening room. 3841 
It started… 3826 
Levels of Interest 3826 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3826 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3826 
I can't not to post it.... 3826 
Do not leave him unattended. 3826 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3826 
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