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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5917 
The first take on the new room. 5911 
New Room, a first shot. 5910 
Wonderful 5910 
Adopted 5909 
The first relaxed night with the room 5907 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5906 
The listening room is ready. 5905 
New Room, a First Shot 5903 
Continue to work with the room 5903 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5903 
Room 5902 
I think it will take another month. 5902 
The Buttressing 5902 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5901 
The new place and the new noises. 5901 
Big listening room 5900 
Screw the "big" rooms 5900 
Big listening rooms 5900 
First reflection points 5899 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5899 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5896 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5895 
Squeezing the floor 5895 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5895 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5895 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5894 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5894 
The new room, the very first listening. 5894 
The 14.5 foot. 5893 
Again… 5892 
Romy's new Playground 5892 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5892 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5892 
For the uninitiated ... 5891 
NH guy 5891 
Room 5891 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5890 
The first base is done 5890 
Reentry time alignment. 5889 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5888 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5888 
Mid bass horn. 5888 
Guess is only a guess… 5888 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5888 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5887 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5887 
Diffusors 5887 
Diffuse injection 5887 
Let analyse why it so 5887 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5887 
Wheel and Deal 5887 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5887 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5887 
I Must Be Missing Something 5887 
I put sliders under my speakers 5886 
ROOM 5885 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5885 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5885 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5885 
No concerns 5885 
Speakers and room 5885 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5884 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5884 
Diaphram 5884 
Phram 5884 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5884 
Perfect piston 5884 
Decorater 5883 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5883 
New morning 5882 
The first take on the room with RTA 5881 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5881 
Axiomatic 5881 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5880 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5880 
The size of the bass. 5880 
Bass Factory 5880 
Crude Level, or something more? 5880 
I will play with it this week…. 5880 
Rent-A 5880 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5880 
Corner horns 5880 
Cheating from below 5880 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5880 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5879 
A possibly overly simplified view 5879 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5879 
Iceberg 5879 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5879 
Why not horn 5879 
A correction…. 5879 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5879 
They are just not related things at all. 5879 
Fertin 5877 
Low resonance is good... 5877 
Et tu, Brute? 5876 
The Room response at LF 5875 
Life On The Ground Floor 5875 
Bass arrays 5875 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5875 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5875 
The super sucks. 5875 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5875 
You may also try 5874 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5874 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5874 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5874 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5874 
60 Hz Resonance 5874 
No notching… so far. 5874 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5873 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5873 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5873 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5873 
Power to the People 5873 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5873 
Aura 5873 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5873 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5873 
All class D is the same 5873 
Interpreting the LF results. 5872 
The Halibut 5872 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5872 
The Big Picture 5872 
Power & ULF channels 5872 
The big picture indeed. 5872 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5872 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5872 
The Power and the Glory 5871 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5871 
I guess I did not get this memo 5871 
French LF drivers 5871 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5871 
(another) French LF approach 5870 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5870 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5870 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5870 
Limpschtick 5870 
Symmetry 5870 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5869 
Room correction 5869 
It migh be more complicated. 5869 
Bass EQ ? 5869 
Agree and not. 5869 
Two "diseases" 5869 
Parametric filters 5869 
Ceiling arrays 5869 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5869 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5869 
The Middle of the Room. 5869 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5869 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5869 
Stop! 5869 
Appendectomy 5869 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5868 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5868 
No Isolation 5868 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5865 
Potential contenders? 5864 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5864 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5864 
Those Crazy Canucks 5860 
Mo' Better Bass 5854 
Bird in the Hand? 5854 
A wet listening spot? 5847 
Storm 5844 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5844 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5830 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5800 
Polar Opposite ULF 5799 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5787 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5785 
Differently but the same. 5784 
PVC 5783 
The sail test try. 5783 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5783 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5783 
Trial 5782 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5782 
Some explanations 5782 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5781 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5780 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5779 
Acrylate 5778 
Magic blanket 5778 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5777 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5777 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5777 
I have a few options. 5777 
Foam color 5777 
Strange things with upperbass 5777 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5776 
Teatro reform. . . 5776 
The foaming room dilemma. 5775 
Melamine Foam 5775 
Foaming up the cat house 5775 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5775 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5775 
Acoustic revisions… 5774 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5771 
Surprises so far in the new room 5770 
The upperbass in the new room. 5770 
Slight change of hart. 5769 
Camco supply of Boston 5767 
Room acoustics 5767 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5726 
I need to kill dust first. 5726 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5724 
To feed the leeches? 5724 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5723 
Yh 5723 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5723 
DPOLs? 5723 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5723 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5720 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5720 
A HalfPipe solution? 5720 
I absolutely love it. 5720 
Piper work 5719 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5719 
Absorption 5719 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5718 
Cats life ? 5718 
Call me Pussy. 5718 
More about traps 5718 
Acoustic impedance? 5718 
You maybe right 5718 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5718 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5717 
Heavy Curtain 5717 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5716 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5716 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5716 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5713 
Fix speaker move chair? 5712 
Back and forth ceremony 5712 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5711 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5710 
Glass windows 5709 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5708 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5707 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5705 
How to use basement jacks? 5705 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5705 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5705 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5704 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5704 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5703 
Sore eyes... 5702 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5702 
The harvesting week! 5700 
I need an inspiration… 5699 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5698 
Like this? 5698 
Dramatically randomize MF 5698 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5697 
The room eats dynamic 5697 
Diffusers 5697 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5696 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5681 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5680 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5680 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5680 
About Width-Importance balance. 5678 
Letting the music scale up 5677 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5677 
To finish my house décor… 5673 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5672 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5671 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5671 
Calling the gods of music 5671 
Absolutely 5671 
Phase manipulation 5671 
No relation. 5671 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5671 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5671 
Dynamical mismatch 5670 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5670 
Stradiwinerius? 5667 
Dealing with the glass. 5666 
Boston 5666 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5666 
Added mass 5666 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5666 
It is about moderation…. 5666 
To hell with the wine... 5666 
Also for other surafaces 5665 
LEAD 5665 
LEAD & GLASS 5665 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5665 
Read carefully 5665 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5665 
Crooks and morons 5665 
Magiscopios 5664 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5644 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5644 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5643 
The LP setup in the new home. 5592 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5587 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5587 
Pianochord will do! 5587 
Spanyi heaven 5587 
I see no conflict at all. 5587 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5587 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5587 
A year after closing 5579 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5579 
Traveling antimatter 5572 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5566 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5565 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5539 
Cast Iron fireplace 5538 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5538 
The hardcore way 5538 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5502 
This is How It's Done 5501 
Listening room during summer. 5489 
What about those... 5488 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5488 
Reducing A/C Noise 5488 
HVAC the Cat 5488 
Big Ass fan 5487 
Variac dimmers 5487 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5487 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5487 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5419 
Some winter observations. 5310 
That Asian man…. 5279 
The Franz Schubert morning 5253 
Spring.... 5202 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5152 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5123 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5123 
Just good photography? 5123 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5123 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5123 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5122 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5122 
Sports car 5122 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5122 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5122 
Train Positioning 5122 
Kind of what I want 5122 
The lap listening… 5122 
Family Room 5122 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5119 
A super audio room. 5115 
Time Warp! 5115 
A piano in a listening room 5094 
Pianissimo 5094 
The plan in blue. 5094 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5094 
My doubts 5094 
It is exactly what I worry. 5093 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5093 
Musicians at home 5093 
Piano Measurements 5092 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5087 
The next step. 5073 
Midbass horns missing?? 5072 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5062 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5062 
Baby Grand 5061 
Wood floor 5061 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5061 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5061 
Amy’s baby. 5059 
Improvement 5059 
Agree with Scott 5059 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5047 
Integrated casters 5047 
Very nice, thanks. 5047 
Customization 5047 
Sliders 5047 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5040 
Congratulations 5040 
Holes in the floor... 5040 
Tubes and kids 5040 
Sweet spot enlargement 5040 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5038 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5037 
Wood Floors and Water 5037 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5032 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5031 
WAF is for Losers 5031 
WAF: it depends. 5031 
Integration 5030 
Here and there. 5030 
Life after WWIII 5030 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5030 
Cables management. 5028 
Featurizing 5028 
Kids and tubes cont. 5025 
Kid magnet 5025 
Kids and audio 5024 
Radars 5024 
Wow, what the days! 5020 
The comming weekend 5016 
It all was worth it! 5013 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5008 
Here is how it is look. 5008 
Resolving the carpet issue 5008 
Bonfire 5008 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5008 
Proof of concept? 5008 
Geometry 5008 
A view from listening position. 5008 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5008 
Some feedback 5008 
Evening 5008 
I wonder why. 5007 
Rugs and things 5007 
In defense… 5007 
I can’t get it. 5004 
Haze. 5003 
Front wall 5003 
It is very possible. 5003 
It is nice to be back. 5000 
My comfy corner. 4997 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4637 
WMD in house. 4459 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4362 
The third listening spot. 4341 
For sure a very different experience. 4303 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4298 
It's Jfretch's system. 4298 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4297 
Domestic games 4251 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4112 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4112 
Dynamic screening 4112 
Actually this is very good idea! 4112 
Volcanic fabric 4112 
I should have done this. 4110 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4106 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4075 
No worries 4075 
Awesome memories 4075 
Optimization of space 4075 
Child-ish considerations 4072 
Finding peace.... 4066 
"Fencing"? 4065 
I need to build something custom 4065 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4065 
Stressed Skin 4065 
NYC elevators 4065 
Kids toys and quantities. 4065 
Everything is completely reversible 4064 
Racks and things 4064 
Now it looks even more promising! 4064 
Quantity of rods 4064 
Avoiding diagonals 4062 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4061 
That's not fair! 4061 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4061 
Discrimination? 4056 
Vertical configuration 4049 
Impresive ! 3978 
Did you read the site? 3978 
Contact 3978 
Company's name is Rixrax 3978 
Stand 3977 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3933 
End of life headphone system 3933 
Something like this? 3933 
The "Second Living Room" 3933 
Mixing urban & suburban 3933 
Late night listening 3933 
Moving life... 3931 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3931 
A true listening room. 3907 
It started… 3892 
Levels of Interest 3892 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3892 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3892 
I can't not to post it.... 3892 
Do not leave him unattended. 3892 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3892 
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