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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5969 
The first take on the new room. 5963 
New Room, a first shot. 5962 
Wonderful 5962 
Adopted 5961 
The first relaxed night with the room 5959 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5958 
The listening room is ready. 5957 
New Room, a First Shot 5955 
Continue to work with the room 5955 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5955 
Room 5954 
I think it will take another month. 5954 
The Buttressing 5954 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5953 
The new place and the new noises. 5953 
Big listening room 5952 
Screw the "big" rooms 5952 
Big listening rooms 5952 
First reflection points 5951 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5951 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5948 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5947 
Squeezing the floor 5947 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5947 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5947 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5946 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5946 
The new room, the very first listening. 5946 
The 14.5 foot. 5945 
Again… 5944 
Romy's new Playground 5944 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5944 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5944 
For the uninitiated ... 5943 
NH guy 5943 
Room 5943 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5942 
The first base is done 5942 
Reentry time alignment. 5941 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5940 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5940 
Mid bass horn. 5940 
Guess is only a guess… 5940 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5940 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5939 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5939 
Diffusors 5939 
Diffuse injection 5939 
Let analyse why it so 5939 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5939 
Wheel and Deal 5939 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5939 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5939 
I Must Be Missing Something 5939 
I put sliders under my speakers 5938 
ROOM 5937 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5937 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5937 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5937 
No concerns 5937 
Speakers and room 5937 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5936 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5936 
Diaphram 5936 
Phram 5936 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5936 
Perfect piston 5936 
Decorater 5935 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5935 
New morning 5934 
The first take on the room with RTA 5933 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5933 
Axiomatic 5933 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5932 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5932 
The size of the bass. 5932 
Bass Factory 5932 
Crude Level, or something more? 5932 
I will play with it this week…. 5932 
Rent-A 5932 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5932 
Corner horns 5932 
Cheating from below 5932 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5932 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5931 
A possibly overly simplified view 5931 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5931 
Iceberg 5931 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5931 
Why not horn 5931 
A correction…. 5931 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5931 
They are just not related things at all. 5931 
Fertin 5929 
Low resonance is good... 5929 
Et tu, Brute? 5928 
The Room response at LF 5927 
Life On The Ground Floor 5927 
Bass arrays 5927 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5927 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5927 
The super sucks. 5927 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5927 
You may also try 5926 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5926 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5926 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5926 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5926 
60 Hz Resonance 5926 
No notching… so far. 5926 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5925 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5925 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5925 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5925 
Power to the People 5925 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5925 
Aura 5925 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5925 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5925 
All class D is the same 5925 
Interpreting the LF results. 5924 
The Halibut 5924 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5924 
The Big Picture 5924 
Power & ULF channels 5924 
The big picture indeed. 5924 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5924 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5924 
The Power and the Glory 5923 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5923 
I guess I did not get this memo 5923 
French LF drivers 5923 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5923 
(another) French LF approach 5922 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5922 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5922 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5922 
Limpschtick 5922 
Symmetry 5922 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5921 
Room correction 5921 
It migh be more complicated. 5921 
Bass EQ ? 5921 
Agree and not. 5921 
Two "diseases" 5921 
Parametric filters 5921 
Ceiling arrays 5921 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5921 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5921 
The Middle of the Room. 5921 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5921 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5921 
Stop! 5921 
Appendectomy 5921 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5920 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5920 
No Isolation 5920 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5917 
Potential contenders? 5916 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5916 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5916 
Those Crazy Canucks 5912 
Mo' Better Bass 5906 
Bird in the Hand? 5906 
A wet listening spot? 5899 
Storm 5896 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5896 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5882 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5852 
Polar Opposite ULF 5851 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5839 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5837 
Differently but the same. 5836 
PVC 5835 
The sail test try. 5835 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5835 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5835 
Trial 5834 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5834 
Some explanations 5834 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5833 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5832 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5831 
Acrylate 5830 
Magic blanket 5830 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5829 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5829 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5829 
I have a few options. 5829 
Foam color 5829 
Strange things with upperbass 5829 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5828 
Teatro reform. . . 5828 
The foaming room dilemma. 5827 
Melamine Foam 5827 
Foaming up the cat house 5827 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5827 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5827 
Acoustic revisions… 5826 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5823 
Surprises so far in the new room 5822 
The upperbass in the new room. 5822 
Slight change of hart. 5821 
Camco supply of Boston 5819 
Room acoustics 5819 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5778 
I need to kill dust first. 5778 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5776 
To feed the leeches? 5776 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5775 
Yh 5775 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5775 
DPOLs? 5775 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5775 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5772 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5772 
A HalfPipe solution? 5772 
I absolutely love it. 5772 
Piper work 5771 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5771 
Absorption 5771 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5770 
Cats life ? 5770 
Call me Pussy. 5770 
More about traps 5770 
Acoustic impedance? 5770 
You maybe right 5770 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5770 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5769 
Heavy Curtain 5769 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5768 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5768 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5768 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5765 
Fix speaker move chair? 5764 
Back and forth ceremony 5764 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5763 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5762 
Glass windows 5761 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5760 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5759 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5757 
How to use basement jacks? 5757 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5757 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5757 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5756 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5756 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5755 
Sore eyes... 5754 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5754 
The harvesting week! 5752 
I need an inspiration… 5751 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5750 
Like this? 5750 
Dramatically randomize MF 5750 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5749 
The room eats dynamic 5749 
Diffusers 5749 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5748 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5733 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5732 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5732 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5732 
About Width-Importance balance. 5730 
Letting the music scale up 5729 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5729 
To finish my house décor… 5725 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5724 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5723 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5723 
Calling the gods of music 5723 
Absolutely 5723 
Phase manipulation 5723 
No relation. 5723 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5723 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5723 
Dynamical mismatch 5722 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5722 
Stradiwinerius? 5719 
Dealing with the glass. 5718 
Boston 5718 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5718 
Added mass 5718 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5718 
It is about moderation…. 5718 
To hell with the wine... 5718 
Also for other surafaces 5717 
LEAD 5717 
LEAD & GLASS 5717 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5717 
Read carefully 5717 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5717 
Crooks and morons 5717 
Magiscopios 5716 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5696 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5696 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5695 
The LP setup in the new home. 5644 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5639 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5639 
Pianochord will do! 5639 
Spanyi heaven 5639 
I see no conflict at all. 5639 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5639 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5639 
A year after closing 5631 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5631 
Traveling antimatter 5624 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5618 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5617 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5591 
Cast Iron fireplace 5590 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5590 
The hardcore way 5590 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5554 
This is How It's Done 5553 
Listening room during summer. 5541 
What about those... 5540 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5540 
Reducing A/C Noise 5540 
HVAC the Cat 5540 
Big Ass fan 5539 
Variac dimmers 5539 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5539 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5539 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5471 
Some winter observations. 5362 
That Asian man…. 5331 
The Franz Schubert morning 5305 
Spring.... 5254 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5204 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5175 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5175 
Just good photography? 5175 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5175 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5175 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5174 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5174 
Sports car 5174 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5174 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5174 
Train Positioning 5174 
Kind of what I want 5174 
The lap listening… 5174 
Family Room 5174 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5171 
A super audio room. 5167 
Time Warp! 5167 
A piano in a listening room 5146 
Pianissimo 5146 
The plan in blue. 5146 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5146 
My doubts 5146 
It is exactly what I worry. 5145 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5145 
Musicians at home 5145 
Piano Measurements 5144 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5139 
The next step. 5125 
Midbass horns missing?? 5124 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5114 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5114 
Baby Grand 5113 
Wood floor 5113 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5113 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5113 
Amy’s baby. 5111 
Improvement 5111 
Agree with Scott 5111 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5099 
Integrated casters 5099 
Very nice, thanks. 5099 
Customization 5099 
Sliders 5099 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5092 
Congratulations 5092 
Holes in the floor... 5092 
Tubes and kids 5092 
Sweet spot enlargement 5092 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5090 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5089 
Wood Floors and Water 5089 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5084 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5083 
WAF is for Losers 5083 
WAF: it depends. 5083 
Integration 5082 
Here and there. 5082 
Life after WWIII 5082 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5082 
Cables management. 5080 
Featurizing 5080 
Kids and tubes cont. 5077 
Kid magnet 5077 
Kids and audio 5076 
Radars 5076 
Wow, what the days! 5072 
The comming weekend 5068 
It all was worth it! 5065 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5060 
Here is how it is look. 5060 
Resolving the carpet issue 5060 
Bonfire 5060 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5060 
Proof of concept? 5060 
Geometry 5060 
A view from listening position. 5060 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5060 
Some feedback 5060 
Evening 5060 
I wonder why. 5059 
Rugs and things 5059 
In defense… 5059 
I can’t get it. 5056 
Haze. 5055 
Front wall 5055 
It is very possible. 5055 
It is nice to be back. 5052 
My comfy corner. 5049 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4689 
WMD in house. 4511 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4414 
The third listening spot. 4393 
For sure a very different experience. 4355 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4350 
It's Jfretch's system. 4350 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4349 
Domestic games 4303 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4164 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4164 
Dynamic screening 4164 
Actually this is very good idea! 4164 
Volcanic fabric 4164 
I should have done this. 4162 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4158 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4127 
No worries 4127 
Awesome memories 4127 
Optimization of space 4127 
Child-ish considerations 4124 
Finding peace.... 4118 
"Fencing"? 4117 
I need to build something custom 4117 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4117 
Stressed Skin 4117 
NYC elevators 4117 
Kids toys and quantities. 4117 
Everything is completely reversible 4116 
Racks and things 4116 
Now it looks even more promising! 4116 
Quantity of rods 4116 
Avoiding diagonals 4114 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4113 
That's not fair! 4113 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4113 
Discrimination? 4108 
Vertical configuration 4101 
Impresive ! 4030 
Did you read the site? 4030 
Contact 4030 
Company's name is Rixrax 4030 
Stand 4029 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3985 
End of life headphone system 3985 
Something like this? 3985 
The "Second Living Room" 3985 
Mixing urban & suburban 3985 
Late night listening 3985 
Moving life... 3983 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3983 
A true listening room. 3959 
It started… 3944 
Levels of Interest 3944 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3944 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3944 
I can't not to post it.... 3944 
Do not leave him unattended. 3944 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3944 
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