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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5484 
The first take on the new room. 5478 
New Room, a first shot. 5477 
Wonderful 5477 
Adopted 5476 
The first relaxed night with the room 5474 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5473 
The listening room is ready. 5472 
New Room, a First Shot 5470 
Continue to work with the room 5470 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5470 
Room 5469 
I think it will take another month. 5469 
The Buttressing 5469 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5468 
The new place and the new noises. 5468 
Big listening room 5467 
Screw the "big" rooms 5467 
Big listening rooms 5467 
First reflection points 5466 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5466 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5463 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5462 
Squeezing the floor 5462 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5462 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5462 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5461 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5461 
The new room, the very first listening. 5461 
The 14.5 foot. 5460 
Again… 5459 
Romy's new Playground 5459 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5459 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5459 
For the uninitiated ... 5458 
NH guy 5458 
Room 5458 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5457 
The first base is done 5457 
Reentry time alignment. 5456 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5455 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5455 
Mid bass horn. 5455 
Guess is only a guess… 5455 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5455 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5454 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5454 
Diffusors 5454 
Diffuse injection 5454 
Let analyse why it so 5454 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5454 
Wheel and Deal 5454 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5454 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5454 
I Must Be Missing Something 5454 
I put sliders under my speakers 5453 
ROOM 5452 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5452 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5452 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5452 
No concerns 5452 
Speakers and room 5452 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5451 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5451 
Diaphram 5451 
Phram 5451 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5451 
Perfect piston 5451 
Decorater 5450 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5450 
New morning 5449 
The first take on the room with RTA 5448 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5448 
Axiomatic 5448 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5447 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5447 
The size of the bass. 5447 
Bass Factory 5447 
Crude Level, or something more? 5447 
I will play with it this week…. 5447 
Rent-A 5447 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5447 
Corner horns 5447 
Cheating from below 5447 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5447 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5446 
A possibly overly simplified view 5446 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5446 
Iceberg 5446 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5446 
Why not horn 5446 
A correction…. 5446 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5446 
They are just not related things at all. 5446 
Fertin 5444 
Low resonance is good... 5444 
Et tu, Brute? 5443 
The Room response at LF 5442 
Life On The Ground Floor 5442 
Bass arrays 5442 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5442 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5442 
The super sucks. 5442 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5442 
You may also try 5441 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5441 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5441 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5441 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5441 
60 Hz Resonance 5441 
No notching… so far. 5441 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5440 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5440 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5440 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5440 
Power to the People 5440 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5440 
Aura 5440 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5440 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5440 
All class D is the same 5440 
Interpreting the LF results. 5439 
The Halibut 5439 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5439 
The Big Picture 5439 
Power & ULF channels 5439 
The big picture indeed. 5439 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5439 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5439 
The Power and the Glory 5438 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5438 
I guess I did not get this memo 5438 
French LF drivers 5438 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5438 
(another) French LF approach 5437 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5437 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5437 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5437 
Limpschtick 5437 
Symmetry 5437 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5436 
Room correction 5436 
It migh be more complicated. 5436 
Bass EQ ? 5436 
Agree and not. 5436 
Two "diseases" 5436 
Parametric filters 5436 
Ceiling arrays 5436 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5436 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5436 
The Middle of the Room. 5436 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5436 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5436 
Stop! 5436 
Appendectomy 5436 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5435 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5435 
No Isolation 5435 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5432 
Potential contenders? 5431 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5431 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5431 
Those Crazy Canucks 5427 
Mo' Better Bass 5421 
Bird in the Hand? 5421 
A wet listening spot? 5414 
Storm 5411 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5411 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5397 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5367 
Polar Opposite ULF 5366 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5354 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5352 
Differently but the same. 5351 
PVC 5350 
The sail test try. 5350 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5350 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5350 
Trial 5349 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5349 
Some explanations 5349 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5348 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5347 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5346 
Acrylate 5345 
Magic blanket 5345 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5344 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5344 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5344 
I have a few options. 5344 
Foam color 5344 
Strange things with upperbass 5344 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5343 
Teatro reform. . . 5343 
The foaming room dilemma. 5342 
Melamine Foam 5342 
Foaming up the cat house 5342 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5342 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5342 
Acoustic revisions… 5341 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5338 
Surprises so far in the new room 5337 
The upperbass in the new room. 5337 
Slight change of hart. 5336 
Camco supply of Boston 5334 
Room acoustics 5334 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5293 
I need to kill dust first. 5293 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5291 
To feed the leeches? 5291 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5290 
Yh 5290 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5290 
DPOLs? 5290 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5290 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5287 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5287 
A HalfPipe solution? 5287 
I absolutely love it. 5287 
Piper work 5286 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5286 
Absorption 5286 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5285 
Cats life ? 5285 
Call me Pussy. 5285 
More about traps 5285 
Acoustic impedance? 5285 
You maybe right 5285 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5285 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5284 
Heavy Curtain 5284 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5283 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5283 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5283 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5280 
Fix speaker move chair? 5279 
Back and forth ceremony 5279 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5278 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5277 
Glass windows 5276 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5275 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5274 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5272 
How to use basement jacks? 5272 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5272 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5272 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5271 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5271 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5270 
Sore eyes... 5269 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5269 
The harvesting week! 5267 
I need an inspiration… 5266 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5265 
Like this? 5265 
Dramatically randomize MF 5265 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5264 
The room eats dynamic 5264 
Diffusers 5264 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5263 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5248 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5247 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5247 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5247 
About Width-Importance balance. 5245 
Letting the music scale up 5244 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5244 
To finish my house décor… 5240 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5239 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5238 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5238 
Calling the gods of music 5238 
Absolutely 5238 
Phase manipulation 5238 
No relation. 5238 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5238 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5238 
Dynamical mismatch 5237 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5237 
Stradiwinerius? 5234 
Dealing with the glass. 5233 
Boston 5233 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5233 
Added mass 5233 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5233 
It is about moderation…. 5233 
To hell with the wine... 5233 
Also for other surafaces 5232 
LEAD 5232 
LEAD & GLASS 5232 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5232 
Read carefully 5232 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5232 
Crooks and morons 5232 
Magiscopios 5231 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5211 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5211 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5210 
The LP setup in the new home. 5159 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5154 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5154 
Pianochord will do! 5154 
Spanyi heaven 5154 
I see no conflict at all. 5154 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5154 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5154 
A year after closing 5146 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5146 
Traveling antimatter 5139 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5133 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5132 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5106 
Cast Iron fireplace 5105 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5105 
The hardcore way 5105 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5069 
This is How It's Done 5068 
Listening room during summer. 5056 
What about those... 5055 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5055 
Reducing A/C Noise 5055 
HVAC the Cat 5055 
Big Ass fan 5054 
Variac dimmers 5054 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5054 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5054 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 4986 
Some winter observations. 4877 
That Asian man…. 4846 
The Franz Schubert morning 4820 
Spring.... 4769 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4719 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4690 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4690 
Just good photography? 4690 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4690 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4690 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4689 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4689 
Sports car 4689 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4689 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4689 
Train Positioning 4689 
Kind of what I want 4689 
The lap listening… 4689 
Family Room 4689 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4686 
A super audio room. 4682 
Time Warp! 4682 
A piano in a listening room 4661 
Pianissimo 4661 
The plan in blue. 4661 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4661 
My doubts 4661 
It is exactly what I worry. 4660 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4660 
Musicians at home 4660 
Piano Measurements 4659 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4654 
The next step. 4640 
Midbass horns missing?? 4639 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4629 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4629 
Baby Grand 4628 
Wood floor 4628 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4628 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4628 
Amy’s baby. 4626 
Improvement 4626 
Agree with Scott 4626 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4614 
Integrated casters 4614 
Very nice, thanks. 4614 
Customization 4614 
Sliders 4614 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4607 
Congratulations 4607 
Holes in the floor... 4607 
Tubes and kids 4607 
Sweet spot enlargement 4607 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4605 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4604 
Wood Floors and Water 4604 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4599 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4598 
WAF is for Losers 4598 
WAF: it depends. 4598 
Integration 4597 
Here and there. 4597 
Life after WWIII 4597 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4597 
Cables management. 4595 
Featurizing 4595 
Kids and tubes cont. 4592 
Kid magnet 4592 
Kids and audio 4591 
Radars 4591 
Wow, what the days! 4587 
The comming weekend 4583 
It all was worth it! 4580 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4575 
Here is how it is look. 4575 
Resolving the carpet issue 4575 
Bonfire 4575 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4575 
Proof of concept? 4575 
Geometry 4575 
A view from listening position. 4575 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4575 
Some feedback 4575 
Evening 4575 
I wonder why. 4574 
Rugs and things 4574 
In defense… 4574 
I can’t get it. 4571 
Haze. 4570 
Front wall 4570 
It is very possible. 4570 
It is nice to be back. 4567 
My comfy corner. 4564 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4204 
WMD in house. 4026 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 3929 
The third listening spot. 3908 
For sure a very different experience. 3870 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 3865 
It's Jfretch's system. 3865 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 3864 
Domestic games 3818 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3679 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3679 
Dynamic screening 3679 
Actually this is very good idea! 3679 
Volcanic fabric 3679 
I should have done this. 3677 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3673 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3642 
No worries 3642 
Awesome memories 3642 
Optimization of space 3642 
Child-ish considerations 3639 
Finding peace.... 3633 
"Fencing"? 3632 
I need to build something custom 3632 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3632 
Stressed Skin 3632 
NYC elevators 3632 
Kids toys and quantities. 3632 
Everything is completely reversible 3631 
Racks and things 3631 
Now it looks even more promising! 3631 
Quantity of rods 3631 
Avoiding diagonals 3629 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3628 
That's not fair! 3628 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3628 
Discrimination? 3623 
Vertical configuration 3616 
Impresive ! 3545 
Did you read the site? 3545 
Contact 3545 
Company's name is Rixrax 3545 
Stand 3544 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3500 
End of life headphone system 3500 
Something like this? 3500 
The "Second Living Room" 3500 
Mixing urban & suburban 3500 
Late night listening 3500 
Moving life... 3498 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3498 
A true listening room. 3474 
It started… 3459 
Levels of Interest 3459 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3459 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3459 
I can't not to post it.... 3459 
Do not leave him unattended. 3459 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3459 
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