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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5882 
The first take on the new room. 5876 
New Room, a first shot. 5875 
Wonderful 5875 
Adopted 5874 
The first relaxed night with the room 5872 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5871 
The listening room is ready. 5870 
New Room, a First Shot 5868 
Continue to work with the room 5868 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5868 
Room 5867 
I think it will take another month. 5867 
The Buttressing 5867 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5866 
The new place and the new noises. 5866 
Big listening room 5865 
Screw the "big" rooms 5865 
Big listening rooms 5865 
First reflection points 5864 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5864 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5861 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5860 
Squeezing the floor 5860 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5860 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5860 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5859 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5859 
The new room, the very first listening. 5859 
The 14.5 foot. 5858 
Again… 5857 
Romy's new Playground 5857 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5857 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5857 
For the uninitiated ... 5856 
NH guy 5856 
Room 5856 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5855 
The first base is done 5855 
Reentry time alignment. 5854 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5853 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5853 
Mid bass horn. 5853 
Guess is only a guess… 5853 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5853 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5852 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5852 
Diffusors 5852 
Diffuse injection 5852 
Let analyse why it so 5852 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5852 
Wheel and Deal 5852 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5852 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5852 
I Must Be Missing Something 5852 
I put sliders under my speakers 5851 
ROOM 5850 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5850 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5850 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5850 
No concerns 5850 
Speakers and room 5850 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5849 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5849 
Diaphram 5849 
Phram 5849 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5849 
Perfect piston 5849 
Decorater 5848 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5848 
New morning 5847 
The first take on the room with RTA 5846 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5846 
Axiomatic 5846 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5845 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5845 
The size of the bass. 5845 
Bass Factory 5845 
Crude Level, or something more? 5845 
I will play with it this week…. 5845 
Rent-A 5845 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5845 
Corner horns 5845 
Cheating from below 5845 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5845 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5844 
A possibly overly simplified view 5844 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5844 
Iceberg 5844 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5844 
Why not horn 5844 
A correction…. 5844 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5844 
They are just not related things at all. 5844 
Fertin 5842 
Low resonance is good... 5842 
Et tu, Brute? 5841 
The Room response at LF 5840 
Life On The Ground Floor 5840 
Bass arrays 5840 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5840 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5840 
The super sucks. 5840 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5840 
You may also try 5839 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5839 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5839 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5839 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5839 
60 Hz Resonance 5839 
No notching… so far. 5839 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5838 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5838 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5838 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5838 
Power to the People 5838 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5838 
Aura 5838 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5838 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5838 
All class D is the same 5838 
Interpreting the LF results. 5837 
The Halibut 5837 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5837 
The Big Picture 5837 
Power & ULF channels 5837 
The big picture indeed. 5837 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5837 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5837 
The Power and the Glory 5836 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5836 
I guess I did not get this memo 5836 
French LF drivers 5836 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5836 
(another) French LF approach 5835 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5835 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5835 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5835 
Limpschtick 5835 
Symmetry 5835 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5834 
Room correction 5834 
It migh be more complicated. 5834 
Bass EQ ? 5834 
Agree and not. 5834 
Two "diseases" 5834 
Parametric filters 5834 
Ceiling arrays 5834 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5834 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5834 
The Middle of the Room. 5834 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5834 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5834 
Stop! 5834 
Appendectomy 5834 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5833 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5833 
No Isolation 5833 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5830 
Potential contenders? 5829 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5829 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5829 
Those Crazy Canucks 5825 
Mo' Better Bass 5819 
Bird in the Hand? 5819 
A wet listening spot? 5812 
Storm 5809 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5809 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5795 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5765 
Polar Opposite ULF 5764 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5752 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5750 
Differently but the same. 5749 
PVC 5748 
The sail test try. 5748 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5748 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5748 
Trial 5747 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5747 
Some explanations 5747 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5746 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5745 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5744 
Acrylate 5743 
Magic blanket 5743 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5742 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5742 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5742 
I have a few options. 5742 
Foam color 5742 
Strange things with upperbass 5742 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5741 
Teatro reform. . . 5741 
The foaming room dilemma. 5740 
Melamine Foam 5740 
Foaming up the cat house 5740 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5740 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5740 
Acoustic revisions… 5739 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5736 
Surprises so far in the new room 5735 
The upperbass in the new room. 5735 
Slight change of hart. 5734 
Camco supply of Boston 5732 
Room acoustics 5732 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5691 
I need to kill dust first. 5691 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5689 
To feed the leeches? 5689 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5688 
Yh 5688 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5688 
DPOLs? 5688 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5688 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5685 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5685 
A HalfPipe solution? 5685 
I absolutely love it. 5685 
Piper work 5684 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5684 
Absorption 5684 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5683 
Cats life ? 5683 
Call me Pussy. 5683 
More about traps 5683 
Acoustic impedance? 5683 
You maybe right 5683 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5683 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5682 
Heavy Curtain 5682 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5681 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5681 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5681 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5678 
Fix speaker move chair? 5677 
Back and forth ceremony 5677 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5676 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5675 
Glass windows 5674 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5673 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5672 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5670 
How to use basement jacks? 5670 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5670 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5670 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5669 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5669 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5668 
Sore eyes... 5667 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5667 
The harvesting week! 5665 
I need an inspiration… 5664 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5663 
Like this? 5663 
Dramatically randomize MF 5663 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5662 
The room eats dynamic 5662 
Diffusers 5662 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5661 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5646 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5645 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5645 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5645 
About Width-Importance balance. 5643 
Letting the music scale up 5642 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5642 
To finish my house décor… 5638 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5637 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5636 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5636 
Calling the gods of music 5636 
Absolutely 5636 
Phase manipulation 5636 
No relation. 5636 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5636 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5636 
Dynamical mismatch 5635 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5635 
Stradiwinerius? 5632 
Dealing with the glass. 5631 
Boston 5631 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5631 
Added mass 5631 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5631 
It is about moderation…. 5631 
To hell with the wine... 5631 
Also for other surafaces 5630 
LEAD 5630 
LEAD & GLASS 5630 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5630 
Read carefully 5630 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5630 
Crooks and morons 5630 
Magiscopios 5629 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5609 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5609 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5608 
The LP setup in the new home. 5557 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5552 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5552 
Pianochord will do! 5552 
Spanyi heaven 5552 
I see no conflict at all. 5552 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5552 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5552 
A year after closing 5544 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5544 
Traveling antimatter 5537 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5531 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5530 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5504 
Cast Iron fireplace 5503 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5503 
The hardcore way 5503 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5467 
This is How It's Done 5466 
Listening room during summer. 5454 
What about those... 5453 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5453 
Reducing A/C Noise 5453 
HVAC the Cat 5453 
Big Ass fan 5452 
Variac dimmers 5452 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5452 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5452 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5384 
Some winter observations. 5275 
That Asian man…. 5244 
The Franz Schubert morning 5218 
Spring.... 5167 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5117 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5088 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5088 
Just good photography? 5088 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5088 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5088 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5087 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5087 
Sports car 5087 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5087 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5087 
Train Positioning 5087 
Kind of what I want 5087 
The lap listening… 5087 
Family Room 5087 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5084 
A super audio room. 5080 
Time Warp! 5080 
A piano in a listening room 5059 
Pianissimo 5059 
The plan in blue. 5059 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5059 
My doubts 5059 
It is exactly what I worry. 5058 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5058 
Musicians at home 5058 
Piano Measurements 5057 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5052 
The next step. 5038 
Midbass horns missing?? 5037 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5027 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5027 
Baby Grand 5026 
Wood floor 5026 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5026 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5026 
Amy’s baby. 5024 
Improvement 5024 
Agree with Scott 5024 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5012 
Integrated casters 5012 
Very nice, thanks. 5012 
Customization 5012 
Sliders 5012 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5005 
Congratulations 5005 
Holes in the floor... 5005 
Tubes and kids 5005 
Sweet spot enlargement 5005 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5003 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5002 
Wood Floors and Water 5002 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4997 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4996 
WAF is for Losers 4996 
WAF: it depends. 4996 
Integration 4995 
Here and there. 4995 
Life after WWIII 4995 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4995 
Cables management. 4993 
Featurizing 4993 
Kids and tubes cont. 4990 
Kid magnet 4990 
Kids and audio 4989 
Radars 4989 
Wow, what the days! 4985 
The comming weekend 4981 
It all was worth it! 4978 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4973 
Here is how it is look. 4973 
Resolving the carpet issue 4973 
Bonfire 4973 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4973 
Proof of concept? 4973 
Geometry 4973 
A view from listening position. 4973 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4973 
Some feedback 4973 
Evening 4973 
I wonder why. 4972 
Rugs and things 4972 
In defense… 4972 
I can’t get it. 4969 
Haze. 4968 
Front wall 4968 
It is very possible. 4968 
It is nice to be back. 4965 
My comfy corner. 4962 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4602 
WMD in house. 4424 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4327 
The third listening spot. 4306 
For sure a very different experience. 4268 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4263 
It's Jfretch's system. 4263 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4262 
Domestic games 4216 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4077 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4077 
Dynamic screening 4077 
Actually this is very good idea! 4077 
Volcanic fabric 4077 
I should have done this. 4075 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4071 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4040 
No worries 4040 
Awesome memories 4040 
Optimization of space 4040 
Child-ish considerations 4037 
Finding peace.... 4031 
"Fencing"? 4030 
I need to build something custom 4030 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4030 
Stressed Skin 4030 
NYC elevators 4030 
Kids toys and quantities. 4030 
Everything is completely reversible 4029 
Racks and things 4029 
Now it looks even more promising! 4029 
Quantity of rods 4029 
Avoiding diagonals 4027 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4026 
That's not fair! 4026 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4026 
Discrimination? 4021 
Vertical configuration 4014 
Impresive ! 3943 
Did you read the site? 3943 
Contact 3943 
Company's name is Rixrax 3943 
Stand 3942 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3898 
End of life headphone system 3898 
Something like this? 3898 
The "Second Living Room" 3898 
Mixing urban & suburban 3898 
Late night listening 3898 
Moving life... 3896 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3896 
A true listening room. 3872 
It started… 3857 
Levels of Interest 3857 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3857 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3857 
I can't not to post it.... 3857 
Do not leave him unattended. 3857 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3857 
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