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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5939 
The first take on the new room. 5933 
New Room, a first shot. 5932 
Wonderful 5932 
Adopted 5931 
The first relaxed night with the room 5929 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5928 
The listening room is ready. 5927 
New Room, a First Shot 5925 
Continue to work with the room 5925 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5925 
Room 5924 
I think it will take another month. 5924 
The Buttressing 5924 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5923 
The new place and the new noises. 5923 
Big listening room 5922 
Screw the "big" rooms 5922 
Big listening rooms 5922 
First reflection points 5921 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5921 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5918 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5917 
Squeezing the floor 5917 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5917 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5917 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5916 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5916 
The new room, the very first listening. 5916 
The 14.5 foot. 5915 
Again… 5914 
Romy's new Playground 5914 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5914 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5914 
For the uninitiated ... 5913 
NH guy 5913 
Room 5913 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5912 
The first base is done 5912 
Reentry time alignment. 5911 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5910 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5910 
Mid bass horn. 5910 
Guess is only a guess… 5910 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5910 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5909 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5909 
Diffusors 5909 
Diffuse injection 5909 
Let analyse why it so 5909 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5909 
Wheel and Deal 5909 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5909 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5909 
I Must Be Missing Something 5909 
I put sliders under my speakers 5908 
ROOM 5907 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5907 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5907 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5907 
No concerns 5907 
Speakers and room 5907 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5906 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5906 
Diaphram 5906 
Phram 5906 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5906 
Perfect piston 5906 
Decorater 5905 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5905 
New morning 5904 
The first take on the room with RTA 5903 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5903 
Axiomatic 5903 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5902 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5902 
The size of the bass. 5902 
Bass Factory 5902 
Crude Level, or something more? 5902 
I will play with it this week…. 5902 
Rent-A 5902 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5902 
Corner horns 5902 
Cheating from below 5902 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5902 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5901 
A possibly overly simplified view 5901 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5901 
Iceberg 5901 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5901 
Why not horn 5901 
A correction…. 5901 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5901 
They are just not related things at all. 5901 
Fertin 5899 
Low resonance is good... 5899 
Et tu, Brute? 5898 
The Room response at LF 5897 
Life On The Ground Floor 5897 
Bass arrays 5897 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5897 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5897 
The super sucks. 5897 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5897 
You may also try 5896 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5896 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5896 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5896 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5896 
60 Hz Resonance 5896 
No notching… so far. 5896 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5895 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5895 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5895 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5895 
Power to the People 5895 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5895 
Aura 5895 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5895 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5895 
All class D is the same 5895 
Interpreting the LF results. 5894 
The Halibut 5894 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5894 
The Big Picture 5894 
Power & ULF channels 5894 
The big picture indeed. 5894 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5894 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5894 
The Power and the Glory 5893 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5893 
I guess I did not get this memo 5893 
French LF drivers 5893 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5893 
(another) French LF approach 5892 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5892 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5892 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5892 
Limpschtick 5892 
Symmetry 5892 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5891 
Room correction 5891 
It migh be more complicated. 5891 
Bass EQ ? 5891 
Agree and not. 5891 
Two "diseases" 5891 
Parametric filters 5891 
Ceiling arrays 5891 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5891 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5891 
The Middle of the Room. 5891 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5891 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5891 
Stop! 5891 
Appendectomy 5891 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5890 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5890 
No Isolation 5890 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5887 
Potential contenders? 5886 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5886 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5886 
Those Crazy Canucks 5882 
Mo' Better Bass 5876 
Bird in the Hand? 5876 
A wet listening spot? 5869 
Storm 5866 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5866 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5852 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5822 
Polar Opposite ULF 5821 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5809 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5807 
Differently but the same. 5806 
PVC 5805 
The sail test try. 5805 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5805 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5805 
Trial 5804 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5804 
Some explanations 5804 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5803 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5802 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5801 
Acrylate 5800 
Magic blanket 5800 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5799 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5799 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5799 
I have a few options. 5799 
Foam color 5799 
Strange things with upperbass 5799 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5798 
Teatro reform. . . 5798 
The foaming room dilemma. 5797 
Melamine Foam 5797 
Foaming up the cat house 5797 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5797 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5797 
Acoustic revisions… 5796 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5793 
Surprises so far in the new room 5792 
The upperbass in the new room. 5792 
Slight change of hart. 5791 
Camco supply of Boston 5789 
Room acoustics 5789 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5748 
I need to kill dust first. 5748 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5746 
To feed the leeches? 5746 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5745 
Yh 5745 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5745 
DPOLs? 5745 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5745 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5742 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5742 
A HalfPipe solution? 5742 
I absolutely love it. 5742 
Piper work 5741 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5741 
Absorption 5741 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5740 
Cats life ? 5740 
Call me Pussy. 5740 
More about traps 5740 
Acoustic impedance? 5740 
You maybe right 5740 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5740 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5739 
Heavy Curtain 5739 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5738 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5738 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5738 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5735 
Fix speaker move chair? 5734 
Back and forth ceremony 5734 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5733 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5732 
Glass windows 5731 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5730 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5729 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5727 
How to use basement jacks? 5727 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5727 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5727 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5726 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5726 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5725 
Sore eyes... 5724 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5724 
The harvesting week! 5722 
I need an inspiration… 5721 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5720 
Like this? 5720 
Dramatically randomize MF 5720 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5719 
The room eats dynamic 5719 
Diffusers 5719 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5718 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5703 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5702 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5702 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5702 
About Width-Importance balance. 5700 
Letting the music scale up 5699 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5699 
To finish my house décor… 5695 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5694 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5693 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5693 
Calling the gods of music 5693 
Absolutely 5693 
Phase manipulation 5693 
No relation. 5693 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5693 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5693 
Dynamical mismatch 5692 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5692 
Stradiwinerius? 5689 
Dealing with the glass. 5688 
Boston 5688 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5688 
Added mass 5688 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5688 
It is about moderation…. 5688 
To hell with the wine... 5688 
Also for other surafaces 5687 
LEAD 5687 
LEAD & GLASS 5687 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5687 
Read carefully 5687 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5687 
Crooks and morons 5687 
Magiscopios 5686 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5666 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5666 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5665 
The LP setup in the new home. 5614 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5609 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5609 
Pianochord will do! 5609 
Spanyi heaven 5609 
I see no conflict at all. 5609 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5609 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5609 
A year after closing 5601 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5601 
Traveling antimatter 5594 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5588 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5587 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5561 
Cast Iron fireplace 5560 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5560 
The hardcore way 5560 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5524 
This is How It's Done 5523 
Listening room during summer. 5511 
What about those... 5510 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5510 
Reducing A/C Noise 5510 
HVAC the Cat 5510 
Big Ass fan 5509 
Variac dimmers 5509 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5509 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5509 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5441 
Some winter observations. 5332 
That Asian man…. 5301 
The Franz Schubert morning 5275 
Spring.... 5224 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5174 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5145 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5145 
Just good photography? 5145 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5145 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5145 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5144 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5144 
Sports car 5144 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5144 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5144 
Train Positioning 5144 
Kind of what I want 5144 
The lap listening… 5144 
Family Room 5144 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5141 
A super audio room. 5137 
Time Warp! 5137 
A piano in a listening room 5116 
Pianissimo 5116 
The plan in blue. 5116 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5116 
My doubts 5116 
It is exactly what I worry. 5115 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5115 
Musicians at home 5115 
Piano Measurements 5114 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5109 
The next step. 5095 
Midbass horns missing?? 5094 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5084 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5084 
Baby Grand 5083 
Wood floor 5083 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5083 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5083 
Amy’s baby. 5081 
Improvement 5081 
Agree with Scott 5081 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5069 
Integrated casters 5069 
Very nice, thanks. 5069 
Customization 5069 
Sliders 5069 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5062 
Congratulations 5062 
Holes in the floor... 5062 
Tubes and kids 5062 
Sweet spot enlargement 5062 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5060 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5059 
Wood Floors and Water 5059 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5054 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5053 
WAF is for Losers 5053 
WAF: it depends. 5053 
Integration 5052 
Here and there. 5052 
Life after WWIII 5052 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5052 
Cables management. 5050 
Featurizing 5050 
Kids and tubes cont. 5047 
Kid magnet 5047 
Kids and audio 5046 
Radars 5046 
Wow, what the days! 5042 
The comming weekend 5038 
It all was worth it! 5035 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5030 
Here is how it is look. 5030 
Resolving the carpet issue 5030 
Bonfire 5030 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5030 
Proof of concept? 5030 
Geometry 5030 
A view from listening position. 5030 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5030 
Some feedback 5030 
Evening 5030 
I wonder why. 5029 
Rugs and things 5029 
In defense… 5029 
I can’t get it. 5026 
Haze. 5025 
Front wall 5025 
It is very possible. 5025 
It is nice to be back. 5022 
My comfy corner. 5019 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4659 
WMD in house. 4481 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4384 
The third listening spot. 4363 
For sure a very different experience. 4325 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4320 
It's Jfretch's system. 4320 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4319 
Domestic games 4273 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4134 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4134 
Dynamic screening 4134 
Actually this is very good idea! 4134 
Volcanic fabric 4134 
I should have done this. 4132 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4128 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4097 
No worries 4097 
Awesome memories 4097 
Optimization of space 4097 
Child-ish considerations 4094 
Finding peace.... 4088 
"Fencing"? 4087 
I need to build something custom 4087 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4087 
Stressed Skin 4087 
NYC elevators 4087 
Kids toys and quantities. 4087 
Everything is completely reversible 4086 
Racks and things 4086 
Now it looks even more promising! 4086 
Quantity of rods 4086 
Avoiding diagonals 4084 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4083 
That's not fair! 4083 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4083 
Discrimination? 4078 
Vertical configuration 4071 
Impresive ! 4000 
Did you read the site? 4000 
Contact 4000 
Company's name is Rixrax 4000 
Stand 3999 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3955 
End of life headphone system 3955 
Something like this? 3955 
The "Second Living Room" 3955 
Mixing urban & suburban 3955 
Late night listening 3955 
Moving life... 3953 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3953 
A true listening room. 3929 
It started… 3914 
Levels of Interest 3914 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3914 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3914 
I can't not to post it.... 3914 
Do not leave him unattended. 3914 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3914 
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