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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5853 
The first take on the new room. 5847 
New Room, a first shot. 5846 
Wonderful 5846 
Adopted 5845 
The first relaxed night with the room 5843 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5842 
The listening room is ready. 5841 
New Room, a First Shot 5839 
Continue to work with the room 5839 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5839 
Room 5838 
I think it will take another month. 5838 
The Buttressing 5838 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5837 
The new place and the new noises. 5837 
Big listening room 5836 
Screw the "big" rooms 5836 
Big listening rooms 5836 
First reflection points 5835 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5835 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5832 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5831 
Squeezing the floor 5831 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5831 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5831 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5830 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5830 
The new room, the very first listening. 5830 
The 14.5 foot. 5829 
Again… 5828 
Romy's new Playground 5828 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5828 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5828 
For the uninitiated ... 5827 
NH guy 5827 
Room 5827 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5826 
The first base is done 5826 
Reentry time alignment. 5825 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5824 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5824 
Mid bass horn. 5824 
Guess is only a guess… 5824 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5824 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5823 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5823 
Diffusors 5823 
Diffuse injection 5823 
Let analyse why it so 5823 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5823 
Wheel and Deal 5823 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5823 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5823 
I Must Be Missing Something 5823 
I put sliders under my speakers 5822 
ROOM 5821 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5821 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5821 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5821 
No concerns 5821 
Speakers and room 5821 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5820 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5820 
Diaphram 5820 
Phram 5820 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5820 
Perfect piston 5820 
Decorater 5819 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5819 
New morning 5818 
The first take on the room with RTA 5817 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5817 
Axiomatic 5817 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5816 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5816 
The size of the bass. 5816 
Bass Factory 5816 
Crude Level, or something more? 5816 
I will play with it this week…. 5816 
Rent-A 5816 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5816 
Corner horns 5816 
Cheating from below 5816 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5816 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5815 
A possibly overly simplified view 5815 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5815 
Iceberg 5815 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5815 
Why not horn 5815 
A correction…. 5815 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5815 
They are just not related things at all. 5815 
Fertin 5813 
Low resonance is good... 5813 
Et tu, Brute? 5812 
The Room response at LF 5811 
Life On The Ground Floor 5811 
Bass arrays 5811 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5811 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5811 
The super sucks. 5811 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5811 
You may also try 5810 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5810 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5810 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5810 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5810 
60 Hz Resonance 5810 
No notching… so far. 5810 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5809 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5809 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5809 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5809 
Power to the People 5809 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5809 
Aura 5809 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5809 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5809 
All class D is the same 5809 
Interpreting the LF results. 5808 
The Halibut 5808 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5808 
The Big Picture 5808 
Power & ULF channels 5808 
The big picture indeed. 5808 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5808 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5808 
The Power and the Glory 5807 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5807 
I guess I did not get this memo 5807 
French LF drivers 5807 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5807 
(another) French LF approach 5806 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5806 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5806 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5806 
Limpschtick 5806 
Symmetry 5806 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5805 
Room correction 5805 
It migh be more complicated. 5805 
Bass EQ ? 5805 
Agree and not. 5805 
Two "diseases" 5805 
Parametric filters 5805 
Ceiling arrays 5805 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5805 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5805 
The Middle of the Room. 5805 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5805 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5805 
Stop! 5805 
Appendectomy 5805 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5804 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5804 
No Isolation 5804 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5801 
Potential contenders? 5800 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5800 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5800 
Those Crazy Canucks 5796 
Mo' Better Bass 5790 
Bird in the Hand? 5790 
A wet listening spot? 5783 
Storm 5780 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5780 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5766 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5736 
Polar Opposite ULF 5735 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5723 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5721 
Differently but the same. 5720 
PVC 5719 
The sail test try. 5719 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5719 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5719 
Trial 5718 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5718 
Some explanations 5718 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5717 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5716 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5715 
Acrylate 5714 
Magic blanket 5714 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5713 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5713 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5713 
I have a few options. 5713 
Foam color 5713 
Strange things with upperbass 5713 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5712 
Teatro reform. . . 5712 
The foaming room dilemma. 5711 
Melamine Foam 5711 
Foaming up the cat house 5711 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5711 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5711 
Acoustic revisions… 5710 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5707 
Surprises so far in the new room 5706 
The upperbass in the new room. 5706 
Slight change of hart. 5705 
Camco supply of Boston 5703 
Room acoustics 5703 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5662 
I need to kill dust first. 5662 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5660 
To feed the leeches? 5660 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5659 
Yh 5659 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5659 
DPOLs? 5659 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5659 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5656 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5656 
A HalfPipe solution? 5656 
I absolutely love it. 5656 
Piper work 5655 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5655 
Absorption 5655 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5654 
Cats life ? 5654 
Call me Pussy. 5654 
More about traps 5654 
Acoustic impedance? 5654 
You maybe right 5654 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5654 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5653 
Heavy Curtain 5653 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5652 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5652 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5652 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5649 
Fix speaker move chair? 5648 
Back and forth ceremony 5648 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5647 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5646 
Glass windows 5645 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5644 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5643 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5641 
How to use basement jacks? 5641 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5641 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5641 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5640 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5640 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5639 
Sore eyes... 5638 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5638 
The harvesting week! 5636 
I need an inspiration… 5635 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5634 
Like this? 5634 
Dramatically randomize MF 5634 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5633 
The room eats dynamic 5633 
Diffusers 5633 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5632 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5617 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5616 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5616 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5616 
About Width-Importance balance. 5614 
Letting the music scale up 5613 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5613 
To finish my house décor… 5609 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5608 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5607 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5607 
Calling the gods of music 5607 
Absolutely 5607 
Phase manipulation 5607 
No relation. 5607 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5607 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5607 
Dynamical mismatch 5606 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5606 
Stradiwinerius? 5603 
Dealing with the glass. 5602 
Boston 5602 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5602 
Added mass 5602 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5602 
It is about moderation…. 5602 
To hell with the wine... 5602 
Also for other surafaces 5601 
LEAD 5601 
LEAD & GLASS 5601 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5601 
Read carefully 5601 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5601 
Crooks and morons 5601 
Magiscopios 5600 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5580 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5580 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5579 
The LP setup in the new home. 5528 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5523 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5523 
Pianochord will do! 5523 
Spanyi heaven 5523 
I see no conflict at all. 5523 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5523 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5523 
A year after closing 5515 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5515 
Traveling antimatter 5508 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5502 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5501 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5475 
Cast Iron fireplace 5474 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5474 
The hardcore way 5474 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5438 
This is How It's Done 5437 
Listening room during summer. 5425 
What about those... 5424 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5424 
Reducing A/C Noise 5424 
HVAC the Cat 5424 
Big Ass fan 5423 
Variac dimmers 5423 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5423 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5423 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5355 
Some winter observations. 5246 
That Asian man…. 5215 
The Franz Schubert morning 5189 
Spring.... 5138 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5088 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5059 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5059 
Just good photography? 5059 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5059 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5059 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5058 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5058 
Sports car 5058 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5058 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5058 
Train Positioning 5058 
Kind of what I want 5058 
The lap listening… 5058 
Family Room 5058 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5055 
A super audio room. 5051 
Time Warp! 5051 
A piano in a listening room 5030 
Pianissimo 5030 
The plan in blue. 5030 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5030 
My doubts 5030 
It is exactly what I worry. 5029 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5029 
Musicians at home 5029 
Piano Measurements 5028 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5023 
The next step. 5009 
Midbass horns missing?? 5008 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4998 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4998 
Baby Grand 4997 
Wood floor 4997 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4997 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4997 
Amy’s baby. 4995 
Improvement 4995 
Agree with Scott 4995 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4983 
Integrated casters 4983 
Very nice, thanks. 4983 
Customization 4983 
Sliders 4983 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4976 
Congratulations 4976 
Holes in the floor... 4976 
Tubes and kids 4976 
Sweet spot enlargement 4976 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4974 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4973 
Wood Floors and Water 4973 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4968 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4967 
WAF is for Losers 4967 
WAF: it depends. 4967 
Integration 4966 
Here and there. 4966 
Life after WWIII 4966 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4966 
Cables management. 4964 
Featurizing 4964 
Kids and tubes cont. 4961 
Kid magnet 4961 
Kids and audio 4960 
Radars 4960 
Wow, what the days! 4956 
The comming weekend 4952 
It all was worth it! 4949 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4944 
Here is how it is look. 4944 
Resolving the carpet issue 4944 
Bonfire 4944 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4944 
Proof of concept? 4944 
Geometry 4944 
A view from listening position. 4944 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4944 
Some feedback 4944 
Evening 4944 
I wonder why. 4943 
Rugs and things 4943 
In defense… 4943 
I can’t get it. 4940 
Haze. 4939 
Front wall 4939 
It is very possible. 4939 
It is nice to be back. 4936 
My comfy corner. 4933 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4573 
WMD in house. 4395 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4298 
The third listening spot. 4277 
For sure a very different experience. 4239 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4234 
It's Jfretch's system. 4234 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4233 
Domestic games 4187 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4048 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4048 
Dynamic screening 4048 
Actually this is very good idea! 4048 
Volcanic fabric 4048 
I should have done this. 4046 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4042 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4011 
No worries 4011 
Awesome memories 4011 
Optimization of space 4011 
Child-ish considerations 4008 
Finding peace.... 4002 
"Fencing"? 4001 
I need to build something custom 4001 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4001 
Stressed Skin 4001 
NYC elevators 4001 
Kids toys and quantities. 4001 
Everything is completely reversible 4000 
Racks and things 4000 
Now it looks even more promising! 4000 
Quantity of rods 4000 
Avoiding diagonals 3998 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3997 
That's not fair! 3997 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3997 
Discrimination? 3992 
Vertical configuration 3985 
Impresive ! 3914 
Did you read the site? 3914 
Contact 3914 
Company's name is Rixrax 3914 
Stand 3913 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3869 
End of life headphone system 3869 
Something like this? 3869 
The "Second Living Room" 3869 
Mixing urban & suburban 3869 
Late night listening 3869 
Moving life... 3867 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3867 
A true listening room. 3843 
It started… 3828 
Levels of Interest 3828 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3828 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3828 
I can't not to post it.... 3828 
Do not leave him unattended. 3828 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3828 
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