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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5784 
The first take on the new room. 5778 
New Room, a first shot. 5777 
Wonderful 5777 
Adopted 5776 
The first relaxed night with the room 5774 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5773 
The listening room is ready. 5772 
New Room, a First Shot 5770 
Continue to work with the room 5770 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5770 
Room 5769 
I think it will take another month. 5769 
The Buttressing 5769 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5768 
The new place and the new noises. 5768 
Big listening room 5767 
Screw the "big" rooms 5767 
Big listening rooms 5767 
First reflection points 5766 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5766 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5763 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5762 
Squeezing the floor 5762 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5762 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5762 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5761 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5761 
The new room, the very first listening. 5761 
The 14.5 foot. 5760 
Again… 5759 
Romy's new Playground 5759 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5759 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5759 
For the uninitiated ... 5758 
NH guy 5758 
Room 5758 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5757 
The first base is done 5757 
Reentry time alignment. 5756 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5755 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5755 
Mid bass horn. 5755 
Guess is only a guess… 5755 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5755 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5754 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5754 
Diffusors 5754 
Diffuse injection 5754 
Let analyse why it so 5754 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5754 
Wheel and Deal 5754 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5754 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5754 
I Must Be Missing Something 5754 
I put sliders under my speakers 5753 
ROOM 5752 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5752 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5752 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5752 
No concerns 5752 
Speakers and room 5752 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5751 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5751 
Diaphram 5751 
Phram 5751 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5751 
Perfect piston 5751 
Decorater 5750 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5750 
New morning 5749 
The first take on the room with RTA 5748 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5748 
Axiomatic 5748 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5747 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5747 
The size of the bass. 5747 
Bass Factory 5747 
Crude Level, or something more? 5747 
I will play with it this week…. 5747 
Rent-A 5747 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5747 
Corner horns 5747 
Cheating from below 5747 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5747 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5746 
A possibly overly simplified view 5746 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5746 
Iceberg 5746 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5746 
Why not horn 5746 
A correction…. 5746 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5746 
They are just not related things at all. 5746 
Fertin 5744 
Low resonance is good... 5744 
Et tu, Brute? 5743 
The Room response at LF 5742 
Life On The Ground Floor 5742 
Bass arrays 5742 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5742 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5742 
The super sucks. 5742 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5742 
You may also try 5741 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5741 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5741 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5741 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5741 
60 Hz Resonance 5741 
No notching… so far. 5741 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5740 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5740 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5740 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5740 
Power to the People 5740 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5740 
Aura 5740 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5740 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5740 
All class D is the same 5740 
Interpreting the LF results. 5739 
The Halibut 5739 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5739 
The Big Picture 5739 
Power & ULF channels 5739 
The big picture indeed. 5739 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5739 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5739 
The Power and the Glory 5738 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5738 
I guess I did not get this memo 5738 
French LF drivers 5738 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5738 
(another) French LF approach 5737 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5737 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5737 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5737 
Limpschtick 5737 
Symmetry 5737 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5736 
Room correction 5736 
It migh be more complicated. 5736 
Bass EQ ? 5736 
Agree and not. 5736 
Two "diseases" 5736 
Parametric filters 5736 
Ceiling arrays 5736 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5736 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5736 
The Middle of the Room. 5736 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5736 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5736 
Stop! 5736 
Appendectomy 5736 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5735 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5735 
No Isolation 5735 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5732 
Potential contenders? 5731 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5731 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5731 
Those Crazy Canucks 5727 
Mo' Better Bass 5721 
Bird in the Hand? 5721 
A wet listening spot? 5714 
Storm 5711 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5711 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5697 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5667 
Polar Opposite ULF 5666 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5654 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5652 
Differently but the same. 5651 
PVC 5650 
The sail test try. 5650 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5650 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5650 
Trial 5649 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5649 
Some explanations 5649 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5648 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5647 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5646 
Acrylate 5645 
Magic blanket 5645 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5644 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5644 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5644 
I have a few options. 5644 
Foam color 5644 
Strange things with upperbass 5644 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5643 
Teatro reform. . . 5643 
The foaming room dilemma. 5642 
Melamine Foam 5642 
Foaming up the cat house 5642 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5642 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5642 
Acoustic revisions… 5641 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5638 
Surprises so far in the new room 5637 
The upperbass in the new room. 5637 
Slight change of hart. 5636 
Camco supply of Boston 5634 
Room acoustics 5634 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5593 
I need to kill dust first. 5593 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5591 
To feed the leeches? 5591 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5590 
Yh 5590 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5590 
DPOLs? 5590 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5590 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5587 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5587 
A HalfPipe solution? 5587 
I absolutely love it. 5587 
Piper work 5586 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5586 
Absorption 5586 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5585 
Cats life ? 5585 
Call me Pussy. 5585 
More about traps 5585 
Acoustic impedance? 5585 
You maybe right 5585 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5585 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5584 
Heavy Curtain 5584 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5583 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5583 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5583 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5580 
Fix speaker move chair? 5579 
Back and forth ceremony 5579 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5578 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5577 
Glass windows 5576 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5575 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5574 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5572 
How to use basement jacks? 5572 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5572 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5572 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5571 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5571 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5570 
Sore eyes... 5569 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5569 
The harvesting week! 5567 
I need an inspiration… 5566 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5565 
Like this? 5565 
Dramatically randomize MF 5565 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5564 
The room eats dynamic 5564 
Diffusers 5564 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5563 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5548 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5547 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5547 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5547 
About Width-Importance balance. 5545 
Letting the music scale up 5544 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5544 
To finish my house décor… 5540 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5539 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5538 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5538 
Calling the gods of music 5538 
Absolutely 5538 
Phase manipulation 5538 
No relation. 5538 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5538 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5538 
Dynamical mismatch 5537 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5537 
Stradiwinerius? 5534 
Dealing with the glass. 5533 
Boston 5533 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5533 
Added mass 5533 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5533 
It is about moderation…. 5533 
To hell with the wine... 5533 
Also for other surafaces 5532 
LEAD 5532 
LEAD & GLASS 5532 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5532 
Read carefully 5532 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5532 
Crooks and morons 5532 
Magiscopios 5531 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5511 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5511 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5510 
The LP setup in the new home. 5459 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5454 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5454 
Pianochord will do! 5454 
Spanyi heaven 5454 
I see no conflict at all. 5454 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5454 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5454 
A year after closing 5446 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5446 
Traveling antimatter 5439 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5433 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5432 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5406 
Cast Iron fireplace 5405 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5405 
The hardcore way 5405 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5369 
This is How It's Done 5368 
Listening room during summer. 5356 
What about those... 5355 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5355 
Reducing A/C Noise 5355 
HVAC the Cat 5355 
Big Ass fan 5354 
Variac dimmers 5354 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5354 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5354 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5286 
Some winter observations. 5177 
That Asian man…. 5146 
The Franz Schubert morning 5120 
Spring.... 5069 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5019 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4990 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4990 
Just good photography? 4990 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4990 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4990 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4989 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4989 
Sports car 4989 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4989 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4989 
Train Positioning 4989 
Kind of what I want 4989 
The lap listening… 4989 
Family Room 4989 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4986 
A super audio room. 4982 
Time Warp! 4982 
A piano in a listening room 4961 
Pianissimo 4961 
The plan in blue. 4961 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4961 
My doubts 4961 
It is exactly what I worry. 4960 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4960 
Musicians at home 4960 
Piano Measurements 4959 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4954 
The next step. 4940 
Midbass horns missing?? 4939 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4929 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4929 
Baby Grand 4928 
Wood floor 4928 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4928 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4928 
Amy’s baby. 4926 
Improvement 4926 
Agree with Scott 4926 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4914 
Integrated casters 4914 
Very nice, thanks. 4914 
Customization 4914 
Sliders 4914 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4907 
Congratulations 4907 
Holes in the floor... 4907 
Tubes and kids 4907 
Sweet spot enlargement 4907 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4905 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4904 
Wood Floors and Water 4904 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4899 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4898 
WAF is for Losers 4898 
WAF: it depends. 4898 
Integration 4897 
Here and there. 4897 
Life after WWIII 4897 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4897 
Cables management. 4895 
Featurizing 4895 
Kids and tubes cont. 4892 
Kid magnet 4892 
Kids and audio 4891 
Radars 4891 
Wow, what the days! 4887 
The comming weekend 4883 
It all was worth it! 4880 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4875 
Here is how it is look. 4875 
Resolving the carpet issue 4875 
Bonfire 4875 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4875 
Proof of concept? 4875 
Geometry 4875 
A view from listening position. 4875 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4875 
Some feedback 4875 
Evening 4875 
I wonder why. 4874 
Rugs and things 4874 
In defense… 4874 
I can’t get it. 4871 
Haze. 4870 
Front wall 4870 
It is very possible. 4870 
It is nice to be back. 4867 
My comfy corner. 4864 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4504 
WMD in house. 4326 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4229 
The third listening spot. 4208 
For sure a very different experience. 4170 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4165 
It's Jfretch's system. 4165 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4164 
Domestic games 4118 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3979 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3979 
Dynamic screening 3979 
Actually this is very good idea! 3979 
Volcanic fabric 3979 
I should have done this. 3977 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3973 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3942 
No worries 3942 
Awesome memories 3942 
Optimization of space 3942 
Child-ish considerations 3939 
Finding peace.... 3933 
"Fencing"? 3932 
I need to build something custom 3932 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3932 
Stressed Skin 3932 
NYC elevators 3932 
Kids toys and quantities. 3932 
Everything is completely reversible 3931 
Racks and things 3931 
Now it looks even more promising! 3931 
Quantity of rods 3931 
Avoiding diagonals 3929 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3928 
That's not fair! 3928 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3928 
Discrimination? 3923 
Vertical configuration 3916 
Impresive ! 3845 
Did you read the site? 3845 
Contact 3845 
Company's name is Rixrax 3845 
Stand 3844 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3800 
End of life headphone system 3800 
Something like this? 3800 
The "Second Living Room" 3800 
Mixing urban & suburban 3800 
Late night listening 3800 
Moving life... 3798 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3798 
A true listening room. 3774 
It started… 3759 
Levels of Interest 3759 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3759 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3759 
I can't not to post it.... 3759 
Do not leave him unattended. 3759 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3759 
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