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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5352 
The first take on the new room. 5346 
New Room, a first shot. 5345 
Wonderful 5345 
Adopted 5344 
The first relaxed night with the room 5342 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5341 
The listening room is ready. 5340 
New Room, a First Shot 5338 
Continue to work with the room 5338 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5338 
Room 5337 
I think it will take another month. 5337 
The Buttressing 5337 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5336 
The new place and the new noises. 5336 
Big listening room 5335 
Screw the "big" rooms 5335 
Big listening rooms 5335 
First reflection points 5334 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5334 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5331 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5330 
Squeezing the floor 5330 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5330 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5330 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5329 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5329 
The new room, the very first listening. 5329 
The 14.5 foot. 5328 
Again… 5327 
Romy's new Playground 5327 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5327 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5327 
For the uninitiated ... 5326 
NH guy 5326 
Room 5326 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5325 
The first base is done 5325 
Reentry time alignment. 5324 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5323 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5323 
Mid bass horn. 5323 
Guess is only a guess… 5323 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5323 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5322 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5322 
Diffusors 5322 
Diffuse injection 5322 
Let analyse why it so 5322 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5322 
Wheel and Deal 5322 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5322 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5322 
I Must Be Missing Something 5322 
I put sliders under my speakers 5321 
ROOM 5320 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5320 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5320 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5320 
No concerns 5320 
Speakers and room 5320 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5319 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5319 
Diaphram 5319 
Phram 5319 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5319 
Perfect piston 5319 
Decorater 5318 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5318 
New morning 5317 
The first take on the room with RTA 5316 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5316 
Axiomatic 5316 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5315 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5315 
The size of the bass. 5315 
Bass Factory 5315 
Crude Level, or something more? 5315 
I will play with it this week…. 5315 
Rent-A 5315 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5315 
Corner horns 5315 
Cheating from below 5315 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5315 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5314 
A possibly overly simplified view 5314 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5314 
Iceberg 5314 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5314 
Why not horn 5314 
A correction…. 5314 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5314 
They are just not related things at all. 5314 
Fertin 5312 
Low resonance is good... 5312 
Et tu, Brute? 5311 
The Room response at LF 5310 
Life On The Ground Floor 5310 
Bass arrays 5310 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5310 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5310 
The super sucks. 5310 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5310 
You may also try 5309 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5309 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5309 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5309 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5309 
60 Hz Resonance 5309 
No notching… so far. 5309 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5308 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5308 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5308 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5308 
Power to the People 5308 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5308 
Aura 5308 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5308 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5308 
All class D is the same 5308 
Interpreting the LF results. 5307 
The Halibut 5307 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5307 
The Big Picture 5307 
Power & ULF channels 5307 
The big picture indeed. 5307 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5307 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5307 
The Power and the Glory 5306 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5306 
I guess I did not get this memo 5306 
French LF drivers 5306 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5306 
(another) French LF approach 5305 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5305 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5305 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5305 
Limpschtick 5305 
Symmetry 5305 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5304 
Room correction 5304 
It migh be more complicated. 5304 
Bass EQ ? 5304 
Agree and not. 5304 
Two "diseases" 5304 
Parametric filters 5304 
Ceiling arrays 5304 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5304 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5304 
The Middle of the Room. 5304 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5304 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5304 
Stop! 5304 
Appendectomy 5304 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5303 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5303 
No Isolation 5303 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5300 
Potential contenders? 5299 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5299 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5299 
Those Crazy Canucks 5295 
Mo' Better Bass 5289 
Bird in the Hand? 5289 
A wet listening spot? 5282 
Storm 5279 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5279 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5265 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5235 
Polar Opposite ULF 5234 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5222 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5220 
Differently but the same. 5219 
PVC 5218 
The sail test try. 5218 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5218 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5218 
Trial 5217 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5217 
Some explanations 5217 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5216 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5215 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5214 
Acrylate 5213 
Magic blanket 5213 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5212 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5212 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5212 
I have a few options. 5212 
Foam color 5212 
Strange things with upperbass 5212 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5211 
Teatro reform. . . 5211 
The foaming room dilemma. 5210 
Melamine Foam 5210 
Foaming up the cat house 5210 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5210 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5210 
Acoustic revisions… 5209 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5206 
Surprises so far in the new room 5205 
The upperbass in the new room. 5205 
Slight change of hart. 5204 
Camco supply of Boston 5202 
Room acoustics 5202 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5161 
I need to kill dust first. 5161 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5159 
To feed the leeches? 5159 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5158 
Yh 5158 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5158 
DPOLs? 5158 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5158 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5155 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5155 
A HalfPipe solution? 5155 
I absolutely love it. 5155 
Piper work 5154 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5154 
Absorption 5154 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5153 
Cats life ? 5153 
Call me Pussy. 5153 
More about traps 5153 
Acoustic impedance? 5153 
You maybe right 5153 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5153 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5152 
Heavy Curtain 5152 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5151 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5151 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5151 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5148 
Fix speaker move chair? 5147 
Back and forth ceremony 5147 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5146 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5145 
Glass windows 5144 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5143 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5142 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5140 
How to use basement jacks? 5140 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5140 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5140 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5139 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5139 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5138 
Sore eyes... 5137 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5137 
The harvesting week! 5135 
I need an inspiration… 5134 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5133 
Like this? 5133 
Dramatically randomize MF 5133 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5132 
The room eats dynamic 5132 
Diffusers 5132 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5131 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5116 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5115 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5115 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5115 
About Width-Importance balance. 5113 
Letting the music scale up 5112 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5112 
To finish my house décor… 5108 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5107 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5106 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5106 
Calling the gods of music 5106 
Absolutely 5106 
Phase manipulation 5106 
No relation. 5106 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5106 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5106 
Dynamical mismatch 5105 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5105 
Stradiwinerius? 5102 
Dealing with the glass. 5101 
Boston 5101 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5101 
Added mass 5101 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5101 
It is about moderation…. 5101 
To hell with the wine... 5101 
Also for other surafaces 5100 
LEAD 5100 
LEAD & GLASS 5100 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5100 
Read carefully 5100 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5100 
Crooks and morons 5100 
Magiscopios 5099 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5079 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5079 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5078 
The LP setup in the new home. 5027 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5022 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5022 
Pianochord will do! 5022 
Spanyi heaven 5022 
I see no conflict at all. 5022 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5022 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5022 
A year after closing 5014 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5014 
Traveling antimatter 5007 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5001 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5000 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 4974 
Cast Iron fireplace 4973 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 4973 
The hardcore way 4973 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 4937 
This is How It's Done 4936 
Listening room during summer. 4924 
What about those... 4923 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 4923 
Reducing A/C Noise 4923 
HVAC the Cat 4923 
Big Ass fan 4922 
Variac dimmers 4922 
Ceiling fan speed controls 4922 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 4922 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 4854 
Some winter observations. 4745 
That Asian man…. 4714 
The Franz Schubert morning 4688 
Spring.... 4637 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4587 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4558 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4558 
Just good photography? 4558 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4558 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4558 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4557 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4557 
Sports car 4557 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4557 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4557 
Train Positioning 4557 
Kind of what I want 4557 
The lap listening… 4557 
Family Room 4557 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4554 
A super audio room. 4550 
Time Warp! 4550 
A piano in a listening room 4529 
Pianissimo 4529 
The plan in blue. 4529 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4529 
My doubts 4529 
It is exactly what I worry. 4528 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4528 
Musicians at home 4528 
Piano Measurements 4527 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4522 
The next step. 4508 
Midbass horns missing?? 4507 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4497 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4497 
Baby Grand 4496 
Wood floor 4496 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4496 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4496 
Amy’s baby. 4494 
Improvement 4494 
Agree with Scott 4494 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4482 
Integrated casters 4482 
Very nice, thanks. 4482 
Customization 4482 
Sliders 4482 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4475 
Congratulations 4475 
Holes in the floor... 4475 
Tubes and kids 4475 
Sweet spot enlargement 4475 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4473 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4472 
Wood Floors and Water 4472 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4467 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4466 
WAF is for Losers 4466 
WAF: it depends. 4466 
Integration 4465 
Here and there. 4465 
Life after WWIII 4465 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4465 
Cables management. 4463 
Featurizing 4463 
Kids and tubes cont. 4460 
Kid magnet 4460 
Kids and audio 4459 
Radars 4459 
Wow, what the days! 4455 
The comming weekend 4451 
It all was worth it! 4448 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4443 
Here is how it is look. 4443 
Resolving the carpet issue 4443 
Bonfire 4443 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4443 
Proof of concept? 4443 
Geometry 4443 
A view from listening position. 4443 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4443 
Some feedback 4443 
Evening 4443 
I wonder why. 4442 
Rugs and things 4442 
In defense… 4442 
I can’t get it. 4439 
Haze. 4438 
Front wall 4438 
It is very possible. 4438 
It is nice to be back. 4435 
My comfy corner. 4432 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4072 
WMD in house. 3894 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 3797 
The third listening spot. 3776 
For sure a very different experience. 3738 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 3733 
It's Jfretch's system. 3733 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 3732 
Domestic games 3686 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3547 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3547 
Dynamic screening 3547 
Actually this is very good idea! 3547 
Volcanic fabric 3547 
I should have done this. 3545 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3541 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3510 
No worries 3510 
Awesome memories 3510 
Optimization of space 3510 
Child-ish considerations 3507 
Finding peace.... 3501 
"Fencing"? 3500 
I need to build something custom 3500 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3500 
Stressed Skin 3500 
NYC elevators 3500 
Kids toys and quantities. 3500 
Everything is completely reversible 3499 
Racks and things 3499 
Now it looks even more promising! 3499 
Quantity of rods 3499 
Avoiding diagonals 3497 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3496 
That's not fair! 3496 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3496 
Discrimination? 3491 
Vertical configuration 3484 
Impresive ! 3413 
Did you read the site? 3413 
Contact 3413 
Company's name is Rixrax 3413 
Stand 3412 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3368 
End of life headphone system 3368 
Something like this? 3368 
The "Second Living Room" 3368 
Mixing urban & suburban 3368 
Late night listening 3368 
Moving life... 3366 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3366 
A true listening room. 3342 
It started… 3327 
Levels of Interest 3327 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3327 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3327 
I can't not to post it.... 3327 
Do not leave him unattended. 3327 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3327 
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