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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5960 
The first take on the new room. 5954 
New Room, a first shot. 5953 
Wonderful 5953 
Adopted 5952 
The first relaxed night with the room 5950 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5949 
The listening room is ready. 5948 
New Room, a First Shot 5946 
Continue to work with the room 5946 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5946 
Room 5945 
I think it will take another month. 5945 
The Buttressing 5945 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5944 
The new place and the new noises. 5944 
Big listening room 5943 
Screw the "big" rooms 5943 
Big listening rooms 5943 
First reflection points 5942 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5942 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5939 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5938 
Squeezing the floor 5938 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5938 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5938 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5937 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5937 
The new room, the very first listening. 5937 
The 14.5 foot. 5936 
Again… 5935 
Romy's new Playground 5935 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5935 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5935 
For the uninitiated ... 5934 
NH guy 5934 
Room 5934 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5933 
The first base is done 5933 
Reentry time alignment. 5932 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5931 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5931 
Mid bass horn. 5931 
Guess is only a guess… 5931 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5931 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5930 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5930 
Diffusors 5930 
Diffuse injection 5930 
Let analyse why it so 5930 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5930 
Wheel and Deal 5930 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5930 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5930 
I Must Be Missing Something 5930 
I put sliders under my speakers 5929 
ROOM 5928 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5928 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5928 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5928 
No concerns 5928 
Speakers and room 5928 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5927 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5927 
Diaphram 5927 
Phram 5927 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5927 
Perfect piston 5927 
Decorater 5926 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5926 
New morning 5925 
The first take on the room with RTA 5924 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5924 
Axiomatic 5924 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5923 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5923 
The size of the bass. 5923 
Bass Factory 5923 
Crude Level, or something more? 5923 
I will play with it this week…. 5923 
Rent-A 5923 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5923 
Corner horns 5923 
Cheating from below 5923 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5923 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5922 
A possibly overly simplified view 5922 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5922 
Iceberg 5922 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5922 
Why not horn 5922 
A correction…. 5922 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5922 
They are just not related things at all. 5922 
Fertin 5920 
Low resonance is good... 5920 
Et tu, Brute? 5919 
The Room response at LF 5918 
Life On The Ground Floor 5918 
Bass arrays 5918 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5918 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5918 
The super sucks. 5918 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5918 
You may also try 5917 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5917 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5917 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5917 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5917 
60 Hz Resonance 5917 
No notching… so far. 5917 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5916 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5916 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5916 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5916 
Power to the People 5916 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5916 
Aura 5916 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5916 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5916 
All class D is the same 5916 
Interpreting the LF results. 5915 
The Halibut 5915 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5915 
The Big Picture 5915 
Power & ULF channels 5915 
The big picture indeed. 5915 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5915 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5915 
The Power and the Glory 5914 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5914 
I guess I did not get this memo 5914 
French LF drivers 5914 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5914 
(another) French LF approach 5913 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5913 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5913 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5913 
Limpschtick 5913 
Symmetry 5913 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5912 
Room correction 5912 
It migh be more complicated. 5912 
Bass EQ ? 5912 
Agree and not. 5912 
Two "diseases" 5912 
Parametric filters 5912 
Ceiling arrays 5912 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5912 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5912 
The Middle of the Room. 5912 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5912 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5912 
Stop! 5912 
Appendectomy 5912 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5911 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5911 
No Isolation 5911 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5908 
Potential contenders? 5907 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5907 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5907 
Those Crazy Canucks 5903 
Mo' Better Bass 5897 
Bird in the Hand? 5897 
A wet listening spot? 5890 
Storm 5887 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5887 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5873 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5843 
Polar Opposite ULF 5842 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5830 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5828 
Differently but the same. 5827 
PVC 5826 
The sail test try. 5826 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5826 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5826 
Trial 5825 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5825 
Some explanations 5825 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5824 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5823 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5822 
Acrylate 5821 
Magic blanket 5821 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5820 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5820 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5820 
I have a few options. 5820 
Foam color 5820 
Strange things with upperbass 5820 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5819 
Teatro reform. . . 5819 
The foaming room dilemma. 5818 
Melamine Foam 5818 
Foaming up the cat house 5818 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5818 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5818 
Acoustic revisions… 5817 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5814 
Surprises so far in the new room 5813 
The upperbass in the new room. 5813 
Slight change of hart. 5812 
Camco supply of Boston 5810 
Room acoustics 5810 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5769 
I need to kill dust first. 5769 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5767 
To feed the leeches? 5767 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5766 
Yh 5766 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5766 
DPOLs? 5766 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5766 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5763 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5763 
A HalfPipe solution? 5763 
I absolutely love it. 5763 
Piper work 5762 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5762 
Absorption 5762 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5761 
Cats life ? 5761 
Call me Pussy. 5761 
More about traps 5761 
Acoustic impedance? 5761 
You maybe right 5761 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5761 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5760 
Heavy Curtain 5760 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5759 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5759 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5759 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5756 
Fix speaker move chair? 5755 
Back and forth ceremony 5755 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5754 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5753 
Glass windows 5752 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5751 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5750 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5748 
How to use basement jacks? 5748 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5748 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5748 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5747 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5747 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5746 
Sore eyes... 5745 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5745 
The harvesting week! 5743 
I need an inspiration… 5742 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5741 
Like this? 5741 
Dramatically randomize MF 5741 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5740 
The room eats dynamic 5740 
Diffusers 5740 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5739 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5724 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5723 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5723 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5723 
About Width-Importance balance. 5721 
Letting the music scale up 5720 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5720 
To finish my house décor… 5716 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5715 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5714 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5714 
Calling the gods of music 5714 
Absolutely 5714 
Phase manipulation 5714 
No relation. 5714 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5714 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5714 
Dynamical mismatch 5713 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5713 
Stradiwinerius? 5710 
Dealing with the glass. 5709 
Boston 5709 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5709 
Added mass 5709 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5709 
It is about moderation…. 5709 
To hell with the wine... 5709 
Also for other surafaces 5708 
LEAD 5708 
LEAD & GLASS 5708 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5708 
Read carefully 5708 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5708 
Crooks and morons 5708 
Magiscopios 5707 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5687 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5687 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5686 
The LP setup in the new home. 5635 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5630 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5630 
Pianochord will do! 5630 
Spanyi heaven 5630 
I see no conflict at all. 5630 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5630 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5630 
A year after closing 5622 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5622 
Traveling antimatter 5615 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5609 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5608 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5582 
Cast Iron fireplace 5581 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5581 
The hardcore way 5581 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5545 
This is How It's Done 5544 
Listening room during summer. 5532 
What about those... 5531 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5531 
Reducing A/C Noise 5531 
HVAC the Cat 5531 
Big Ass fan 5530 
Variac dimmers 5530 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5530 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5530 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5462 
Some winter observations. 5353 
That Asian man…. 5322 
The Franz Schubert morning 5296 
Spring.... 5245 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5195 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5166 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5166 
Just good photography? 5166 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5166 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5166 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5165 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5165 
Sports car 5165 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5165 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5165 
Train Positioning 5165 
Kind of what I want 5165 
The lap listening… 5165 
Family Room 5165 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5162 
A super audio room. 5158 
Time Warp! 5158 
A piano in a listening room 5137 
Pianissimo 5137 
The plan in blue. 5137 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5137 
My doubts 5137 
It is exactly what I worry. 5136 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5136 
Musicians at home 5136 
Piano Measurements 5135 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5130 
The next step. 5116 
Midbass horns missing?? 5115 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5105 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5105 
Baby Grand 5104 
Wood floor 5104 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5104 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5104 
Amy’s baby. 5102 
Improvement 5102 
Agree with Scott 5102 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5090 
Integrated casters 5090 
Very nice, thanks. 5090 
Customization 5090 
Sliders 5090 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5083 
Congratulations 5083 
Holes in the floor... 5083 
Tubes and kids 5083 
Sweet spot enlargement 5083 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5081 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5080 
Wood Floors and Water 5080 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5075 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5074 
WAF is for Losers 5074 
WAF: it depends. 5074 
Integration 5073 
Here and there. 5073 
Life after WWIII 5073 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5073 
Cables management. 5071 
Featurizing 5071 
Kids and tubes cont. 5068 
Kid magnet 5068 
Kids and audio 5067 
Radars 5067 
Wow, what the days! 5063 
The comming weekend 5059 
It all was worth it! 5056 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5051 
Here is how it is look. 5051 
Resolving the carpet issue 5051 
Bonfire 5051 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5051 
Proof of concept? 5051 
Geometry 5051 
A view from listening position. 5051 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5051 
Some feedback 5051 
Evening 5051 
I wonder why. 5050 
Rugs and things 5050 
In defense… 5050 
I can’t get it. 5047 
Haze. 5046 
Front wall 5046 
It is very possible. 5046 
It is nice to be back. 5043 
My comfy corner. 5040 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4680 
WMD in house. 4502 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4405 
The third listening spot. 4384 
For sure a very different experience. 4346 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4341 
It's Jfretch's system. 4341 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4340 
Domestic games 4294 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4155 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4155 
Dynamic screening 4155 
Actually this is very good idea! 4155 
Volcanic fabric 4155 
I should have done this. 4153 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4149 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4118 
No worries 4118 
Awesome memories 4118 
Optimization of space 4118 
Child-ish considerations 4115 
Finding peace.... 4109 
"Fencing"? 4108 
I need to build something custom 4108 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4108 
Stressed Skin 4108 
NYC elevators 4108 
Kids toys and quantities. 4108 
Everything is completely reversible 4107 
Racks and things 4107 
Now it looks even more promising! 4107 
Quantity of rods 4107 
Avoiding diagonals 4105 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4104 
That's not fair! 4104 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4104 
Discrimination? 4099 
Vertical configuration 4092 
Impresive ! 4021 
Did you read the site? 4021 
Contact 4021 
Company's name is Rixrax 4021 
Stand 4020 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3976 
End of life headphone system 3976 
Something like this? 3976 
The "Second Living Room" 3976 
Mixing urban & suburban 3976 
Late night listening 3976 
Moving life... 3974 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3974 
A true listening room. 3950 
It started… 3935 
Levels of Interest 3935 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3935 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3935 
I can't not to post it.... 3935 
Do not leave him unattended. 3935 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3935 
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