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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5792 
The first take on the new room. 5786 
New Room, a first shot. 5785 
Wonderful 5785 
Adopted 5784 
The first relaxed night with the room 5782 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5781 
The listening room is ready. 5780 
New Room, a First Shot 5778 
Continue to work with the room 5778 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5778 
Room 5777 
I think it will take another month. 5777 
The Buttressing 5777 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5776 
The new place and the new noises. 5776 
Big listening room 5775 
Screw the "big" rooms 5775 
Big listening rooms 5775 
First reflection points 5774 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5774 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5771 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5770 
Squeezing the floor 5770 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5770 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5770 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5769 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5769 
The new room, the very first listening. 5769 
The 14.5 foot. 5768 
Again… 5767 
Romy's new Playground 5767 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5767 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5767 
For the uninitiated ... 5766 
NH guy 5766 
Room 5766 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5765 
The first base is done 5765 
Reentry time alignment. 5764 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5763 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5763 
Mid bass horn. 5763 
Guess is only a guess… 5763 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5763 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5762 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5762 
Diffusors 5762 
Diffuse injection 5762 
Let analyse why it so 5762 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5762 
Wheel and Deal 5762 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5762 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5762 
I Must Be Missing Something 5762 
I put sliders under my speakers 5761 
ROOM 5760 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5760 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5760 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5760 
No concerns 5760 
Speakers and room 5760 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5759 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5759 
Diaphram 5759 
Phram 5759 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5759 
Perfect piston 5759 
Decorater 5758 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5758 
New morning 5757 
The first take on the room with RTA 5756 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5756 
Axiomatic 5756 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5755 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5755 
The size of the bass. 5755 
Bass Factory 5755 
Crude Level, or something more? 5755 
I will play with it this week…. 5755 
Rent-A 5755 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5755 
Corner horns 5755 
Cheating from below 5755 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5755 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5754 
A possibly overly simplified view 5754 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5754 
Iceberg 5754 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5754 
Why not horn 5754 
A correction…. 5754 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5754 
They are just not related things at all. 5754 
Fertin 5752 
Low resonance is good... 5752 
Et tu, Brute? 5751 
The Room response at LF 5750 
Life On The Ground Floor 5750 
Bass arrays 5750 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5750 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5750 
The super sucks. 5750 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5750 
You may also try 5749 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5749 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5749 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5749 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5749 
60 Hz Resonance 5749 
No notching… so far. 5749 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5748 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5748 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5748 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5748 
Power to the People 5748 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5748 
Aura 5748 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5748 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5748 
All class D is the same 5748 
Interpreting the LF results. 5747 
The Halibut 5747 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5747 
The Big Picture 5747 
Power & ULF channels 5747 
The big picture indeed. 5747 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5747 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5747 
The Power and the Glory 5746 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5746 
I guess I did not get this memo 5746 
French LF drivers 5746 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5746 
(another) French LF approach 5745 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5745 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5745 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5745 
Limpschtick 5745 
Symmetry 5745 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5744 
Room correction 5744 
It migh be more complicated. 5744 
Bass EQ ? 5744 
Agree and not. 5744 
Two "diseases" 5744 
Parametric filters 5744 
Ceiling arrays 5744 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5744 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5744 
The Middle of the Room. 5744 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5744 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5744 
Stop! 5744 
Appendectomy 5744 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5743 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5743 
No Isolation 5743 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5740 
Potential contenders? 5739 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5739 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5739 
Those Crazy Canucks 5735 
Mo' Better Bass 5729 
Bird in the Hand? 5729 
A wet listening spot? 5722 
Storm 5719 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5719 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5705 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5675 
Polar Opposite ULF 5674 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5662 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5660 
Differently but the same. 5659 
PVC 5658 
The sail test try. 5658 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5658 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5658 
Trial 5657 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5657 
Some explanations 5657 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5656 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5655 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5654 
Acrylate 5653 
Magic blanket 5653 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5652 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5652 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5652 
I have a few options. 5652 
Foam color 5652 
Strange things with upperbass 5652 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5651 
Teatro reform. . . 5651 
The foaming room dilemma. 5650 
Melamine Foam 5650 
Foaming up the cat house 5650 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5650 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5650 
Acoustic revisions… 5649 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5646 
Surprises so far in the new room 5645 
The upperbass in the new room. 5645 
Slight change of hart. 5644 
Camco supply of Boston 5642 
Room acoustics 5642 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5601 
I need to kill dust first. 5601 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5599 
To feed the leeches? 5599 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5598 
Yh 5598 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5598 
DPOLs? 5598 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5598 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5595 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5595 
A HalfPipe solution? 5595 
I absolutely love it. 5595 
Piper work 5594 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5594 
Absorption 5594 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5593 
Cats life ? 5593 
Call me Pussy. 5593 
More about traps 5593 
Acoustic impedance? 5593 
You maybe right 5593 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5593 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5592 
Heavy Curtain 5592 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5591 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5591 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5591 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5588 
Fix speaker move chair? 5587 
Back and forth ceremony 5587 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5586 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5585 
Glass windows 5584 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5583 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5582 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5580 
How to use basement jacks? 5580 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5580 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5580 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5579 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5579 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5578 
Sore eyes... 5577 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5577 
The harvesting week! 5575 
I need an inspiration… 5574 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5573 
Like this? 5573 
Dramatically randomize MF 5573 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5572 
The room eats dynamic 5572 
Diffusers 5572 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5571 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5556 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5555 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5555 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5555 
About Width-Importance balance. 5553 
Letting the music scale up 5552 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5552 
To finish my house décor… 5548 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5547 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5546 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5546 
Calling the gods of music 5546 
Absolutely 5546 
Phase manipulation 5546 
No relation. 5546 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5546 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5546 
Dynamical mismatch 5545 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5545 
Stradiwinerius? 5542 
Dealing with the glass. 5541 
Boston 5541 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5541 
Added mass 5541 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5541 
It is about moderation…. 5541 
To hell with the wine... 5541 
Also for other surafaces 5540 
LEAD 5540 
LEAD & GLASS 5540 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5540 
Read carefully 5540 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5540 
Crooks and morons 5540 
Magiscopios 5539 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5519 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5519 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5518 
The LP setup in the new home. 5467 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5462 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5462 
Pianochord will do! 5462 
Spanyi heaven 5462 
I see no conflict at all. 5462 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5462 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5462 
A year after closing 5454 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5454 
Traveling antimatter 5447 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5441 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5440 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5414 
Cast Iron fireplace 5413 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5413 
The hardcore way 5413 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5377 
This is How It's Done 5376 
Listening room during summer. 5364 
What about those... 5363 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5363 
Reducing A/C Noise 5363 
HVAC the Cat 5363 
Big Ass fan 5362 
Variac dimmers 5362 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5362 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5362 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5294 
Some winter observations. 5185 
That Asian man…. 5154 
The Franz Schubert morning 5128 
Spring.... 5077 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5027 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4998 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4998 
Just good photography? 4998 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4998 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4998 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4997 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4997 
Sports car 4997 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4997 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4997 
Train Positioning 4997 
Kind of what I want 4997 
The lap listening… 4997 
Family Room 4997 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4994 
A super audio room. 4990 
Time Warp! 4990 
A piano in a listening room 4969 
Pianissimo 4969 
The plan in blue. 4969 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4969 
My doubts 4969 
It is exactly what I worry. 4968 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4968 
Musicians at home 4968 
Piano Measurements 4967 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4962 
The next step. 4948 
Midbass horns missing?? 4947 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4937 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4937 
Baby Grand 4936 
Wood floor 4936 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4936 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4936 
Amy’s baby. 4934 
Improvement 4934 
Agree with Scott 4934 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4922 
Integrated casters 4922 
Very nice, thanks. 4922 
Customization 4922 
Sliders 4922 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4915 
Congratulations 4915 
Holes in the floor... 4915 
Tubes and kids 4915 
Sweet spot enlargement 4915 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4913 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4912 
Wood Floors and Water 4912 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4907 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4906 
WAF is for Losers 4906 
WAF: it depends. 4906 
Integration 4905 
Here and there. 4905 
Life after WWIII 4905 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4905 
Cables management. 4903 
Featurizing 4903 
Kids and tubes cont. 4900 
Kid magnet 4900 
Kids and audio 4899 
Radars 4899 
Wow, what the days! 4895 
The comming weekend 4891 
It all was worth it! 4888 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4883 
Here is how it is look. 4883 
Resolving the carpet issue 4883 
Bonfire 4883 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4883 
Proof of concept? 4883 
Geometry 4883 
A view from listening position. 4883 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4883 
Some feedback 4883 
Evening 4883 
I wonder why. 4882 
Rugs and things 4882 
In defense… 4882 
I can’t get it. 4879 
Haze. 4878 
Front wall 4878 
It is very possible. 4878 
It is nice to be back. 4875 
My comfy corner. 4872 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4512 
WMD in house. 4334 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4237 
The third listening spot. 4216 
For sure a very different experience. 4178 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4173 
It's Jfretch's system. 4173 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4172 
Domestic games 4126 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3987 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3987 
Dynamic screening 3987 
Actually this is very good idea! 3987 
Volcanic fabric 3987 
I should have done this. 3985 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3981 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3950 
No worries 3950 
Awesome memories 3950 
Optimization of space 3950 
Child-ish considerations 3947 
Finding peace.... 3941 
"Fencing"? 3940 
I need to build something custom 3940 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3940 
Stressed Skin 3940 
NYC elevators 3940 
Kids toys and quantities. 3940 
Everything is completely reversible 3939 
Racks and things 3939 
Now it looks even more promising! 3939 
Quantity of rods 3939 
Avoiding diagonals 3937 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3936 
That's not fair! 3936 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3936 
Discrimination? 3931 
Vertical configuration 3924 
Impresive ! 3853 
Did you read the site? 3853 
Contact 3853 
Company's name is Rixrax 3853 
Stand 3852 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3808 
End of life headphone system 3808 
Something like this? 3808 
The "Second Living Room" 3808 
Mixing urban & suburban 3808 
Late night listening 3808 
Moving life... 3806 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3806 
A true listening room. 3782 
It started… 3767 
Levels of Interest 3767 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3767 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3767 
I can't not to post it.... 3767 
Do not leave him unattended. 3767 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3767 
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