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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5994 
The first take on the new room. 5988 
New Room, a first shot. 5987 
Wonderful 5987 
Adopted 5986 
The first relaxed night with the room 5984 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5983 
The listening room is ready. 5982 
New Room, a First Shot 5980 
Continue to work with the room 5980 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5980 
Room 5979 
I think it will take another month. 5979 
The Buttressing 5979 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5978 
The new place and the new noises. 5978 
Big listening room 5977 
Screw the "big" rooms 5977 
Big listening rooms 5977 
First reflection points 5976 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5976 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5973 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5972 
Squeezing the floor 5972 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5972 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5972 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5971 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5971 
The new room, the very first listening. 5971 
The 14.5 foot. 5970 
Again… 5969 
Romy's new Playground 5969 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5969 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5969 
For the uninitiated ... 5968 
NH guy 5968 
Room 5968 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5967 
The first base is done 5967 
Reentry time alignment. 5966 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5965 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5965 
Mid bass horn. 5965 
Guess is only a guess… 5965 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5965 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5964 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5964 
Diffusors 5964 
Diffuse injection 5964 
Let analyse why it so 5964 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5964 
Wheel and Deal 5964 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5964 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5964 
I Must Be Missing Something 5964 
I put sliders under my speakers 5963 
ROOM 5962 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5962 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5962 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5962 
No concerns 5962 
Speakers and room 5962 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5961 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5961 
Diaphram 5961 
Phram 5961 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5961 
Perfect piston 5961 
Decorater 5960 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5960 
New morning 5959 
The first take on the room with RTA 5958 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5958 
Axiomatic 5958 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5957 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5957 
The size of the bass. 5957 
Bass Factory 5957 
Crude Level, or something more? 5957 
I will play with it this week…. 5957 
Rent-A 5957 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5957 
Corner horns 5957 
Cheating from below 5957 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5957 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5956 
A possibly overly simplified view 5956 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5956 
Iceberg 5956 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5956 
Why not horn 5956 
A correction…. 5956 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5956 
They are just not related things at all. 5956 
Fertin 5954 
Low resonance is good... 5954 
Et tu, Brute? 5953 
The Room response at LF 5952 
Life On The Ground Floor 5952 
Bass arrays 5952 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5952 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5952 
The super sucks. 5952 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5952 
You may also try 5951 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5951 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5951 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5951 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5951 
60 Hz Resonance 5951 
No notching… so far. 5951 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5950 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5950 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5950 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5950 
Power to the People 5950 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5950 
Aura 5950 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5950 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5950 
All class D is the same 5950 
Interpreting the LF results. 5949 
The Halibut 5949 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5949 
The Big Picture 5949 
Power & ULF channels 5949 
The big picture indeed. 5949 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5949 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5949 
The Power and the Glory 5948 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5948 
I guess I did not get this memo 5948 
French LF drivers 5948 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5948 
(another) French LF approach 5947 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5947 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5947 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5947 
Limpschtick 5947 
Symmetry 5947 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5946 
Room correction 5946 
It migh be more complicated. 5946 
Bass EQ ? 5946 
Agree and not. 5946 
Two "diseases" 5946 
Parametric filters 5946 
Ceiling arrays 5946 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5946 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5946 
The Middle of the Room. 5946 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5946 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5946 
Stop! 5946 
Appendectomy 5946 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5945 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5945 
No Isolation 5945 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5942 
Potential contenders? 5941 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5941 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5941 
Those Crazy Canucks 5937 
Mo' Better Bass 5931 
Bird in the Hand? 5931 
A wet listening spot? 5924 
Storm 5921 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5921 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5907 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5877 
Polar Opposite ULF 5876 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5864 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5862 
Differently but the same. 5861 
PVC 5860 
The sail test try. 5860 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5860 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5860 
Trial 5859 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5859 
Some explanations 5859 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5858 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5857 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5856 
Acrylate 5855 
Magic blanket 5855 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5854 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5854 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5854 
I have a few options. 5854 
Foam color 5854 
Strange things with upperbass 5854 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5853 
Teatro reform. . . 5853 
The foaming room dilemma. 5852 
Melamine Foam 5852 
Foaming up the cat house 5852 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5852 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5852 
Acoustic revisions… 5851 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5848 
Surprises so far in the new room 5847 
The upperbass in the new room. 5847 
Slight change of hart. 5846 
Camco supply of Boston 5844 
Room acoustics 5844 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5803 
I need to kill dust first. 5803 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5801 
To feed the leeches? 5801 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5800 
Yh 5800 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5800 
DPOLs? 5800 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5800 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5797 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5797 
A HalfPipe solution? 5797 
I absolutely love it. 5797 
Piper work 5796 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5796 
Absorption 5796 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5795 
Cats life ? 5795 
Call me Pussy. 5795 
More about traps 5795 
Acoustic impedance? 5795 
You maybe right 5795 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5795 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5794 
Heavy Curtain 5794 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5793 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5793 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5793 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5790 
Fix speaker move chair? 5789 
Back and forth ceremony 5789 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5788 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5787 
Glass windows 5786 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5785 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5784 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5782 
How to use basement jacks? 5782 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5782 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5782 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5781 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5781 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5780 
Sore eyes... 5779 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5779 
The harvesting week! 5777 
I need an inspiration… 5776 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5775 
Like this? 5775 
Dramatically randomize MF 5775 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5774 
The room eats dynamic 5774 
Diffusers 5774 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5773 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5758 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5757 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5757 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5757 
About Width-Importance balance. 5755 
Letting the music scale up 5754 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5754 
To finish my house décor… 5750 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5749 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5748 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5748 
Calling the gods of music 5748 
Absolutely 5748 
Phase manipulation 5748 
No relation. 5748 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5748 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5748 
Dynamical mismatch 5747 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5747 
Stradiwinerius? 5744 
Dealing with the glass. 5743 
Boston 5743 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5743 
Added mass 5743 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5743 
It is about moderation…. 5743 
To hell with the wine... 5743 
Also for other surafaces 5742 
LEAD 5742 
LEAD & GLASS 5742 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5742 
Read carefully 5742 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5742 
Crooks and morons 5742 
Magiscopios 5741 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5721 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5721 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5720 
The LP setup in the new home. 5669 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5664 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5664 
Pianochord will do! 5664 
Spanyi heaven 5664 
I see no conflict at all. 5664 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5664 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5664 
A year after closing 5656 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5656 
Traveling antimatter 5649 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5643 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5642 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5616 
Cast Iron fireplace 5615 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5615 
The hardcore way 5615 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5579 
This is How It's Done 5578 
Listening room during summer. 5566 
What about those... 5565 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5565 
Reducing A/C Noise 5565 
HVAC the Cat 5565 
Big Ass fan 5564 
Variac dimmers 5564 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5564 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5564 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5496 
Some winter observations. 5387 
That Asian man…. 5356 
The Franz Schubert morning 5330 
Spring.... 5279 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5229 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5200 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5200 
Just good photography? 5200 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5200 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5200 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5199 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5199 
Sports car 5199 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5199 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5199 
Train Positioning 5199 
Kind of what I want 5199 
The lap listening… 5199 
Family Room 5199 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5196 
A super audio room. 5192 
Time Warp! 5192 
A piano in a listening room 5171 
Pianissimo 5171 
The plan in blue. 5171 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5171 
My doubts 5171 
It is exactly what I worry. 5170 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5170 
Musicians at home 5170 
Piano Measurements 5169 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5164 
The next step. 5150 
Midbass horns missing?? 5149 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5139 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5139 
Baby Grand 5138 
Wood floor 5138 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5138 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5138 
Amy’s baby. 5136 
Improvement 5136 
Agree with Scott 5136 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5124 
Integrated casters 5124 
Very nice, thanks. 5124 
Customization 5124 
Sliders 5124 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5117 
Congratulations 5117 
Holes in the floor... 5117 
Tubes and kids 5117 
Sweet spot enlargement 5117 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5115 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5114 
Wood Floors and Water 5114 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5109 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5108 
WAF is for Losers 5108 
WAF: it depends. 5108 
Integration 5107 
Here and there. 5107 
Life after WWIII 5107 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5107 
Cables management. 5105 
Featurizing 5105 
Kids and tubes cont. 5102 
Kid magnet 5102 
Kids and audio 5101 
Radars 5101 
Wow, what the days! 5097 
The comming weekend 5093 
It all was worth it! 5090 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5085 
Here is how it is look. 5085 
Resolving the carpet issue 5085 
Bonfire 5085 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5085 
Proof of concept? 5085 
Geometry 5085 
A view from listening position. 5085 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5085 
Some feedback 5085 
Evening 5085 
I wonder why. 5084 
Rugs and things 5084 
In defense… 5084 
I can’t get it. 5081 
Haze. 5080 
Front wall 5080 
It is very possible. 5080 
It is nice to be back. 5077 
My comfy corner. 5074 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4714 
WMD in house. 4536 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4439 
The third listening spot. 4418 
For sure a very different experience. 4380 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4375 
It's Jfretch's system. 4375 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4374 
Domestic games 4328 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4189 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4189 
Dynamic screening 4189 
Actually this is very good idea! 4189 
Volcanic fabric 4189 
I should have done this. 4187 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4183 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4152 
No worries 4152 
Awesome memories 4152 
Optimization of space 4152 
Child-ish considerations 4149 
Finding peace.... 4143 
"Fencing"? 4142 
I need to build something custom 4142 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4142 
Stressed Skin 4142 
NYC elevators 4142 
Kids toys and quantities. 4142 
Everything is completely reversible 4141 
Racks and things 4141 
Now it looks even more promising! 4141 
Quantity of rods 4141 
Avoiding diagonals 4139 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4138 
That's not fair! 4138 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4138 
Discrimination? 4133 
Vertical configuration 4126 
Impresive ! 4055 
Did you read the site? 4055 
Contact 4055 
Company's name is Rixrax 4055 
Stand 4054 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4010 
End of life headphone system 4010 
Something like this? 4010 
The "Second Living Room" 4010 
Mixing urban & suburban 4010 
Late night listening 4010 
Moving life... 4008 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4008 
A true listening room. 3984 
It started… 3969 
Levels of Interest 3969 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3969 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3969 
I can't not to post it.... 3969 
Do not leave him unattended. 3969 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3969 
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