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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5858 
The first take on the new room. 5852 
New Room, a first shot. 5851 
Wonderful 5851 
Adopted 5850 
The first relaxed night with the room 5848 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5847 
The listening room is ready. 5846 
New Room, a First Shot 5844 
Continue to work with the room 5844 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5844 
Room 5843 
I think it will take another month. 5843 
The Buttressing 5843 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5842 
The new place and the new noises. 5842 
Big listening room 5841 
Screw the "big" rooms 5841 
Big listening rooms 5841 
First reflection points 5840 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5840 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5837 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5836 
Squeezing the floor 5836 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5836 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5836 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5835 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5835 
The new room, the very first listening. 5835 
The 14.5 foot. 5834 
Again… 5833 
Romy's new Playground 5833 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5833 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5833 
For the uninitiated ... 5832 
NH guy 5832 
Room 5832 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5831 
The first base is done 5831 
Reentry time alignment. 5830 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5829 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5829 
Mid bass horn. 5829 
Guess is only a guess… 5829 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5829 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5828 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5828 
Diffusors 5828 
Diffuse injection 5828 
Let analyse why it so 5828 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5828 
Wheel and Deal 5828 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5828 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5828 
I Must Be Missing Something 5828 
I put sliders under my speakers 5827 
ROOM 5826 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5826 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5826 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5826 
No concerns 5826 
Speakers and room 5826 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5825 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5825 
Diaphram 5825 
Phram 5825 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5825 
Perfect piston 5825 
Decorater 5824 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5824 
New morning 5823 
The first take on the room with RTA 5822 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5822 
Axiomatic 5822 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5821 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5821 
The size of the bass. 5821 
Bass Factory 5821 
Crude Level, or something more? 5821 
I will play with it this week…. 5821 
Rent-A 5821 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5821 
Corner horns 5821 
Cheating from below 5821 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5821 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5820 
A possibly overly simplified view 5820 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5820 
Iceberg 5820 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5820 
Why not horn 5820 
A correction…. 5820 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5820 
They are just not related things at all. 5820 
Fertin 5818 
Low resonance is good... 5818 
Et tu, Brute? 5817 
The Room response at LF 5816 
Life On The Ground Floor 5816 
Bass arrays 5816 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5816 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5816 
The super sucks. 5816 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5816 
You may also try 5815 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5815 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5815 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5815 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5815 
60 Hz Resonance 5815 
No notching… so far. 5815 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5814 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5814 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5814 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5814 
Power to the People 5814 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5814 
Aura 5814 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5814 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5814 
All class D is the same 5814 
Interpreting the LF results. 5813 
The Halibut 5813 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5813 
The Big Picture 5813 
Power & ULF channels 5813 
The big picture indeed. 5813 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5813 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5813 
The Power and the Glory 5812 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5812 
I guess I did not get this memo 5812 
French LF drivers 5812 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5812 
(another) French LF approach 5811 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5811 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5811 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5811 
Limpschtick 5811 
Symmetry 5811 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5810 
Room correction 5810 
It migh be more complicated. 5810 
Bass EQ ? 5810 
Agree and not. 5810 
Two "diseases" 5810 
Parametric filters 5810 
Ceiling arrays 5810 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5810 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5810 
The Middle of the Room. 5810 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5810 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5810 
Stop! 5810 
Appendectomy 5810 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5809 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5809 
No Isolation 5809 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5806 
Potential contenders? 5805 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5805 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5805 
Those Crazy Canucks 5801 
Mo' Better Bass 5795 
Bird in the Hand? 5795 
A wet listening spot? 5788 
Storm 5785 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5785 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5771 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5741 
Polar Opposite ULF 5740 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5728 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5726 
Differently but the same. 5725 
PVC 5724 
The sail test try. 5724 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5724 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5724 
Trial 5723 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5723 
Some explanations 5723 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5722 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5721 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5720 
Acrylate 5719 
Magic blanket 5719 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5718 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5718 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5718 
I have a few options. 5718 
Foam color 5718 
Strange things with upperbass 5718 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5717 
Teatro reform. . . 5717 
The foaming room dilemma. 5716 
Melamine Foam 5716 
Foaming up the cat house 5716 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5716 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5716 
Acoustic revisions… 5715 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5712 
Surprises so far in the new room 5711 
The upperbass in the new room. 5711 
Slight change of hart. 5710 
Camco supply of Boston 5708 
Room acoustics 5708 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5667 
I need to kill dust first. 5667 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5665 
To feed the leeches? 5665 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5664 
Yh 5664 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5664 
DPOLs? 5664 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5664 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5661 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5661 
A HalfPipe solution? 5661 
I absolutely love it. 5661 
Piper work 5660 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5660 
Absorption 5660 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5659 
Cats life ? 5659 
Call me Pussy. 5659 
More about traps 5659 
Acoustic impedance? 5659 
You maybe right 5659 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5659 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5658 
Heavy Curtain 5658 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5657 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5657 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5657 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5654 
Fix speaker move chair? 5653 
Back and forth ceremony 5653 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5652 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5651 
Glass windows 5650 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5649 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5648 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5646 
How to use basement jacks? 5646 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5646 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5646 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5645 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5645 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5644 
Sore eyes... 5643 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5643 
The harvesting week! 5641 
I need an inspiration… 5640 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5639 
Like this? 5639 
Dramatically randomize MF 5639 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5638 
The room eats dynamic 5638 
Diffusers 5638 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5637 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5622 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5621 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5621 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5621 
About Width-Importance balance. 5619 
Letting the music scale up 5618 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5618 
To finish my house décor… 5614 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5613 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5612 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5612 
Calling the gods of music 5612 
Absolutely 5612 
Phase manipulation 5612 
No relation. 5612 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5612 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5612 
Dynamical mismatch 5611 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5611 
Stradiwinerius? 5608 
Dealing with the glass. 5607 
Boston 5607 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5607 
Added mass 5607 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5607 
It is about moderation…. 5607 
To hell with the wine... 5607 
Also for other surafaces 5606 
LEAD 5606 
LEAD & GLASS 5606 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5606 
Read carefully 5606 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5606 
Crooks and morons 5606 
Magiscopios 5605 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5585 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5585 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5584 
The LP setup in the new home. 5533 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5528 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5528 
Pianochord will do! 5528 
Spanyi heaven 5528 
I see no conflict at all. 5528 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5528 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5528 
A year after closing 5520 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5520 
Traveling antimatter 5513 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5507 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5506 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5480 
Cast Iron fireplace 5479 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5479 
The hardcore way 5479 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5443 
This is How It's Done 5442 
Listening room during summer. 5430 
What about those... 5429 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5429 
Reducing A/C Noise 5429 
HVAC the Cat 5429 
Big Ass fan 5428 
Variac dimmers 5428 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5428 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5428 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5360 
Some winter observations. 5251 
That Asian man…. 5220 
The Franz Schubert morning 5194 
Spring.... 5143 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5093 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5064 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5064 
Just good photography? 5064 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5064 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5064 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5063 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5063 
Sports car 5063 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5063 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5063 
Train Positioning 5063 
Kind of what I want 5063 
The lap listening… 5063 
Family Room 5063 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5060 
A super audio room. 5056 
Time Warp! 5056 
A piano in a listening room 5035 
Pianissimo 5035 
The plan in blue. 5035 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5035 
My doubts 5035 
It is exactly what I worry. 5034 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5034 
Musicians at home 5034 
Piano Measurements 5033 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5028 
The next step. 5014 
Midbass horns missing?? 5013 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5003 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5003 
Baby Grand 5002 
Wood floor 5002 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5002 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5002 
Amy’s baby. 5000 
Improvement 5000 
Agree with Scott 5000 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4988 
Integrated casters 4988 
Very nice, thanks. 4988 
Customization 4988 
Sliders 4988 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4981 
Congratulations 4981 
Holes in the floor... 4981 
Tubes and kids 4981 
Sweet spot enlargement 4981 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4979 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4978 
Wood Floors and Water 4978 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4973 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4972 
WAF is for Losers 4972 
WAF: it depends. 4972 
Integration 4971 
Here and there. 4971 
Life after WWIII 4971 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4971 
Cables management. 4969 
Featurizing 4969 
Kids and tubes cont. 4966 
Kid magnet 4966 
Kids and audio 4965 
Radars 4965 
Wow, what the days! 4961 
The comming weekend 4957 
It all was worth it! 4954 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4949 
Here is how it is look. 4949 
Resolving the carpet issue 4949 
Bonfire 4949 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4949 
Proof of concept? 4949 
Geometry 4949 
A view from listening position. 4949 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4949 
Some feedback 4949 
Evening 4949 
I wonder why. 4948 
Rugs and things 4948 
In defense… 4948 
I can’t get it. 4945 
Haze. 4944 
Front wall 4944 
It is very possible. 4944 
It is nice to be back. 4941 
My comfy corner. 4938 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4578 
WMD in house. 4400 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4303 
The third listening spot. 4282 
For sure a very different experience. 4244 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4239 
It's Jfretch's system. 4239 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4238 
Domestic games 4192 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4053 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4053 
Dynamic screening 4053 
Actually this is very good idea! 4053 
Volcanic fabric 4053 
I should have done this. 4051 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4047 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4016 
No worries 4016 
Awesome memories 4016 
Optimization of space 4016 
Child-ish considerations 4013 
Finding peace.... 4007 
"Fencing"? 4006 
I need to build something custom 4006 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4006 
Stressed Skin 4006 
NYC elevators 4006 
Kids toys and quantities. 4006 
Everything is completely reversible 4005 
Racks and things 4005 
Now it looks even more promising! 4005 
Quantity of rods 4005 
Avoiding diagonals 4003 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4002 
That's not fair! 4002 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4002 
Discrimination? 3997 
Vertical configuration 3990 
Impresive ! 3919 
Did you read the site? 3919 
Contact 3919 
Company's name is Rixrax 3919 
Stand 3918 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3874 
End of life headphone system 3874 
Something like this? 3874 
The "Second Living Room" 3874 
Mixing urban & suburban 3874 
Late night listening 3874 
Moving life... 3872 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3872 
A true listening room. 3848 
It started… 3833 
Levels of Interest 3833 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3833 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3833 
I can't not to post it.... 3833 
Do not leave him unattended. 3833 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3833 
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