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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5900 
The first take on the new room. 5894 
New Room, a first shot. 5893 
Wonderful 5893 
Adopted 5892 
The first relaxed night with the room 5890 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5889 
The listening room is ready. 5888 
New Room, a First Shot 5886 
Continue to work with the room 5886 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5886 
Room 5885 
I think it will take another month. 5885 
The Buttressing 5885 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5884 
The new place and the new noises. 5884 
Big listening room 5883 
Screw the "big" rooms 5883 
Big listening rooms 5883 
First reflection points 5882 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5882 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5879 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5878 
Squeezing the floor 5878 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5878 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5878 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5877 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5877 
The new room, the very first listening. 5877 
The 14.5 foot. 5876 
Again… 5875 
Romy's new Playground 5875 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5875 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5875 
For the uninitiated ... 5874 
NH guy 5874 
Room 5874 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5873 
The first base is done 5873 
Reentry time alignment. 5872 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5871 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5871 
Mid bass horn. 5871 
Guess is only a guess… 5871 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5871 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5870 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5870 
Diffusors 5870 
Diffuse injection 5870 
Let analyse why it so 5870 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5870 
Wheel and Deal 5870 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5870 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5870 
I Must Be Missing Something 5870 
I put sliders under my speakers 5869 
ROOM 5868 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5868 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5868 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5868 
No concerns 5868 
Speakers and room 5868 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5867 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5867 
Diaphram 5867 
Phram 5867 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5867 
Perfect piston 5867 
Decorater 5866 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5866 
New morning 5865 
The first take on the room with RTA 5864 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5864 
Axiomatic 5864 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5863 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5863 
The size of the bass. 5863 
Bass Factory 5863 
Crude Level, or something more? 5863 
I will play with it this week…. 5863 
Rent-A 5863 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5863 
Corner horns 5863 
Cheating from below 5863 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5863 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5862 
A possibly overly simplified view 5862 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5862 
Iceberg 5862 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5862 
Why not horn 5862 
A correction…. 5862 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5862 
They are just not related things at all. 5862 
Fertin 5860 
Low resonance is good... 5860 
Et tu, Brute? 5859 
The Room response at LF 5858 
Life On The Ground Floor 5858 
Bass arrays 5858 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5858 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5858 
The super sucks. 5858 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5858 
You may also try 5857 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5857 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5857 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5857 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5857 
60 Hz Resonance 5857 
No notching… so far. 5857 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5856 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5856 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5856 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5856 
Power to the People 5856 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5856 
Aura 5856 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5856 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5856 
All class D is the same 5856 
Interpreting the LF results. 5855 
The Halibut 5855 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5855 
The Big Picture 5855 
Power & ULF channels 5855 
The big picture indeed. 5855 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5855 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5855 
The Power and the Glory 5854 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5854 
I guess I did not get this memo 5854 
French LF drivers 5854 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5854 
(another) French LF approach 5853 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5853 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5853 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5853 
Limpschtick 5853 
Symmetry 5853 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5852 
Room correction 5852 
It migh be more complicated. 5852 
Bass EQ ? 5852 
Agree and not. 5852 
Two "diseases" 5852 
Parametric filters 5852 
Ceiling arrays 5852 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5852 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5852 
The Middle of the Room. 5852 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5852 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5852 
Stop! 5852 
Appendectomy 5852 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5851 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5851 
No Isolation 5851 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5848 
Potential contenders? 5847 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5847 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5847 
Those Crazy Canucks 5843 
Mo' Better Bass 5837 
Bird in the Hand? 5837 
A wet listening spot? 5830 
Storm 5827 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5827 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5813 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5783 
Polar Opposite ULF 5782 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5770 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5768 
Differently but the same. 5767 
PVC 5766 
The sail test try. 5766 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5766 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5766 
Trial 5765 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5765 
Some explanations 5765 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5764 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5763 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5762 
Acrylate 5761 
Magic blanket 5761 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5760 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5760 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5760 
I have a few options. 5760 
Foam color 5760 
Strange things with upperbass 5760 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5759 
Teatro reform. . . 5759 
The foaming room dilemma. 5758 
Melamine Foam 5758 
Foaming up the cat house 5758 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5758 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5758 
Acoustic revisions… 5757 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5754 
Surprises so far in the new room 5753 
The upperbass in the new room. 5753 
Slight change of hart. 5752 
Camco supply of Boston 5750 
Room acoustics 5750 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5709 
I need to kill dust first. 5709 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5707 
To feed the leeches? 5707 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5706 
Yh 5706 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5706 
DPOLs? 5706 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5706 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5703 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5703 
A HalfPipe solution? 5703 
I absolutely love it. 5703 
Piper work 5702 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5702 
Absorption 5702 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5701 
Cats life ? 5701 
Call me Pussy. 5701 
More about traps 5701 
Acoustic impedance? 5701 
You maybe right 5701 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5701 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5700 
Heavy Curtain 5700 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5699 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5699 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5699 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5696 
Fix speaker move chair? 5695 
Back and forth ceremony 5695 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5694 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5693 
Glass windows 5692 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5691 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5690 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5688 
How to use basement jacks? 5688 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5688 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5688 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5687 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5687 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5686 
Sore eyes... 5685 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5685 
The harvesting week! 5683 
I need an inspiration… 5682 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5681 
Like this? 5681 
Dramatically randomize MF 5681 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5680 
The room eats dynamic 5680 
Diffusers 5680 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5679 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5664 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5663 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5663 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5663 
About Width-Importance balance. 5661 
Letting the music scale up 5660 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5660 
To finish my house décor… 5656 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5655 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5654 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5654 
Calling the gods of music 5654 
Absolutely 5654 
Phase manipulation 5654 
No relation. 5654 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5654 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5654 
Dynamical mismatch 5653 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5653 
Stradiwinerius? 5650 
Dealing with the glass. 5649 
Boston 5649 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5649 
Added mass 5649 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5649 
It is about moderation…. 5649 
To hell with the wine... 5649 
Also for other surafaces 5648 
LEAD 5648 
LEAD & GLASS 5648 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5648 
Read carefully 5648 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5648 
Crooks and morons 5648 
Magiscopios 5647 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5627 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5627 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5626 
The LP setup in the new home. 5575 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5570 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5570 
Pianochord will do! 5570 
Spanyi heaven 5570 
I see no conflict at all. 5570 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5570 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5570 
A year after closing 5562 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5562 
Traveling antimatter 5555 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5549 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5548 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5522 
Cast Iron fireplace 5521 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5521 
The hardcore way 5521 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5485 
This is How It's Done 5484 
Listening room during summer. 5472 
What about those... 5471 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5471 
Reducing A/C Noise 5471 
HVAC the Cat 5471 
Big Ass fan 5470 
Variac dimmers 5470 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5470 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5470 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5402 
Some winter observations. 5293 
That Asian man…. 5262 
The Franz Schubert morning 5236 
Spring.... 5185 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5135 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5106 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5106 
Just good photography? 5106 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5106 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5106 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5105 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5105 
Sports car 5105 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5105 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5105 
Train Positioning 5105 
Kind of what I want 5105 
The lap listening… 5105 
Family Room 5105 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5102 
A super audio room. 5098 
Time Warp! 5098 
A piano in a listening room 5077 
Pianissimo 5077 
The plan in blue. 5077 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5077 
My doubts 5077 
It is exactly what I worry. 5076 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5076 
Musicians at home 5076 
Piano Measurements 5075 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5070 
The next step. 5056 
Midbass horns missing?? 5055 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5045 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5045 
Baby Grand 5044 
Wood floor 5044 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5044 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5044 
Amy’s baby. 5042 
Improvement 5042 
Agree with Scott 5042 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5030 
Integrated casters 5030 
Very nice, thanks. 5030 
Customization 5030 
Sliders 5030 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5023 
Congratulations 5023 
Holes in the floor... 5023 
Tubes and kids 5023 
Sweet spot enlargement 5023 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5021 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5020 
Wood Floors and Water 5020 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5015 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5014 
WAF is for Losers 5014 
WAF: it depends. 5014 
Integration 5013 
Here and there. 5013 
Life after WWIII 5013 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5013 
Cables management. 5011 
Featurizing 5011 
Kids and tubes cont. 5008 
Kid magnet 5008 
Kids and audio 5007 
Radars 5007 
Wow, what the days! 5003 
The comming weekend 4999 
It all was worth it! 4996 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4991 
Here is how it is look. 4991 
Resolving the carpet issue 4991 
Bonfire 4991 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4991 
Proof of concept? 4991 
Geometry 4991 
A view from listening position. 4991 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4991 
Some feedback 4991 
Evening 4991 
I wonder why. 4990 
Rugs and things 4990 
In defense… 4990 
I can’t get it. 4987 
Haze. 4986 
Front wall 4986 
It is very possible. 4986 
It is nice to be back. 4983 
My comfy corner. 4980 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4620 
WMD in house. 4442 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4345 
The third listening spot. 4324 
For sure a very different experience. 4286 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4281 
It's Jfretch's system. 4281 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4280 
Domestic games 4234 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4095 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4095 
Dynamic screening 4095 
Actually this is very good idea! 4095 
Volcanic fabric 4095 
I should have done this. 4093 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4089 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4058 
No worries 4058 
Awesome memories 4058 
Optimization of space 4058 
Child-ish considerations 4055 
Finding peace.... 4049 
"Fencing"? 4048 
I need to build something custom 4048 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4048 
Stressed Skin 4048 
NYC elevators 4048 
Kids toys and quantities. 4048 
Everything is completely reversible 4047 
Racks and things 4047 
Now it looks even more promising! 4047 
Quantity of rods 4047 
Avoiding diagonals 4045 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4044 
That's not fair! 4044 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4044 
Discrimination? 4039 
Vertical configuration 4032 
Impresive ! 3961 
Did you read the site? 3961 
Contact 3961 
Company's name is Rixrax 3961 
Stand 3960 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3916 
End of life headphone system 3916 
Something like this? 3916 
The "Second Living Room" 3916 
Mixing urban & suburban 3916 
Late night listening 3916 
Moving life... 3914 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3914 
A true listening room. 3890 
It started… 3875 
Levels of Interest 3875 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3875 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3875 
I can't not to post it.... 3875 
Do not leave him unattended. 3875 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3875 
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