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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5845 
The first take on the new room. 5839 
New Room, a first shot. 5838 
Wonderful 5838 
Adopted 5837 
The first relaxed night with the room 5835 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5834 
The listening room is ready. 5833 
New Room, a First Shot 5831 
Continue to work with the room 5831 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5831 
Room 5830 
I think it will take another month. 5830 
The Buttressing 5830 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5829 
The new place and the new noises. 5829 
Big listening room 5828 
Screw the "big" rooms 5828 
Big listening rooms 5828 
First reflection points 5827 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5827 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5824 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5823 
Squeezing the floor 5823 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5823 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5823 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5822 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5822 
The new room, the very first listening. 5822 
The 14.5 foot. 5821 
Again… 5820 
Romy's new Playground 5820 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5820 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5820 
For the uninitiated ... 5819 
NH guy 5819 
Room 5819 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5818 
The first base is done 5818 
Reentry time alignment. 5817 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5816 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5816 
Mid bass horn. 5816 
Guess is only a guess… 5816 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5816 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5815 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5815 
Diffusors 5815 
Diffuse injection 5815 
Let analyse why it so 5815 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5815 
Wheel and Deal 5815 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5815 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5815 
I Must Be Missing Something 5815 
I put sliders under my speakers 5814 
ROOM 5813 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5813 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5813 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5813 
No concerns 5813 
Speakers and room 5813 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5812 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5812 
Diaphram 5812 
Phram 5812 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5812 
Perfect piston 5812 
Decorater 5811 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5811 
New morning 5810 
The first take on the room with RTA 5809 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5809 
Axiomatic 5809 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5808 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5808 
The size of the bass. 5808 
Bass Factory 5808 
Crude Level, or something more? 5808 
I will play with it this week…. 5808 
Rent-A 5808 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5808 
Corner horns 5808 
Cheating from below 5808 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5808 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5807 
A possibly overly simplified view 5807 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5807 
Iceberg 5807 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5807 
Why not horn 5807 
A correction…. 5807 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5807 
They are just not related things at all. 5807 
Fertin 5805 
Low resonance is good... 5805 
Et tu, Brute? 5804 
The Room response at LF 5803 
Life On The Ground Floor 5803 
Bass arrays 5803 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5803 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5803 
The super sucks. 5803 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5803 
You may also try 5802 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5802 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5802 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5802 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5802 
60 Hz Resonance 5802 
No notching… so far. 5802 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5801 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5801 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5801 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5801 
Power to the People 5801 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5801 
Aura 5801 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5801 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5801 
All class D is the same 5801 
Interpreting the LF results. 5800 
The Halibut 5800 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5800 
The Big Picture 5800 
Power & ULF channels 5800 
The big picture indeed. 5800 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5800 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5800 
The Power and the Glory 5799 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5799 
I guess I did not get this memo 5799 
French LF drivers 5799 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5799 
(another) French LF approach 5798 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5798 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5798 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5798 
Limpschtick 5798 
Symmetry 5798 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5797 
Room correction 5797 
It migh be more complicated. 5797 
Bass EQ ? 5797 
Agree and not. 5797 
Two "diseases" 5797 
Parametric filters 5797 
Ceiling arrays 5797 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5797 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5797 
The Middle of the Room. 5797 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5797 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5797 
Stop! 5797 
Appendectomy 5797 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5796 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5796 
No Isolation 5796 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5793 
Potential contenders? 5792 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5792 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5792 
Those Crazy Canucks 5788 
Mo' Better Bass 5782 
Bird in the Hand? 5782 
A wet listening spot? 5775 
Storm 5772 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5772 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5758 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5728 
Polar Opposite ULF 5727 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5715 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5713 
Differently but the same. 5712 
PVC 5711 
The sail test try. 5711 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5711 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5711 
Trial 5710 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5710 
Some explanations 5710 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5709 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5708 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5707 
Acrylate 5706 
Magic blanket 5706 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5705 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5705 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5705 
I have a few options. 5705 
Foam color 5705 
Strange things with upperbass 5705 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5704 
Teatro reform. . . 5704 
The foaming room dilemma. 5703 
Melamine Foam 5703 
Foaming up the cat house 5703 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5703 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5703 
Acoustic revisions… 5702 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5699 
Surprises so far in the new room 5698 
The upperbass in the new room. 5698 
Slight change of hart. 5697 
Camco supply of Boston 5695 
Room acoustics 5695 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5654 
I need to kill dust first. 5654 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5652 
To feed the leeches? 5652 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5651 
Yh 5651 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5651 
DPOLs? 5651 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5651 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5648 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5648 
A HalfPipe solution? 5648 
I absolutely love it. 5648 
Piper work 5647 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5647 
Absorption 5647 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5646 
Cats life ? 5646 
Call me Pussy. 5646 
More about traps 5646 
Acoustic impedance? 5646 
You maybe right 5646 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5646 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5645 
Heavy Curtain 5645 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5644 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5644 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5644 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5641 
Fix speaker move chair? 5640 
Back and forth ceremony 5640 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5639 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5638 
Glass windows 5637 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5636 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5635 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5633 
How to use basement jacks? 5633 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5633 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5633 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5632 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5632 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5631 
Sore eyes... 5630 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5630 
The harvesting week! 5628 
I need an inspiration… 5627 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5626 
Like this? 5626 
Dramatically randomize MF 5626 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5625 
The room eats dynamic 5625 
Diffusers 5625 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5624 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5609 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5608 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5608 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5608 
About Width-Importance balance. 5606 
Letting the music scale up 5605 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5605 
To finish my house décor… 5601 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5600 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5599 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5599 
Calling the gods of music 5599 
Absolutely 5599 
Phase manipulation 5599 
No relation. 5599 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5599 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5599 
Dynamical mismatch 5598 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5598 
Stradiwinerius? 5595 
Dealing with the glass. 5594 
Boston 5594 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5594 
Added mass 5594 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5594 
It is about moderation…. 5594 
To hell with the wine... 5594 
Also for other surafaces 5593 
LEAD 5593 
LEAD & GLASS 5593 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5593 
Read carefully 5593 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5593 
Crooks and morons 5593 
Magiscopios 5592 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5572 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5572 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5571 
The LP setup in the new home. 5520 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5515 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5515 
Pianochord will do! 5515 
Spanyi heaven 5515 
I see no conflict at all. 5515 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5515 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5515 
A year after closing 5507 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5507 
Traveling antimatter 5500 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5494 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5493 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5467 
Cast Iron fireplace 5466 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5466 
The hardcore way 5466 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5430 
This is How It's Done 5429 
Listening room during summer. 5417 
What about those... 5416 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5416 
Reducing A/C Noise 5416 
HVAC the Cat 5416 
Big Ass fan 5415 
Variac dimmers 5415 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5415 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5415 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5347 
Some winter observations. 5238 
That Asian man…. 5207 
The Franz Schubert morning 5181 
Spring.... 5130 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5080 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5051 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5051 
Just good photography? 5051 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5051 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5051 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5050 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5050 
Sports car 5050 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5050 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5050 
Train Positioning 5050 
Kind of what I want 5050 
The lap listening… 5050 
Family Room 5050 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5047 
A super audio room. 5043 
Time Warp! 5043 
A piano in a listening room 5022 
Pianissimo 5022 
The plan in blue. 5022 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5022 
My doubts 5022 
It is exactly what I worry. 5021 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5021 
Musicians at home 5021 
Piano Measurements 5020 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5015 
The next step. 5001 
Midbass horns missing?? 5000 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4990 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4990 
Baby Grand 4989 
Wood floor 4989 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4989 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4989 
Amy’s baby. 4987 
Improvement 4987 
Agree with Scott 4987 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4975 
Integrated casters 4975 
Very nice, thanks. 4975 
Customization 4975 
Sliders 4975 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4968 
Congratulations 4968 
Holes in the floor... 4968 
Tubes and kids 4968 
Sweet spot enlargement 4968 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4966 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4965 
Wood Floors and Water 4965 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4960 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4959 
WAF is for Losers 4959 
WAF: it depends. 4959 
Integration 4958 
Here and there. 4958 
Life after WWIII 4958 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4958 
Cables management. 4956 
Featurizing 4956 
Kids and tubes cont. 4953 
Kid magnet 4953 
Kids and audio 4952 
Radars 4952 
Wow, what the days! 4948 
The comming weekend 4944 
It all was worth it! 4941 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4936 
Here is how it is look. 4936 
Resolving the carpet issue 4936 
Bonfire 4936 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4936 
Proof of concept? 4936 
Geometry 4936 
A view from listening position. 4936 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4936 
Some feedback 4936 
Evening 4936 
I wonder why. 4935 
Rugs and things 4935 
In defense… 4935 
I can’t get it. 4932 
Haze. 4931 
Front wall 4931 
It is very possible. 4931 
It is nice to be back. 4928 
My comfy corner. 4925 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4565 
WMD in house. 4387 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4290 
The third listening spot. 4269 
For sure a very different experience. 4231 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4226 
It's Jfretch's system. 4226 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4225 
Domestic games 4179 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4040 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4040 
Dynamic screening 4040 
Actually this is very good idea! 4040 
Volcanic fabric 4040 
I should have done this. 4038 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4034 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4003 
No worries 4003 
Awesome memories 4003 
Optimization of space 4003 
Child-ish considerations 4000 
Finding peace.... 3994 
"Fencing"? 3993 
I need to build something custom 3993 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3993 
Stressed Skin 3993 
NYC elevators 3993 
Kids toys and quantities. 3993 
Everything is completely reversible 3992 
Racks and things 3992 
Now it looks even more promising! 3992 
Quantity of rods 3992 
Avoiding diagonals 3990 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3989 
That's not fair! 3989 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3989 
Discrimination? 3984 
Vertical configuration 3977 
Impresive ! 3906 
Did you read the site? 3906 
Contact 3906 
Company's name is Rixrax 3906 
Stand 3905 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3861 
End of life headphone system 3861 
Something like this? 3861 
The "Second Living Room" 3861 
Mixing urban & suburban 3861 
Late night listening 3861 
Moving life... 3859 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3859 
A true listening room. 3835 
It started… 3820 
Levels of Interest 3820 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3820 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3820 
I can't not to post it.... 3820 
Do not leave him unattended. 3820 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3820 
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