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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5984 
The first take on the new room. 5978 
New Room, a first shot. 5977 
Wonderful 5977 
Adopted 5976 
The first relaxed night with the room 5974 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5973 
The listening room is ready. 5972 
New Room, a First Shot 5970 
Continue to work with the room 5970 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5970 
Room 5969 
I think it will take another month. 5969 
The Buttressing 5969 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5968 
The new place and the new noises. 5968 
Big listening room 5967 
Screw the "big" rooms 5967 
Big listening rooms 5967 
First reflection points 5966 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5966 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5963 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5962 
Squeezing the floor 5962 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5962 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5962 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5961 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5961 
The new room, the very first listening. 5961 
The 14.5 foot. 5960 
Again… 5959 
Romy's new Playground 5959 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5959 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5959 
For the uninitiated ... 5958 
NH guy 5958 
Room 5958 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5957 
The first base is done 5957 
Reentry time alignment. 5956 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5955 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5955 
Mid bass horn. 5955 
Guess is only a guess… 5955 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5955 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5954 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5954 
Diffusors 5954 
Diffuse injection 5954 
Let analyse why it so 5954 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5954 
Wheel and Deal 5954 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5954 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5954 
I Must Be Missing Something 5954 
I put sliders under my speakers 5953 
ROOM 5952 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5952 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5952 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5952 
No concerns 5952 
Speakers and room 5952 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5951 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5951 
Diaphram 5951 
Phram 5951 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5951 
Perfect piston 5951 
Decorater 5950 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5950 
New morning 5949 
The first take on the room with RTA 5948 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5948 
Axiomatic 5948 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5947 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5947 
The size of the bass. 5947 
Bass Factory 5947 
Crude Level, or something more? 5947 
I will play with it this week…. 5947 
Rent-A 5947 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5947 
Corner horns 5947 
Cheating from below 5947 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5947 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5946 
A possibly overly simplified view 5946 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5946 
Iceberg 5946 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5946 
Why not horn 5946 
A correction…. 5946 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5946 
They are just not related things at all. 5946 
Fertin 5944 
Low resonance is good... 5944 
Et tu, Brute? 5943 
The Room response at LF 5942 
Life On The Ground Floor 5942 
Bass arrays 5942 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5942 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5942 
The super sucks. 5942 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5942 
You may also try 5941 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5941 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5941 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5941 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5941 
60 Hz Resonance 5941 
No notching… so far. 5941 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5940 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5940 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5940 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5940 
Power to the People 5940 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5940 
Aura 5940 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5940 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5940 
All class D is the same 5940 
Interpreting the LF results. 5939 
The Halibut 5939 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5939 
The Big Picture 5939 
Power & ULF channels 5939 
The big picture indeed. 5939 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5939 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5939 
The Power and the Glory 5938 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5938 
I guess I did not get this memo 5938 
French LF drivers 5938 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5938 
(another) French LF approach 5937 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5937 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5937 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5937 
Limpschtick 5937 
Symmetry 5937 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5936 
Room correction 5936 
It migh be more complicated. 5936 
Bass EQ ? 5936 
Agree and not. 5936 
Two "diseases" 5936 
Parametric filters 5936 
Ceiling arrays 5936 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5936 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5936 
The Middle of the Room. 5936 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5936 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5936 
Stop! 5936 
Appendectomy 5936 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5935 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5935 
No Isolation 5935 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5932 
Potential contenders? 5931 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5931 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5931 
Those Crazy Canucks 5927 
Mo' Better Bass 5921 
Bird in the Hand? 5921 
A wet listening spot? 5914 
Storm 5911 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5911 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5897 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5867 
Polar Opposite ULF 5866 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5854 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5852 
Differently but the same. 5851 
PVC 5850 
The sail test try. 5850 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5850 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5850 
Trial 5849 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5849 
Some explanations 5849 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5848 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5847 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5846 
Acrylate 5845 
Magic blanket 5845 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5844 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5844 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5844 
I have a few options. 5844 
Foam color 5844 
Strange things with upperbass 5844 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5843 
Teatro reform. . . 5843 
The foaming room dilemma. 5842 
Melamine Foam 5842 
Foaming up the cat house 5842 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5842 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5842 
Acoustic revisions… 5841 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5838 
Surprises so far in the new room 5837 
The upperbass in the new room. 5837 
Slight change of hart. 5836 
Camco supply of Boston 5834 
Room acoustics 5834 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5793 
I need to kill dust first. 5793 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5791 
To feed the leeches? 5791 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5790 
Yh 5790 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5790 
DPOLs? 5790 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5790 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5787 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5787 
A HalfPipe solution? 5787 
I absolutely love it. 5787 
Piper work 5786 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5786 
Absorption 5786 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5785 
Cats life ? 5785 
Call me Pussy. 5785 
More about traps 5785 
Acoustic impedance? 5785 
You maybe right 5785 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5785 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5784 
Heavy Curtain 5784 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5783 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5783 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5783 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5780 
Fix speaker move chair? 5779 
Back and forth ceremony 5779 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5778 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5777 
Glass windows 5776 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5775 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5774 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5772 
How to use basement jacks? 5772 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5772 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5772 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5771 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5771 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5770 
Sore eyes... 5769 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5769 
The harvesting week! 5767 
I need an inspiration… 5766 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5765 
Like this? 5765 
Dramatically randomize MF 5765 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5764 
The room eats dynamic 5764 
Diffusers 5764 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5763 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5748 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5747 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5747 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5747 
About Width-Importance balance. 5745 
Letting the music scale up 5744 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5744 
To finish my house décor… 5740 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5739 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5738 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5738 
Calling the gods of music 5738 
Absolutely 5738 
Phase manipulation 5738 
No relation. 5738 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5738 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5738 
Dynamical mismatch 5737 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5737 
Stradiwinerius? 5734 
Dealing with the glass. 5733 
Boston 5733 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5733 
Added mass 5733 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5733 
It is about moderation…. 5733 
To hell with the wine... 5733 
Also for other surafaces 5732 
LEAD 5732 
LEAD & GLASS 5732 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5732 
Read carefully 5732 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5732 
Crooks and morons 5732 
Magiscopios 5731 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5711 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5711 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5710 
The LP setup in the new home. 5659 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5654 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5654 
Pianochord will do! 5654 
Spanyi heaven 5654 
I see no conflict at all. 5654 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5654 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5654 
A year after closing 5646 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5646 
Traveling antimatter 5639 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5633 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5632 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5606 
Cast Iron fireplace 5605 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5605 
The hardcore way 5605 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5569 
This is How It's Done 5568 
Listening room during summer. 5556 
What about those... 5555 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5555 
Reducing A/C Noise 5555 
HVAC the Cat 5555 
Big Ass fan 5554 
Variac dimmers 5554 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5554 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5554 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5486 
Some winter observations. 5377 
That Asian man…. 5346 
The Franz Schubert morning 5320 
Spring.... 5269 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5219 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5190 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5190 
Just good photography? 5190 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5190 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5190 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5189 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5189 
Sports car 5189 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5189 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5189 
Train Positioning 5189 
Kind of what I want 5189 
The lap listening… 5189 
Family Room 5189 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5186 
A super audio room. 5182 
Time Warp! 5182 
A piano in a listening room 5161 
Pianissimo 5161 
The plan in blue. 5161 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5161 
My doubts 5161 
It is exactly what I worry. 5160 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5160 
Musicians at home 5160 
Piano Measurements 5159 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5154 
The next step. 5140 
Midbass horns missing?? 5139 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5129 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5129 
Baby Grand 5128 
Wood floor 5128 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5128 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5128 
Amy’s baby. 5126 
Improvement 5126 
Agree with Scott 5126 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5114 
Integrated casters 5114 
Very nice, thanks. 5114 
Customization 5114 
Sliders 5114 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5107 
Congratulations 5107 
Holes in the floor... 5107 
Tubes and kids 5107 
Sweet spot enlargement 5107 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5105 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5104 
Wood Floors and Water 5104 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5099 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5098 
WAF is for Losers 5098 
WAF: it depends. 5098 
Integration 5097 
Here and there. 5097 
Life after WWIII 5097 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5097 
Cables management. 5095 
Featurizing 5095 
Kids and tubes cont. 5092 
Kid magnet 5092 
Kids and audio 5091 
Radars 5091 
Wow, what the days! 5087 
The comming weekend 5083 
It all was worth it! 5080 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5075 
Here is how it is look. 5075 
Resolving the carpet issue 5075 
Bonfire 5075 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5075 
Proof of concept? 5075 
Geometry 5075 
A view from listening position. 5075 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5075 
Some feedback 5075 
Evening 5075 
I wonder why. 5074 
Rugs and things 5074 
In defense… 5074 
I can’t get it. 5071 
Haze. 5070 
Front wall 5070 
It is very possible. 5070 
It is nice to be back. 5067 
My comfy corner. 5064 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4704 
WMD in house. 4526 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4429 
The third listening spot. 4408 
For sure a very different experience. 4370 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4365 
It's Jfretch's system. 4365 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4364 
Domestic games 4318 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4179 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4179 
Dynamic screening 4179 
Actually this is very good idea! 4179 
Volcanic fabric 4179 
I should have done this. 4177 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4173 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4142 
No worries 4142 
Awesome memories 4142 
Optimization of space 4142 
Child-ish considerations 4139 
Finding peace.... 4133 
"Fencing"? 4132 
I need to build something custom 4132 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4132 
Stressed Skin 4132 
NYC elevators 4132 
Kids toys and quantities. 4132 
Everything is completely reversible 4131 
Racks and things 4131 
Now it looks even more promising! 4131 
Quantity of rods 4131 
Avoiding diagonals 4129 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4128 
That's not fair! 4128 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4128 
Discrimination? 4123 
Vertical configuration 4116 
Impresive ! 4045 
Did you read the site? 4045 
Contact 4045 
Company's name is Rixrax 4045 
Stand 4044 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4000 
End of life headphone system 4000 
Something like this? 4000 
The "Second Living Room" 4000 
Mixing urban & suburban 4000 
Late night listening 4000 
Moving life... 3998 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3998 
A true listening room. 3974 
It started… 3959 
Levels of Interest 3959 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3959 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3959 
I can't not to post it.... 3959 
Do not leave him unattended. 3959 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3959 
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