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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5873 
The first take on the new room. 5867 
New Room, a first shot. 5866 
Wonderful 5866 
Adopted 5865 
The first relaxed night with the room 5863 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5862 
The listening room is ready. 5861 
New Room, a First Shot 5859 
Continue to work with the room 5859 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5859 
Room 5858 
I think it will take another month. 5858 
The Buttressing 5858 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5857 
The new place and the new noises. 5857 
Big listening room 5856 
Screw the "big" rooms 5856 
Big listening rooms 5856 
First reflection points 5855 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5855 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5852 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5851 
Squeezing the floor 5851 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5851 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5851 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5850 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5850 
The new room, the very first listening. 5850 
The 14.5 foot. 5849 
Again… 5848 
Romy's new Playground 5848 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5848 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5848 
For the uninitiated ... 5847 
NH guy 5847 
Room 5847 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5846 
The first base is done 5846 
Reentry time alignment. 5845 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5844 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5844 
Mid bass horn. 5844 
Guess is only a guess… 5844 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5844 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5843 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5843 
Diffusors 5843 
Diffuse injection 5843 
Let analyse why it so 5843 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5843 
Wheel and Deal 5843 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5843 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5843 
I Must Be Missing Something 5843 
I put sliders under my speakers 5842 
ROOM 5841 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5841 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5841 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5841 
No concerns 5841 
Speakers and room 5841 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5840 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5840 
Diaphram 5840 
Phram 5840 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5840 
Perfect piston 5840 
Decorater 5839 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5839 
New morning 5838 
The first take on the room with RTA 5837 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5837 
Axiomatic 5837 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5836 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5836 
The size of the bass. 5836 
Bass Factory 5836 
Crude Level, or something more? 5836 
I will play with it this week…. 5836 
Rent-A 5836 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5836 
Corner horns 5836 
Cheating from below 5836 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5836 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5835 
A possibly overly simplified view 5835 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5835 
Iceberg 5835 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5835 
Why not horn 5835 
A correction…. 5835 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5835 
They are just not related things at all. 5835 
Fertin 5833 
Low resonance is good... 5833 
Et tu, Brute? 5832 
The Room response at LF 5831 
Life On The Ground Floor 5831 
Bass arrays 5831 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5831 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5831 
The super sucks. 5831 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5831 
You may also try 5830 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5830 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5830 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5830 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5830 
60 Hz Resonance 5830 
No notching… so far. 5830 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5829 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5829 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5829 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5829 
Power to the People 5829 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5829 
Aura 5829 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5829 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5829 
All class D is the same 5829 
Interpreting the LF results. 5828 
The Halibut 5828 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5828 
The Big Picture 5828 
Power & ULF channels 5828 
The big picture indeed. 5828 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5828 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5828 
The Power and the Glory 5827 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5827 
I guess I did not get this memo 5827 
French LF drivers 5827 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5827 
(another) French LF approach 5826 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5826 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5826 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5826 
Limpschtick 5826 
Symmetry 5826 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5825 
Room correction 5825 
It migh be more complicated. 5825 
Bass EQ ? 5825 
Agree and not. 5825 
Two "diseases" 5825 
Parametric filters 5825 
Ceiling arrays 5825 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5825 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5825 
The Middle of the Room. 5825 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5825 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5825 
Stop! 5825 
Appendectomy 5825 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5824 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5824 
No Isolation 5824 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5821 
Potential contenders? 5820 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5820 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5820 
Those Crazy Canucks 5816 
Mo' Better Bass 5810 
Bird in the Hand? 5810 
A wet listening spot? 5803 
Storm 5800 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5800 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5786 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5756 
Polar Opposite ULF 5755 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5743 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5741 
Differently but the same. 5740 
PVC 5739 
The sail test try. 5739 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5739 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5739 
Trial 5738 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5738 
Some explanations 5738 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5737 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5736 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5735 
Acrylate 5734 
Magic blanket 5734 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5733 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5733 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5733 
I have a few options. 5733 
Foam color 5733 
Strange things with upperbass 5733 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5732 
Teatro reform. . . 5732 
The foaming room dilemma. 5731 
Melamine Foam 5731 
Foaming up the cat house 5731 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5731 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5731 
Acoustic revisions… 5730 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5727 
Surprises so far in the new room 5726 
The upperbass in the new room. 5726 
Slight change of hart. 5725 
Camco supply of Boston 5723 
Room acoustics 5723 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5682 
I need to kill dust first. 5682 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5680 
To feed the leeches? 5680 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5679 
Yh 5679 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5679 
DPOLs? 5679 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5679 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5676 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5676 
A HalfPipe solution? 5676 
I absolutely love it. 5676 
Piper work 5675 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5675 
Absorption 5675 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5674 
Cats life ? 5674 
Call me Pussy. 5674 
More about traps 5674 
Acoustic impedance? 5674 
You maybe right 5674 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5674 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5673 
Heavy Curtain 5673 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5672 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5672 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5672 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5669 
Fix speaker move chair? 5668 
Back and forth ceremony 5668 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5667 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5666 
Glass windows 5665 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5664 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5663 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5661 
How to use basement jacks? 5661 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5661 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5661 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5660 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5660 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5659 
Sore eyes... 5658 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5658 
The harvesting week! 5656 
I need an inspiration… 5655 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5654 
Like this? 5654 
Dramatically randomize MF 5654 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5653 
The room eats dynamic 5653 
Diffusers 5653 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5652 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5637 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5636 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5636 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5636 
About Width-Importance balance. 5634 
Letting the music scale up 5633 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5633 
To finish my house décor… 5629 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5628 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5627 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5627 
Calling the gods of music 5627 
Absolutely 5627 
Phase manipulation 5627 
No relation. 5627 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5627 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5627 
Dynamical mismatch 5626 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5626 
Stradiwinerius? 5623 
Dealing with the glass. 5622 
Boston 5622 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5622 
Added mass 5622 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5622 
It is about moderation…. 5622 
To hell with the wine... 5622 
Also for other surafaces 5621 
LEAD 5621 
LEAD & GLASS 5621 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5621 
Read carefully 5621 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5621 
Crooks and morons 5621 
Magiscopios 5620 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5600 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5600 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5599 
The LP setup in the new home. 5548 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5543 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5543 
Pianochord will do! 5543 
Spanyi heaven 5543 
I see no conflict at all. 5543 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5543 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5543 
A year after closing 5535 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5535 
Traveling antimatter 5528 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5522 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5521 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5495 
Cast Iron fireplace 5494 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5494 
The hardcore way 5494 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5458 
This is How It's Done 5457 
Listening room during summer. 5445 
What about those... 5444 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5444 
Reducing A/C Noise 5444 
HVAC the Cat 5444 
Big Ass fan 5443 
Variac dimmers 5443 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5443 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5443 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5375 
Some winter observations. 5266 
That Asian man…. 5235 
The Franz Schubert morning 5209 
Spring.... 5158 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5108 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5079 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5079 
Just good photography? 5079 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5079 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5079 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5078 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5078 
Sports car 5078 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5078 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5078 
Train Positioning 5078 
Kind of what I want 5078 
The lap listening… 5078 
Family Room 5078 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5075 
A super audio room. 5071 
Time Warp! 5071 
A piano in a listening room 5050 
Pianissimo 5050 
The plan in blue. 5050 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5050 
My doubts 5050 
It is exactly what I worry. 5049 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5049 
Musicians at home 5049 
Piano Measurements 5048 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5043 
The next step. 5029 
Midbass horns missing?? 5028 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5018 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5018 
Baby Grand 5017 
Wood floor 5017 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5017 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5017 
Amy’s baby. 5015 
Improvement 5015 
Agree with Scott 5015 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5003 
Integrated casters 5003 
Very nice, thanks. 5003 
Customization 5003 
Sliders 5003 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4996 
Congratulations 4996 
Holes in the floor... 4996 
Tubes and kids 4996 
Sweet spot enlargement 4996 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4994 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4993 
Wood Floors and Water 4993 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4988 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4987 
WAF is for Losers 4987 
WAF: it depends. 4987 
Integration 4986 
Here and there. 4986 
Life after WWIII 4986 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4986 
Cables management. 4984 
Featurizing 4984 
Kids and tubes cont. 4981 
Kid magnet 4981 
Kids and audio 4980 
Radars 4980 
Wow, what the days! 4976 
The comming weekend 4972 
It all was worth it! 4969 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4964 
Here is how it is look. 4964 
Resolving the carpet issue 4964 
Bonfire 4964 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4964 
Proof of concept? 4964 
Geometry 4964 
A view from listening position. 4964 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4964 
Some feedback 4964 
Evening 4964 
I wonder why. 4963 
Rugs and things 4963 
In defense… 4963 
I can’t get it. 4960 
Haze. 4959 
Front wall 4959 
It is very possible. 4959 
It is nice to be back. 4956 
My comfy corner. 4953 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4593 
WMD in house. 4415 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4318 
The third listening spot. 4297 
For sure a very different experience. 4259 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4254 
It's Jfretch's system. 4254 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4253 
Domestic games 4207 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4068 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4068 
Dynamic screening 4068 
Actually this is very good idea! 4068 
Volcanic fabric 4068 
I should have done this. 4066 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4062 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4031 
No worries 4031 
Awesome memories 4031 
Optimization of space 4031 
Child-ish considerations 4028 
Finding peace.... 4022 
"Fencing"? 4021 
I need to build something custom 4021 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4021 
Stressed Skin 4021 
NYC elevators 4021 
Kids toys and quantities. 4021 
Everything is completely reversible 4020 
Racks and things 4020 
Now it looks even more promising! 4020 
Quantity of rods 4020 
Avoiding diagonals 4018 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4017 
That's not fair! 4017 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4017 
Discrimination? 4012 
Vertical configuration 4005 
Impresive ! 3934 
Did you read the site? 3934 
Contact 3934 
Company's name is Rixrax 3934 
Stand 3933 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3889 
End of life headphone system 3889 
Something like this? 3889 
The "Second Living Room" 3889 
Mixing urban & suburban 3889 
Late night listening 3889 
Moving life... 3887 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3887 
A true listening room. 3863 
It started… 3848 
Levels of Interest 3848 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3848 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3848 
I can't not to post it.... 3848 
Do not leave him unattended. 3848 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3848 
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