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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5928 
The first take on the new room. 5922 
New Room, a first shot. 5921 
Wonderful 5921 
Adopted 5920 
The first relaxed night with the room 5918 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5917 
The listening room is ready. 5916 
New Room, a First Shot 5914 
Continue to work with the room 5914 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5914 
Room 5913 
I think it will take another month. 5913 
The Buttressing 5913 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5912 
The new place and the new noises. 5912 
Big listening room 5911 
Screw the "big" rooms 5911 
Big listening rooms 5911 
First reflection points 5910 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5910 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5907 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5906 
Squeezing the floor 5906 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5906 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5906 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5905 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5905 
The new room, the very first listening. 5905 
The 14.5 foot. 5904 
Again… 5903 
Romy's new Playground 5903 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5903 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5903 
For the uninitiated ... 5902 
NH guy 5902 
Room 5902 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5901 
The first base is done 5901 
Reentry time alignment. 5900 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5899 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5899 
Mid bass horn. 5899 
Guess is only a guess… 5899 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5899 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5898 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5898 
Diffusors 5898 
Diffuse injection 5898 
Let analyse why it so 5898 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5898 
Wheel and Deal 5898 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5898 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5898 
I Must Be Missing Something 5898 
I put sliders under my speakers 5897 
ROOM 5896 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5896 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5896 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5896 
No concerns 5896 
Speakers and room 5896 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5895 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5895 
Diaphram 5895 
Phram 5895 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5895 
Perfect piston 5895 
Decorater 5894 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5894 
New morning 5893 
The first take on the room with RTA 5892 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5892 
Axiomatic 5892 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5891 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5891 
The size of the bass. 5891 
Bass Factory 5891 
Crude Level, or something more? 5891 
I will play with it this week…. 5891 
Rent-A 5891 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5891 
Corner horns 5891 
Cheating from below 5891 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5891 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5890 
A possibly overly simplified view 5890 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5890 
Iceberg 5890 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5890 
Why not horn 5890 
A correction…. 5890 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5890 
They are just not related things at all. 5890 
Fertin 5888 
Low resonance is good... 5888 
Et tu, Brute? 5887 
The Room response at LF 5886 
Life On The Ground Floor 5886 
Bass arrays 5886 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5886 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5886 
The super sucks. 5886 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5886 
You may also try 5885 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5885 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5885 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5885 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5885 
60 Hz Resonance 5885 
No notching… so far. 5885 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5884 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5884 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5884 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5884 
Power to the People 5884 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5884 
Aura 5884 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5884 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5884 
All class D is the same 5884 
Interpreting the LF results. 5883 
The Halibut 5883 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5883 
The Big Picture 5883 
Power & ULF channels 5883 
The big picture indeed. 5883 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5883 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5883 
The Power and the Glory 5882 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5882 
I guess I did not get this memo 5882 
French LF drivers 5882 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5882 
(another) French LF approach 5881 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5881 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5881 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5881 
Limpschtick 5881 
Symmetry 5881 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5880 
Room correction 5880 
It migh be more complicated. 5880 
Bass EQ ? 5880 
Agree and not. 5880 
Two "diseases" 5880 
Parametric filters 5880 
Ceiling arrays 5880 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5880 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5880 
The Middle of the Room. 5880 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5880 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5880 
Stop! 5880 
Appendectomy 5880 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5879 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5879 
No Isolation 5879 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5876 
Potential contenders? 5875 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5875 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5875 
Those Crazy Canucks 5871 
Mo' Better Bass 5865 
Bird in the Hand? 5865 
A wet listening spot? 5858 
Storm 5855 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5855 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5841 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5811 
Polar Opposite ULF 5810 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5798 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5796 
Differently but the same. 5795 
PVC 5794 
The sail test try. 5794 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5794 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5794 
Trial 5793 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5793 
Some explanations 5793 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5792 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5791 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5790 
Acrylate 5789 
Magic blanket 5789 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5788 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5788 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5788 
I have a few options. 5788 
Foam color 5788 
Strange things with upperbass 5788 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5787 
Teatro reform. . . 5787 
The foaming room dilemma. 5786 
Melamine Foam 5786 
Foaming up the cat house 5786 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5786 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5786 
Acoustic revisions… 5785 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5782 
Surprises so far in the new room 5781 
The upperbass in the new room. 5781 
Slight change of hart. 5780 
Camco supply of Boston 5778 
Room acoustics 5778 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5737 
I need to kill dust first. 5737 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5735 
To feed the leeches? 5735 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5734 
Yh 5734 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5734 
DPOLs? 5734 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5734 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5731 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5731 
A HalfPipe solution? 5731 
I absolutely love it. 5731 
Piper work 5730 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5730 
Absorption 5730 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5729 
Cats life ? 5729 
Call me Pussy. 5729 
More about traps 5729 
Acoustic impedance? 5729 
You maybe right 5729 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5729 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5728 
Heavy Curtain 5728 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5727 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5727 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5727 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5724 
Fix speaker move chair? 5723 
Back and forth ceremony 5723 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5722 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5721 
Glass windows 5720 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5719 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5718 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5716 
How to use basement jacks? 5716 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5716 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5716 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5715 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5715 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5714 
Sore eyes... 5713 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5713 
The harvesting week! 5711 
I need an inspiration… 5710 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5709 
Like this? 5709 
Dramatically randomize MF 5709 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5708 
The room eats dynamic 5708 
Diffusers 5708 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5707 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5692 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5691 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5691 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5691 
About Width-Importance balance. 5689 
Letting the music scale up 5688 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5688 
To finish my house décor… 5684 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5683 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5682 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5682 
Calling the gods of music 5682 
Absolutely 5682 
Phase manipulation 5682 
No relation. 5682 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5682 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5682 
Dynamical mismatch 5681 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5681 
Stradiwinerius? 5678 
Dealing with the glass. 5677 
Boston 5677 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5677 
Added mass 5677 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5677 
It is about moderation…. 5677 
To hell with the wine... 5677 
Also for other surafaces 5676 
LEAD 5676 
LEAD & GLASS 5676 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5676 
Read carefully 5676 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5676 
Crooks and morons 5676 
Magiscopios 5675 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5655 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5655 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5654 
The LP setup in the new home. 5603 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5598 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5598 
Pianochord will do! 5598 
Spanyi heaven 5598 
I see no conflict at all. 5598 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5598 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5598 
A year after closing 5590 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5590 
Traveling antimatter 5583 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5577 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5576 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5550 
Cast Iron fireplace 5549 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5549 
The hardcore way 5549 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5513 
This is How It's Done 5512 
Listening room during summer. 5500 
What about those... 5499 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5499 
Reducing A/C Noise 5499 
HVAC the Cat 5499 
Big Ass fan 5498 
Variac dimmers 5498 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5498 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5498 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5430 
Some winter observations. 5321 
That Asian man…. 5290 
The Franz Schubert morning 5264 
Spring.... 5213 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5163 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5134 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5134 
Just good photography? 5134 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5134 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5134 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5133 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5133 
Sports car 5133 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5133 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5133 
Train Positioning 5133 
Kind of what I want 5133 
The lap listening… 5133 
Family Room 5133 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5130 
A super audio room. 5126 
Time Warp! 5126 
A piano in a listening room 5105 
Pianissimo 5105 
The plan in blue. 5105 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5105 
My doubts 5105 
It is exactly what I worry. 5104 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5104 
Musicians at home 5104 
Piano Measurements 5103 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5098 
The next step. 5084 
Midbass horns missing?? 5083 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5073 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5073 
Baby Grand 5072 
Wood floor 5072 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5072 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5072 
Amy’s baby. 5070 
Improvement 5070 
Agree with Scott 5070 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5058 
Integrated casters 5058 
Very nice, thanks. 5058 
Customization 5058 
Sliders 5058 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5051 
Congratulations 5051 
Holes in the floor... 5051 
Tubes and kids 5051 
Sweet spot enlargement 5051 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5049 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5048 
Wood Floors and Water 5048 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5043 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5042 
WAF is for Losers 5042 
WAF: it depends. 5042 
Integration 5041 
Here and there. 5041 
Life after WWIII 5041 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5041 
Cables management. 5039 
Featurizing 5039 
Kids and tubes cont. 5036 
Kid magnet 5036 
Kids and audio 5035 
Radars 5035 
Wow, what the days! 5031 
The comming weekend 5027 
It all was worth it! 5024 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5019 
Here is how it is look. 5019 
Resolving the carpet issue 5019 
Bonfire 5019 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5019 
Proof of concept? 5019 
Geometry 5019 
A view from listening position. 5019 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5019 
Some feedback 5019 
Evening 5019 
I wonder why. 5018 
Rugs and things 5018 
In defense… 5018 
I can’t get it. 5015 
Haze. 5014 
Front wall 5014 
It is very possible. 5014 
It is nice to be back. 5011 
My comfy corner. 5008 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4648 
WMD in house. 4470 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4373 
The third listening spot. 4352 
For sure a very different experience. 4314 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4309 
It's Jfretch's system. 4309 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4308 
Domestic games 4262 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4123 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4123 
Dynamic screening 4123 
Actually this is very good idea! 4123 
Volcanic fabric 4123 
I should have done this. 4121 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4117 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4086 
No worries 4086 
Awesome memories 4086 
Optimization of space 4086 
Child-ish considerations 4083 
Finding peace.... 4077 
"Fencing"? 4076 
I need to build something custom 4076 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4076 
Stressed Skin 4076 
NYC elevators 4076 
Kids toys and quantities. 4076 
Everything is completely reversible 4075 
Racks and things 4075 
Now it looks even more promising! 4075 
Quantity of rods 4075 
Avoiding diagonals 4073 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4072 
That's not fair! 4072 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4072 
Discrimination? 4067 
Vertical configuration 4060 
Impresive ! 3989 
Did you read the site? 3989 
Contact 3989 
Company's name is Rixrax 3989 
Stand 3988 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3944 
End of life headphone system 3944 
Something like this? 3944 
The "Second Living Room" 3944 
Mixing urban & suburban 3944 
Late night listening 3944 
Moving life... 3942 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3942 
A true listening room. 3918 
It started… 3903 
Levels of Interest 3903 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3903 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3903 
I can't not to post it.... 3903 
Do not leave him unattended. 3903 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3903 
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