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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5700 
The first take on the new room. 5694 
New Room, a first shot. 5693 
Wonderful 5693 
Adopted 5692 
The first relaxed night with the room 5690 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5689 
The listening room is ready. 5688 
New Room, a First Shot 5686 
Continue to work with the room 5686 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5686 
Room 5685 
I think it will take another month. 5685 
The Buttressing 5685 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5684 
The new place and the new noises. 5684 
Big listening room 5683 
Screw the "big" rooms 5683 
Big listening rooms 5683 
First reflection points 5682 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5682 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5679 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5678 
Squeezing the floor 5678 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5678 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5678 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5677 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5677 
The new room, the very first listening. 5677 
The 14.5 foot. 5676 
Again… 5675 
Romy's new Playground 5675 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5675 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5675 
For the uninitiated ... 5674 
NH guy 5674 
Room 5674 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5673 
The first base is done 5673 
Reentry time alignment. 5672 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5671 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5671 
Mid bass horn. 5671 
Guess is only a guess… 5671 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5671 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5670 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5670 
Diffusors 5670 
Diffuse injection 5670 
Let analyse why it so 5670 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5670 
Wheel and Deal 5670 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5670 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5670 
I Must Be Missing Something 5670 
I put sliders under my speakers 5669 
ROOM 5668 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5668 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5668 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5668 
No concerns 5668 
Speakers and room 5668 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5667 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5667 
Diaphram 5667 
Phram 5667 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5667 
Perfect piston 5667 
Decorater 5666 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5666 
New morning 5665 
The first take on the room with RTA 5664 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5664 
Axiomatic 5664 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5663 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5663 
The size of the bass. 5663 
Bass Factory 5663 
Crude Level, or something more? 5663 
I will play with it this week…. 5663 
Rent-A 5663 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5663 
Corner horns 5663 
Cheating from below 5663 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5663 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5662 
A possibly overly simplified view 5662 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5662 
Iceberg 5662 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5662 
Why not horn 5662 
A correction…. 5662 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5662 
They are just not related things at all. 5662 
Fertin 5660 
Low resonance is good... 5660 
Et tu, Brute? 5659 
The Room response at LF 5658 
Life On The Ground Floor 5658 
Bass arrays 5658 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5658 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5658 
The super sucks. 5658 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5658 
You may also try 5657 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5657 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5657 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5657 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5657 
60 Hz Resonance 5657 
No notching… so far. 5657 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5656 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5656 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5656 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5656 
Power to the People 5656 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5656 
Aura 5656 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5656 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5656 
All class D is the same 5656 
Interpreting the LF results. 5655 
The Halibut 5655 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5655 
The Big Picture 5655 
Power & ULF channels 5655 
The big picture indeed. 5655 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5655 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5655 
The Power and the Glory 5654 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5654 
I guess I did not get this memo 5654 
French LF drivers 5654 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5654 
(another) French LF approach 5653 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5653 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5653 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5653 
Limpschtick 5653 
Symmetry 5653 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5652 
Room correction 5652 
It migh be more complicated. 5652 
Bass EQ ? 5652 
Agree and not. 5652 
Two "diseases" 5652 
Parametric filters 5652 
Ceiling arrays 5652 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5652 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5652 
The Middle of the Room. 5652 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5652 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5652 
Stop! 5652 
Appendectomy 5652 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5651 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5651 
No Isolation 5651 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5648 
Potential contenders? 5647 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5647 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5647 
Those Crazy Canucks 5643 
Mo' Better Bass 5637 
Bird in the Hand? 5637 
A wet listening spot? 5630 
Storm 5627 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5627 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5613 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5583 
Polar Opposite ULF 5582 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5570 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5568 
Differently but the same. 5567 
PVC 5566 
The sail test try. 5566 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5566 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5566 
Trial 5565 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5565 
Some explanations 5565 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5564 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5563 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5562 
Acrylate 5561 
Magic blanket 5561 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5560 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5560 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5560 
I have a few options. 5560 
Foam color 5560 
Strange things with upperbass 5560 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5559 
Teatro reform. . . 5559 
The foaming room dilemma. 5558 
Melamine Foam 5558 
Foaming up the cat house 5558 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5558 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5558 
Acoustic revisions… 5557 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5554 
Surprises so far in the new room 5553 
The upperbass in the new room. 5553 
Slight change of hart. 5552 
Camco supply of Boston 5550 
Room acoustics 5550 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5509 
I need to kill dust first. 5509 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5507 
To feed the leeches? 5507 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5506 
Yh 5506 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5506 
DPOLs? 5506 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5506 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5503 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5503 
A HalfPipe solution? 5503 
I absolutely love it. 5503 
Piper work 5502 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5502 
Absorption 5502 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5501 
Cats life ? 5501 
Call me Pussy. 5501 
More about traps 5501 
Acoustic impedance? 5501 
You maybe right 5501 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5501 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5500 
Heavy Curtain 5500 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5499 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5499 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5499 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5496 
Fix speaker move chair? 5495 
Back and forth ceremony 5495 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5494 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5493 
Glass windows 5492 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5491 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5490 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5488 
How to use basement jacks? 5488 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5488 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5488 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5487 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5487 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5486 
Sore eyes... 5485 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5485 
The harvesting week! 5483 
I need an inspiration… 5482 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5481 
Like this? 5481 
Dramatically randomize MF 5481 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5480 
The room eats dynamic 5480 
Diffusers 5480 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5479 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5464 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5463 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5463 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5463 
About Width-Importance balance. 5461 
Letting the music scale up 5460 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5460 
To finish my house décor… 5456 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5455 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5454 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5454 
Calling the gods of music 5454 
Absolutely 5454 
Phase manipulation 5454 
No relation. 5454 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5454 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5454 
Dynamical mismatch 5453 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5453 
Stradiwinerius? 5450 
Dealing with the glass. 5449 
Boston 5449 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5449 
Added mass 5449 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5449 
It is about moderation…. 5449 
To hell with the wine... 5449 
Also for other surafaces 5448 
LEAD 5448 
LEAD & GLASS 5448 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5448 
Read carefully 5448 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5448 
Crooks and morons 5448 
Magiscopios 5447 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5427 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5427 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5426 
The LP setup in the new home. 5375 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5370 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5370 
Pianochord will do! 5370 
Spanyi heaven 5370 
I see no conflict at all. 5370 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5370 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5370 
A year after closing 5362 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5362 
Traveling antimatter 5355 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5349 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5348 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5322 
Cast Iron fireplace 5321 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5321 
The hardcore way 5321 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5285 
This is How It's Done 5284 
Listening room during summer. 5272 
What about those... 5271 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5271 
Reducing A/C Noise 5271 
HVAC the Cat 5271 
Big Ass fan 5270 
Variac dimmers 5270 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5270 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5270 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5202 
Some winter observations. 5093 
That Asian man…. 5062 
The Franz Schubert morning 5036 
Spring.... 4985 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4935 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4906 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4906 
Just good photography? 4906 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4906 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4906 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4905 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4905 
Sports car 4905 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4905 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4905 
Train Positioning 4905 
Kind of what I want 4905 
The lap listening… 4905 
Family Room 4905 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4902 
A super audio room. 4898 
Time Warp! 4898 
A piano in a listening room 4877 
Pianissimo 4877 
The plan in blue. 4877 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4877 
My doubts 4877 
It is exactly what I worry. 4876 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4876 
Musicians at home 4876 
Piano Measurements 4875 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4870 
The next step. 4856 
Midbass horns missing?? 4855 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4845 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4845 
Baby Grand 4844 
Wood floor 4844 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4844 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4844 
Amy’s baby. 4842 
Improvement 4842 
Agree with Scott 4842 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4830 
Integrated casters 4830 
Very nice, thanks. 4830 
Customization 4830 
Sliders 4830 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4823 
Congratulations 4823 
Holes in the floor... 4823 
Tubes and kids 4823 
Sweet spot enlargement 4823 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4821 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4820 
Wood Floors and Water 4820 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4815 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4814 
WAF is for Losers 4814 
WAF: it depends. 4814 
Integration 4813 
Here and there. 4813 
Life after WWIII 4813 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4813 
Cables management. 4811 
Featurizing 4811 
Kids and tubes cont. 4808 
Kid magnet 4808 
Kids and audio 4807 
Radars 4807 
Wow, what the days! 4803 
The comming weekend 4799 
It all was worth it! 4796 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4791 
Here is how it is look. 4791 
Resolving the carpet issue 4791 
Bonfire 4791 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4791 
Proof of concept? 4791 
Geometry 4791 
A view from listening position. 4791 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4791 
Some feedback 4791 
Evening 4791 
I wonder why. 4790 
Rugs and things 4790 
In defense… 4790 
I can’t get it. 4787 
Haze. 4786 
Front wall 4786 
It is very possible. 4786 
It is nice to be back. 4783 
My comfy corner. 4780 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4420 
WMD in house. 4242 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4145 
The third listening spot. 4124 
For sure a very different experience. 4086 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4081 
It's Jfretch's system. 4081 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4080 
Domestic games 4034 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3895 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3895 
Dynamic screening 3895 
Actually this is very good idea! 3895 
Volcanic fabric 3895 
I should have done this. 3893 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3889 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3858 
No worries 3858 
Awesome memories 3858 
Optimization of space 3858 
Child-ish considerations 3855 
Finding peace.... 3849 
"Fencing"? 3848 
I need to build something custom 3848 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3848 
Stressed Skin 3848 
NYC elevators 3848 
Kids toys and quantities. 3848 
Everything is completely reversible 3847 
Racks and things 3847 
Now it looks even more promising! 3847 
Quantity of rods 3847 
Avoiding diagonals 3845 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3844 
That's not fair! 3844 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3844 
Discrimination? 3839 
Vertical configuration 3832 
Impresive ! 3761 
Did you read the site? 3761 
Contact 3761 
Company's name is Rixrax 3761 
Stand 3760 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3716 
End of life headphone system 3716 
Something like this? 3716 
The "Second Living Room" 3716 
Mixing urban & suburban 3716 
Late night listening 3716 
Moving life... 3714 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3714 
A true listening room. 3690 
It started… 3675 
Levels of Interest 3675 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3675 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3675 
I can't not to post it.... 3675 
Do not leave him unattended. 3675 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3675 
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