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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5781 
The first take on the new room. 5775 
New Room, a first shot. 5774 
Wonderful 5774 
Adopted 5773 
The first relaxed night with the room 5771 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5770 
The listening room is ready. 5769 
New Room, a First Shot 5767 
Continue to work with the room 5767 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5767 
Room 5766 
I think it will take another month. 5766 
The Buttressing 5766 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5765 
The new place and the new noises. 5765 
Big listening room 5764 
Screw the "big" rooms 5764 
Big listening rooms 5764 
First reflection points 5763 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5763 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5760 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5759 
Squeezing the floor 5759 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5759 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5759 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5758 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5758 
The new room, the very first listening. 5758 
The 14.5 foot. 5757 
Again… 5756 
Romy's new Playground 5756 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5756 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5756 
For the uninitiated ... 5755 
NH guy 5755 
Room 5755 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5754 
The first base is done 5754 
Reentry time alignment. 5753 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5752 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5752 
Mid bass horn. 5752 
Guess is only a guess… 5752 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5752 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5751 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5751 
Diffusors 5751 
Diffuse injection 5751 
Let analyse why it so 5751 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5751 
Wheel and Deal 5751 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5751 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5751 
I Must Be Missing Something 5751 
I put sliders under my speakers 5750 
ROOM 5749 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5749 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5749 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5749 
No concerns 5749 
Speakers and room 5749 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5748 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5748 
Diaphram 5748 
Phram 5748 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5748 
Perfect piston 5748 
Decorater 5747 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5747 
New morning 5746 
The first take on the room with RTA 5745 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5745 
Axiomatic 5745 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5744 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5744 
The size of the bass. 5744 
Bass Factory 5744 
Crude Level, or something more? 5744 
I will play with it this week…. 5744 
Rent-A 5744 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5744 
Corner horns 5744 
Cheating from below 5744 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5744 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5743 
A possibly overly simplified view 5743 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5743 
Iceberg 5743 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5743 
Why not horn 5743 
A correction…. 5743 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5743 
They are just not related things at all. 5743 
Fertin 5741 
Low resonance is good... 5741 
Et tu, Brute? 5740 
The Room response at LF 5739 
Life On The Ground Floor 5739 
Bass arrays 5739 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5739 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5739 
The super sucks. 5739 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5739 
You may also try 5738 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5738 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5738 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5738 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5738 
60 Hz Resonance 5738 
No notching… so far. 5738 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5737 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5737 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5737 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5737 
Power to the People 5737 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5737 
Aura 5737 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5737 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5737 
All class D is the same 5737 
Interpreting the LF results. 5736 
The Halibut 5736 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5736 
The Big Picture 5736 
Power & ULF channels 5736 
The big picture indeed. 5736 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5736 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5736 
The Power and the Glory 5735 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5735 
I guess I did not get this memo 5735 
French LF drivers 5735 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5735 
(another) French LF approach 5734 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5734 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5734 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5734 
Limpschtick 5734 
Symmetry 5734 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5733 
Room correction 5733 
It migh be more complicated. 5733 
Bass EQ ? 5733 
Agree and not. 5733 
Two "diseases" 5733 
Parametric filters 5733 
Ceiling arrays 5733 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5733 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5733 
The Middle of the Room. 5733 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5733 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5733 
Stop! 5733 
Appendectomy 5733 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5732 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5732 
No Isolation 5732 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5729 
Potential contenders? 5728 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5728 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5728 
Those Crazy Canucks 5724 
Mo' Better Bass 5718 
Bird in the Hand? 5718 
A wet listening spot? 5711 
Storm 5708 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5708 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5694 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5664 
Polar Opposite ULF 5663 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5651 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5649 
Differently but the same. 5648 
PVC 5647 
The sail test try. 5647 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5647 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5647 
Trial 5646 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5646 
Some explanations 5646 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5645 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5644 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5643 
Acrylate 5642 
Magic blanket 5642 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5641 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5641 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5641 
I have a few options. 5641 
Foam color 5641 
Strange things with upperbass 5641 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5640 
Teatro reform. . . 5640 
The foaming room dilemma. 5639 
Melamine Foam 5639 
Foaming up the cat house 5639 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5639 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5639 
Acoustic revisions… 5638 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5635 
Surprises so far in the new room 5634 
The upperbass in the new room. 5634 
Slight change of hart. 5633 
Camco supply of Boston 5631 
Room acoustics 5631 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5590 
I need to kill dust first. 5590 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5588 
To feed the leeches? 5588 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5587 
Yh 5587 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5587 
DPOLs? 5587 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5587 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5584 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5584 
A HalfPipe solution? 5584 
I absolutely love it. 5584 
Piper work 5583 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5583 
Absorption 5583 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5582 
Cats life ? 5582 
Call me Pussy. 5582 
More about traps 5582 
Acoustic impedance? 5582 
You maybe right 5582 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5582 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5581 
Heavy Curtain 5581 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5580 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5580 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5580 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5577 
Fix speaker move chair? 5576 
Back and forth ceremony 5576 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5575 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5574 
Glass windows 5573 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5572 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5571 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5569 
How to use basement jacks? 5569 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5569 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5569 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5568 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5568 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5567 
Sore eyes... 5566 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5566 
The harvesting week! 5564 
I need an inspiration… 5563 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5562 
Like this? 5562 
Dramatically randomize MF 5562 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5561 
The room eats dynamic 5561 
Diffusers 5561 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5560 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5545 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5544 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5544 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5544 
About Width-Importance balance. 5542 
Letting the music scale up 5541 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5541 
To finish my house décor… 5537 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5536 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5535 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5535 
Calling the gods of music 5535 
Absolutely 5535 
Phase manipulation 5535 
No relation. 5535 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5535 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5535 
Dynamical mismatch 5534 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5534 
Stradiwinerius? 5531 
Dealing with the glass. 5530 
Boston 5530 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5530 
Added mass 5530 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5530 
It is about moderation…. 5530 
To hell with the wine... 5530 
Also for other surafaces 5529 
LEAD 5529 
LEAD & GLASS 5529 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5529 
Read carefully 5529 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5529 
Crooks and morons 5529 
Magiscopios 5528 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5508 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5508 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5507 
The LP setup in the new home. 5456 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5451 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5451 
Pianochord will do! 5451 
Spanyi heaven 5451 
I see no conflict at all. 5451 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5451 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5451 
A year after closing 5443 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5443 
Traveling antimatter 5436 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5430 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5429 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5403 
Cast Iron fireplace 5402 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5402 
The hardcore way 5402 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5366 
This is How It's Done 5365 
Listening room during summer. 5353 
What about those... 5352 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5352 
Reducing A/C Noise 5352 
HVAC the Cat 5352 
Big Ass fan 5351 
Variac dimmers 5351 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5351 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5351 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5283 
Some winter observations. 5174 
That Asian man…. 5143 
The Franz Schubert morning 5117 
Spring.... 5066 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5016 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4987 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4987 
Just good photography? 4987 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4987 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4987 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4986 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4986 
Sports car 4986 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4986 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4986 
Train Positioning 4986 
Kind of what I want 4986 
The lap listening… 4986 
Family Room 4986 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4983 
A super audio room. 4979 
Time Warp! 4979 
A piano in a listening room 4958 
Pianissimo 4958 
The plan in blue. 4958 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4958 
My doubts 4958 
It is exactly what I worry. 4957 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4957 
Musicians at home 4957 
Piano Measurements 4956 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4951 
The next step. 4937 
Midbass horns missing?? 4936 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4926 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4926 
Baby Grand 4925 
Wood floor 4925 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4925 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4925 
Amy’s baby. 4923 
Improvement 4923 
Agree with Scott 4923 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4911 
Integrated casters 4911 
Very nice, thanks. 4911 
Customization 4911 
Sliders 4911 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4904 
Congratulations 4904 
Holes in the floor... 4904 
Tubes and kids 4904 
Sweet spot enlargement 4904 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4902 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4901 
Wood Floors and Water 4901 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4896 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4895 
WAF is for Losers 4895 
WAF: it depends. 4895 
Integration 4894 
Here and there. 4894 
Life after WWIII 4894 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4894 
Cables management. 4892 
Featurizing 4892 
Kids and tubes cont. 4889 
Kid magnet 4889 
Kids and audio 4888 
Radars 4888 
Wow, what the days! 4884 
The comming weekend 4880 
It all was worth it! 4877 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4872 
Here is how it is look. 4872 
Resolving the carpet issue 4872 
Bonfire 4872 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4872 
Proof of concept? 4872 
Geometry 4872 
A view from listening position. 4872 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4872 
Some feedback 4872 
Evening 4872 
I wonder why. 4871 
Rugs and things 4871 
In defense… 4871 
I can’t get it. 4868 
Haze. 4867 
Front wall 4867 
It is very possible. 4867 
It is nice to be back. 4864 
My comfy corner. 4861 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4501 
WMD in house. 4323 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4226 
The third listening spot. 4205 
For sure a very different experience. 4167 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4162 
It's Jfretch's system. 4162 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4161 
Domestic games 4115 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3976 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3976 
Dynamic screening 3976 
Actually this is very good idea! 3976 
Volcanic fabric 3976 
I should have done this. 3974 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3970 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3939 
No worries 3939 
Awesome memories 3939 
Optimization of space 3939 
Child-ish considerations 3936 
Finding peace.... 3930 
"Fencing"? 3929 
I need to build something custom 3929 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3929 
Stressed Skin 3929 
NYC elevators 3929 
Kids toys and quantities. 3929 
Everything is completely reversible 3928 
Racks and things 3928 
Now it looks even more promising! 3928 
Quantity of rods 3928 
Avoiding diagonals 3926 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3925 
That's not fair! 3925 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3925 
Discrimination? 3920 
Vertical configuration 3913 
Impresive ! 3842 
Did you read the site? 3842 
Contact 3842 
Company's name is Rixrax 3842 
Stand 3841 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3797 
End of life headphone system 3797 
Something like this? 3797 
The "Second Living Room" 3797 
Mixing urban & suburban 3797 
Late night listening 3797 
Moving life... 3795 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3795 
A true listening room. 3771 
It started… 3756 
Levels of Interest 3756 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3756 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3756 
I can't not to post it.... 3756 
Do not leave him unattended. 3756 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3756 
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