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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5905 
The first take on the new room. 5899 
New Room, a first shot. 5898 
Wonderful 5898 
Adopted 5897 
The first relaxed night with the room 5895 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5894 
The listening room is ready. 5893 
New Room, a First Shot 5891 
Continue to work with the room 5891 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5891 
Room 5890 
I think it will take another month. 5890 
The Buttressing 5890 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5889 
The new place and the new noises. 5889 
Big listening room 5888 
Screw the "big" rooms 5888 
Big listening rooms 5888 
First reflection points 5887 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5887 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5884 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5883 
Squeezing the floor 5883 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5883 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5883 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5882 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5882 
The new room, the very first listening. 5882 
The 14.5 foot. 5881 
Again… 5880 
Romy's new Playground 5880 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5880 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5880 
For the uninitiated ... 5879 
NH guy 5879 
Room 5879 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5878 
The first base is done 5878 
Reentry time alignment. 5877 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5876 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5876 
Mid bass horn. 5876 
Guess is only a guess… 5876 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5876 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5875 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5875 
Diffusors 5875 
Diffuse injection 5875 
Let analyse why it so 5875 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5875 
Wheel and Deal 5875 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5875 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5875 
I Must Be Missing Something 5875 
I put sliders under my speakers 5874 
ROOM 5873 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5873 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5873 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5873 
No concerns 5873 
Speakers and room 5873 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5872 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5872 
Diaphram 5872 
Phram 5872 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5872 
Perfect piston 5872 
Decorater 5871 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5871 
New morning 5870 
The first take on the room with RTA 5869 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5869 
Axiomatic 5869 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5868 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5868 
The size of the bass. 5868 
Bass Factory 5868 
Crude Level, or something more? 5868 
I will play with it this week…. 5868 
Rent-A 5868 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5868 
Corner horns 5868 
Cheating from below 5868 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5868 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5867 
A possibly overly simplified view 5867 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5867 
Iceberg 5867 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5867 
Why not horn 5867 
A correction…. 5867 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5867 
They are just not related things at all. 5867 
Fertin 5865 
Low resonance is good... 5865 
Et tu, Brute? 5864 
The Room response at LF 5863 
Life On The Ground Floor 5863 
Bass arrays 5863 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5863 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5863 
The super sucks. 5863 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5863 
You may also try 5862 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5862 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5862 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5862 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5862 
60 Hz Resonance 5862 
No notching… so far. 5862 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5861 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5861 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5861 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5861 
Power to the People 5861 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5861 
Aura 5861 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5861 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5861 
All class D is the same 5861 
Interpreting the LF results. 5860 
The Halibut 5860 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5860 
The Big Picture 5860 
Power & ULF channels 5860 
The big picture indeed. 5860 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5860 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5860 
The Power and the Glory 5859 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5859 
I guess I did not get this memo 5859 
French LF drivers 5859 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5859 
(another) French LF approach 5858 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5858 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5858 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5858 
Limpschtick 5858 
Symmetry 5858 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5857 
Room correction 5857 
It migh be more complicated. 5857 
Bass EQ ? 5857 
Agree and not. 5857 
Two "diseases" 5857 
Parametric filters 5857 
Ceiling arrays 5857 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5857 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5857 
The Middle of the Room. 5857 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5857 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5857 
Stop! 5857 
Appendectomy 5857 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5856 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5856 
No Isolation 5856 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5853 
Potential contenders? 5852 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5852 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5852 
Those Crazy Canucks 5848 
Mo' Better Bass 5842 
Bird in the Hand? 5842 
A wet listening spot? 5835 
Storm 5832 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5832 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5818 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5788 
Polar Opposite ULF 5787 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5775 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5773 
Differently but the same. 5772 
PVC 5771 
The sail test try. 5771 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5771 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5771 
Trial 5770 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5770 
Some explanations 5770 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5769 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5768 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5767 
Acrylate 5766 
Magic blanket 5766 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5765 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5765 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5765 
I have a few options. 5765 
Foam color 5765 
Strange things with upperbass 5765 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5764 
Teatro reform. . . 5764 
The foaming room dilemma. 5763 
Melamine Foam 5763 
Foaming up the cat house 5763 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5763 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5763 
Acoustic revisions… 5762 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5759 
Surprises so far in the new room 5758 
The upperbass in the new room. 5758 
Slight change of hart. 5757 
Camco supply of Boston 5755 
Room acoustics 5755 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5714 
I need to kill dust first. 5714 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5712 
To feed the leeches? 5712 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5711 
Yh 5711 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5711 
DPOLs? 5711 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5711 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5708 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5708 
A HalfPipe solution? 5708 
I absolutely love it. 5708 
Piper work 5707 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5707 
Absorption 5707 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5706 
Cats life ? 5706 
Call me Pussy. 5706 
More about traps 5706 
Acoustic impedance? 5706 
You maybe right 5706 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5706 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5705 
Heavy Curtain 5705 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5704 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5704 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5704 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5701 
Fix speaker move chair? 5700 
Back and forth ceremony 5700 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5699 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5698 
Glass windows 5697 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5696 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5695 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5693 
How to use basement jacks? 5693 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5693 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5693 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5692 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5692 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5691 
Sore eyes... 5690 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5690 
The harvesting week! 5688 
I need an inspiration… 5687 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5686 
Like this? 5686 
Dramatically randomize MF 5686 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5685 
The room eats dynamic 5685 
Diffusers 5685 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5684 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5669 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5668 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5668 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5668 
About Width-Importance balance. 5666 
Letting the music scale up 5665 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5665 
To finish my house décor… 5661 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5660 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5659 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5659 
Calling the gods of music 5659 
Absolutely 5659 
Phase manipulation 5659 
No relation. 5659 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5659 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5659 
Dynamical mismatch 5658 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5658 
Stradiwinerius? 5655 
Dealing with the glass. 5654 
Boston 5654 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5654 
Added mass 5654 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5654 
It is about moderation…. 5654 
To hell with the wine... 5654 
Also for other surafaces 5653 
LEAD 5653 
LEAD & GLASS 5653 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5653 
Read carefully 5653 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5653 
Crooks and morons 5653 
Magiscopios 5652 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5632 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5632 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5631 
The LP setup in the new home. 5580 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5575 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5575 
Pianochord will do! 5575 
Spanyi heaven 5575 
I see no conflict at all. 5575 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5575 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5575 
A year after closing 5567 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5567 
Traveling antimatter 5560 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5554 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5553 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5527 
Cast Iron fireplace 5526 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5526 
The hardcore way 5526 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5490 
This is How It's Done 5489 
Listening room during summer. 5477 
What about those... 5476 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5476 
Reducing A/C Noise 5476 
HVAC the Cat 5476 
Big Ass fan 5475 
Variac dimmers 5475 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5475 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5475 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5407 
Some winter observations. 5298 
That Asian man…. 5267 
The Franz Schubert morning 5241 
Spring.... 5190 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5140 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5111 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5111 
Just good photography? 5111 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5111 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5111 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5110 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5110 
Sports car 5110 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5110 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5110 
Train Positioning 5110 
Kind of what I want 5110 
The lap listening… 5110 
Family Room 5110 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5107 
A super audio room. 5103 
Time Warp! 5103 
A piano in a listening room 5082 
Pianissimo 5082 
The plan in blue. 5082 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5082 
My doubts 5082 
It is exactly what I worry. 5081 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5081 
Musicians at home 5081 
Piano Measurements 5080 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5075 
The next step. 5061 
Midbass horns missing?? 5060 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5050 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5050 
Baby Grand 5049 
Wood floor 5049 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5049 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5049 
Amy’s baby. 5047 
Improvement 5047 
Agree with Scott 5047 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5035 
Integrated casters 5035 
Very nice, thanks. 5035 
Customization 5035 
Sliders 5035 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5028 
Congratulations 5028 
Holes in the floor... 5028 
Tubes and kids 5028 
Sweet spot enlargement 5028 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5026 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5025 
Wood Floors and Water 5025 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5020 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5019 
WAF is for Losers 5019 
WAF: it depends. 5019 
Integration 5018 
Here and there. 5018 
Life after WWIII 5018 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5018 
Cables management. 5016 
Featurizing 5016 
Kids and tubes cont. 5013 
Kid magnet 5013 
Kids and audio 5012 
Radars 5012 
Wow, what the days! 5008 
The comming weekend 5004 
It all was worth it! 5001 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4996 
Here is how it is look. 4996 
Resolving the carpet issue 4996 
Bonfire 4996 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4996 
Proof of concept? 4996 
Geometry 4996 
A view from listening position. 4996 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4996 
Some feedback 4996 
Evening 4996 
I wonder why. 4995 
Rugs and things 4995 
In defense… 4995 
I can’t get it. 4992 
Haze. 4991 
Front wall 4991 
It is very possible. 4991 
It is nice to be back. 4988 
My comfy corner. 4985 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4625 
WMD in house. 4447 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4350 
The third listening spot. 4329 
For sure a very different experience. 4291 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4286 
It's Jfretch's system. 4286 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4285 
Domestic games 4239 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4100 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4100 
Dynamic screening 4100 
Actually this is very good idea! 4100 
Volcanic fabric 4100 
I should have done this. 4098 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4094 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4063 
No worries 4063 
Awesome memories 4063 
Optimization of space 4063 
Child-ish considerations 4060 
Finding peace.... 4054 
"Fencing"? 4053 
I need to build something custom 4053 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4053 
Stressed Skin 4053 
NYC elevators 4053 
Kids toys and quantities. 4053 
Everything is completely reversible 4052 
Racks and things 4052 
Now it looks even more promising! 4052 
Quantity of rods 4052 
Avoiding diagonals 4050 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4049 
That's not fair! 4049 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4049 
Discrimination? 4044 
Vertical configuration 4037 
Impresive ! 3966 
Did you read the site? 3966 
Contact 3966 
Company's name is Rixrax 3966 
Stand 3965 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3921 
End of life headphone system 3921 
Something like this? 3921 
The "Second Living Room" 3921 
Mixing urban & suburban 3921 
Late night listening 3921 
Moving life... 3919 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3919 
A true listening room. 3895 
It started… 3880 
Levels of Interest 3880 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3880 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3880 
I can't not to post it.... 3880 
Do not leave him unattended. 3880 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3880 
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