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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5809 
The first take on the new room. 5803 
New Room, a first shot. 5802 
Wonderful 5802 
Adopted 5801 
The first relaxed night with the room 5799 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5798 
The listening room is ready. 5797 
New Room, a First Shot 5795 
Continue to work with the room 5795 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5795 
Room 5794 
I think it will take another month. 5794 
The Buttressing 5794 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5793 
The new place and the new noises. 5793 
Big listening room 5792 
Screw the "big" rooms 5792 
Big listening rooms 5792 
First reflection points 5791 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5791 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5788 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5787 
Squeezing the floor 5787 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5787 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5787 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5786 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5786 
The new room, the very first listening. 5786 
The 14.5 foot. 5785 
Again… 5784 
Romy's new Playground 5784 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5784 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5784 
For the uninitiated ... 5783 
NH guy 5783 
Room 5783 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5782 
The first base is done 5782 
Reentry time alignment. 5781 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5780 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5780 
Mid bass horn. 5780 
Guess is only a guess… 5780 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5780 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5779 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5779 
Diffusors 5779 
Diffuse injection 5779 
Let analyse why it so 5779 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5779 
Wheel and Deal 5779 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5779 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5779 
I Must Be Missing Something 5779 
I put sliders under my speakers 5778 
ROOM 5777 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5777 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5777 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5777 
No concerns 5777 
Speakers and room 5777 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5776 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5776 
Diaphram 5776 
Phram 5776 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5776 
Perfect piston 5776 
Decorater 5775 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5775 
New morning 5774 
The first take on the room with RTA 5773 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5773 
Axiomatic 5773 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5772 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5772 
The size of the bass. 5772 
Bass Factory 5772 
Crude Level, or something more? 5772 
I will play with it this week…. 5772 
Rent-A 5772 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5772 
Corner horns 5772 
Cheating from below 5772 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5772 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5771 
A possibly overly simplified view 5771 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5771 
Iceberg 5771 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5771 
Why not horn 5771 
A correction…. 5771 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5771 
They are just not related things at all. 5771 
Fertin 5769 
Low resonance is good... 5769 
Et tu, Brute? 5768 
The Room response at LF 5767 
Life On The Ground Floor 5767 
Bass arrays 5767 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5767 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5767 
The super sucks. 5767 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5767 
You may also try 5766 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5766 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5766 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5766 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5766 
60 Hz Resonance 5766 
No notching… so far. 5766 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5765 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5765 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5765 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5765 
Power to the People 5765 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5765 
Aura 5765 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5765 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5765 
All class D is the same 5765 
Interpreting the LF results. 5764 
The Halibut 5764 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5764 
The Big Picture 5764 
Power & ULF channels 5764 
The big picture indeed. 5764 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5764 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5764 
The Power and the Glory 5763 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5763 
I guess I did not get this memo 5763 
French LF drivers 5763 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5763 
(another) French LF approach 5762 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5762 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5762 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5762 
Limpschtick 5762 
Symmetry 5762 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5761 
Room correction 5761 
It migh be more complicated. 5761 
Bass EQ ? 5761 
Agree and not. 5761 
Two "diseases" 5761 
Parametric filters 5761 
Ceiling arrays 5761 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5761 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5761 
The Middle of the Room. 5761 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5761 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5761 
Stop! 5761 
Appendectomy 5761 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5760 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5760 
No Isolation 5760 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5757 
Potential contenders? 5756 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5756 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5756 
Those Crazy Canucks 5752 
Mo' Better Bass 5746 
Bird in the Hand? 5746 
A wet listening spot? 5739 
Storm 5736 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5736 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5722 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5692 
Polar Opposite ULF 5691 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5679 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5677 
Differently but the same. 5676 
PVC 5675 
The sail test try. 5675 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5675 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5675 
Trial 5674 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5674 
Some explanations 5674 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5673 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5672 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5671 
Acrylate 5670 
Magic blanket 5670 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5669 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5669 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5669 
I have a few options. 5669 
Foam color 5669 
Strange things with upperbass 5669 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5668 
Teatro reform. . . 5668 
The foaming room dilemma. 5667 
Melamine Foam 5667 
Foaming up the cat house 5667 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5667 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5667 
Acoustic revisions… 5666 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5663 
Surprises so far in the new room 5662 
The upperbass in the new room. 5662 
Slight change of hart. 5661 
Camco supply of Boston 5659 
Room acoustics 5659 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5618 
I need to kill dust first. 5618 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5616 
To feed the leeches? 5616 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5615 
Yh 5615 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5615 
DPOLs? 5615 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5615 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5612 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5612 
A HalfPipe solution? 5612 
I absolutely love it. 5612 
Piper work 5611 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5611 
Absorption 5611 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5610 
Cats life ? 5610 
Call me Pussy. 5610 
More about traps 5610 
Acoustic impedance? 5610 
You maybe right 5610 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5610 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5609 
Heavy Curtain 5609 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5608 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5608 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5608 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5605 
Fix speaker move chair? 5604 
Back and forth ceremony 5604 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5603 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5602 
Glass windows 5601 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5600 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5599 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5597 
How to use basement jacks? 5597 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5597 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5597 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5596 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5596 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5595 
Sore eyes... 5594 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5594 
The harvesting week! 5592 
I need an inspiration… 5591 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5590 
Like this? 5590 
Dramatically randomize MF 5590 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5589 
The room eats dynamic 5589 
Diffusers 5589 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5588 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5573 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5572 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5572 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5572 
About Width-Importance balance. 5570 
Letting the music scale up 5569 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5569 
To finish my house décor… 5565 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5564 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5563 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5563 
Calling the gods of music 5563 
Absolutely 5563 
Phase manipulation 5563 
No relation. 5563 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5563 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5563 
Dynamical mismatch 5562 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5562 
Stradiwinerius? 5559 
Dealing with the glass. 5558 
Boston 5558 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5558 
Added mass 5558 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5558 
It is about moderation…. 5558 
To hell with the wine... 5558 
Also for other surafaces 5557 
LEAD 5557 
LEAD & GLASS 5557 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5557 
Read carefully 5557 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5557 
Crooks and morons 5557 
Magiscopios 5556 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5536 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5536 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5535 
The LP setup in the new home. 5484 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5479 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5479 
Pianochord will do! 5479 
Spanyi heaven 5479 
I see no conflict at all. 5479 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5479 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5479 
A year after closing 5471 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5471 
Traveling antimatter 5464 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5458 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5457 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5431 
Cast Iron fireplace 5430 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5430 
The hardcore way 5430 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5394 
This is How It's Done 5393 
Listening room during summer. 5381 
What about those... 5380 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5380 
Reducing A/C Noise 5380 
HVAC the Cat 5380 
Big Ass fan 5379 
Variac dimmers 5379 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5379 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5379 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5311 
Some winter observations. 5202 
That Asian man…. 5171 
The Franz Schubert morning 5145 
Spring.... 5094 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5044 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5015 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5015 
Just good photography? 5015 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5015 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5015 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5014 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5014 
Sports car 5014 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5014 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5014 
Train Positioning 5014 
Kind of what I want 5014 
The lap listening… 5014 
Family Room 5014 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5011 
A super audio room. 5007 
Time Warp! 5007 
A piano in a listening room 4986 
Pianissimo 4986 
The plan in blue. 4986 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4986 
My doubts 4986 
It is exactly what I worry. 4985 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4985 
Musicians at home 4985 
Piano Measurements 4984 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4979 
The next step. 4965 
Midbass horns missing?? 4964 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4954 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4954 
Baby Grand 4953 
Wood floor 4953 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4953 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4953 
Amy’s baby. 4951 
Improvement 4951 
Agree with Scott 4951 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4939 
Integrated casters 4939 
Very nice, thanks. 4939 
Customization 4939 
Sliders 4939 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4932 
Congratulations 4932 
Holes in the floor... 4932 
Tubes and kids 4932 
Sweet spot enlargement 4932 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4930 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4929 
Wood Floors and Water 4929 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4924 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4923 
WAF is for Losers 4923 
WAF: it depends. 4923 
Integration 4922 
Here and there. 4922 
Life after WWIII 4922 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4922 
Cables management. 4920 
Featurizing 4920 
Kids and tubes cont. 4917 
Kid magnet 4917 
Kids and audio 4916 
Radars 4916 
Wow, what the days! 4912 
The comming weekend 4908 
It all was worth it! 4905 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4900 
Here is how it is look. 4900 
Resolving the carpet issue 4900 
Bonfire 4900 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4900 
Proof of concept? 4900 
Geometry 4900 
A view from listening position. 4900 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4900 
Some feedback 4900 
Evening 4900 
I wonder why. 4899 
Rugs and things 4899 
In defense… 4899 
I can’t get it. 4896 
Haze. 4895 
Front wall 4895 
It is very possible. 4895 
It is nice to be back. 4892 
My comfy corner. 4889 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4529 
WMD in house. 4351 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4254 
The third listening spot. 4233 
For sure a very different experience. 4195 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4190 
It's Jfretch's system. 4190 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4189 
Domestic games 4143 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4004 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4004 
Dynamic screening 4004 
Actually this is very good idea! 4004 
Volcanic fabric 4004 
I should have done this. 4002 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3998 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3967 
No worries 3967 
Awesome memories 3967 
Optimization of space 3967 
Child-ish considerations 3964 
Finding peace.... 3958 
"Fencing"? 3957 
I need to build something custom 3957 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3957 
Stressed Skin 3957 
NYC elevators 3957 
Kids toys and quantities. 3957 
Everything is completely reversible 3956 
Racks and things 3956 
Now it looks even more promising! 3956 
Quantity of rods 3956 
Avoiding diagonals 3954 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3953 
That's not fair! 3953 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3953 
Discrimination? 3948 
Vertical configuration 3941 
Impresive ! 3870 
Did you read the site? 3870 
Contact 3870 
Company's name is Rixrax 3870 
Stand 3869 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3825 
End of life headphone system 3825 
Something like this? 3825 
The "Second Living Room" 3825 
Mixing urban & suburban 3825 
Late night listening 3825 
Moving life... 3823 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3823 
A true listening room. 3799 
It started… 3784 
Levels of Interest 3784 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3784 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3784 
I can't not to post it.... 3784 
Do not leave him unattended. 3784 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3784 
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