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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5846 
The first take on the new room. 5840 
New Room, a first shot. 5839 
Wonderful 5839 
Adopted 5838 
The first relaxed night with the room 5836 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5835 
The listening room is ready. 5834 
New Room, a First Shot 5832 
Continue to work with the room 5832 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5832 
Room 5831 
I think it will take another month. 5831 
The Buttressing 5831 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5830 
The new place and the new noises. 5830 
Big listening room 5829 
Screw the "big" rooms 5829 
Big listening rooms 5829 
First reflection points 5828 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5828 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5825 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5824 
Squeezing the floor 5824 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5824 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5824 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5823 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5823 
The new room, the very first listening. 5823 
The 14.5 foot. 5822 
Again… 5821 
Romy's new Playground 5821 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5821 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5821 
For the uninitiated ... 5820 
NH guy 5820 
Room 5820 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5819 
The first base is done 5819 
Reentry time alignment. 5818 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5817 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5817 
Mid bass horn. 5817 
Guess is only a guess… 5817 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5817 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5816 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5816 
Diffusors 5816 
Diffuse injection 5816 
Let analyse why it so 5816 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5816 
Wheel and Deal 5816 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5816 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5816 
I Must Be Missing Something 5816 
I put sliders under my speakers 5815 
ROOM 5814 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5814 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5814 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5814 
No concerns 5814 
Speakers and room 5814 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5813 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5813 
Diaphram 5813 
Phram 5813 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5813 
Perfect piston 5813 
Decorater 5812 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5812 
New morning 5811 
The first take on the room with RTA 5810 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5810 
Axiomatic 5810 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5809 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5809 
The size of the bass. 5809 
Bass Factory 5809 
Crude Level, or something more? 5809 
I will play with it this week…. 5809 
Rent-A 5809 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5809 
Corner horns 5809 
Cheating from below 5809 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5809 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5808 
A possibly overly simplified view 5808 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5808 
Iceberg 5808 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5808 
Why not horn 5808 
A correction…. 5808 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5808 
They are just not related things at all. 5808 
Fertin 5806 
Low resonance is good... 5806 
Et tu, Brute? 5805 
The Room response at LF 5804 
Life On The Ground Floor 5804 
Bass arrays 5804 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5804 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5804 
The super sucks. 5804 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5804 
You may also try 5803 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5803 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5803 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5803 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5803 
60 Hz Resonance 5803 
No notching… so far. 5803 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5802 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5802 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5802 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5802 
Power to the People 5802 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5802 
Aura 5802 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5802 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5802 
All class D is the same 5802 
Interpreting the LF results. 5801 
The Halibut 5801 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5801 
The Big Picture 5801 
Power & ULF channels 5801 
The big picture indeed. 5801 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5801 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5801 
The Power and the Glory 5800 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5800 
I guess I did not get this memo 5800 
French LF drivers 5800 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5800 
(another) French LF approach 5799 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5799 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5799 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5799 
Limpschtick 5799 
Symmetry 5799 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5798 
Room correction 5798 
It migh be more complicated. 5798 
Bass EQ ? 5798 
Agree and not. 5798 
Two "diseases" 5798 
Parametric filters 5798 
Ceiling arrays 5798 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5798 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5798 
The Middle of the Room. 5798 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5798 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5798 
Stop! 5798 
Appendectomy 5798 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5797 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5797 
No Isolation 5797 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5794 
Potential contenders? 5793 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5793 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5793 
Those Crazy Canucks 5789 
Mo' Better Bass 5783 
Bird in the Hand? 5783 
A wet listening spot? 5776 
Storm 5773 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5773 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5759 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5729 
Polar Opposite ULF 5728 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5716 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5714 
Differently but the same. 5713 
PVC 5712 
The sail test try. 5712 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5712 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5712 
Trial 5711 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5711 
Some explanations 5711 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5710 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5709 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5708 
Acrylate 5707 
Magic blanket 5707 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5706 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5706 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5706 
I have a few options. 5706 
Foam color 5706 
Strange things with upperbass 5706 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5705 
Teatro reform. . . 5705 
The foaming room dilemma. 5704 
Melamine Foam 5704 
Foaming up the cat house 5704 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5704 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5704 
Acoustic revisions… 5703 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5700 
Surprises so far in the new room 5699 
The upperbass in the new room. 5699 
Slight change of hart. 5698 
Camco supply of Boston 5696 
Room acoustics 5696 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5655 
I need to kill dust first. 5655 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5653 
To feed the leeches? 5653 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5652 
Yh 5652 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5652 
DPOLs? 5652 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5652 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5649 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5649 
A HalfPipe solution? 5649 
I absolutely love it. 5649 
Piper work 5648 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5648 
Absorption 5648 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5647 
Cats life ? 5647 
Call me Pussy. 5647 
More about traps 5647 
Acoustic impedance? 5647 
You maybe right 5647 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5647 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5646 
Heavy Curtain 5646 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5645 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5645 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5645 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5642 
Fix speaker move chair? 5641 
Back and forth ceremony 5641 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5640 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5639 
Glass windows 5638 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5637 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5636 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5634 
How to use basement jacks? 5634 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5634 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5634 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5633 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5633 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5632 
Sore eyes... 5631 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5631 
The harvesting week! 5629 
I need an inspiration… 5628 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5627 
Like this? 5627 
Dramatically randomize MF 5627 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5626 
The room eats dynamic 5626 
Diffusers 5626 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5625 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5610 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5609 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5609 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5609 
About Width-Importance balance. 5607 
Letting the music scale up 5606 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5606 
To finish my house décor… 5602 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5601 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5600 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5600 
Calling the gods of music 5600 
Absolutely 5600 
Phase manipulation 5600 
No relation. 5600 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5600 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5600 
Dynamical mismatch 5599 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5599 
Stradiwinerius? 5596 
Dealing with the glass. 5595 
Boston 5595 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5595 
Added mass 5595 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5595 
It is about moderation…. 5595 
To hell with the wine... 5595 
Also for other surafaces 5594 
LEAD 5594 
LEAD & GLASS 5594 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5594 
Read carefully 5594 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5594 
Crooks and morons 5594 
Magiscopios 5593 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5573 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5573 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5572 
The LP setup in the new home. 5521 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5516 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5516 
Pianochord will do! 5516 
Spanyi heaven 5516 
I see no conflict at all. 5516 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5516 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5516 
A year after closing 5508 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5508 
Traveling antimatter 5501 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5495 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5494 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5468 
Cast Iron fireplace 5467 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5467 
The hardcore way 5467 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5431 
This is How It's Done 5430 
Listening room during summer. 5418 
What about those... 5417 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5417 
Reducing A/C Noise 5417 
HVAC the Cat 5417 
Big Ass fan 5416 
Variac dimmers 5416 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5416 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5416 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5348 
Some winter observations. 5239 
That Asian man…. 5208 
The Franz Schubert morning 5182 
Spring.... 5131 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5081 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5052 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5052 
Just good photography? 5052 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5052 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5052 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5051 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5051 
Sports car 5051 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5051 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5051 
Train Positioning 5051 
Kind of what I want 5051 
The lap listening… 5051 
Family Room 5051 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5048 
A super audio room. 5044 
Time Warp! 5044 
A piano in a listening room 5023 
Pianissimo 5023 
The plan in blue. 5023 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5023 
My doubts 5023 
It is exactly what I worry. 5022 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5022 
Musicians at home 5022 
Piano Measurements 5021 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5016 
The next step. 5002 
Midbass horns missing?? 5001 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4991 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4991 
Baby Grand 4990 
Wood floor 4990 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4990 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4990 
Amy’s baby. 4988 
Improvement 4988 
Agree with Scott 4988 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4976 
Integrated casters 4976 
Very nice, thanks. 4976 
Customization 4976 
Sliders 4976 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4969 
Congratulations 4969 
Holes in the floor... 4969 
Tubes and kids 4969 
Sweet spot enlargement 4969 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4967 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4966 
Wood Floors and Water 4966 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4961 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4960 
WAF is for Losers 4960 
WAF: it depends. 4960 
Integration 4959 
Here and there. 4959 
Life after WWIII 4959 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4959 
Cables management. 4957 
Featurizing 4957 
Kids and tubes cont. 4954 
Kid magnet 4954 
Kids and audio 4953 
Radars 4953 
Wow, what the days! 4949 
The comming weekend 4945 
It all was worth it! 4942 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4937 
Here is how it is look. 4937 
Resolving the carpet issue 4937 
Bonfire 4937 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4937 
Proof of concept? 4937 
Geometry 4937 
A view from listening position. 4937 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4937 
Some feedback 4937 
Evening 4937 
I wonder why. 4936 
Rugs and things 4936 
In defense… 4936 
I can’t get it. 4933 
Haze. 4932 
Front wall 4932 
It is very possible. 4932 
It is nice to be back. 4929 
My comfy corner. 4926 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4566 
WMD in house. 4388 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4291 
The third listening spot. 4270 
For sure a very different experience. 4232 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4227 
It's Jfretch's system. 4227 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4226 
Domestic games 4180 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4041 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4041 
Dynamic screening 4041 
Actually this is very good idea! 4041 
Volcanic fabric 4041 
I should have done this. 4039 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4035 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4004 
No worries 4004 
Awesome memories 4004 
Optimization of space 4004 
Child-ish considerations 4001 
Finding peace.... 3995 
"Fencing"? 3994 
I need to build something custom 3994 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3994 
Stressed Skin 3994 
NYC elevators 3994 
Kids toys and quantities. 3994 
Everything is completely reversible 3993 
Racks and things 3993 
Now it looks even more promising! 3993 
Quantity of rods 3993 
Avoiding diagonals 3991 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3990 
That's not fair! 3990 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3990 
Discrimination? 3985 
Vertical configuration 3978 
Impresive ! 3907 
Did you read the site? 3907 
Contact 3907 
Company's name is Rixrax 3907 
Stand 3906 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3862 
End of life headphone system 3862 
Something like this? 3862 
The "Second Living Room" 3862 
Mixing urban & suburban 3862 
Late night listening 3862 
Moving life... 3860 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3860 
A true listening room. 3836 
It started… 3821 
Levels of Interest 3821 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3821 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3821 
I can't not to post it.... 3821 
Do not leave him unattended. 3821 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3821 
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