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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5578 
The first take on the new room. 5572 
New Room, a first shot. 5571 
Wonderful 5571 
Adopted 5570 
The first relaxed night with the room 5568 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5567 
The listening room is ready. 5566 
New Room, a First Shot 5564 
Continue to work with the room 5564 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5564 
Room 5563 
I think it will take another month. 5563 
The Buttressing 5563 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5562 
The new place and the new noises. 5562 
Big listening room 5561 
Screw the "big" rooms 5561 
Big listening rooms 5561 
First reflection points 5560 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5560 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5557 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5556 
Squeezing the floor 5556 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5556 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5556 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5555 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5555 
The new room, the very first listening. 5555 
The 14.5 foot. 5554 
Again… 5553 
Romy's new Playground 5553 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5553 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5553 
For the uninitiated ... 5552 
NH guy 5552 
Room 5552 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5551 
The first base is done 5551 
Reentry time alignment. 5550 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5549 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5549 
Mid bass horn. 5549 
Guess is only a guess… 5549 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5549 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5548 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5548 
Diffusors 5548 
Diffuse injection 5548 
Let analyse why it so 5548 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5548 
Wheel and Deal 5548 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5548 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5548 
I Must Be Missing Something 5548 
I put sliders under my speakers 5547 
ROOM 5546 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5546 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5546 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5546 
No concerns 5546 
Speakers and room 5546 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5545 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5545 
Diaphram 5545 
Phram 5545 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5545 
Perfect piston 5545 
Decorater 5544 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5544 
New morning 5543 
The first take on the room with RTA 5542 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5542 
Axiomatic 5542 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5541 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5541 
The size of the bass. 5541 
Bass Factory 5541 
Crude Level, or something more? 5541 
I will play with it this week…. 5541 
Rent-A 5541 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5541 
Corner horns 5541 
Cheating from below 5541 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5541 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5540 
A possibly overly simplified view 5540 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5540 
Iceberg 5540 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5540 
Why not horn 5540 
A correction…. 5540 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5540 
They are just not related things at all. 5540 
Fertin 5538 
Low resonance is good... 5538 
Et tu, Brute? 5537 
The Room response at LF 5536 
Life On The Ground Floor 5536 
Bass arrays 5536 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5536 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5536 
The super sucks. 5536 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5536 
You may also try 5535 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5535 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5535 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5535 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5535 
60 Hz Resonance 5535 
No notching… so far. 5535 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5534 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5534 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5534 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5534 
Power to the People 5534 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5534 
Aura 5534 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5534 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5534 
All class D is the same 5534 
Interpreting the LF results. 5533 
The Halibut 5533 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5533 
The Big Picture 5533 
Power & ULF channels 5533 
The big picture indeed. 5533 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5533 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5533 
The Power and the Glory 5532 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5532 
I guess I did not get this memo 5532 
French LF drivers 5532 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5532 
(another) French LF approach 5531 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5531 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5531 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5531 
Limpschtick 5531 
Symmetry 5531 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5530 
Room correction 5530 
It migh be more complicated. 5530 
Bass EQ ? 5530 
Agree and not. 5530 
Two "diseases" 5530 
Parametric filters 5530 
Ceiling arrays 5530 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5530 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5530 
The Middle of the Room. 5530 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5530 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5530 
Stop! 5530 
Appendectomy 5530 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5529 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5529 
No Isolation 5529 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5526 
Potential contenders? 5525 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5525 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5525 
Those Crazy Canucks 5521 
Mo' Better Bass 5515 
Bird in the Hand? 5515 
A wet listening spot? 5508 
Storm 5505 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5505 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5491 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5461 
Polar Opposite ULF 5460 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5448 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5446 
Differently but the same. 5445 
PVC 5444 
The sail test try. 5444 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5444 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5444 
Trial 5443 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5443 
Some explanations 5443 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5442 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5441 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5440 
Acrylate 5439 
Magic blanket 5439 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5438 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5438 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5438 
I have a few options. 5438 
Foam color 5438 
Strange things with upperbass 5438 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5437 
Teatro reform. . . 5437 
The foaming room dilemma. 5436 
Melamine Foam 5436 
Foaming up the cat house 5436 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5436 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5436 
Acoustic revisions… 5435 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5432 
Surprises so far in the new room 5431 
The upperbass in the new room. 5431 
Slight change of hart. 5430 
Camco supply of Boston 5428 
Room acoustics 5428 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5387 
I need to kill dust first. 5387 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5385 
To feed the leeches? 5385 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5384 
Yh 5384 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5384 
DPOLs? 5384 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5384 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5381 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5381 
A HalfPipe solution? 5381 
I absolutely love it. 5381 
Piper work 5380 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5380 
Absorption 5380 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5379 
Cats life ? 5379 
Call me Pussy. 5379 
More about traps 5379 
Acoustic impedance? 5379 
You maybe right 5379 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5379 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5378 
Heavy Curtain 5378 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5377 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5377 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5377 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5374 
Fix speaker move chair? 5373 
Back and forth ceremony 5373 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5372 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5371 
Glass windows 5370 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5369 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5368 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5366 
How to use basement jacks? 5366 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5366 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5366 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5365 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5365 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5364 
Sore eyes... 5363 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5363 
The harvesting week! 5361 
I need an inspiration… 5360 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5359 
Like this? 5359 
Dramatically randomize MF 5359 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5358 
The room eats dynamic 5358 
Diffusers 5358 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5357 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5342 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5341 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5341 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5341 
About Width-Importance balance. 5339 
Letting the music scale up 5338 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5338 
To finish my house décor… 5334 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5333 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5332 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5332 
Calling the gods of music 5332 
Absolutely 5332 
Phase manipulation 5332 
No relation. 5332 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5332 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5332 
Dynamical mismatch 5331 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5331 
Stradiwinerius? 5328 
Dealing with the glass. 5327 
Boston 5327 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5327 
Added mass 5327 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5327 
It is about moderation…. 5327 
To hell with the wine... 5327 
Also for other surafaces 5326 
LEAD 5326 
LEAD & GLASS 5326 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5326 
Read carefully 5326 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5326 
Crooks and morons 5326 
Magiscopios 5325 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5305 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5305 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5304 
The LP setup in the new home. 5253 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5248 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5248 
Pianochord will do! 5248 
Spanyi heaven 5248 
I see no conflict at all. 5248 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5248 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5248 
A year after closing 5240 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5240 
Traveling antimatter 5233 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5227 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5226 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5200 
Cast Iron fireplace 5199 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5199 
The hardcore way 5199 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5163 
This is How It's Done 5162 
Listening room during summer. 5150 
What about those... 5149 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5149 
Reducing A/C Noise 5149 
HVAC the Cat 5149 
Big Ass fan 5148 
Variac dimmers 5148 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5148 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5148 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5080 
Some winter observations. 4971 
That Asian man…. 4940 
The Franz Schubert morning 4914 
Spring.... 4863 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4813 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4784 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4784 
Just good photography? 4784 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4784 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4784 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4783 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4783 
Sports car 4783 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4783 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4783 
Train Positioning 4783 
Kind of what I want 4783 
The lap listening… 4783 
Family Room 4783 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4780 
A super audio room. 4776 
Time Warp! 4776 
A piano in a listening room 4755 
Pianissimo 4755 
The plan in blue. 4755 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4755 
My doubts 4755 
It is exactly what I worry. 4754 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4754 
Musicians at home 4754 
Piano Measurements 4753 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4748 
The next step. 4734 
Midbass horns missing?? 4733 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4723 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4723 
Baby Grand 4722 
Wood floor 4722 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4722 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4722 
Amy’s baby. 4720 
Improvement 4720 
Agree with Scott 4720 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4708 
Integrated casters 4708 
Very nice, thanks. 4708 
Customization 4708 
Sliders 4708 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4701 
Congratulations 4701 
Holes in the floor... 4701 
Tubes and kids 4701 
Sweet spot enlargement 4701 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4699 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4698 
Wood Floors and Water 4698 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4693 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4692 
WAF is for Losers 4692 
WAF: it depends. 4692 
Integration 4691 
Here and there. 4691 
Life after WWIII 4691 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4691 
Cables management. 4689 
Featurizing 4689 
Kids and tubes cont. 4686 
Kid magnet 4686 
Kids and audio 4685 
Radars 4685 
Wow, what the days! 4681 
The comming weekend 4677 
It all was worth it! 4674 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4669 
Here is how it is look. 4669 
Resolving the carpet issue 4669 
Bonfire 4669 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4669 
Proof of concept? 4669 
Geometry 4669 
A view from listening position. 4669 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4669 
Some feedback 4669 
Evening 4669 
I wonder why. 4668 
Rugs and things 4668 
In defense… 4668 
I can’t get it. 4665 
Haze. 4664 
Front wall 4664 
It is very possible. 4664 
It is nice to be back. 4661 
My comfy corner. 4658 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4298 
WMD in house. 4120 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4023 
The third listening spot. 4002 
For sure a very different experience. 3964 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 3959 
It's Jfretch's system. 3959 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 3958 
Domestic games 3912 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3773 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3773 
Dynamic screening 3773 
Actually this is very good idea! 3773 
Volcanic fabric 3773 
I should have done this. 3771 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3767 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3736 
No worries 3736 
Awesome memories 3736 
Optimization of space 3736 
Child-ish considerations 3733 
Finding peace.... 3727 
"Fencing"? 3726 
I need to build something custom 3726 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3726 
Stressed Skin 3726 
NYC elevators 3726 
Kids toys and quantities. 3726 
Everything is completely reversible 3725 
Racks and things 3725 
Now it looks even more promising! 3725 
Quantity of rods 3725 
Avoiding diagonals 3723 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3722 
That's not fair! 3722 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3722 
Discrimination? 3717 
Vertical configuration 3710 
Impresive ! 3639 
Did you read the site? 3639 
Contact 3639 
Company's name is Rixrax 3639 
Stand 3638 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3594 
End of life headphone system 3594 
Something like this? 3594 
The "Second Living Room" 3594 
Mixing urban & suburban 3594 
Late night listening 3594 
Moving life... 3592 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3592 
A true listening room. 3568 
It started… 3553 
Levels of Interest 3553 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3553 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3553 
I can't not to post it.... 3553 
Do not leave him unattended. 3553 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3553 
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