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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5786 
The first take on the new room. 5780 
New Room, a first shot. 5779 
Wonderful 5779 
Adopted 5778 
The first relaxed night with the room 5776 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5775 
The listening room is ready. 5774 
New Room, a First Shot 5772 
Continue to work with the room 5772 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5772 
Room 5771 
I think it will take another month. 5771 
The Buttressing 5771 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5770 
The new place and the new noises. 5770 
Big listening room 5769 
Screw the "big" rooms 5769 
Big listening rooms 5769 
First reflection points 5768 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5768 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5765 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5764 
Squeezing the floor 5764 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5764 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5764 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5763 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5763 
The new room, the very first listening. 5763 
The 14.5 foot. 5762 
Again… 5761 
Romy's new Playground 5761 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5761 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5761 
For the uninitiated ... 5760 
NH guy 5760 
Room 5760 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5759 
The first base is done 5759 
Reentry time alignment. 5758 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5757 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5757 
Mid bass horn. 5757 
Guess is only a guess… 5757 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5757 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5756 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5756 
Diffusors 5756 
Diffuse injection 5756 
Let analyse why it so 5756 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5756 
Wheel and Deal 5756 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5756 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5756 
I Must Be Missing Something 5756 
I put sliders under my speakers 5755 
ROOM 5754 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5754 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5754 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5754 
No concerns 5754 
Speakers and room 5754 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5753 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5753 
Diaphram 5753 
Phram 5753 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5753 
Perfect piston 5753 
Decorater 5752 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5752 
New morning 5751 
The first take on the room with RTA 5750 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5750 
Axiomatic 5750 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5749 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5749 
The size of the bass. 5749 
Bass Factory 5749 
Crude Level, or something more? 5749 
I will play with it this week…. 5749 
Rent-A 5749 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5749 
Corner horns 5749 
Cheating from below 5749 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5749 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5748 
A possibly overly simplified view 5748 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5748 
Iceberg 5748 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5748 
Why not horn 5748 
A correction…. 5748 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5748 
They are just not related things at all. 5748 
Fertin 5746 
Low resonance is good... 5746 
Et tu, Brute? 5745 
The Room response at LF 5744 
Life On The Ground Floor 5744 
Bass arrays 5744 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5744 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5744 
The super sucks. 5744 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5744 
You may also try 5743 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5743 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5743 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5743 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5743 
60 Hz Resonance 5743 
No notching… so far. 5743 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5742 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5742 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5742 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5742 
Power to the People 5742 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5742 
Aura 5742 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5742 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5742 
All class D is the same 5742 
Interpreting the LF results. 5741 
The Halibut 5741 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5741 
The Big Picture 5741 
Power & ULF channels 5741 
The big picture indeed. 5741 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5741 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5741 
The Power and the Glory 5740 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5740 
I guess I did not get this memo 5740 
French LF drivers 5740 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5740 
(another) French LF approach 5739 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5739 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5739 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5739 
Limpschtick 5739 
Symmetry 5739 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5738 
Room correction 5738 
It migh be more complicated. 5738 
Bass EQ ? 5738 
Agree and not. 5738 
Two "diseases" 5738 
Parametric filters 5738 
Ceiling arrays 5738 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5738 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5738 
The Middle of the Room. 5738 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5738 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5738 
Stop! 5738 
Appendectomy 5738 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5737 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5737 
No Isolation 5737 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5734 
Potential contenders? 5733 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5733 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5733 
Those Crazy Canucks 5729 
Mo' Better Bass 5723 
Bird in the Hand? 5723 
A wet listening spot? 5716 
Storm 5713 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5713 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5699 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5669 
Polar Opposite ULF 5668 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5656 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5654 
Differently but the same. 5653 
PVC 5652 
The sail test try. 5652 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5652 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5652 
Trial 5651 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5651 
Some explanations 5651 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5650 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5649 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5648 
Acrylate 5647 
Magic blanket 5647 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5646 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5646 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5646 
I have a few options. 5646 
Foam color 5646 
Strange things with upperbass 5646 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5645 
Teatro reform. . . 5645 
The foaming room dilemma. 5644 
Melamine Foam 5644 
Foaming up the cat house 5644 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5644 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5644 
Acoustic revisions… 5643 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5640 
Surprises so far in the new room 5639 
The upperbass in the new room. 5639 
Slight change of hart. 5638 
Camco supply of Boston 5636 
Room acoustics 5636 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5595 
I need to kill dust first. 5595 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5593 
To feed the leeches? 5593 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5592 
Yh 5592 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5592 
DPOLs? 5592 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5592 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5589 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5589 
A HalfPipe solution? 5589 
I absolutely love it. 5589 
Piper work 5588 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5588 
Absorption 5588 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5587 
Cats life ? 5587 
Call me Pussy. 5587 
More about traps 5587 
Acoustic impedance? 5587 
You maybe right 5587 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5587 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5586 
Heavy Curtain 5586 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5585 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5585 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5585 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5582 
Fix speaker move chair? 5581 
Back and forth ceremony 5581 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5580 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5579 
Glass windows 5578 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5577 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5576 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5574 
How to use basement jacks? 5574 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5574 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5574 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5573 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5573 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5572 
Sore eyes... 5571 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5571 
The harvesting week! 5569 
I need an inspiration… 5568 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5567 
Like this? 5567 
Dramatically randomize MF 5567 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5566 
The room eats dynamic 5566 
Diffusers 5566 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5565 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5550 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5549 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5549 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5549 
About Width-Importance balance. 5547 
Letting the music scale up 5546 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5546 
To finish my house décor… 5542 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5541 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5540 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5540 
Calling the gods of music 5540 
Absolutely 5540 
Phase manipulation 5540 
No relation. 5540 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5540 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5540 
Dynamical mismatch 5539 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5539 
Stradiwinerius? 5536 
Dealing with the glass. 5535 
Boston 5535 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5535 
Added mass 5535 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5535 
It is about moderation…. 5535 
To hell with the wine... 5535 
Also for other surafaces 5534 
LEAD 5534 
LEAD & GLASS 5534 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5534 
Read carefully 5534 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5534 
Crooks and morons 5534 
Magiscopios 5533 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5513 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5513 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5512 
The LP setup in the new home. 5461 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5456 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5456 
Pianochord will do! 5456 
Spanyi heaven 5456 
I see no conflict at all. 5456 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5456 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5456 
A year after closing 5448 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5448 
Traveling antimatter 5441 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5435 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5434 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5408 
Cast Iron fireplace 5407 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5407 
The hardcore way 5407 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5371 
This is How It's Done 5370 
Listening room during summer. 5358 
What about those... 5357 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5357 
Reducing A/C Noise 5357 
HVAC the Cat 5357 
Big Ass fan 5356 
Variac dimmers 5356 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5356 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5356 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5288 
Some winter observations. 5179 
That Asian man…. 5148 
The Franz Schubert morning 5122 
Spring.... 5071 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5021 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4992 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4992 
Just good photography? 4992 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4992 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4992 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4991 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4991 
Sports car 4991 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4991 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4991 
Train Positioning 4991 
Kind of what I want 4991 
The lap listening… 4991 
Family Room 4991 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4988 
A super audio room. 4984 
Time Warp! 4984 
A piano in a listening room 4963 
Pianissimo 4963 
The plan in blue. 4963 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4963 
My doubts 4963 
It is exactly what I worry. 4962 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4962 
Musicians at home 4962 
Piano Measurements 4961 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4956 
The next step. 4942 
Midbass horns missing?? 4941 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4931 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4931 
Baby Grand 4930 
Wood floor 4930 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4930 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4930 
Amy’s baby. 4928 
Improvement 4928 
Agree with Scott 4928 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4916 
Integrated casters 4916 
Very nice, thanks. 4916 
Customization 4916 
Sliders 4916 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4909 
Congratulations 4909 
Holes in the floor... 4909 
Tubes and kids 4909 
Sweet spot enlargement 4909 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4907 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4906 
Wood Floors and Water 4906 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4901 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4900 
WAF is for Losers 4900 
WAF: it depends. 4900 
Integration 4899 
Here and there. 4899 
Life after WWIII 4899 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4899 
Cables management. 4897 
Featurizing 4897 
Kids and tubes cont. 4894 
Kid magnet 4894 
Kids and audio 4893 
Radars 4893 
Wow, what the days! 4889 
The comming weekend 4885 
It all was worth it! 4882 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4877 
Here is how it is look. 4877 
Resolving the carpet issue 4877 
Bonfire 4877 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4877 
Proof of concept? 4877 
Geometry 4877 
A view from listening position. 4877 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4877 
Some feedback 4877 
Evening 4877 
I wonder why. 4876 
Rugs and things 4876 
In defense… 4876 
I can’t get it. 4873 
Haze. 4872 
Front wall 4872 
It is very possible. 4872 
It is nice to be back. 4869 
My comfy corner. 4866 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4506 
WMD in house. 4328 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4231 
The third listening spot. 4210 
For sure a very different experience. 4172 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4167 
It's Jfretch's system. 4167 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4166 
Domestic games 4120 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3981 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3981 
Dynamic screening 3981 
Actually this is very good idea! 3981 
Volcanic fabric 3981 
I should have done this. 3979 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3975 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3944 
No worries 3944 
Awesome memories 3944 
Optimization of space 3944 
Child-ish considerations 3941 
Finding peace.... 3935 
"Fencing"? 3934 
I need to build something custom 3934 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3934 
Stressed Skin 3934 
NYC elevators 3934 
Kids toys and quantities. 3934 
Everything is completely reversible 3933 
Racks and things 3933 
Now it looks even more promising! 3933 
Quantity of rods 3933 
Avoiding diagonals 3931 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3930 
That's not fair! 3930 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3930 
Discrimination? 3925 
Vertical configuration 3918 
Impresive ! 3847 
Did you read the site? 3847 
Contact 3847 
Company's name is Rixrax 3847 
Stand 3846 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3802 
End of life headphone system 3802 
Something like this? 3802 
The "Second Living Room" 3802 
Mixing urban & suburban 3802 
Late night listening 3802 
Moving life... 3800 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3800 
A true listening room. 3776 
It started… 3761 
Levels of Interest 3761 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3761 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3761 
I can't not to post it.... 3761 
Do not leave him unattended. 3761 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3761 
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