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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5940 
The first take on the new room. 5934 
New Room, a first shot. 5933 
Wonderful 5933 
Adopted 5932 
The first relaxed night with the room 5930 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5929 
The listening room is ready. 5928 
New Room, a First Shot 5926 
Continue to work with the room 5926 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5926 
Room 5925 
I think it will take another month. 5925 
The Buttressing 5925 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5924 
The new place and the new noises. 5924 
Big listening room 5923 
Screw the "big" rooms 5923 
Big listening rooms 5923 
First reflection points 5922 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5922 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5919 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5918 
Squeezing the floor 5918 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5918 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5918 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5917 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5917 
The new room, the very first listening. 5917 
The 14.5 foot. 5916 
Again… 5915 
Romy's new Playground 5915 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5915 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5915 
For the uninitiated ... 5914 
NH guy 5914 
Room 5914 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5913 
The first base is done 5913 
Reentry time alignment. 5912 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5911 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5911 
Mid bass horn. 5911 
Guess is only a guess… 5911 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5911 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5910 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5910 
Diffusors 5910 
Diffuse injection 5910 
Let analyse why it so 5910 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5910 
Wheel and Deal 5910 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5910 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5910 
I Must Be Missing Something 5910 
I put sliders under my speakers 5909 
ROOM 5908 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5908 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5908 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5908 
No concerns 5908 
Speakers and room 5908 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5907 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5907 
Diaphram 5907 
Phram 5907 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5907 
Perfect piston 5907 
Decorater 5906 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5906 
New morning 5905 
The first take on the room with RTA 5904 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5904 
Axiomatic 5904 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5903 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5903 
The size of the bass. 5903 
Bass Factory 5903 
Crude Level, or something more? 5903 
I will play with it this week…. 5903 
Rent-A 5903 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5903 
Corner horns 5903 
Cheating from below 5903 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5903 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5902 
A possibly overly simplified view 5902 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5902 
Iceberg 5902 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5902 
Why not horn 5902 
A correction…. 5902 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5902 
They are just not related things at all. 5902 
Fertin 5900 
Low resonance is good... 5900 
Et tu, Brute? 5899 
The Room response at LF 5898 
Life On The Ground Floor 5898 
Bass arrays 5898 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5898 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5898 
The super sucks. 5898 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5898 
You may also try 5897 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5897 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5897 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5897 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5897 
60 Hz Resonance 5897 
No notching… so far. 5897 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5896 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5896 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5896 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5896 
Power to the People 5896 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5896 
Aura 5896 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5896 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5896 
All class D is the same 5896 
Interpreting the LF results. 5895 
The Halibut 5895 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5895 
The Big Picture 5895 
Power & ULF channels 5895 
The big picture indeed. 5895 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5895 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5895 
The Power and the Glory 5894 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5894 
I guess I did not get this memo 5894 
French LF drivers 5894 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5894 
(another) French LF approach 5893 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5893 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5893 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5893 
Limpschtick 5893 
Symmetry 5893 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5892 
Room correction 5892 
It migh be more complicated. 5892 
Bass EQ ? 5892 
Agree and not. 5892 
Two "diseases" 5892 
Parametric filters 5892 
Ceiling arrays 5892 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5892 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5892 
The Middle of the Room. 5892 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5892 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5892 
Stop! 5892 
Appendectomy 5892 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5891 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5891 
No Isolation 5891 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5888 
Potential contenders? 5887 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5887 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5887 
Those Crazy Canucks 5883 
Mo' Better Bass 5877 
Bird in the Hand? 5877 
A wet listening spot? 5870 
Storm 5867 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5867 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5853 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5823 
Polar Opposite ULF 5822 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5810 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5808 
Differently but the same. 5807 
PVC 5806 
The sail test try. 5806 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5806 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5806 
Trial 5805 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5805 
Some explanations 5805 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5804 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5803 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5802 
Acrylate 5801 
Magic blanket 5801 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5800 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5800 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5800 
I have a few options. 5800 
Foam color 5800 
Strange things with upperbass 5800 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5799 
Teatro reform. . . 5799 
The foaming room dilemma. 5798 
Melamine Foam 5798 
Foaming up the cat house 5798 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5798 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5798 
Acoustic revisions… 5797 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5794 
Surprises so far in the new room 5793 
The upperbass in the new room. 5793 
Slight change of hart. 5792 
Camco supply of Boston 5790 
Room acoustics 5790 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5749 
I need to kill dust first. 5749 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5747 
To feed the leeches? 5747 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5746 
Yh 5746 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5746 
DPOLs? 5746 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5746 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5743 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5743 
A HalfPipe solution? 5743 
I absolutely love it. 5743 
Piper work 5742 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5742 
Absorption 5742 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5741 
Cats life ? 5741 
Call me Pussy. 5741 
More about traps 5741 
Acoustic impedance? 5741 
You maybe right 5741 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5741 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5740 
Heavy Curtain 5740 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5739 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5739 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5739 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5736 
Fix speaker move chair? 5735 
Back and forth ceremony 5735 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5734 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5733 
Glass windows 5732 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5731 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5730 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5728 
How to use basement jacks? 5728 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5728 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5728 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5727 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5727 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5726 
Sore eyes... 5725 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5725 
The harvesting week! 5723 
I need an inspiration… 5722 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5721 
Like this? 5721 
Dramatically randomize MF 5721 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5720 
The room eats dynamic 5720 
Diffusers 5720 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5719 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5704 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5703 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5703 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5703 
About Width-Importance balance. 5701 
Letting the music scale up 5700 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5700 
To finish my house décor… 5696 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5695 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5694 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5694 
Calling the gods of music 5694 
Absolutely 5694 
Phase manipulation 5694 
No relation. 5694 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5694 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5694 
Dynamical mismatch 5693 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5693 
Stradiwinerius? 5690 
Dealing with the glass. 5689 
Boston 5689 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5689 
Added mass 5689 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5689 
It is about moderation…. 5689 
To hell with the wine... 5689 
Also for other surafaces 5688 
LEAD 5688 
LEAD & GLASS 5688 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5688 
Read carefully 5688 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5688 
Crooks and morons 5688 
Magiscopios 5687 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5667 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5667 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5666 
The LP setup in the new home. 5615 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5610 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5610 
Pianochord will do! 5610 
Spanyi heaven 5610 
I see no conflict at all. 5610 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5610 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5610 
A year after closing 5602 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5602 
Traveling antimatter 5595 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5589 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5588 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5562 
Cast Iron fireplace 5561 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5561 
The hardcore way 5561 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5525 
This is How It's Done 5524 
Listening room during summer. 5512 
What about those... 5511 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5511 
Reducing A/C Noise 5511 
HVAC the Cat 5511 
Big Ass fan 5510 
Variac dimmers 5510 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5510 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5510 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5442 
Some winter observations. 5333 
That Asian man…. 5302 
The Franz Schubert morning 5276 
Spring.... 5225 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5175 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5146 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5146 
Just good photography? 5146 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5146 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5146 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5145 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5145 
Sports car 5145 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5145 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5145 
Train Positioning 5145 
Kind of what I want 5145 
The lap listening… 5145 
Family Room 5145 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5142 
A super audio room. 5138 
Time Warp! 5138 
A piano in a listening room 5117 
Pianissimo 5117 
The plan in blue. 5117 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5117 
My doubts 5117 
It is exactly what I worry. 5116 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5116 
Musicians at home 5116 
Piano Measurements 5115 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5110 
The next step. 5096 
Midbass horns missing?? 5095 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5085 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5085 
Baby Grand 5084 
Wood floor 5084 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5084 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5084 
Amy’s baby. 5082 
Improvement 5082 
Agree with Scott 5082 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5070 
Integrated casters 5070 
Very nice, thanks. 5070 
Customization 5070 
Sliders 5070 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5063 
Congratulations 5063 
Holes in the floor... 5063 
Tubes and kids 5063 
Sweet spot enlargement 5063 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5061 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5060 
Wood Floors and Water 5060 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5055 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5054 
WAF is for Losers 5054 
WAF: it depends. 5054 
Integration 5053 
Here and there. 5053 
Life after WWIII 5053 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5053 
Cables management. 5051 
Featurizing 5051 
Kids and tubes cont. 5048 
Kid magnet 5048 
Kids and audio 5047 
Radars 5047 
Wow, what the days! 5043 
The comming weekend 5039 
It all was worth it! 5036 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5031 
Here is how it is look. 5031 
Resolving the carpet issue 5031 
Bonfire 5031 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5031 
Proof of concept? 5031 
Geometry 5031 
A view from listening position. 5031 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5031 
Some feedback 5031 
Evening 5031 
I wonder why. 5030 
Rugs and things 5030 
In defense… 5030 
I can’t get it. 5027 
Haze. 5026 
Front wall 5026 
It is very possible. 5026 
It is nice to be back. 5023 
My comfy corner. 5020 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4660 
WMD in house. 4482 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4385 
The third listening spot. 4364 
For sure a very different experience. 4326 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4321 
It's Jfretch's system. 4321 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4320 
Domestic games 4274 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4135 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4135 
Dynamic screening 4135 
Actually this is very good idea! 4135 
Volcanic fabric 4135 
I should have done this. 4133 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4129 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4098 
No worries 4098 
Awesome memories 4098 
Optimization of space 4098 
Child-ish considerations 4095 
Finding peace.... 4089 
"Fencing"? 4088 
I need to build something custom 4088 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4088 
Stressed Skin 4088 
NYC elevators 4088 
Kids toys and quantities. 4088 
Everything is completely reversible 4087 
Racks and things 4087 
Now it looks even more promising! 4087 
Quantity of rods 4087 
Avoiding diagonals 4085 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4084 
That's not fair! 4084 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4084 
Discrimination? 4079 
Vertical configuration 4072 
Impresive ! 4001 
Did you read the site? 4001 
Contact 4001 
Company's name is Rixrax 4001 
Stand 4000 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3956 
End of life headphone system 3956 
Something like this? 3956 
The "Second Living Room" 3956 
Mixing urban & suburban 3956 
Late night listening 3956 
Moving life... 3954 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3954 
A true listening room. 3930 
It started… 3915 
Levels of Interest 3915 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3915 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3915 
I can't not to post it.... 3915 
Do not leave him unattended. 3915 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3915 
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