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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5802 
The first take on the new room. 5796 
New Room, a first shot. 5795 
Wonderful 5795 
Adopted 5794 
The first relaxed night with the room 5792 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5791 
The listening room is ready. 5790 
New Room, a First Shot 5788 
Continue to work with the room 5788 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5788 
Room 5787 
I think it will take another month. 5787 
The Buttressing 5787 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5786 
The new place and the new noises. 5786 
Big listening room 5785 
Screw the "big" rooms 5785 
Big listening rooms 5785 
First reflection points 5784 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5784 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5781 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5780 
Squeezing the floor 5780 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5780 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5780 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5779 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5779 
The new room, the very first listening. 5779 
The 14.5 foot. 5778 
Again… 5777 
Romy's new Playground 5777 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5777 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5777 
For the uninitiated ... 5776 
NH guy 5776 
Room 5776 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5775 
The first base is done 5775 
Reentry time alignment. 5774 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5773 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5773 
Mid bass horn. 5773 
Guess is only a guess… 5773 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5773 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5772 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5772 
Diffusors 5772 
Diffuse injection 5772 
Let analyse why it so 5772 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5772 
Wheel and Deal 5772 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5772 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5772 
I Must Be Missing Something 5772 
I put sliders under my speakers 5771 
ROOM 5770 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5770 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5770 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5770 
No concerns 5770 
Speakers and room 5770 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5769 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5769 
Diaphram 5769 
Phram 5769 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5769 
Perfect piston 5769 
Decorater 5768 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5768 
New morning 5767 
The first take on the room with RTA 5766 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5766 
Axiomatic 5766 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5765 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5765 
The size of the bass. 5765 
Bass Factory 5765 
Crude Level, or something more? 5765 
I will play with it this week…. 5765 
Rent-A 5765 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5765 
Corner horns 5765 
Cheating from below 5765 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5765 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5764 
A possibly overly simplified view 5764 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5764 
Iceberg 5764 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5764 
Why not horn 5764 
A correction…. 5764 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5764 
They are just not related things at all. 5764 
Fertin 5762 
Low resonance is good... 5762 
Et tu, Brute? 5761 
The Room response at LF 5760 
Life On The Ground Floor 5760 
Bass arrays 5760 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5760 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5760 
The super sucks. 5760 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5760 
You may also try 5759 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5759 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5759 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5759 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5759 
60 Hz Resonance 5759 
No notching… so far. 5759 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5758 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5758 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5758 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5758 
Power to the People 5758 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5758 
Aura 5758 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5758 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5758 
All class D is the same 5758 
Interpreting the LF results. 5757 
The Halibut 5757 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5757 
The Big Picture 5757 
Power & ULF channels 5757 
The big picture indeed. 5757 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5757 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5757 
The Power and the Glory 5756 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5756 
I guess I did not get this memo 5756 
French LF drivers 5756 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5756 
(another) French LF approach 5755 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5755 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5755 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5755 
Limpschtick 5755 
Symmetry 5755 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5754 
Room correction 5754 
It migh be more complicated. 5754 
Bass EQ ? 5754 
Agree and not. 5754 
Two "diseases" 5754 
Parametric filters 5754 
Ceiling arrays 5754 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5754 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5754 
The Middle of the Room. 5754 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5754 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5754 
Stop! 5754 
Appendectomy 5754 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5753 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5753 
No Isolation 5753 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5750 
Potential contenders? 5749 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5749 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5749 
Those Crazy Canucks 5745 
Mo' Better Bass 5739 
Bird in the Hand? 5739 
A wet listening spot? 5732 
Storm 5729 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5729 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5715 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5685 
Polar Opposite ULF 5684 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5672 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5670 
Differently but the same. 5669 
PVC 5668 
The sail test try. 5668 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5668 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5668 
Trial 5667 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5667 
Some explanations 5667 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5666 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5665 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5664 
Acrylate 5663 
Magic blanket 5663 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5662 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5662 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5662 
I have a few options. 5662 
Foam color 5662 
Strange things with upperbass 5662 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5661 
Teatro reform. . . 5661 
The foaming room dilemma. 5660 
Melamine Foam 5660 
Foaming up the cat house 5660 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5660 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5660 
Acoustic revisions… 5659 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5656 
Surprises so far in the new room 5655 
The upperbass in the new room. 5655 
Slight change of hart. 5654 
Camco supply of Boston 5652 
Room acoustics 5652 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5611 
I need to kill dust first. 5611 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5609 
To feed the leeches? 5609 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5608 
Yh 5608 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5608 
DPOLs? 5608 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5608 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5605 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5605 
A HalfPipe solution? 5605 
I absolutely love it. 5605 
Piper work 5604 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5604 
Absorption 5604 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5603 
Cats life ? 5603 
Call me Pussy. 5603 
More about traps 5603 
Acoustic impedance? 5603 
You maybe right 5603 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5603 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5602 
Heavy Curtain 5602 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5601 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5601 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5601 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5598 
Fix speaker move chair? 5597 
Back and forth ceremony 5597 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5596 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5595 
Glass windows 5594 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5593 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5592 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5590 
How to use basement jacks? 5590 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5590 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5590 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5589 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5589 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5588 
Sore eyes... 5587 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5587 
The harvesting week! 5585 
I need an inspiration… 5584 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5583 
Like this? 5583 
Dramatically randomize MF 5583 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5582 
The room eats dynamic 5582 
Diffusers 5582 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5581 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5566 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5565 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5565 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5565 
About Width-Importance balance. 5563 
Letting the music scale up 5562 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5562 
To finish my house décor… 5558 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5557 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5556 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5556 
Calling the gods of music 5556 
Absolutely 5556 
Phase manipulation 5556 
No relation. 5556 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5556 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5556 
Dynamical mismatch 5555 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5555 
Stradiwinerius? 5552 
Dealing with the glass. 5551 
Boston 5551 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5551 
Added mass 5551 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5551 
It is about moderation…. 5551 
To hell with the wine... 5551 
Also for other surafaces 5550 
LEAD 5550 
LEAD & GLASS 5550 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5550 
Read carefully 5550 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5550 
Crooks and morons 5550 
Magiscopios 5549 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5529 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5529 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5528 
The LP setup in the new home. 5477 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5472 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5472 
Pianochord will do! 5472 
Spanyi heaven 5472 
I see no conflict at all. 5472 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5472 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5472 
A year after closing 5464 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5464 
Traveling antimatter 5457 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5451 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5450 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5424 
Cast Iron fireplace 5423 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5423 
The hardcore way 5423 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5387 
This is How It's Done 5386 
Listening room during summer. 5374 
What about those... 5373 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5373 
Reducing A/C Noise 5373 
HVAC the Cat 5373 
Big Ass fan 5372 
Variac dimmers 5372 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5372 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5372 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5304 
Some winter observations. 5195 
That Asian man…. 5164 
The Franz Schubert morning 5138 
Spring.... 5087 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5037 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5008 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5008 
Just good photography? 5008 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5008 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5008 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5007 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5007 
Sports car 5007 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5007 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5007 
Train Positioning 5007 
Kind of what I want 5007 
The lap listening… 5007 
Family Room 5007 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5004 
A super audio room. 5000 
Time Warp! 5000 
A piano in a listening room 4979 
Pianissimo 4979 
The plan in blue. 4979 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4979 
My doubts 4979 
It is exactly what I worry. 4978 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4978 
Musicians at home 4978 
Piano Measurements 4977 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4972 
The next step. 4958 
Midbass horns missing?? 4957 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4947 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4947 
Baby Grand 4946 
Wood floor 4946 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4946 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4946 
Amy’s baby. 4944 
Improvement 4944 
Agree with Scott 4944 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4932 
Integrated casters 4932 
Very nice, thanks. 4932 
Customization 4932 
Sliders 4932 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4925 
Congratulations 4925 
Holes in the floor... 4925 
Tubes and kids 4925 
Sweet spot enlargement 4925 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4923 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4922 
Wood Floors and Water 4922 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4917 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4916 
WAF is for Losers 4916 
WAF: it depends. 4916 
Integration 4915 
Here and there. 4915 
Life after WWIII 4915 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4915 
Cables management. 4913 
Featurizing 4913 
Kids and tubes cont. 4910 
Kid magnet 4910 
Kids and audio 4909 
Radars 4909 
Wow, what the days! 4905 
The comming weekend 4901 
It all was worth it! 4898 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4893 
Here is how it is look. 4893 
Resolving the carpet issue 4893 
Bonfire 4893 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4893 
Proof of concept? 4893 
Geometry 4893 
A view from listening position. 4893 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4893 
Some feedback 4893 
Evening 4893 
I wonder why. 4892 
Rugs and things 4892 
In defense… 4892 
I can’t get it. 4889 
Haze. 4888 
Front wall 4888 
It is very possible. 4888 
It is nice to be back. 4885 
My comfy corner. 4882 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4522 
WMD in house. 4344 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4247 
The third listening spot. 4226 
For sure a very different experience. 4188 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4183 
It's Jfretch's system. 4183 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4182 
Domestic games 4136 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3997 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3997 
Dynamic screening 3997 
Actually this is very good idea! 3997 
Volcanic fabric 3997 
I should have done this. 3995 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3991 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3960 
No worries 3960 
Awesome memories 3960 
Optimization of space 3960 
Child-ish considerations 3957 
Finding peace.... 3951 
"Fencing"? 3950 
I need to build something custom 3950 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3950 
Stressed Skin 3950 
NYC elevators 3950 
Kids toys and quantities. 3950 
Everything is completely reversible 3949 
Racks and things 3949 
Now it looks even more promising! 3949 
Quantity of rods 3949 
Avoiding diagonals 3947 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3946 
That's not fair! 3946 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3946 
Discrimination? 3941 
Vertical configuration 3934 
Impresive ! 3863 
Did you read the site? 3863 
Contact 3863 
Company's name is Rixrax 3863 
Stand 3862 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3818 
End of life headphone system 3818 
Something like this? 3818 
The "Second Living Room" 3818 
Mixing urban & suburban 3818 
Late night listening 3818 
Moving life... 3816 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3816 
A true listening room. 3792 
It started… 3777 
Levels of Interest 3777 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3777 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3777 
I can't not to post it.... 3777 
Do not leave him unattended. 3777 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3777 
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