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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5943 
The first take on the new room. 5937 
New Room, a first shot. 5936 
Wonderful 5936 
Adopted 5935 
The first relaxed night with the room 5933 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5932 
The listening room is ready. 5931 
New Room, a First Shot 5929 
Continue to work with the room 5929 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5929 
Room 5928 
I think it will take another month. 5928 
The Buttressing 5928 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5927 
The new place and the new noises. 5927 
Big listening room 5926 
Screw the "big" rooms 5926 
Big listening rooms 5926 
First reflection points 5925 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5925 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5922 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5921 
Squeezing the floor 5921 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5921 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5921 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5920 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5920 
The new room, the very first listening. 5920 
The 14.5 foot. 5919 
Again… 5918 
Romy's new Playground 5918 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5918 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5918 
For the uninitiated ... 5917 
NH guy 5917 
Room 5917 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5916 
The first base is done 5916 
Reentry time alignment. 5915 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5914 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5914 
Mid bass horn. 5914 
Guess is only a guess… 5914 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5914 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5913 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5913 
Diffusors 5913 
Diffuse injection 5913 
Let analyse why it so 5913 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5913 
Wheel and Deal 5913 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5913 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5913 
I Must Be Missing Something 5913 
I put sliders under my speakers 5912 
ROOM 5911 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5911 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5911 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5911 
No concerns 5911 
Speakers and room 5911 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5910 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5910 
Diaphram 5910 
Phram 5910 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5910 
Perfect piston 5910 
Decorater 5909 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5909 
New morning 5908 
The first take on the room with RTA 5907 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5907 
Axiomatic 5907 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5906 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5906 
The size of the bass. 5906 
Bass Factory 5906 
Crude Level, or something more? 5906 
I will play with it this week…. 5906 
Rent-A 5906 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5906 
Corner horns 5906 
Cheating from below 5906 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5906 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5905 
A possibly overly simplified view 5905 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5905 
Iceberg 5905 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5905 
Why not horn 5905 
A correction…. 5905 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5905 
They are just not related things at all. 5905 
Fertin 5903 
Low resonance is good... 5903 
Et tu, Brute? 5902 
The Room response at LF 5901 
Life On The Ground Floor 5901 
Bass arrays 5901 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5901 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5901 
The super sucks. 5901 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5901 
You may also try 5900 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5900 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5900 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5900 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5900 
60 Hz Resonance 5900 
No notching… so far. 5900 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5899 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5899 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5899 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5899 
Power to the People 5899 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5899 
Aura 5899 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5899 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5899 
All class D is the same 5899 
Interpreting the LF results. 5898 
The Halibut 5898 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5898 
The Big Picture 5898 
Power & ULF channels 5898 
The big picture indeed. 5898 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5898 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5898 
The Power and the Glory 5897 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5897 
I guess I did not get this memo 5897 
French LF drivers 5897 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5897 
(another) French LF approach 5896 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5896 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5896 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5896 
Limpschtick 5896 
Symmetry 5896 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5895 
Room correction 5895 
It migh be more complicated. 5895 
Bass EQ ? 5895 
Agree and not. 5895 
Two "diseases" 5895 
Parametric filters 5895 
Ceiling arrays 5895 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5895 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5895 
The Middle of the Room. 5895 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5895 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5895 
Stop! 5895 
Appendectomy 5895 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5894 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5894 
No Isolation 5894 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5891 
Potential contenders? 5890 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5890 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5890 
Those Crazy Canucks 5886 
Mo' Better Bass 5880 
Bird in the Hand? 5880 
A wet listening spot? 5873 
Storm 5870 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5870 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5856 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5826 
Polar Opposite ULF 5825 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5813 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5811 
Differently but the same. 5810 
PVC 5809 
The sail test try. 5809 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5809 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5809 
Trial 5808 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5808 
Some explanations 5808 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5807 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5806 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5805 
Acrylate 5804 
Magic blanket 5804 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5803 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5803 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5803 
I have a few options. 5803 
Foam color 5803 
Strange things with upperbass 5803 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5802 
Teatro reform. . . 5802 
The foaming room dilemma. 5801 
Melamine Foam 5801 
Foaming up the cat house 5801 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5801 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5801 
Acoustic revisions… 5800 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5797 
Surprises so far in the new room 5796 
The upperbass in the new room. 5796 
Slight change of hart. 5795 
Camco supply of Boston 5793 
Room acoustics 5793 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5752 
I need to kill dust first. 5752 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5750 
To feed the leeches? 5750 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5749 
Yh 5749 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5749 
DPOLs? 5749 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5749 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5746 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5746 
A HalfPipe solution? 5746 
I absolutely love it. 5746 
Piper work 5745 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5745 
Absorption 5745 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5744 
Cats life ? 5744 
Call me Pussy. 5744 
More about traps 5744 
Acoustic impedance? 5744 
You maybe right 5744 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5744 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5743 
Heavy Curtain 5743 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5742 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5742 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5742 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5739 
Fix speaker move chair? 5738 
Back and forth ceremony 5738 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5737 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5736 
Glass windows 5735 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5734 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5733 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5731 
How to use basement jacks? 5731 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5731 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5731 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5730 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5730 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5729 
Sore eyes... 5728 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5728 
The harvesting week! 5726 
I need an inspiration… 5725 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5724 
Like this? 5724 
Dramatically randomize MF 5724 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5723 
The room eats dynamic 5723 
Diffusers 5723 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5722 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5707 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5706 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5706 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5706 
About Width-Importance balance. 5704 
Letting the music scale up 5703 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5703 
To finish my house décor… 5699 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5698 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5697 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5697 
Calling the gods of music 5697 
Absolutely 5697 
Phase manipulation 5697 
No relation. 5697 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5697 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5697 
Dynamical mismatch 5696 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5696 
Stradiwinerius? 5693 
Dealing with the glass. 5692 
Boston 5692 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5692 
Added mass 5692 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5692 
It is about moderation…. 5692 
To hell with the wine... 5692 
Also for other surafaces 5691 
LEAD 5691 
LEAD & GLASS 5691 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5691 
Read carefully 5691 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5691 
Crooks and morons 5691 
Magiscopios 5690 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5670 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5670 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5669 
The LP setup in the new home. 5618 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5613 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5613 
Pianochord will do! 5613 
Spanyi heaven 5613 
I see no conflict at all. 5613 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5613 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5613 
A year after closing 5605 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5605 
Traveling antimatter 5598 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5592 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5591 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5565 
Cast Iron fireplace 5564 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5564 
The hardcore way 5564 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5528 
This is How It's Done 5527 
Listening room during summer. 5515 
What about those... 5514 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5514 
Reducing A/C Noise 5514 
HVAC the Cat 5514 
Big Ass fan 5513 
Variac dimmers 5513 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5513 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5513 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5445 
Some winter observations. 5336 
That Asian man…. 5305 
The Franz Schubert morning 5279 
Spring.... 5228 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5178 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5149 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5149 
Just good photography? 5149 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5149 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5149 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5148 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5148 
Sports car 5148 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5148 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5148 
Train Positioning 5148 
Kind of what I want 5148 
The lap listening… 5148 
Family Room 5148 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5145 
A super audio room. 5141 
Time Warp! 5141 
A piano in a listening room 5120 
Pianissimo 5120 
The plan in blue. 5120 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5120 
My doubts 5120 
It is exactly what I worry. 5119 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5119 
Musicians at home 5119 
Piano Measurements 5118 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5113 
The next step. 5099 
Midbass horns missing?? 5098 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5088 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5088 
Baby Grand 5087 
Wood floor 5087 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5087 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5087 
Amy’s baby. 5085 
Improvement 5085 
Agree with Scott 5085 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5073 
Integrated casters 5073 
Very nice, thanks. 5073 
Customization 5073 
Sliders 5073 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5066 
Congratulations 5066 
Holes in the floor... 5066 
Tubes and kids 5066 
Sweet spot enlargement 5066 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5064 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5063 
Wood Floors and Water 5063 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5058 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5057 
WAF is for Losers 5057 
WAF: it depends. 5057 
Integration 5056 
Here and there. 5056 
Life after WWIII 5056 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5056 
Cables management. 5054 
Featurizing 5054 
Kids and tubes cont. 5051 
Kid magnet 5051 
Kids and audio 5050 
Radars 5050 
Wow, what the days! 5046 
The comming weekend 5042 
It all was worth it! 5039 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5034 
Here is how it is look. 5034 
Resolving the carpet issue 5034 
Bonfire 5034 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5034 
Proof of concept? 5034 
Geometry 5034 
A view from listening position. 5034 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5034 
Some feedback 5034 
Evening 5034 
I wonder why. 5033 
Rugs and things 5033 
In defense… 5033 
I can’t get it. 5030 
Haze. 5029 
Front wall 5029 
It is very possible. 5029 
It is nice to be back. 5026 
My comfy corner. 5023 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4663 
WMD in house. 4485 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4388 
The third listening spot. 4367 
For sure a very different experience. 4329 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4324 
It's Jfretch's system. 4324 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4323 
Domestic games 4277 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4138 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4138 
Dynamic screening 4138 
Actually this is very good idea! 4138 
Volcanic fabric 4138 
I should have done this. 4136 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4132 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4101 
No worries 4101 
Awesome memories 4101 
Optimization of space 4101 
Child-ish considerations 4098 
Finding peace.... 4092 
"Fencing"? 4091 
I need to build something custom 4091 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4091 
Stressed Skin 4091 
NYC elevators 4091 
Kids toys and quantities. 4091 
Everything is completely reversible 4090 
Racks and things 4090 
Now it looks even more promising! 4090 
Quantity of rods 4090 
Avoiding diagonals 4088 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4087 
That's not fair! 4087 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4087 
Discrimination? 4082 
Vertical configuration 4075 
Impresive ! 4004 
Did you read the site? 4004 
Contact 4004 
Company's name is Rixrax 4004 
Stand 4003 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3959 
End of life headphone system 3959 
Something like this? 3959 
The "Second Living Room" 3959 
Mixing urban & suburban 3959 
Late night listening 3959 
Moving life... 3957 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3957 
A true listening room. 3933 
It started… 3918 
Levels of Interest 3918 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3918 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3918 
I can't not to post it.... 3918 
Do not leave him unattended. 3918 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3918 
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