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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5752 
The first take on the new room. 5746 
New Room, a first shot. 5745 
Wonderful 5745 
Adopted 5744 
The first relaxed night with the room 5742 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5741 
The listening room is ready. 5740 
New Room, a First Shot 5738 
Continue to work with the room 5738 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5738 
Room 5737 
I think it will take another month. 5737 
The Buttressing 5737 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5736 
The new place and the new noises. 5736 
Big listening room 5735 
Screw the "big" rooms 5735 
Big listening rooms 5735 
First reflection points 5734 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5734 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5731 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5730 
Squeezing the floor 5730 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5730 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5730 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5729 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5729 
The new room, the very first listening. 5729 
The 14.5 foot. 5728 
Again… 5727 
Romy's new Playground 5727 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5727 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5727 
For the uninitiated ... 5726 
NH guy 5726 
Room 5726 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5725 
The first base is done 5725 
Reentry time alignment. 5724 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5723 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5723 
Mid bass horn. 5723 
Guess is only a guess… 5723 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5723 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5722 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5722 
Diffusors 5722 
Diffuse injection 5722 
Let analyse why it so 5722 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5722 
Wheel and Deal 5722 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5722 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5722 
I Must Be Missing Something 5722 
I put sliders under my speakers 5721 
ROOM 5720 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5720 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5720 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5720 
No concerns 5720 
Speakers and room 5720 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5719 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5719 
Diaphram 5719 
Phram 5719 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5719 
Perfect piston 5719 
Decorater 5718 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5718 
New morning 5717 
The first take on the room with RTA 5716 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5716 
Axiomatic 5716 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5715 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5715 
The size of the bass. 5715 
Bass Factory 5715 
Crude Level, or something more? 5715 
I will play with it this week…. 5715 
Rent-A 5715 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5715 
Corner horns 5715 
Cheating from below 5715 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5715 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5714 
A possibly overly simplified view 5714 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5714 
Iceberg 5714 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5714 
Why not horn 5714 
A correction…. 5714 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5714 
They are just not related things at all. 5714 
Fertin 5712 
Low resonance is good... 5712 
Et tu, Brute? 5711 
The Room response at LF 5710 
Life On The Ground Floor 5710 
Bass arrays 5710 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5710 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5710 
The super sucks. 5710 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5710 
You may also try 5709 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5709 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5709 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5709 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5709 
60 Hz Resonance 5709 
No notching… so far. 5709 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5708 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5708 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5708 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5708 
Power to the People 5708 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5708 
Aura 5708 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5708 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5708 
All class D is the same 5708 
Interpreting the LF results. 5707 
The Halibut 5707 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5707 
The Big Picture 5707 
Power & ULF channels 5707 
The big picture indeed. 5707 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5707 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5707 
The Power and the Glory 5706 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5706 
I guess I did not get this memo 5706 
French LF drivers 5706 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5706 
(another) French LF approach 5705 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5705 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5705 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5705 
Limpschtick 5705 
Symmetry 5705 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5704 
Room correction 5704 
It migh be more complicated. 5704 
Bass EQ ? 5704 
Agree and not. 5704 
Two "diseases" 5704 
Parametric filters 5704 
Ceiling arrays 5704 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5704 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5704 
The Middle of the Room. 5704 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5704 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5704 
Stop! 5704 
Appendectomy 5704 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5703 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5703 
No Isolation 5703 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5700 
Potential contenders? 5699 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5699 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5699 
Those Crazy Canucks 5695 
Mo' Better Bass 5689 
Bird in the Hand? 5689 
A wet listening spot? 5682 
Storm 5679 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5679 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5665 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5635 
Polar Opposite ULF 5634 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5622 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5620 
Differently but the same. 5619 
PVC 5618 
The sail test try. 5618 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5618 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5618 
Trial 5617 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5617 
Some explanations 5617 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5616 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5615 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5614 
Acrylate 5613 
Magic blanket 5613 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5612 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5612 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5612 
I have a few options. 5612 
Foam color 5612 
Strange things with upperbass 5612 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5611 
Teatro reform. . . 5611 
The foaming room dilemma. 5610 
Melamine Foam 5610 
Foaming up the cat house 5610 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5610 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5610 
Acoustic revisions… 5609 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5606 
Surprises so far in the new room 5605 
The upperbass in the new room. 5605 
Slight change of hart. 5604 
Camco supply of Boston 5602 
Room acoustics 5602 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5561 
I need to kill dust first. 5561 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5559 
To feed the leeches? 5559 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5558 
Yh 5558 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5558 
DPOLs? 5558 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5558 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5555 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5555 
A HalfPipe solution? 5555 
I absolutely love it. 5555 
Piper work 5554 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5554 
Absorption 5554 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5553 
Cats life ? 5553 
Call me Pussy. 5553 
More about traps 5553 
Acoustic impedance? 5553 
You maybe right 5553 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5553 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5552 
Heavy Curtain 5552 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5551 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5551 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5551 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5548 
Fix speaker move chair? 5547 
Back and forth ceremony 5547 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5546 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5545 
Glass windows 5544 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5543 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5542 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5540 
How to use basement jacks? 5540 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5540 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5540 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5539 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5539 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5538 
Sore eyes... 5537 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5537 
The harvesting week! 5535 
I need an inspiration… 5534 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5533 
Like this? 5533 
Dramatically randomize MF 5533 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5532 
The room eats dynamic 5532 
Diffusers 5532 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5531 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5516 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5515 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5515 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5515 
About Width-Importance balance. 5513 
Letting the music scale up 5512 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5512 
To finish my house décor… 5508 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5507 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5506 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5506 
Calling the gods of music 5506 
Absolutely 5506 
Phase manipulation 5506 
No relation. 5506 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5506 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5506 
Dynamical mismatch 5505 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5505 
Stradiwinerius? 5502 
Dealing with the glass. 5501 
Boston 5501 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5501 
Added mass 5501 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5501 
It is about moderation…. 5501 
To hell with the wine... 5501 
Also for other surafaces 5500 
LEAD 5500 
LEAD & GLASS 5500 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5500 
Read carefully 5500 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5500 
Crooks and morons 5500 
Magiscopios 5499 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5479 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5479 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5478 
The LP setup in the new home. 5427 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5422 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5422 
Pianochord will do! 5422 
Spanyi heaven 5422 
I see no conflict at all. 5422 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5422 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5422 
A year after closing 5414 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5414 
Traveling antimatter 5407 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5401 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5400 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5374 
Cast Iron fireplace 5373 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5373 
The hardcore way 5373 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5337 
This is How It's Done 5336 
Listening room during summer. 5324 
What about those... 5323 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5323 
Reducing A/C Noise 5323 
HVAC the Cat 5323 
Big Ass fan 5322 
Variac dimmers 5322 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5322 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5322 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5254 
Some winter observations. 5145 
That Asian man…. 5114 
The Franz Schubert morning 5088 
Spring.... 5037 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4987 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4958 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4958 
Just good photography? 4958 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4958 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4958 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4957 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4957 
Sports car 4957 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4957 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4957 
Train Positioning 4957 
Kind of what I want 4957 
The lap listening… 4957 
Family Room 4957 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4954 
A super audio room. 4950 
Time Warp! 4950 
A piano in a listening room 4929 
Pianissimo 4929 
The plan in blue. 4929 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4929 
My doubts 4929 
It is exactly what I worry. 4928 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4928 
Musicians at home 4928 
Piano Measurements 4927 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4922 
The next step. 4908 
Midbass horns missing?? 4907 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4897 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4897 
Baby Grand 4896 
Wood floor 4896 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4896 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4896 
Amy’s baby. 4894 
Improvement 4894 
Agree with Scott 4894 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4882 
Integrated casters 4882 
Very nice, thanks. 4882 
Customization 4882 
Sliders 4882 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4875 
Congratulations 4875 
Holes in the floor... 4875 
Tubes and kids 4875 
Sweet spot enlargement 4875 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4873 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4872 
Wood Floors and Water 4872 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4867 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4866 
WAF is for Losers 4866 
WAF: it depends. 4866 
Integration 4865 
Here and there. 4865 
Life after WWIII 4865 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4865 
Cables management. 4863 
Featurizing 4863 
Kids and tubes cont. 4860 
Kid magnet 4860 
Kids and audio 4859 
Radars 4859 
Wow, what the days! 4855 
The comming weekend 4851 
It all was worth it! 4848 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4843 
Here is how it is look. 4843 
Resolving the carpet issue 4843 
Bonfire 4843 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4843 
Proof of concept? 4843 
Geometry 4843 
A view from listening position. 4843 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4843 
Some feedback 4843 
Evening 4843 
I wonder why. 4842 
Rugs and things 4842 
In defense… 4842 
I can’t get it. 4839 
Haze. 4838 
Front wall 4838 
It is very possible. 4838 
It is nice to be back. 4835 
My comfy corner. 4832 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4472 
WMD in house. 4294 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4197 
The third listening spot. 4176 
For sure a very different experience. 4138 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4133 
It's Jfretch's system. 4133 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4132 
Domestic games 4086 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3947 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3947 
Dynamic screening 3947 
Actually this is very good idea! 3947 
Volcanic fabric 3947 
I should have done this. 3945 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3941 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3910 
No worries 3910 
Awesome memories 3910 
Optimization of space 3910 
Child-ish considerations 3907 
Finding peace.... 3901 
"Fencing"? 3900 
I need to build something custom 3900 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3900 
Stressed Skin 3900 
NYC elevators 3900 
Kids toys and quantities. 3900 
Everything is completely reversible 3899 
Racks and things 3899 
Now it looks even more promising! 3899 
Quantity of rods 3899 
Avoiding diagonals 3897 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3896 
That's not fair! 3896 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3896 
Discrimination? 3891 
Vertical configuration 3884 
Impresive ! 3813 
Did you read the site? 3813 
Contact 3813 
Company's name is Rixrax 3813 
Stand 3812 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3768 
End of life headphone system 3768 
Something like this? 3768 
The "Second Living Room" 3768 
Mixing urban & suburban 3768 
Late night listening 3768 
Moving life... 3766 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3766 
A true listening room. 3742 
It started… 3727 
Levels of Interest 3727 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3727 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3727 
I can't not to post it.... 3727 
Do not leave him unattended. 3727 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3727 
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