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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5962 
The first take on the new room. 5956 
New Room, a first shot. 5955 
Wonderful 5955 
Adopted 5954 
The first relaxed night with the room 5952 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5951 
The listening room is ready. 5950 
New Room, a First Shot 5948 
Continue to work with the room 5948 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5948 
Room 5947 
I think it will take another month. 5947 
The Buttressing 5947 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5946 
The new place and the new noises. 5946 
Big listening room 5945 
Screw the "big" rooms 5945 
Big listening rooms 5945 
First reflection points 5944 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5944 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5941 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5940 
Squeezing the floor 5940 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5940 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5940 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5939 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5939 
The new room, the very first listening. 5939 
The 14.5 foot. 5938 
Again… 5937 
Romy's new Playground 5937 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5937 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5937 
For the uninitiated ... 5936 
NH guy 5936 
Room 5936 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5935 
The first base is done 5935 
Reentry time alignment. 5934 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5933 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5933 
Mid bass horn. 5933 
Guess is only a guess… 5933 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5933 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5932 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5932 
Diffusors 5932 
Diffuse injection 5932 
Let analyse why it so 5932 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5932 
Wheel and Deal 5932 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5932 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5932 
I Must Be Missing Something 5932 
I put sliders under my speakers 5931 
ROOM 5930 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5930 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5930 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5930 
No concerns 5930 
Speakers and room 5930 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5929 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5929 
Diaphram 5929 
Phram 5929 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5929 
Perfect piston 5929 
Decorater 5928 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5928 
New morning 5927 
The first take on the room with RTA 5926 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5926 
Axiomatic 5926 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5925 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5925 
The size of the bass. 5925 
Bass Factory 5925 
Crude Level, or something more? 5925 
I will play with it this week…. 5925 
Rent-A 5925 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5925 
Corner horns 5925 
Cheating from below 5925 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5925 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5924 
A possibly overly simplified view 5924 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5924 
Iceberg 5924 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5924 
Why not horn 5924 
A correction…. 5924 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5924 
They are just not related things at all. 5924 
Fertin 5922 
Low resonance is good... 5922 
Et tu, Brute? 5921 
The Room response at LF 5920 
Life On The Ground Floor 5920 
Bass arrays 5920 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5920 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5920 
The super sucks. 5920 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5920 
You may also try 5919 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5919 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5919 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5919 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5919 
60 Hz Resonance 5919 
No notching… so far. 5919 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5918 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5918 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5918 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5918 
Power to the People 5918 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5918 
Aura 5918 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5918 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5918 
All class D is the same 5918 
Interpreting the LF results. 5917 
The Halibut 5917 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5917 
The Big Picture 5917 
Power & ULF channels 5917 
The big picture indeed. 5917 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5917 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5917 
The Power and the Glory 5916 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5916 
I guess I did not get this memo 5916 
French LF drivers 5916 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5916 
(another) French LF approach 5915 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5915 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5915 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5915 
Limpschtick 5915 
Symmetry 5915 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5914 
Room correction 5914 
It migh be more complicated. 5914 
Bass EQ ? 5914 
Agree and not. 5914 
Two "diseases" 5914 
Parametric filters 5914 
Ceiling arrays 5914 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5914 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5914 
The Middle of the Room. 5914 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5914 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5914 
Stop! 5914 
Appendectomy 5914 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5913 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5913 
No Isolation 5913 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5910 
Potential contenders? 5909 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5909 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5909 
Those Crazy Canucks 5905 
Mo' Better Bass 5899 
Bird in the Hand? 5899 
A wet listening spot? 5892 
Storm 5889 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5889 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5875 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5845 
Polar Opposite ULF 5844 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5832 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5830 
Differently but the same. 5829 
PVC 5828 
The sail test try. 5828 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5828 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5828 
Trial 5827 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5827 
Some explanations 5827 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5826 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5825 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5824 
Acrylate 5823 
Magic blanket 5823 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5822 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5822 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5822 
I have a few options. 5822 
Foam color 5822 
Strange things with upperbass 5822 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5821 
Teatro reform. . . 5821 
The foaming room dilemma. 5820 
Melamine Foam 5820 
Foaming up the cat house 5820 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5820 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5820 
Acoustic revisions… 5819 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5816 
Surprises so far in the new room 5815 
The upperbass in the new room. 5815 
Slight change of hart. 5814 
Camco supply of Boston 5812 
Room acoustics 5812 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5771 
I need to kill dust first. 5771 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5769 
To feed the leeches? 5769 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5768 
Yh 5768 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5768 
DPOLs? 5768 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5768 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5765 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5765 
A HalfPipe solution? 5765 
I absolutely love it. 5765 
Piper work 5764 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5764 
Absorption 5764 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5763 
Cats life ? 5763 
Call me Pussy. 5763 
More about traps 5763 
Acoustic impedance? 5763 
You maybe right 5763 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5763 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5762 
Heavy Curtain 5762 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5761 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5761 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5761 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5758 
Fix speaker move chair? 5757 
Back and forth ceremony 5757 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5756 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5755 
Glass windows 5754 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5753 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5752 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5750 
How to use basement jacks? 5750 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5750 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5750 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5749 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5749 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5748 
Sore eyes... 5747 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5747 
The harvesting week! 5745 
I need an inspiration… 5744 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5743 
Like this? 5743 
Dramatically randomize MF 5743 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5742 
The room eats dynamic 5742 
Diffusers 5742 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5741 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5726 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5725 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5725 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5725 
About Width-Importance balance. 5723 
Letting the music scale up 5722 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5722 
To finish my house décor… 5718 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5717 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5716 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5716 
Calling the gods of music 5716 
Absolutely 5716 
Phase manipulation 5716 
No relation. 5716 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5716 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5716 
Dynamical mismatch 5715 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5715 
Stradiwinerius? 5712 
Dealing with the glass. 5711 
Boston 5711 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5711 
Added mass 5711 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5711 
It is about moderation…. 5711 
To hell with the wine... 5711 
Also for other surafaces 5710 
LEAD 5710 
LEAD & GLASS 5710 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5710 
Read carefully 5710 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5710 
Crooks and morons 5710 
Magiscopios 5709 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5689 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5689 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5688 
The LP setup in the new home. 5637 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5632 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5632 
Pianochord will do! 5632 
Spanyi heaven 5632 
I see no conflict at all. 5632 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5632 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5632 
A year after closing 5624 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5624 
Traveling antimatter 5617 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5611 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5610 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5584 
Cast Iron fireplace 5583 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5583 
The hardcore way 5583 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5547 
This is How It's Done 5546 
Listening room during summer. 5534 
What about those... 5533 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5533 
Reducing A/C Noise 5533 
HVAC the Cat 5533 
Big Ass fan 5532 
Variac dimmers 5532 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5532 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5532 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5464 
Some winter observations. 5355 
That Asian man…. 5324 
The Franz Schubert morning 5298 
Spring.... 5247 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5197 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5168 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5168 
Just good photography? 5168 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5168 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5168 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5167 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5167 
Sports car 5167 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5167 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5167 
Train Positioning 5167 
Kind of what I want 5167 
The lap listening… 5167 
Family Room 5167 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5164 
A super audio room. 5160 
Time Warp! 5160 
A piano in a listening room 5139 
Pianissimo 5139 
The plan in blue. 5139 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5139 
My doubts 5139 
It is exactly what I worry. 5138 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5138 
Musicians at home 5138 
Piano Measurements 5137 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5132 
The next step. 5118 
Midbass horns missing?? 5117 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5107 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5107 
Baby Grand 5106 
Wood floor 5106 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5106 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5106 
Amy’s baby. 5104 
Improvement 5104 
Agree with Scott 5104 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5092 
Integrated casters 5092 
Very nice, thanks. 5092 
Customization 5092 
Sliders 5092 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5085 
Congratulations 5085 
Holes in the floor... 5085 
Tubes and kids 5085 
Sweet spot enlargement 5085 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5083 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5082 
Wood Floors and Water 5082 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5077 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5076 
WAF is for Losers 5076 
WAF: it depends. 5076 
Integration 5075 
Here and there. 5075 
Life after WWIII 5075 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5075 
Cables management. 5073 
Featurizing 5073 
Kids and tubes cont. 5070 
Kid magnet 5070 
Kids and audio 5069 
Radars 5069 
Wow, what the days! 5065 
The comming weekend 5061 
It all was worth it! 5058 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5053 
Here is how it is look. 5053 
Resolving the carpet issue 5053 
Bonfire 5053 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5053 
Proof of concept? 5053 
Geometry 5053 
A view from listening position. 5053 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5053 
Some feedback 5053 
Evening 5053 
I wonder why. 5052 
Rugs and things 5052 
In defense… 5052 
I can’t get it. 5049 
Haze. 5048 
Front wall 5048 
It is very possible. 5048 
It is nice to be back. 5045 
My comfy corner. 5042 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4682 
WMD in house. 4504 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4407 
The third listening spot. 4386 
For sure a very different experience. 4348 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4343 
It's Jfretch's system. 4343 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4342 
Domestic games 4296 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4157 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4157 
Dynamic screening 4157 
Actually this is very good idea! 4157 
Volcanic fabric 4157 
I should have done this. 4155 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4151 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4120 
No worries 4120 
Awesome memories 4120 
Optimization of space 4120 
Child-ish considerations 4117 
Finding peace.... 4111 
"Fencing"? 4110 
I need to build something custom 4110 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4110 
Stressed Skin 4110 
NYC elevators 4110 
Kids toys and quantities. 4110 
Everything is completely reversible 4109 
Racks and things 4109 
Now it looks even more promising! 4109 
Quantity of rods 4109 
Avoiding diagonals 4107 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4106 
That's not fair! 4106 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4106 
Discrimination? 4101 
Vertical configuration 4094 
Impresive ! 4023 
Did you read the site? 4023 
Contact 4023 
Company's name is Rixrax 4023 
Stand 4022 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3978 
End of life headphone system 3978 
Something like this? 3978 
The "Second Living Room" 3978 
Mixing urban & suburban 3978 
Late night listening 3978 
Moving life... 3976 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3976 
A true listening room. 3952 
It started… 3937 
Levels of Interest 3937 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3937 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3937 
I can't not to post it.... 3937 
Do not leave him unattended. 3937 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3937 
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