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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5757 
The first take on the new room. 5751 
New Room, a first shot. 5750 
Wonderful 5750 
Adopted 5749 
The first relaxed night with the room 5747 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5746 
The listening room is ready. 5745 
New Room, a First Shot 5743 
Continue to work with the room 5743 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5743 
Room 5742 
I think it will take another month. 5742 
The Buttressing 5742 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5741 
The new place and the new noises. 5741 
Big listening room 5740 
Screw the "big" rooms 5740 
Big listening rooms 5740 
First reflection points 5739 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5739 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5736 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5735 
Squeezing the floor 5735 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5735 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5735 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5734 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5734 
The new room, the very first listening. 5734 
The 14.5 foot. 5733 
Again… 5732 
Romy's new Playground 5732 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5732 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5732 
For the uninitiated ... 5731 
NH guy 5731 
Room 5731 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5730 
The first base is done 5730 
Reentry time alignment. 5729 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5728 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5728 
Mid bass horn. 5728 
Guess is only a guess… 5728 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5728 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5727 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5727 
Diffusors 5727 
Diffuse injection 5727 
Let analyse why it so 5727 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5727 
Wheel and Deal 5727 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5727 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5727 
I Must Be Missing Something 5727 
I put sliders under my speakers 5726 
ROOM 5725 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5725 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5725 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5725 
No concerns 5725 
Speakers and room 5725 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5724 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5724 
Diaphram 5724 
Phram 5724 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5724 
Perfect piston 5724 
Decorater 5723 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5723 
New morning 5722 
The first take on the room with RTA 5721 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5721 
Axiomatic 5721 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5720 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5720 
The size of the bass. 5720 
Bass Factory 5720 
Crude Level, or something more? 5720 
I will play with it this week…. 5720 
Rent-A 5720 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5720 
Corner horns 5720 
Cheating from below 5720 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5720 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5719 
A possibly overly simplified view 5719 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5719 
Iceberg 5719 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5719 
Why not horn 5719 
A correction…. 5719 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5719 
They are just not related things at all. 5719 
Fertin 5717 
Low resonance is good... 5717 
Et tu, Brute? 5716 
The Room response at LF 5715 
Life On The Ground Floor 5715 
Bass arrays 5715 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5715 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5715 
The super sucks. 5715 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5715 
You may also try 5714 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5714 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5714 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5714 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5714 
60 Hz Resonance 5714 
No notching… so far. 5714 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5713 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5713 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5713 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5713 
Power to the People 5713 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5713 
Aura 5713 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5713 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5713 
All class D is the same 5713 
Interpreting the LF results. 5712 
The Halibut 5712 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5712 
The Big Picture 5712 
Power & ULF channels 5712 
The big picture indeed. 5712 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5712 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5712 
The Power and the Glory 5711 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5711 
I guess I did not get this memo 5711 
French LF drivers 5711 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5711 
(another) French LF approach 5710 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5710 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5710 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5710 
Limpschtick 5710 
Symmetry 5710 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5709 
Room correction 5709 
It migh be more complicated. 5709 
Bass EQ ? 5709 
Agree and not. 5709 
Two "diseases" 5709 
Parametric filters 5709 
Ceiling arrays 5709 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5709 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5709 
The Middle of the Room. 5709 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5709 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5709 
Stop! 5709 
Appendectomy 5709 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5708 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5708 
No Isolation 5708 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5705 
Potential contenders? 5704 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5704 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5704 
Those Crazy Canucks 5700 
Mo' Better Bass 5694 
Bird in the Hand? 5694 
A wet listening spot? 5687 
Storm 5684 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5684 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5670 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5640 
Polar Opposite ULF 5639 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5627 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5625 
Differently but the same. 5624 
PVC 5623 
The sail test try. 5623 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5623 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5623 
Trial 5622 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5622 
Some explanations 5622 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5621 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5620 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5619 
Acrylate 5618 
Magic blanket 5618 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5617 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5617 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5617 
I have a few options. 5617 
Foam color 5617 
Strange things with upperbass 5617 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5616 
Teatro reform. . . 5616 
The foaming room dilemma. 5615 
Melamine Foam 5615 
Foaming up the cat house 5615 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5615 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5615 
Acoustic revisions… 5614 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5611 
Surprises so far in the new room 5610 
The upperbass in the new room. 5610 
Slight change of hart. 5609 
Camco supply of Boston 5607 
Room acoustics 5607 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5566 
I need to kill dust first. 5566 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5564 
To feed the leeches? 5564 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5563 
Yh 5563 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5563 
DPOLs? 5563 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5563 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5560 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5560 
A HalfPipe solution? 5560 
I absolutely love it. 5560 
Piper work 5559 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5559 
Absorption 5559 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5558 
Cats life ? 5558 
Call me Pussy. 5558 
More about traps 5558 
Acoustic impedance? 5558 
You maybe right 5558 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5558 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5557 
Heavy Curtain 5557 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5556 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5556 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5556 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5553 
Fix speaker move chair? 5552 
Back and forth ceremony 5552 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5551 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5550 
Glass windows 5549 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5548 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5547 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5545 
How to use basement jacks? 5545 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5545 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5545 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5544 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5544 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5543 
Sore eyes... 5542 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5542 
The harvesting week! 5540 
I need an inspiration… 5539 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5538 
Like this? 5538 
Dramatically randomize MF 5538 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5537 
The room eats dynamic 5537 
Diffusers 5537 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5536 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5521 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5520 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5520 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5520 
About Width-Importance balance. 5518 
Letting the music scale up 5517 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5517 
To finish my house décor… 5513 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5512 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5511 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5511 
Calling the gods of music 5511 
Absolutely 5511 
Phase manipulation 5511 
No relation. 5511 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5511 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5511 
Dynamical mismatch 5510 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5510 
Stradiwinerius? 5507 
Dealing with the glass. 5506 
Boston 5506 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5506 
Added mass 5506 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5506 
It is about moderation…. 5506 
To hell with the wine... 5506 
Also for other surafaces 5505 
LEAD 5505 
LEAD & GLASS 5505 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5505 
Read carefully 5505 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5505 
Crooks and morons 5505 
Magiscopios 5504 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5484 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5484 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5483 
The LP setup in the new home. 5432 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5427 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5427 
Pianochord will do! 5427 
Spanyi heaven 5427 
I see no conflict at all. 5427 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5427 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5427 
A year after closing 5419 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5419 
Traveling antimatter 5412 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5406 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5405 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5379 
Cast Iron fireplace 5378 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5378 
The hardcore way 5378 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5342 
This is How It's Done 5341 
Listening room during summer. 5329 
What about those... 5328 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5328 
Reducing A/C Noise 5328 
HVAC the Cat 5328 
Big Ass fan 5327 
Variac dimmers 5327 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5327 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5327 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5259 
Some winter observations. 5150 
That Asian man…. 5119 
The Franz Schubert morning 5093 
Spring.... 5042 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4992 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4963 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4963 
Just good photography? 4963 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4963 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4963 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4962 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4962 
Sports car 4962 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4962 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4962 
Train Positioning 4962 
Kind of what I want 4962 
The lap listening… 4962 
Family Room 4962 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4959 
A super audio room. 4955 
Time Warp! 4955 
A piano in a listening room 4934 
Pianissimo 4934 
The plan in blue. 4934 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4934 
My doubts 4934 
It is exactly what I worry. 4933 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4933 
Musicians at home 4933 
Piano Measurements 4932 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4927 
The next step. 4913 
Midbass horns missing?? 4912 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4902 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4902 
Baby Grand 4901 
Wood floor 4901 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4901 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4901 
Amy’s baby. 4899 
Improvement 4899 
Agree with Scott 4899 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4887 
Integrated casters 4887 
Very nice, thanks. 4887 
Customization 4887 
Sliders 4887 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4880 
Congratulations 4880 
Holes in the floor... 4880 
Tubes and kids 4880 
Sweet spot enlargement 4880 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4878 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4877 
Wood Floors and Water 4877 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4872 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4871 
WAF is for Losers 4871 
WAF: it depends. 4871 
Integration 4870 
Here and there. 4870 
Life after WWIII 4870 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4870 
Cables management. 4868 
Featurizing 4868 
Kids and tubes cont. 4865 
Kid magnet 4865 
Kids and audio 4864 
Radars 4864 
Wow, what the days! 4860 
The comming weekend 4856 
It all was worth it! 4853 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4848 
Here is how it is look. 4848 
Resolving the carpet issue 4848 
Bonfire 4848 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4848 
Proof of concept? 4848 
Geometry 4848 
A view from listening position. 4848 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4848 
Some feedback 4848 
Evening 4848 
I wonder why. 4847 
Rugs and things 4847 
In defense… 4847 
I can’t get it. 4844 
Haze. 4843 
Front wall 4843 
It is very possible. 4843 
It is nice to be back. 4840 
My comfy corner. 4837 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4477 
WMD in house. 4299 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4202 
The third listening spot. 4181 
For sure a very different experience. 4143 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4138 
It's Jfretch's system. 4138 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4137 
Domestic games 4091 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3952 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3952 
Dynamic screening 3952 
Actually this is very good idea! 3952 
Volcanic fabric 3952 
I should have done this. 3950 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3946 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3915 
No worries 3915 
Awesome memories 3915 
Optimization of space 3915 
Child-ish considerations 3912 
Finding peace.... 3906 
"Fencing"? 3905 
I need to build something custom 3905 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3905 
Stressed Skin 3905 
NYC elevators 3905 
Kids toys and quantities. 3905 
Everything is completely reversible 3904 
Racks and things 3904 
Now it looks even more promising! 3904 
Quantity of rods 3904 
Avoiding diagonals 3902 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3901 
That's not fair! 3901 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3901 
Discrimination? 3896 
Vertical configuration 3889 
Impresive ! 3818 
Did you read the site? 3818 
Contact 3818 
Company's name is Rixrax 3818 
Stand 3817 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3773 
End of life headphone system 3773 
Something like this? 3773 
The "Second Living Room" 3773 
Mixing urban & suburban 3773 
Late night listening 3773 
Moving life... 3771 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3771 
A true listening room. 3747 
It started… 3732 
Levels of Interest 3732 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3732 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3732 
I can't not to post it.... 3732 
Do not leave him unattended. 3732 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3732 
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