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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5878 
The first take on the new room. 5872 
New Room, a first shot. 5871 
Wonderful 5871 
Adopted 5870 
The first relaxed night with the room 5868 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5867 
The listening room is ready. 5866 
New Room, a First Shot 5864 
Continue to work with the room 5864 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5864 
Room 5863 
I think it will take another month. 5863 
The Buttressing 5863 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5862 
The new place and the new noises. 5862 
Big listening room 5861 
Screw the "big" rooms 5861 
Big listening rooms 5861 
First reflection points 5860 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5860 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5857 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5856 
Squeezing the floor 5856 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5856 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5856 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5855 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5855 
The new room, the very first listening. 5855 
The 14.5 foot. 5854 
Again… 5853 
Romy's new Playground 5853 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5853 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5853 
For the uninitiated ... 5852 
NH guy 5852 
Room 5852 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5851 
The first base is done 5851 
Reentry time alignment. 5850 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5849 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5849 
Mid bass horn. 5849 
Guess is only a guess… 5849 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5849 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5848 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5848 
Diffusors 5848 
Diffuse injection 5848 
Let analyse why it so 5848 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5848 
Wheel and Deal 5848 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5848 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5848 
I Must Be Missing Something 5848 
I put sliders under my speakers 5847 
ROOM 5846 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5846 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5846 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5846 
No concerns 5846 
Speakers and room 5846 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5845 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5845 
Diaphram 5845 
Phram 5845 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5845 
Perfect piston 5845 
Decorater 5844 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5844 
New morning 5843 
The first take on the room with RTA 5842 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5842 
Axiomatic 5842 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5841 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5841 
The size of the bass. 5841 
Bass Factory 5841 
Crude Level, or something more? 5841 
I will play with it this week…. 5841 
Rent-A 5841 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5841 
Corner horns 5841 
Cheating from below 5841 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5841 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5840 
A possibly overly simplified view 5840 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5840 
Iceberg 5840 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5840 
Why not horn 5840 
A correction…. 5840 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5840 
They are just not related things at all. 5840 
Fertin 5838 
Low resonance is good... 5838 
Et tu, Brute? 5837 
The Room response at LF 5836 
Life On The Ground Floor 5836 
Bass arrays 5836 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5836 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5836 
The super sucks. 5836 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5836 
You may also try 5835 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5835 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5835 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5835 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5835 
60 Hz Resonance 5835 
No notching… so far. 5835 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5834 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5834 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5834 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5834 
Power to the People 5834 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5834 
Aura 5834 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5834 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5834 
All class D is the same 5834 
Interpreting the LF results. 5833 
The Halibut 5833 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5833 
The Big Picture 5833 
Power & ULF channels 5833 
The big picture indeed. 5833 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5833 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5833 
The Power and the Glory 5832 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5832 
I guess I did not get this memo 5832 
French LF drivers 5832 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5832 
(another) French LF approach 5831 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5831 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5831 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5831 
Limpschtick 5831 
Symmetry 5831 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5830 
Room correction 5830 
It migh be more complicated. 5830 
Bass EQ ? 5830 
Agree and not. 5830 
Two "diseases" 5830 
Parametric filters 5830 
Ceiling arrays 5830 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5830 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5830 
The Middle of the Room. 5830 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5830 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5830 
Stop! 5830 
Appendectomy 5830 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5829 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5829 
No Isolation 5829 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5826 
Potential contenders? 5825 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5825 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5825 
Those Crazy Canucks 5821 
Mo' Better Bass 5815 
Bird in the Hand? 5815 
A wet listening spot? 5808 
Storm 5805 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5805 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5791 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5761 
Polar Opposite ULF 5760 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5748 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5746 
Differently but the same. 5745 
PVC 5744 
The sail test try. 5744 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5744 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5744 
Trial 5743 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5743 
Some explanations 5743 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5742 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5741 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5740 
Acrylate 5739 
Magic blanket 5739 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5738 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5738 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5738 
I have a few options. 5738 
Foam color 5738 
Strange things with upperbass 5738 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5737 
Teatro reform. . . 5737 
The foaming room dilemma. 5736 
Melamine Foam 5736 
Foaming up the cat house 5736 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5736 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5736 
Acoustic revisions… 5735 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5732 
Surprises so far in the new room 5731 
The upperbass in the new room. 5731 
Slight change of hart. 5730 
Camco supply of Boston 5728 
Room acoustics 5728 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5687 
I need to kill dust first. 5687 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5685 
To feed the leeches? 5685 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5684 
Yh 5684 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5684 
DPOLs? 5684 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5684 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5681 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5681 
A HalfPipe solution? 5681 
I absolutely love it. 5681 
Piper work 5680 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5680 
Absorption 5680 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5679 
Cats life ? 5679 
Call me Pussy. 5679 
More about traps 5679 
Acoustic impedance? 5679 
You maybe right 5679 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5679 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5678 
Heavy Curtain 5678 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5677 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5677 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5677 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5674 
Fix speaker move chair? 5673 
Back and forth ceremony 5673 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5672 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5671 
Glass windows 5670 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5669 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5668 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5666 
How to use basement jacks? 5666 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5666 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5666 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5665 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5665 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5664 
Sore eyes... 5663 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5663 
The harvesting week! 5661 
I need an inspiration… 5660 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5659 
Like this? 5659 
Dramatically randomize MF 5659 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5658 
The room eats dynamic 5658 
Diffusers 5658 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5657 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5642 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5641 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5641 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5641 
About Width-Importance balance. 5639 
Letting the music scale up 5638 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5638 
To finish my house décor… 5634 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5633 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5632 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5632 
Calling the gods of music 5632 
Absolutely 5632 
Phase manipulation 5632 
No relation. 5632 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5632 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5632 
Dynamical mismatch 5631 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5631 
Stradiwinerius? 5628 
Dealing with the glass. 5627 
Boston 5627 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5627 
Added mass 5627 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5627 
It is about moderation…. 5627 
To hell with the wine... 5627 
Also for other surafaces 5626 
LEAD 5626 
LEAD & GLASS 5626 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5626 
Read carefully 5626 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5626 
Crooks and morons 5626 
Magiscopios 5625 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5605 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5605 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5604 
The LP setup in the new home. 5553 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5548 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5548 
Pianochord will do! 5548 
Spanyi heaven 5548 
I see no conflict at all. 5548 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5548 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5548 
A year after closing 5540 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5540 
Traveling antimatter 5533 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5527 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5526 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5500 
Cast Iron fireplace 5499 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5499 
The hardcore way 5499 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5463 
This is How It's Done 5462 
Listening room during summer. 5450 
What about those... 5449 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5449 
Reducing A/C Noise 5449 
HVAC the Cat 5449 
Big Ass fan 5448 
Variac dimmers 5448 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5448 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5448 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5380 
Some winter observations. 5271 
That Asian man…. 5240 
The Franz Schubert morning 5214 
Spring.... 5163 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5113 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5084 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5084 
Just good photography? 5084 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5084 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5084 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5083 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5083 
Sports car 5083 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5083 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5083 
Train Positioning 5083 
Kind of what I want 5083 
The lap listening… 5083 
Family Room 5083 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5080 
A super audio room. 5076 
Time Warp! 5076 
A piano in a listening room 5055 
Pianissimo 5055 
The plan in blue. 5055 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5055 
My doubts 5055 
It is exactly what I worry. 5054 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5054 
Musicians at home 5054 
Piano Measurements 5053 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5048 
The next step. 5034 
Midbass horns missing?? 5033 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5023 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5023 
Baby Grand 5022 
Wood floor 5022 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5022 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5022 
Amy’s baby. 5020 
Improvement 5020 
Agree with Scott 5020 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5008 
Integrated casters 5008 
Very nice, thanks. 5008 
Customization 5008 
Sliders 5008 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5001 
Congratulations 5001 
Holes in the floor... 5001 
Tubes and kids 5001 
Sweet spot enlargement 5001 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4999 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4998 
Wood Floors and Water 4998 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4993 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4992 
WAF is for Losers 4992 
WAF: it depends. 4992 
Integration 4991 
Here and there. 4991 
Life after WWIII 4991 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4991 
Cables management. 4989 
Featurizing 4989 
Kids and tubes cont. 4986 
Kid magnet 4986 
Kids and audio 4985 
Radars 4985 
Wow, what the days! 4981 
The comming weekend 4977 
It all was worth it! 4974 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4969 
Here is how it is look. 4969 
Resolving the carpet issue 4969 
Bonfire 4969 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4969 
Proof of concept? 4969 
Geometry 4969 
A view from listening position. 4969 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4969 
Some feedback 4969 
Evening 4969 
I wonder why. 4968 
Rugs and things 4968 
In defense… 4968 
I can’t get it. 4965 
Haze. 4964 
Front wall 4964 
It is very possible. 4964 
It is nice to be back. 4961 
My comfy corner. 4958 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4598 
WMD in house. 4420 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4323 
The third listening spot. 4302 
For sure a very different experience. 4264 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4259 
It's Jfretch's system. 4259 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4258 
Domestic games 4212 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4073 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4073 
Dynamic screening 4073 
Actually this is very good idea! 4073 
Volcanic fabric 4073 
I should have done this. 4071 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4067 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4036 
No worries 4036 
Awesome memories 4036 
Optimization of space 4036 
Child-ish considerations 4033 
Finding peace.... 4027 
"Fencing"? 4026 
I need to build something custom 4026 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4026 
Stressed Skin 4026 
NYC elevators 4026 
Kids toys and quantities. 4026 
Everything is completely reversible 4025 
Racks and things 4025 
Now it looks even more promising! 4025 
Quantity of rods 4025 
Avoiding diagonals 4023 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4022 
That's not fair! 4022 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4022 
Discrimination? 4017 
Vertical configuration 4010 
Impresive ! 3939 
Did you read the site? 3939 
Contact 3939 
Company's name is Rixrax 3939 
Stand 3938 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3894 
End of life headphone system 3894 
Something like this? 3894 
The "Second Living Room" 3894 
Mixing urban & suburban 3894 
Late night listening 3894 
Moving life... 3892 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3892 
A true listening room. 3868 
It started… 3853 
Levels of Interest 3853 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3853 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3853 
I can't not to post it.... 3853 
Do not leave him unattended. 3853 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3853 
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