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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5844 
The first take on the new room. 5838 
New Room, a first shot. 5837 
Wonderful 5837 
Adopted 5836 
The first relaxed night with the room 5834 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5833 
The listening room is ready. 5832 
New Room, a First Shot 5830 
Continue to work with the room 5830 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5830 
Room 5829 
I think it will take another month. 5829 
The Buttressing 5829 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5828 
The new place and the new noises. 5828 
Big listening room 5827 
Screw the "big" rooms 5827 
Big listening rooms 5827 
First reflection points 5826 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5826 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5823 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5822 
Squeezing the floor 5822 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5822 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5822 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5821 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5821 
The new room, the very first listening. 5821 
The 14.5 foot. 5820 
Again… 5819 
Romy's new Playground 5819 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5819 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5819 
For the uninitiated ... 5818 
NH guy 5818 
Room 5818 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5817 
The first base is done 5817 
Reentry time alignment. 5816 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5815 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5815 
Mid bass horn. 5815 
Guess is only a guess… 5815 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5815 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5814 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5814 
Diffusors 5814 
Diffuse injection 5814 
Let analyse why it so 5814 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5814 
Wheel and Deal 5814 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5814 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5814 
I Must Be Missing Something 5814 
I put sliders under my speakers 5813 
ROOM 5812 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5812 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5812 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5812 
No concerns 5812 
Speakers and room 5812 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5811 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5811 
Diaphram 5811 
Phram 5811 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5811 
Perfect piston 5811 
Decorater 5810 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5810 
New morning 5809 
The first take on the room with RTA 5808 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5808 
Axiomatic 5808 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5807 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5807 
The size of the bass. 5807 
Bass Factory 5807 
Crude Level, or something more? 5807 
I will play with it this week…. 5807 
Rent-A 5807 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5807 
Corner horns 5807 
Cheating from below 5807 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5807 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5806 
A possibly overly simplified view 5806 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5806 
Iceberg 5806 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5806 
Why not horn 5806 
A correction…. 5806 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5806 
They are just not related things at all. 5806 
Fertin 5804 
Low resonance is good... 5804 
Et tu, Brute? 5803 
The Room response at LF 5802 
Life On The Ground Floor 5802 
Bass arrays 5802 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5802 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5802 
The super sucks. 5802 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5802 
You may also try 5801 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5801 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5801 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5801 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5801 
60 Hz Resonance 5801 
No notching… so far. 5801 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5800 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5800 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5800 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5800 
Power to the People 5800 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5800 
Aura 5800 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5800 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5800 
All class D is the same 5800 
Interpreting the LF results. 5799 
The Halibut 5799 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5799 
The Big Picture 5799 
Power & ULF channels 5799 
The big picture indeed. 5799 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5799 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5799 
The Power and the Glory 5798 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5798 
I guess I did not get this memo 5798 
French LF drivers 5798 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5798 
(another) French LF approach 5797 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5797 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5797 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5797 
Limpschtick 5797 
Symmetry 5797 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5796 
Room correction 5796 
It migh be more complicated. 5796 
Bass EQ ? 5796 
Agree and not. 5796 
Two "diseases" 5796 
Parametric filters 5796 
Ceiling arrays 5796 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5796 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5796 
The Middle of the Room. 5796 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5796 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5796 
Stop! 5796 
Appendectomy 5796 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5795 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5795 
No Isolation 5795 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5792 
Potential contenders? 5791 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5791 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5791 
Those Crazy Canucks 5787 
Mo' Better Bass 5781 
Bird in the Hand? 5781 
A wet listening spot? 5774 
Storm 5771 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5771 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5757 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5727 
Polar Opposite ULF 5726 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5714 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5712 
Differently but the same. 5711 
PVC 5710 
The sail test try. 5710 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5710 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5710 
Trial 5709 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5709 
Some explanations 5709 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5708 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5707 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5706 
Acrylate 5705 
Magic blanket 5705 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5704 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5704 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5704 
I have a few options. 5704 
Foam color 5704 
Strange things with upperbass 5704 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5703 
Teatro reform. . . 5703 
The foaming room dilemma. 5702 
Melamine Foam 5702 
Foaming up the cat house 5702 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5702 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5702 
Acoustic revisions… 5701 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5698 
Surprises so far in the new room 5697 
The upperbass in the new room. 5697 
Slight change of hart. 5696 
Camco supply of Boston 5694 
Room acoustics 5694 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5653 
I need to kill dust first. 5653 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5651 
To feed the leeches? 5651 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5650 
Yh 5650 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5650 
DPOLs? 5650 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5650 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5647 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5647 
A HalfPipe solution? 5647 
I absolutely love it. 5647 
Piper work 5646 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5646 
Absorption 5646 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5645 
Cats life ? 5645 
Call me Pussy. 5645 
More about traps 5645 
Acoustic impedance? 5645 
You maybe right 5645 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5645 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5644 
Heavy Curtain 5644 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5643 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5643 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5643 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5640 
Fix speaker move chair? 5639 
Back and forth ceremony 5639 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5638 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5637 
Glass windows 5636 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5635 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5634 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5632 
How to use basement jacks? 5632 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5632 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5632 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5631 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5631 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5630 
Sore eyes... 5629 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5629 
The harvesting week! 5627 
I need an inspiration… 5626 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5625 
Like this? 5625 
Dramatically randomize MF 5625 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5624 
The room eats dynamic 5624 
Diffusers 5624 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5623 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5608 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5607 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5607 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5607 
About Width-Importance balance. 5605 
Letting the music scale up 5604 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5604 
To finish my house décor… 5600 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5599 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5598 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5598 
Calling the gods of music 5598 
Absolutely 5598 
Phase manipulation 5598 
No relation. 5598 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5598 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5598 
Dynamical mismatch 5597 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5597 
Stradiwinerius? 5594 
Dealing with the glass. 5593 
Boston 5593 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5593 
Added mass 5593 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5593 
It is about moderation…. 5593 
To hell with the wine... 5593 
Also for other surafaces 5592 
LEAD 5592 
LEAD & GLASS 5592 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5592 
Read carefully 5592 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5592 
Crooks and morons 5592 
Magiscopios 5591 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5571 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5571 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5570 
The LP setup in the new home. 5519 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5514 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5514 
Pianochord will do! 5514 
Spanyi heaven 5514 
I see no conflict at all. 5514 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5514 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5514 
A year after closing 5506 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5506 
Traveling antimatter 5499 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5493 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5492 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5466 
Cast Iron fireplace 5465 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5465 
The hardcore way 5465 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5429 
This is How It's Done 5428 
Listening room during summer. 5416 
What about those... 5415 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5415 
Reducing A/C Noise 5415 
HVAC the Cat 5415 
Big Ass fan 5414 
Variac dimmers 5414 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5414 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5414 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5346 
Some winter observations. 5237 
That Asian man…. 5206 
The Franz Schubert morning 5180 
Spring.... 5129 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5079 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5050 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5050 
Just good photography? 5050 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5050 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5050 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5049 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5049 
Sports car 5049 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5049 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5049 
Train Positioning 5049 
Kind of what I want 5049 
The lap listening… 5049 
Family Room 5049 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5046 
A super audio room. 5042 
Time Warp! 5042 
A piano in a listening room 5021 
Pianissimo 5021 
The plan in blue. 5021 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5021 
My doubts 5021 
It is exactly what I worry. 5020 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5020 
Musicians at home 5020 
Piano Measurements 5019 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5014 
The next step. 5000 
Midbass horns missing?? 4999 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4989 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4989 
Baby Grand 4988 
Wood floor 4988 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4988 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4988 
Amy’s baby. 4986 
Improvement 4986 
Agree with Scott 4986 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4974 
Integrated casters 4974 
Very nice, thanks. 4974 
Customization 4974 
Sliders 4974 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4967 
Congratulations 4967 
Holes in the floor... 4967 
Tubes and kids 4967 
Sweet spot enlargement 4967 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4965 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4964 
Wood Floors and Water 4964 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4959 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4958 
WAF is for Losers 4958 
WAF: it depends. 4958 
Integration 4957 
Here and there. 4957 
Life after WWIII 4957 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4957 
Cables management. 4955 
Featurizing 4955 
Kids and tubes cont. 4952 
Kid magnet 4952 
Kids and audio 4951 
Radars 4951 
Wow, what the days! 4947 
The comming weekend 4943 
It all was worth it! 4940 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4935 
Here is how it is look. 4935 
Resolving the carpet issue 4935 
Bonfire 4935 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4935 
Proof of concept? 4935 
Geometry 4935 
A view from listening position. 4935 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4935 
Some feedback 4935 
Evening 4935 
I wonder why. 4934 
Rugs and things 4934 
In defense… 4934 
I can’t get it. 4931 
Haze. 4930 
Front wall 4930 
It is very possible. 4930 
It is nice to be back. 4927 
My comfy corner. 4924 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4564 
WMD in house. 4386 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4289 
The third listening spot. 4268 
For sure a very different experience. 4230 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4225 
It's Jfretch's system. 4225 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4224 
Domestic games 4178 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4039 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4039 
Dynamic screening 4039 
Actually this is very good idea! 4039 
Volcanic fabric 4039 
I should have done this. 4037 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4033 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4002 
No worries 4002 
Awesome memories 4002 
Optimization of space 4002 
Child-ish considerations 3999 
Finding peace.... 3993 
"Fencing"? 3992 
I need to build something custom 3992 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3992 
Stressed Skin 3992 
NYC elevators 3992 
Kids toys and quantities. 3992 
Everything is completely reversible 3991 
Racks and things 3991 
Now it looks even more promising! 3991 
Quantity of rods 3991 
Avoiding diagonals 3989 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3988 
That's not fair! 3988 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3988 
Discrimination? 3983 
Vertical configuration 3976 
Impresive ! 3905 
Did you read the site? 3905 
Contact 3905 
Company's name is Rixrax 3905 
Stand 3904 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3860 
End of life headphone system 3860 
Something like this? 3860 
The "Second Living Room" 3860 
Mixing urban & suburban 3860 
Late night listening 3860 
Moving life... 3858 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3858 
A true listening room. 3834 
It started… 3819 
Levels of Interest 3819 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3819 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3819 
I can't not to post it.... 3819 
Do not leave him unattended. 3819 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3819 
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