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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5867 
The first take on the new room. 5861 
New Room, a first shot. 5860 
Wonderful 5860 
Adopted 5859 
The first relaxed night with the room 5857 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5856 
The listening room is ready. 5855 
New Room, a First Shot 5853 
Continue to work with the room 5853 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5853 
Room 5852 
I think it will take another month. 5852 
The Buttressing 5852 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5851 
The new place and the new noises. 5851 
Big listening room 5850 
Screw the "big" rooms 5850 
Big listening rooms 5850 
First reflection points 5849 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5849 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5846 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5845 
Squeezing the floor 5845 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5845 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5845 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5844 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5844 
The new room, the very first listening. 5844 
The 14.5 foot. 5843 
Again… 5842 
Romy's new Playground 5842 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5842 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5842 
For the uninitiated ... 5841 
NH guy 5841 
Room 5841 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5840 
The first base is done 5840 
Reentry time alignment. 5839 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5838 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5838 
Mid bass horn. 5838 
Guess is only a guess… 5838 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5838 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5837 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5837 
Diffusors 5837 
Diffuse injection 5837 
Let analyse why it so 5837 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5837 
Wheel and Deal 5837 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5837 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5837 
I Must Be Missing Something 5837 
I put sliders under my speakers 5836 
ROOM 5835 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5835 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5835 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5835 
No concerns 5835 
Speakers and room 5835 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5834 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5834 
Diaphram 5834 
Phram 5834 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5834 
Perfect piston 5834 
Decorater 5833 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5833 
New morning 5832 
The first take on the room with RTA 5831 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5831 
Axiomatic 5831 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5830 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5830 
The size of the bass. 5830 
Bass Factory 5830 
Crude Level, or something more? 5830 
I will play with it this week…. 5830 
Rent-A 5830 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5830 
Corner horns 5830 
Cheating from below 5830 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5830 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5829 
A possibly overly simplified view 5829 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5829 
Iceberg 5829 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5829 
Why not horn 5829 
A correction…. 5829 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5829 
They are just not related things at all. 5829 
Fertin 5827 
Low resonance is good... 5827 
Et tu, Brute? 5826 
The Room response at LF 5825 
Life On The Ground Floor 5825 
Bass arrays 5825 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5825 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5825 
The super sucks. 5825 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5825 
You may also try 5824 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5824 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5824 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5824 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5824 
60 Hz Resonance 5824 
No notching… so far. 5824 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5823 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5823 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5823 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5823 
Power to the People 5823 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5823 
Aura 5823 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5823 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5823 
All class D is the same 5823 
Interpreting the LF results. 5822 
The Halibut 5822 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5822 
The Big Picture 5822 
Power & ULF channels 5822 
The big picture indeed. 5822 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5822 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5822 
The Power and the Glory 5821 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5821 
I guess I did not get this memo 5821 
French LF drivers 5821 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5821 
(another) French LF approach 5820 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5820 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5820 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5820 
Limpschtick 5820 
Symmetry 5820 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5819 
Room correction 5819 
It migh be more complicated. 5819 
Bass EQ ? 5819 
Agree and not. 5819 
Two "diseases" 5819 
Parametric filters 5819 
Ceiling arrays 5819 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5819 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5819 
The Middle of the Room. 5819 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5819 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5819 
Stop! 5819 
Appendectomy 5819 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5818 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5818 
No Isolation 5818 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5815 
Potential contenders? 5814 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5814 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5814 
Those Crazy Canucks 5810 
Mo' Better Bass 5804 
Bird in the Hand? 5804 
A wet listening spot? 5797 
Storm 5794 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5794 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5780 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5750 
Polar Opposite ULF 5749 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5737 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5735 
Differently but the same. 5734 
PVC 5733 
The sail test try. 5733 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5733 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5733 
Trial 5732 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5732 
Some explanations 5732 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5731 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5730 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5729 
Acrylate 5728 
Magic blanket 5728 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5727 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5727 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5727 
I have a few options. 5727 
Foam color 5727 
Strange things with upperbass 5727 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5726 
Teatro reform. . . 5726 
The foaming room dilemma. 5725 
Melamine Foam 5725 
Foaming up the cat house 5725 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5725 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5725 
Acoustic revisions… 5724 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5721 
Surprises so far in the new room 5720 
The upperbass in the new room. 5720 
Slight change of hart. 5719 
Camco supply of Boston 5717 
Room acoustics 5717 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5676 
I need to kill dust first. 5676 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5674 
To feed the leeches? 5674 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5673 
Yh 5673 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5673 
DPOLs? 5673 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5673 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5670 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5670 
A HalfPipe solution? 5670 
I absolutely love it. 5670 
Piper work 5669 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5669 
Absorption 5669 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5668 
Cats life ? 5668 
Call me Pussy. 5668 
More about traps 5668 
Acoustic impedance? 5668 
You maybe right 5668 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5668 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5667 
Heavy Curtain 5667 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5666 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5666 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5666 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5663 
Fix speaker move chair? 5662 
Back and forth ceremony 5662 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5661 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5660 
Glass windows 5659 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5658 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5657 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5655 
How to use basement jacks? 5655 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5655 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5655 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5654 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5654 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5653 
Sore eyes... 5652 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5652 
The harvesting week! 5650 
I need an inspiration… 5649 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5648 
Like this? 5648 
Dramatically randomize MF 5648 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5647 
The room eats dynamic 5647 
Diffusers 5647 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5646 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5631 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5630 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5630 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5630 
About Width-Importance balance. 5628 
Letting the music scale up 5627 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5627 
To finish my house décor… 5623 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5622 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5621 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5621 
Calling the gods of music 5621 
Absolutely 5621 
Phase manipulation 5621 
No relation. 5621 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5621 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5621 
Dynamical mismatch 5620 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5620 
Stradiwinerius? 5617 
Dealing with the glass. 5616 
Boston 5616 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5616 
Added mass 5616 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5616 
It is about moderation…. 5616 
To hell with the wine... 5616 
Also for other surafaces 5615 
LEAD 5615 
LEAD & GLASS 5615 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5615 
Read carefully 5615 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5615 
Crooks and morons 5615 
Magiscopios 5614 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5594 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5594 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5593 
The LP setup in the new home. 5542 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5537 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5537 
Pianochord will do! 5537 
Spanyi heaven 5537 
I see no conflict at all. 5537 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5537 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5537 
A year after closing 5529 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5529 
Traveling antimatter 5522 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5516 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5515 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5489 
Cast Iron fireplace 5488 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5488 
The hardcore way 5488 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5452 
This is How It's Done 5451 
Listening room during summer. 5439 
What about those... 5438 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5438 
Reducing A/C Noise 5438 
HVAC the Cat 5438 
Big Ass fan 5437 
Variac dimmers 5437 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5437 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5437 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5369 
Some winter observations. 5260 
That Asian man…. 5229 
The Franz Schubert morning 5203 
Spring.... 5152 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5102 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5073 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5073 
Just good photography? 5073 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5073 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5073 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5072 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5072 
Sports car 5072 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5072 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5072 
Train Positioning 5072 
Kind of what I want 5072 
The lap listening… 5072 
Family Room 5072 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5069 
A super audio room. 5065 
Time Warp! 5065 
A piano in a listening room 5044 
Pianissimo 5044 
The plan in blue. 5044 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5044 
My doubts 5044 
It is exactly what I worry. 5043 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5043 
Musicians at home 5043 
Piano Measurements 5042 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5037 
The next step. 5023 
Midbass horns missing?? 5022 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5012 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5012 
Baby Grand 5011 
Wood floor 5011 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5011 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5011 
Amy’s baby. 5009 
Improvement 5009 
Agree with Scott 5009 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4997 
Integrated casters 4997 
Very nice, thanks. 4997 
Customization 4997 
Sliders 4997 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4990 
Congratulations 4990 
Holes in the floor... 4990 
Tubes and kids 4990 
Sweet spot enlargement 4990 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4988 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4987 
Wood Floors and Water 4987 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4982 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4981 
WAF is for Losers 4981 
WAF: it depends. 4981 
Integration 4980 
Here and there. 4980 
Life after WWIII 4980 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4980 
Cables management. 4978 
Featurizing 4978 
Kids and tubes cont. 4975 
Kid magnet 4975 
Kids and audio 4974 
Radars 4974 
Wow, what the days! 4970 
The comming weekend 4966 
It all was worth it! 4963 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4958 
Here is how it is look. 4958 
Resolving the carpet issue 4958 
Bonfire 4958 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4958 
Proof of concept? 4958 
Geometry 4958 
A view from listening position. 4958 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4958 
Some feedback 4958 
Evening 4958 
I wonder why. 4957 
Rugs and things 4957 
In defense… 4957 
I can’t get it. 4954 
Haze. 4953 
Front wall 4953 
It is very possible. 4953 
It is nice to be back. 4950 
My comfy corner. 4947 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4587 
WMD in house. 4409 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4312 
The third listening spot. 4291 
For sure a very different experience. 4253 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4248 
It's Jfretch's system. 4248 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4247 
Domestic games 4201 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4062 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4062 
Dynamic screening 4062 
Actually this is very good idea! 4062 
Volcanic fabric 4062 
I should have done this. 4060 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4056 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4025 
No worries 4025 
Awesome memories 4025 
Optimization of space 4025 
Child-ish considerations 4022 
Finding peace.... 4016 
"Fencing"? 4015 
I need to build something custom 4015 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4015 
Stressed Skin 4015 
NYC elevators 4015 
Kids toys and quantities. 4015 
Everything is completely reversible 4014 
Racks and things 4014 
Now it looks even more promising! 4014 
Quantity of rods 4014 
Avoiding diagonals 4012 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4011 
That's not fair! 4011 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4011 
Discrimination? 4006 
Vertical configuration 3999 
Impresive ! 3928 
Did you read the site? 3928 
Contact 3928 
Company's name is Rixrax 3928 
Stand 3927 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3883 
End of life headphone system 3883 
Something like this? 3883 
The "Second Living Room" 3883 
Mixing urban & suburban 3883 
Late night listening 3883 
Moving life... 3881 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3881 
A true listening room. 3857 
It started… 3842 
Levels of Interest 3842 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3842 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3842 
I can't not to post it.... 3842 
Do not leave him unattended. 3842 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3842 
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