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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5719 
The first take on the new room. 5713 
New Room, a first shot. 5712 
Wonderful 5712 
Adopted 5711 
The first relaxed night with the room 5709 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5708 
The listening room is ready. 5707 
New Room, a First Shot 5705 
Continue to work with the room 5705 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5705 
Room 5704 
I think it will take another month. 5704 
The Buttressing 5704 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5703 
The new place and the new noises. 5703 
Big listening room 5702 
Screw the "big" rooms 5702 
Big listening rooms 5702 
First reflection points 5701 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5701 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5698 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5697 
Squeezing the floor 5697 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5697 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5697 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5696 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5696 
The new room, the very first listening. 5696 
The 14.5 foot. 5695 
Again… 5694 
Romy's new Playground 5694 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5694 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5694 
For the uninitiated ... 5693 
NH guy 5693 
Room 5693 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5692 
The first base is done 5692 
Reentry time alignment. 5691 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5690 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5690 
Mid bass horn. 5690 
Guess is only a guess… 5690 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5690 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5689 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5689 
Diffusors 5689 
Diffuse injection 5689 
Let analyse why it so 5689 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5689 
Wheel and Deal 5689 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5689 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5689 
I Must Be Missing Something 5689 
I put sliders under my speakers 5688 
ROOM 5687 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5687 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5687 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5687 
No concerns 5687 
Speakers and room 5687 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5686 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5686 
Diaphram 5686 
Phram 5686 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5686 
Perfect piston 5686 
Decorater 5685 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5685 
New morning 5684 
The first take on the room with RTA 5683 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5683 
Axiomatic 5683 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5682 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5682 
The size of the bass. 5682 
Bass Factory 5682 
Crude Level, or something more? 5682 
I will play with it this week…. 5682 
Rent-A 5682 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5682 
Corner horns 5682 
Cheating from below 5682 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5682 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5681 
A possibly overly simplified view 5681 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5681 
Iceberg 5681 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5681 
Why not horn 5681 
A correction…. 5681 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5681 
They are just not related things at all. 5681 
Fertin 5679 
Low resonance is good... 5679 
Et tu, Brute? 5678 
The Room response at LF 5677 
Life On The Ground Floor 5677 
Bass arrays 5677 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5677 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5677 
The super sucks. 5677 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5677 
You may also try 5676 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5676 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5676 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5676 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5676 
60 Hz Resonance 5676 
No notching… so far. 5676 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5675 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5675 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5675 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5675 
Power to the People 5675 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5675 
Aura 5675 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5675 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5675 
All class D is the same 5675 
Interpreting the LF results. 5674 
The Halibut 5674 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5674 
The Big Picture 5674 
Power & ULF channels 5674 
The big picture indeed. 5674 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5674 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5674 
The Power and the Glory 5673 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5673 
I guess I did not get this memo 5673 
French LF drivers 5673 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5673 
(another) French LF approach 5672 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5672 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5672 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5672 
Limpschtick 5672 
Symmetry 5672 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5671 
Room correction 5671 
It migh be more complicated. 5671 
Bass EQ ? 5671 
Agree and not. 5671 
Two "diseases" 5671 
Parametric filters 5671 
Ceiling arrays 5671 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5671 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5671 
The Middle of the Room. 5671 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5671 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5671 
Stop! 5671 
Appendectomy 5671 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5670 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5670 
No Isolation 5670 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5667 
Potential contenders? 5666 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5666 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5666 
Those Crazy Canucks 5662 
Mo' Better Bass 5656 
Bird in the Hand? 5656 
A wet listening spot? 5649 
Storm 5646 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5646 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5632 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5602 
Polar Opposite ULF 5601 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5589 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5587 
Differently but the same. 5586 
PVC 5585 
The sail test try. 5585 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5585 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5585 
Trial 5584 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5584 
Some explanations 5584 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5583 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5582 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5581 
Acrylate 5580 
Magic blanket 5580 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5579 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5579 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5579 
I have a few options. 5579 
Foam color 5579 
Strange things with upperbass 5579 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5578 
Teatro reform. . . 5578 
The foaming room dilemma. 5577 
Melamine Foam 5577 
Foaming up the cat house 5577 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5577 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5577 
Acoustic revisions… 5576 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5573 
Surprises so far in the new room 5572 
The upperbass in the new room. 5572 
Slight change of hart. 5571 
Camco supply of Boston 5569 
Room acoustics 5569 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5528 
I need to kill dust first. 5528 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5526 
To feed the leeches? 5526 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5525 
Yh 5525 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5525 
DPOLs? 5525 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5525 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5522 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5522 
A HalfPipe solution? 5522 
I absolutely love it. 5522 
Piper work 5521 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5521 
Absorption 5521 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5520 
Cats life ? 5520 
Call me Pussy. 5520 
More about traps 5520 
Acoustic impedance? 5520 
You maybe right 5520 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5520 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5519 
Heavy Curtain 5519 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5518 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5518 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5518 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5515 
Fix speaker move chair? 5514 
Back and forth ceremony 5514 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5513 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5512 
Glass windows 5511 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5510 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5509 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5507 
How to use basement jacks? 5507 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5507 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5507 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5506 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5506 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5505 
Sore eyes... 5504 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5504 
The harvesting week! 5502 
I need an inspiration… 5501 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5500 
Like this? 5500 
Dramatically randomize MF 5500 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5499 
The room eats dynamic 5499 
Diffusers 5499 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5498 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5483 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5482 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5482 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5482 
About Width-Importance balance. 5480 
Letting the music scale up 5479 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5479 
To finish my house décor… 5475 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5474 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5473 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5473 
Calling the gods of music 5473 
Absolutely 5473 
Phase manipulation 5473 
No relation. 5473 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5473 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5473 
Dynamical mismatch 5472 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5472 
Stradiwinerius? 5469 
Dealing with the glass. 5468 
Boston 5468 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5468 
Added mass 5468 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5468 
It is about moderation…. 5468 
To hell with the wine... 5468 
Also for other surafaces 5467 
LEAD 5467 
LEAD & GLASS 5467 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5467 
Read carefully 5467 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5467 
Crooks and morons 5467 
Magiscopios 5466 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5446 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5446 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5445 
The LP setup in the new home. 5394 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5389 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5389 
Pianochord will do! 5389 
Spanyi heaven 5389 
I see no conflict at all. 5389 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5389 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5389 
A year after closing 5381 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5381 
Traveling antimatter 5374 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5368 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5367 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5341 
Cast Iron fireplace 5340 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5340 
The hardcore way 5340 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5304 
This is How It's Done 5303 
Listening room during summer. 5291 
What about those... 5290 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5290 
Reducing A/C Noise 5290 
HVAC the Cat 5290 
Big Ass fan 5289 
Variac dimmers 5289 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5289 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5289 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5221 
Some winter observations. 5112 
That Asian man…. 5081 
The Franz Schubert morning 5055 
Spring.... 5004 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4954 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4925 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4925 
Just good photography? 4925 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4925 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4925 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4924 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4924 
Sports car 4924 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4924 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4924 
Train Positioning 4924 
Kind of what I want 4924 
The lap listening… 4924 
Family Room 4924 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4921 
A super audio room. 4917 
Time Warp! 4917 
A piano in a listening room 4896 
Pianissimo 4896 
The plan in blue. 4896 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4896 
My doubts 4896 
It is exactly what I worry. 4895 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4895 
Musicians at home 4895 
Piano Measurements 4894 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4889 
The next step. 4875 
Midbass horns missing?? 4874 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4864 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4864 
Baby Grand 4863 
Wood floor 4863 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4863 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4863 
Amy’s baby. 4861 
Improvement 4861 
Agree with Scott 4861 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4849 
Integrated casters 4849 
Very nice, thanks. 4849 
Customization 4849 
Sliders 4849 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4842 
Congratulations 4842 
Holes in the floor... 4842 
Tubes and kids 4842 
Sweet spot enlargement 4842 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4840 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4839 
Wood Floors and Water 4839 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4834 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4833 
WAF is for Losers 4833 
WAF: it depends. 4833 
Integration 4832 
Here and there. 4832 
Life after WWIII 4832 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4832 
Cables management. 4830 
Featurizing 4830 
Kids and tubes cont. 4827 
Kid magnet 4827 
Kids and audio 4826 
Radars 4826 
Wow, what the days! 4822 
The comming weekend 4818 
It all was worth it! 4815 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4810 
Here is how it is look. 4810 
Resolving the carpet issue 4810 
Bonfire 4810 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4810 
Proof of concept? 4810 
Geometry 4810 
A view from listening position. 4810 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4810 
Some feedback 4810 
Evening 4810 
I wonder why. 4809 
Rugs and things 4809 
In defense… 4809 
I can’t get it. 4806 
Haze. 4805 
Front wall 4805 
It is very possible. 4805 
It is nice to be back. 4802 
My comfy corner. 4799 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4439 
WMD in house. 4261 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4164 
The third listening spot. 4143 
For sure a very different experience. 4105 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4100 
It's Jfretch's system. 4100 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4099 
Domestic games 4053 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3914 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3914 
Dynamic screening 3914 
Actually this is very good idea! 3914 
Volcanic fabric 3914 
I should have done this. 3912 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3908 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3877 
No worries 3877 
Awesome memories 3877 
Optimization of space 3877 
Child-ish considerations 3874 
Finding peace.... 3868 
"Fencing"? 3867 
I need to build something custom 3867 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3867 
Stressed Skin 3867 
NYC elevators 3867 
Kids toys and quantities. 3867 
Everything is completely reversible 3866 
Racks and things 3866 
Now it looks even more promising! 3866 
Quantity of rods 3866 
Avoiding diagonals 3864 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3863 
That's not fair! 3863 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3863 
Discrimination? 3858 
Vertical configuration 3851 
Impresive ! 3780 
Did you read the site? 3780 
Contact 3780 
Company's name is Rixrax 3780 
Stand 3779 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3735 
End of life headphone system 3735 
Something like this? 3735 
The "Second Living Room" 3735 
Mixing urban & suburban 3735 
Late night listening 3735 
Moving life... 3733 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3733 
A true listening room. 3709 
It started… 3694 
Levels of Interest 3694 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3694 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3694 
I can't not to post it.... 3694 
Do not leave him unattended. 3694 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3694 
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