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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5776 
The first take on the new room. 5770 
New Room, a first shot. 5769 
Wonderful 5769 
Adopted 5768 
The first relaxed night with the room 5766 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5765 
The listening room is ready. 5764 
New Room, a First Shot 5762 
Continue to work with the room 5762 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5762 
Room 5761 
I think it will take another month. 5761 
The Buttressing 5761 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5760 
The new place and the new noises. 5760 
Big listening room 5759 
Screw the "big" rooms 5759 
Big listening rooms 5759 
First reflection points 5758 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5758 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5755 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5754 
Squeezing the floor 5754 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5754 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5754 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5753 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5753 
The new room, the very first listening. 5753 
The 14.5 foot. 5752 
Again… 5751 
Romy's new Playground 5751 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5751 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5751 
For the uninitiated ... 5750 
NH guy 5750 
Room 5750 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5749 
The first base is done 5749 
Reentry time alignment. 5748 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5747 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5747 
Mid bass horn. 5747 
Guess is only a guess… 5747 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5747 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5746 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5746 
Diffusors 5746 
Diffuse injection 5746 
Let analyse why it so 5746 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5746 
Wheel and Deal 5746 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5746 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5746 
I Must Be Missing Something 5746 
I put sliders under my speakers 5745 
ROOM 5744 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5744 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5744 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5744 
No concerns 5744 
Speakers and room 5744 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5743 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5743 
Diaphram 5743 
Phram 5743 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5743 
Perfect piston 5743 
Decorater 5742 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5742 
New morning 5741 
The first take on the room with RTA 5740 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5740 
Axiomatic 5740 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5739 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5739 
The size of the bass. 5739 
Bass Factory 5739 
Crude Level, or something more? 5739 
I will play with it this week…. 5739 
Rent-A 5739 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5739 
Corner horns 5739 
Cheating from below 5739 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5739 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5738 
A possibly overly simplified view 5738 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5738 
Iceberg 5738 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5738 
Why not horn 5738 
A correction…. 5738 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5738 
They are just not related things at all. 5738 
Fertin 5736 
Low resonance is good... 5736 
Et tu, Brute? 5735 
The Room response at LF 5734 
Life On The Ground Floor 5734 
Bass arrays 5734 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5734 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5734 
The super sucks. 5734 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5734 
You may also try 5733 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5733 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5733 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5733 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5733 
60 Hz Resonance 5733 
No notching… so far. 5733 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5732 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5732 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5732 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5732 
Power to the People 5732 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5732 
Aura 5732 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5732 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5732 
All class D is the same 5732 
Interpreting the LF results. 5731 
The Halibut 5731 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5731 
The Big Picture 5731 
Power & ULF channels 5731 
The big picture indeed. 5731 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5731 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5731 
The Power and the Glory 5730 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5730 
I guess I did not get this memo 5730 
French LF drivers 5730 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5730 
(another) French LF approach 5729 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5729 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5729 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5729 
Limpschtick 5729 
Symmetry 5729 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5728 
Room correction 5728 
It migh be more complicated. 5728 
Bass EQ ? 5728 
Agree and not. 5728 
Two "diseases" 5728 
Parametric filters 5728 
Ceiling arrays 5728 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5728 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5728 
The Middle of the Room. 5728 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5728 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5728 
Stop! 5728 
Appendectomy 5728 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5727 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5727 
No Isolation 5727 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5724 
Potential contenders? 5723 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5723 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5723 
Those Crazy Canucks 5719 
Mo' Better Bass 5713 
Bird in the Hand? 5713 
A wet listening spot? 5706 
Storm 5703 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5703 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5689 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5659 
Polar Opposite ULF 5658 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5646 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5644 
Differently but the same. 5643 
PVC 5642 
The sail test try. 5642 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5642 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5642 
Trial 5641 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5641 
Some explanations 5641 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5640 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5639 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5638 
Acrylate 5637 
Magic blanket 5637 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5636 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5636 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5636 
I have a few options. 5636 
Foam color 5636 
Strange things with upperbass 5636 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5635 
Teatro reform. . . 5635 
The foaming room dilemma. 5634 
Melamine Foam 5634 
Foaming up the cat house 5634 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5634 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5634 
Acoustic revisions… 5633 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5630 
Surprises so far in the new room 5629 
The upperbass in the new room. 5629 
Slight change of hart. 5628 
Camco supply of Boston 5626 
Room acoustics 5626 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5585 
I need to kill dust first. 5585 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5583 
To feed the leeches? 5583 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5582 
Yh 5582 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5582 
DPOLs? 5582 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5582 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5579 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5579 
A HalfPipe solution? 5579 
I absolutely love it. 5579 
Piper work 5578 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5578 
Absorption 5578 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5577 
Cats life ? 5577 
Call me Pussy. 5577 
More about traps 5577 
Acoustic impedance? 5577 
You maybe right 5577 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5577 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5576 
Heavy Curtain 5576 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5575 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5575 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5575 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5572 
Fix speaker move chair? 5571 
Back and forth ceremony 5571 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5570 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5569 
Glass windows 5568 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5567 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5566 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5564 
How to use basement jacks? 5564 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5564 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5564 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5563 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5563 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5562 
Sore eyes... 5561 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5561 
The harvesting week! 5559 
I need an inspiration… 5558 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5557 
Like this? 5557 
Dramatically randomize MF 5557 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5556 
The room eats dynamic 5556 
Diffusers 5556 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5555 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5540 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5539 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5539 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5539 
About Width-Importance balance. 5537 
Letting the music scale up 5536 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5536 
To finish my house décor… 5532 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5531 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5530 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5530 
Calling the gods of music 5530 
Absolutely 5530 
Phase manipulation 5530 
No relation. 5530 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5530 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5530 
Dynamical mismatch 5529 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5529 
Stradiwinerius? 5526 
Dealing with the glass. 5525 
Boston 5525 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5525 
Added mass 5525 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5525 
It is about moderation…. 5525 
To hell with the wine... 5525 
Also for other surafaces 5524 
LEAD 5524 
LEAD & GLASS 5524 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5524 
Read carefully 5524 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5524 
Crooks and morons 5524 
Magiscopios 5523 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5503 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5503 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5502 
The LP setup in the new home. 5451 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5446 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5446 
Pianochord will do! 5446 
Spanyi heaven 5446 
I see no conflict at all. 5446 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5446 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5446 
A year after closing 5438 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5438 
Traveling antimatter 5431 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5425 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5424 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5398 
Cast Iron fireplace 5397 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5397 
The hardcore way 5397 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5361 
This is How It's Done 5360 
Listening room during summer. 5348 
What about those... 5347 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5347 
Reducing A/C Noise 5347 
HVAC the Cat 5347 
Big Ass fan 5346 
Variac dimmers 5346 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5346 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5346 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5278 
Some winter observations. 5169 
That Asian man…. 5138 
The Franz Schubert morning 5112 
Spring.... 5061 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5011 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4982 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4982 
Just good photography? 4982 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4982 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4982 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4981 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4981 
Sports car 4981 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4981 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4981 
Train Positioning 4981 
Kind of what I want 4981 
The lap listening… 4981 
Family Room 4981 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4978 
A super audio room. 4974 
Time Warp! 4974 
A piano in a listening room 4953 
Pianissimo 4953 
The plan in blue. 4953 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4953 
My doubts 4953 
It is exactly what I worry. 4952 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4952 
Musicians at home 4952 
Piano Measurements 4951 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4946 
The next step. 4932 
Midbass horns missing?? 4931 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4921 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4921 
Baby Grand 4920 
Wood floor 4920 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4920 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4920 
Amy’s baby. 4918 
Improvement 4918 
Agree with Scott 4918 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4906 
Integrated casters 4906 
Very nice, thanks. 4906 
Customization 4906 
Sliders 4906 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4899 
Congratulations 4899 
Holes in the floor... 4899 
Tubes and kids 4899 
Sweet spot enlargement 4899 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4897 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4896 
Wood Floors and Water 4896 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4891 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4890 
WAF is for Losers 4890 
WAF: it depends. 4890 
Integration 4889 
Here and there. 4889 
Life after WWIII 4889 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4889 
Cables management. 4887 
Featurizing 4887 
Kids and tubes cont. 4884 
Kid magnet 4884 
Kids and audio 4883 
Radars 4883 
Wow, what the days! 4879 
The comming weekend 4875 
It all was worth it! 4872 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4867 
Here is how it is look. 4867 
Resolving the carpet issue 4867 
Bonfire 4867 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4867 
Proof of concept? 4867 
Geometry 4867 
A view from listening position. 4867 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4867 
Some feedback 4867 
Evening 4867 
I wonder why. 4866 
Rugs and things 4866 
In defense… 4866 
I can’t get it. 4863 
Haze. 4862 
Front wall 4862 
It is very possible. 4862 
It is nice to be back. 4859 
My comfy corner. 4856 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4496 
WMD in house. 4318 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4221 
The third listening spot. 4200 
For sure a very different experience. 4162 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4157 
It's Jfretch's system. 4157 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4156 
Domestic games 4110 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3971 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3971 
Dynamic screening 3971 
Actually this is very good idea! 3971 
Volcanic fabric 3971 
I should have done this. 3969 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3965 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3934 
No worries 3934 
Awesome memories 3934 
Optimization of space 3934 
Child-ish considerations 3931 
Finding peace.... 3925 
"Fencing"? 3924 
I need to build something custom 3924 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3924 
Stressed Skin 3924 
NYC elevators 3924 
Kids toys and quantities. 3924 
Everything is completely reversible 3923 
Racks and things 3923 
Now it looks even more promising! 3923 
Quantity of rods 3923 
Avoiding diagonals 3921 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3920 
That's not fair! 3920 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3920 
Discrimination? 3915 
Vertical configuration 3908 
Impresive ! 3837 
Did you read the site? 3837 
Contact 3837 
Company's name is Rixrax 3837 
Stand 3836 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3792 
End of life headphone system 3792 
Something like this? 3792 
The "Second Living Room" 3792 
Mixing urban & suburban 3792 
Late night listening 3792 
Moving life... 3790 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3790 
A true listening room. 3766 
It started… 3751 
Levels of Interest 3751 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3751 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3751 
I can't not to post it.... 3751 
Do not leave him unattended. 3751 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3751 
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