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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5911 
The first take on the new room. 5905 
New Room, a first shot. 5904 
Wonderful 5904 
Adopted 5903 
The first relaxed night with the room 5901 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5900 
The listening room is ready. 5899 
New Room, a First Shot 5897 
Continue to work with the room 5897 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5897 
Room 5896 
I think it will take another month. 5896 
The Buttressing 5896 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5895 
The new place and the new noises. 5895 
Big listening room 5894 
Screw the "big" rooms 5894 
Big listening rooms 5894 
First reflection points 5893 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5893 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5890 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5889 
Squeezing the floor 5889 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5889 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5889 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5888 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5888 
The new room, the very first listening. 5888 
The 14.5 foot. 5887 
Again… 5886 
Romy's new Playground 5886 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5886 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5886 
For the uninitiated ... 5885 
NH guy 5885 
Room 5885 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5884 
The first base is done 5884 
Reentry time alignment. 5883 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5882 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5882 
Mid bass horn. 5882 
Guess is only a guess… 5882 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5882 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5881 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5881 
Diffusors 5881 
Diffuse injection 5881 
Let analyse why it so 5881 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5881 
Wheel and Deal 5881 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5881 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5881 
I Must Be Missing Something 5881 
I put sliders under my speakers 5880 
ROOM 5879 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5879 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5879 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5879 
No concerns 5879 
Speakers and room 5879 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5878 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5878 
Diaphram 5878 
Phram 5878 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5878 
Perfect piston 5878 
Decorater 5877 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5877 
New morning 5876 
The first take on the room with RTA 5875 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5875 
Axiomatic 5875 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5874 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5874 
The size of the bass. 5874 
Bass Factory 5874 
Crude Level, or something more? 5874 
I will play with it this week…. 5874 
Rent-A 5874 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5874 
Corner horns 5874 
Cheating from below 5874 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5874 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5873 
A possibly overly simplified view 5873 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5873 
Iceberg 5873 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5873 
Why not horn 5873 
A correction…. 5873 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5873 
They are just not related things at all. 5873 
Fertin 5871 
Low resonance is good... 5871 
Et tu, Brute? 5870 
The Room response at LF 5869 
Life On The Ground Floor 5869 
Bass arrays 5869 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5869 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5869 
The super sucks. 5869 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5869 
You may also try 5868 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5868 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5868 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5868 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5868 
60 Hz Resonance 5868 
No notching… so far. 5868 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5867 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5867 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5867 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5867 
Power to the People 5867 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5867 
Aura 5867 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5867 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5867 
All class D is the same 5867 
Interpreting the LF results. 5866 
The Halibut 5866 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5866 
The Big Picture 5866 
Power & ULF channels 5866 
The big picture indeed. 5866 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5866 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5866 
The Power and the Glory 5865 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5865 
I guess I did not get this memo 5865 
French LF drivers 5865 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5865 
(another) French LF approach 5864 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5864 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5864 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5864 
Limpschtick 5864 
Symmetry 5864 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5863 
Room correction 5863 
It migh be more complicated. 5863 
Bass EQ ? 5863 
Agree and not. 5863 
Two "diseases" 5863 
Parametric filters 5863 
Ceiling arrays 5863 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5863 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5863 
The Middle of the Room. 5863 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5863 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5863 
Stop! 5863 
Appendectomy 5863 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5862 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5862 
No Isolation 5862 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5859 
Potential contenders? 5858 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5858 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5858 
Those Crazy Canucks 5854 
Mo' Better Bass 5848 
Bird in the Hand? 5848 
A wet listening spot? 5841 
Storm 5838 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5838 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5824 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5794 
Polar Opposite ULF 5793 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5781 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5779 
Differently but the same. 5778 
PVC 5777 
The sail test try. 5777 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5777 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5777 
Trial 5776 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5776 
Some explanations 5776 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5775 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5774 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5773 
Acrylate 5772 
Magic blanket 5772 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5771 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5771 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5771 
I have a few options. 5771 
Foam color 5771 
Strange things with upperbass 5771 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5770 
Teatro reform. . . 5770 
The foaming room dilemma. 5769 
Melamine Foam 5769 
Foaming up the cat house 5769 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5769 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5769 
Acoustic revisions… 5768 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5765 
Surprises so far in the new room 5764 
The upperbass in the new room. 5764 
Slight change of hart. 5763 
Camco supply of Boston 5761 
Room acoustics 5761 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5720 
I need to kill dust first. 5720 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5718 
To feed the leeches? 5718 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5717 
Yh 5717 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5717 
DPOLs? 5717 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5717 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5714 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5714 
A HalfPipe solution? 5714 
I absolutely love it. 5714 
Piper work 5713 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5713 
Absorption 5713 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5712 
Cats life ? 5712 
Call me Pussy. 5712 
More about traps 5712 
Acoustic impedance? 5712 
You maybe right 5712 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5712 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5711 
Heavy Curtain 5711 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5710 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5710 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5710 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5707 
Fix speaker move chair? 5706 
Back and forth ceremony 5706 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5705 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5704 
Glass windows 5703 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5702 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5701 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5699 
How to use basement jacks? 5699 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5699 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5699 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5698 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5698 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5697 
Sore eyes... 5696 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5696 
The harvesting week! 5694 
I need an inspiration… 5693 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5692 
Like this? 5692 
Dramatically randomize MF 5692 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5691 
The room eats dynamic 5691 
Diffusers 5691 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5690 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5675 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5674 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5674 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5674 
About Width-Importance balance. 5672 
Letting the music scale up 5671 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5671 
To finish my house décor… 5667 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5666 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5665 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5665 
Calling the gods of music 5665 
Absolutely 5665 
Phase manipulation 5665 
No relation. 5665 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5665 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5665 
Dynamical mismatch 5664 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5664 
Stradiwinerius? 5661 
Dealing with the glass. 5660 
Boston 5660 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5660 
Added mass 5660 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5660 
It is about moderation…. 5660 
To hell with the wine... 5660 
Also for other surafaces 5659 
LEAD 5659 
LEAD & GLASS 5659 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5659 
Read carefully 5659 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5659 
Crooks and morons 5659 
Magiscopios 5658 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5638 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5638 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5637 
The LP setup in the new home. 5586 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5581 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5581 
Pianochord will do! 5581 
Spanyi heaven 5581 
I see no conflict at all. 5581 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5581 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5581 
A year after closing 5573 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5573 
Traveling antimatter 5566 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5560 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5559 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5533 
Cast Iron fireplace 5532 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5532 
The hardcore way 5532 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5496 
This is How It's Done 5495 
Listening room during summer. 5483 
What about those... 5482 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5482 
Reducing A/C Noise 5482 
HVAC the Cat 5482 
Big Ass fan 5481 
Variac dimmers 5481 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5481 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5481 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5413 
Some winter observations. 5304 
That Asian man…. 5273 
The Franz Schubert morning 5247 
Spring.... 5196 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5146 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5117 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5117 
Just good photography? 5117 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5117 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5117 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5116 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5116 
Sports car 5116 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5116 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5116 
Train Positioning 5116 
Kind of what I want 5116 
The lap listening… 5116 
Family Room 5116 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5113 
A super audio room. 5109 
Time Warp! 5109 
A piano in a listening room 5088 
Pianissimo 5088 
The plan in blue. 5088 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5088 
My doubts 5088 
It is exactly what I worry. 5087 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5087 
Musicians at home 5087 
Piano Measurements 5086 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5081 
The next step. 5067 
Midbass horns missing?? 5066 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5056 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5056 
Baby Grand 5055 
Wood floor 5055 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5055 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5055 
Amy’s baby. 5053 
Improvement 5053 
Agree with Scott 5053 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5041 
Integrated casters 5041 
Very nice, thanks. 5041 
Customization 5041 
Sliders 5041 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5034 
Congratulations 5034 
Holes in the floor... 5034 
Tubes and kids 5034 
Sweet spot enlargement 5034 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5032 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5031 
Wood Floors and Water 5031 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5026 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5025 
WAF is for Losers 5025 
WAF: it depends. 5025 
Integration 5024 
Here and there. 5024 
Life after WWIII 5024 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5024 
Cables management. 5022 
Featurizing 5022 
Kids and tubes cont. 5019 
Kid magnet 5019 
Kids and audio 5018 
Radars 5018 
Wow, what the days! 5014 
The comming weekend 5010 
It all was worth it! 5007 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5002 
Here is how it is look. 5002 
Resolving the carpet issue 5002 
Bonfire 5002 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5002 
Proof of concept? 5002 
Geometry 5002 
A view from listening position. 5002 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5002 
Some feedback 5002 
Evening 5002 
I wonder why. 5001 
Rugs and things 5001 
In defense… 5001 
I can’t get it. 4998 
Haze. 4997 
Front wall 4997 
It is very possible. 4997 
It is nice to be back. 4994 
My comfy corner. 4991 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4631 
WMD in house. 4453 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4356 
The third listening spot. 4335 
For sure a very different experience. 4297 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4292 
It's Jfretch's system. 4292 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4291 
Domestic games 4245 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4106 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4106 
Dynamic screening 4106 
Actually this is very good idea! 4106 
Volcanic fabric 4106 
I should have done this. 4104 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4100 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4069 
No worries 4069 
Awesome memories 4069 
Optimization of space 4069 
Child-ish considerations 4066 
Finding peace.... 4060 
"Fencing"? 4059 
I need to build something custom 4059 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4059 
Stressed Skin 4059 
NYC elevators 4059 
Kids toys and quantities. 4059 
Everything is completely reversible 4058 
Racks and things 4058 
Now it looks even more promising! 4058 
Quantity of rods 4058 
Avoiding diagonals 4056 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4055 
That's not fair! 4055 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4055 
Discrimination? 4050 
Vertical configuration 4043 
Impresive ! 3972 
Did you read the site? 3972 
Contact 3972 
Company's name is Rixrax 3972 
Stand 3971 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3927 
End of life headphone system 3927 
Something like this? 3927 
The "Second Living Room" 3927 
Mixing urban & suburban 3927 
Late night listening 3927 
Moving life... 3925 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3925 
A true listening room. 3901 
It started… 3886 
Levels of Interest 3886 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3886 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3886 
I can't not to post it.... 3886 
Do not leave him unattended. 3886 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3886 
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