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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5981 
The first take on the new room. 5975 
New Room, a first shot. 5974 
Wonderful 5974 
Adopted 5973 
The first relaxed night with the room 5971 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5970 
The listening room is ready. 5969 
New Room, a First Shot 5967 
Continue to work with the room 5967 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5967 
Room 5966 
I think it will take another month. 5966 
The Buttressing 5966 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5965 
The new place and the new noises. 5965 
Big listening room 5964 
Screw the "big" rooms 5964 
Big listening rooms 5964 
First reflection points 5963 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5963 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5960 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5959 
Squeezing the floor 5959 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5959 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5959 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5958 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5958 
The new room, the very first listening. 5958 
The 14.5 foot. 5957 
Again… 5956 
Romy's new Playground 5956 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5956 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5956 
For the uninitiated ... 5955 
NH guy 5955 
Room 5955 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5954 
The first base is done 5954 
Reentry time alignment. 5953 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5952 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5952 
Mid bass horn. 5952 
Guess is only a guess… 5952 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5952 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5951 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5951 
Diffusors 5951 
Diffuse injection 5951 
Let analyse why it so 5951 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5951 
Wheel and Deal 5951 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5951 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5951 
I Must Be Missing Something 5951 
I put sliders under my speakers 5950 
ROOM 5949 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5949 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5949 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5949 
No concerns 5949 
Speakers and room 5949 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5948 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5948 
Diaphram 5948 
Phram 5948 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5948 
Perfect piston 5948 
Decorater 5947 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5947 
New morning 5946 
The first take on the room with RTA 5945 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5945 
Axiomatic 5945 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5944 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5944 
The size of the bass. 5944 
Bass Factory 5944 
Crude Level, or something more? 5944 
I will play with it this week…. 5944 
Rent-A 5944 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5944 
Corner horns 5944 
Cheating from below 5944 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5944 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5943 
A possibly overly simplified view 5943 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5943 
Iceberg 5943 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5943 
Why not horn 5943 
A correction…. 5943 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5943 
They are just not related things at all. 5943 
Fertin 5941 
Low resonance is good... 5941 
Et tu, Brute? 5940 
The Room response at LF 5939 
Life On The Ground Floor 5939 
Bass arrays 5939 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5939 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5939 
The super sucks. 5939 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5939 
You may also try 5938 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5938 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5938 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5938 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5938 
60 Hz Resonance 5938 
No notching… so far. 5938 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5937 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5937 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5937 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5937 
Power to the People 5937 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5937 
Aura 5937 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5937 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5937 
All class D is the same 5937 
Interpreting the LF results. 5936 
The Halibut 5936 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5936 
The Big Picture 5936 
Power & ULF channels 5936 
The big picture indeed. 5936 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5936 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5936 
The Power and the Glory 5935 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5935 
I guess I did not get this memo 5935 
French LF drivers 5935 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5935 
(another) French LF approach 5934 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5934 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5934 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5934 
Limpschtick 5934 
Symmetry 5934 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5933 
Room correction 5933 
It migh be more complicated. 5933 
Bass EQ ? 5933 
Agree and not. 5933 
Two "diseases" 5933 
Parametric filters 5933 
Ceiling arrays 5933 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5933 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5933 
The Middle of the Room. 5933 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5933 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5933 
Stop! 5933 
Appendectomy 5933 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5932 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5932 
No Isolation 5932 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5929 
Potential contenders? 5928 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5928 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5928 
Those Crazy Canucks 5924 
Mo' Better Bass 5918 
Bird in the Hand? 5918 
A wet listening spot? 5911 
Storm 5908 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5908 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5894 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5864 
Polar Opposite ULF 5863 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5851 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5849 
Differently but the same. 5848 
PVC 5847 
The sail test try. 5847 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5847 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5847 
Trial 5846 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5846 
Some explanations 5846 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5845 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5844 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5843 
Acrylate 5842 
Magic blanket 5842 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5841 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5841 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5841 
I have a few options. 5841 
Foam color 5841 
Strange things with upperbass 5841 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5840 
Teatro reform. . . 5840 
The foaming room dilemma. 5839 
Melamine Foam 5839 
Foaming up the cat house 5839 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5839 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5839 
Acoustic revisions… 5838 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5835 
Surprises so far in the new room 5834 
The upperbass in the new room. 5834 
Slight change of hart. 5833 
Camco supply of Boston 5831 
Room acoustics 5831 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5790 
I need to kill dust first. 5790 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5788 
To feed the leeches? 5788 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5787 
Yh 5787 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5787 
DPOLs? 5787 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5787 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5784 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5784 
A HalfPipe solution? 5784 
I absolutely love it. 5784 
Piper work 5783 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5783 
Absorption 5783 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5782 
Cats life ? 5782 
Call me Pussy. 5782 
More about traps 5782 
Acoustic impedance? 5782 
You maybe right 5782 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5782 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5781 
Heavy Curtain 5781 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5780 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5780 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5780 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5777 
Fix speaker move chair? 5776 
Back and forth ceremony 5776 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5775 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5774 
Glass windows 5773 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5772 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5771 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5769 
How to use basement jacks? 5769 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5769 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5769 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5768 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5768 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5767 
Sore eyes... 5766 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5766 
The harvesting week! 5764 
I need an inspiration… 5763 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5762 
Like this? 5762 
Dramatically randomize MF 5762 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5761 
The room eats dynamic 5761 
Diffusers 5761 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5760 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5745 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5744 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5744 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5744 
About Width-Importance balance. 5742 
Letting the music scale up 5741 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5741 
To finish my house décor… 5737 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5736 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5735 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5735 
Calling the gods of music 5735 
Absolutely 5735 
Phase manipulation 5735 
No relation. 5735 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5735 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5735 
Dynamical mismatch 5734 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5734 
Stradiwinerius? 5731 
Dealing with the glass. 5730 
Boston 5730 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5730 
Added mass 5730 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5730 
It is about moderation…. 5730 
To hell with the wine... 5730 
Also for other surafaces 5729 
LEAD 5729 
LEAD & GLASS 5729 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5729 
Read carefully 5729 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5729 
Crooks and morons 5729 
Magiscopios 5728 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5708 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5708 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5707 
The LP setup in the new home. 5656 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5651 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5651 
Pianochord will do! 5651 
Spanyi heaven 5651 
I see no conflict at all. 5651 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5651 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5651 
A year after closing 5643 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5643 
Traveling antimatter 5636 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5630 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5629 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5603 
Cast Iron fireplace 5602 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5602 
The hardcore way 5602 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5566 
This is How It's Done 5565 
Listening room during summer. 5553 
What about those... 5552 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5552 
Reducing A/C Noise 5552 
HVAC the Cat 5552 
Big Ass fan 5551 
Variac dimmers 5551 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5551 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5551 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5483 
Some winter observations. 5374 
That Asian man…. 5343 
The Franz Schubert morning 5317 
Spring.... 5266 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5216 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5187 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5187 
Just good photography? 5187 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5187 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5187 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5186 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5186 
Sports car 5186 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5186 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5186 
Train Positioning 5186 
Kind of what I want 5186 
The lap listening… 5186 
Family Room 5186 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5183 
A super audio room. 5179 
Time Warp! 5179 
A piano in a listening room 5158 
Pianissimo 5158 
The plan in blue. 5158 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5158 
My doubts 5158 
It is exactly what I worry. 5157 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5157 
Musicians at home 5157 
Piano Measurements 5156 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5151 
The next step. 5137 
Midbass horns missing?? 5136 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5126 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5126 
Baby Grand 5125 
Wood floor 5125 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5125 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5125 
Amy’s baby. 5123 
Improvement 5123 
Agree with Scott 5123 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5111 
Integrated casters 5111 
Very nice, thanks. 5111 
Customization 5111 
Sliders 5111 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5104 
Congratulations 5104 
Holes in the floor... 5104 
Tubes and kids 5104 
Sweet spot enlargement 5104 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5102 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5101 
Wood Floors and Water 5101 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5096 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5095 
WAF is for Losers 5095 
WAF: it depends. 5095 
Integration 5094 
Here and there. 5094 
Life after WWIII 5094 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5094 
Cables management. 5092 
Featurizing 5092 
Kids and tubes cont. 5089 
Kid magnet 5089 
Kids and audio 5088 
Radars 5088 
Wow, what the days! 5084 
The comming weekend 5080 
It all was worth it! 5077 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5072 
Here is how it is look. 5072 
Resolving the carpet issue 5072 
Bonfire 5072 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5072 
Proof of concept? 5072 
Geometry 5072 
A view from listening position. 5072 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5072 
Some feedback 5072 
Evening 5072 
I wonder why. 5071 
Rugs and things 5071 
In defense… 5071 
I can’t get it. 5068 
Haze. 5067 
Front wall 5067 
It is very possible. 5067 
It is nice to be back. 5064 
My comfy corner. 5061 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4701 
WMD in house. 4523 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4426 
The third listening spot. 4405 
For sure a very different experience. 4367 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4362 
It's Jfretch's system. 4362 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4361 
Domestic games 4315 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4176 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4176 
Dynamic screening 4176 
Actually this is very good idea! 4176 
Volcanic fabric 4176 
I should have done this. 4174 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4170 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4139 
No worries 4139 
Awesome memories 4139 
Optimization of space 4139 
Child-ish considerations 4136 
Finding peace.... 4130 
"Fencing"? 4129 
I need to build something custom 4129 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4129 
Stressed Skin 4129 
NYC elevators 4129 
Kids toys and quantities. 4129 
Everything is completely reversible 4128 
Racks and things 4128 
Now it looks even more promising! 4128 
Quantity of rods 4128 
Avoiding diagonals 4126 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4125 
That's not fair! 4125 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4125 
Discrimination? 4120 
Vertical configuration 4113 
Impresive ! 4042 
Did you read the site? 4042 
Contact 4042 
Company's name is Rixrax 4042 
Stand 4041 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3997 
End of life headphone system 3997 
Something like this? 3997 
The "Second Living Room" 3997 
Mixing urban & suburban 3997 
Late night listening 3997 
Moving life... 3995 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3995 
A true listening room. 3971 
It started… 3956 
Levels of Interest 3956 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3956 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3956 
I can't not to post it.... 3956 
Do not leave him unattended. 3956 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3956 
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