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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5889 
The first take on the new room. 5883 
New Room, a first shot. 5882 
Wonderful 5882 
Adopted 5881 
The first relaxed night with the room 5879 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5878 
The listening room is ready. 5877 
New Room, a First Shot 5875 
Continue to work with the room 5875 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5875 
Room 5874 
I think it will take another month. 5874 
The Buttressing 5874 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5873 
The new place and the new noises. 5873 
Big listening room 5872 
Screw the "big" rooms 5872 
Big listening rooms 5872 
First reflection points 5871 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5871 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5868 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5867 
Squeezing the floor 5867 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5867 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5867 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5866 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5866 
The new room, the very first listening. 5866 
The 14.5 foot. 5865 
Again… 5864 
Romy's new Playground 5864 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5864 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5864 
For the uninitiated ... 5863 
NH guy 5863 
Room 5863 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5862 
The first base is done 5862 
Reentry time alignment. 5861 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5860 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5860 
Mid bass horn. 5860 
Guess is only a guess… 5860 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5860 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5859 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5859 
Diffusors 5859 
Diffuse injection 5859 
Let analyse why it so 5859 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5859 
Wheel and Deal 5859 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5859 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5859 
I Must Be Missing Something 5859 
I put sliders under my speakers 5858 
ROOM 5857 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5857 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5857 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5857 
No concerns 5857 
Speakers and room 5857 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5856 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5856 
Diaphram 5856 
Phram 5856 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5856 
Perfect piston 5856 
Decorater 5855 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5855 
New morning 5854 
The first take on the room with RTA 5853 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5853 
Axiomatic 5853 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5852 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5852 
The size of the bass. 5852 
Bass Factory 5852 
Crude Level, or something more? 5852 
I will play with it this week…. 5852 
Rent-A 5852 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5852 
Corner horns 5852 
Cheating from below 5852 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5852 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5851 
A possibly overly simplified view 5851 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5851 
Iceberg 5851 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5851 
Why not horn 5851 
A correction…. 5851 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5851 
They are just not related things at all. 5851 
Fertin 5849 
Low resonance is good... 5849 
Et tu, Brute? 5848 
The Room response at LF 5847 
Life On The Ground Floor 5847 
Bass arrays 5847 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5847 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5847 
The super sucks. 5847 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5847 
You may also try 5846 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5846 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5846 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5846 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5846 
60 Hz Resonance 5846 
No notching… so far. 5846 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5845 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5845 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5845 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5845 
Power to the People 5845 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5845 
Aura 5845 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5845 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5845 
All class D is the same 5845 
Interpreting the LF results. 5844 
The Halibut 5844 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5844 
The Big Picture 5844 
Power & ULF channels 5844 
The big picture indeed. 5844 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5844 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5844 
The Power and the Glory 5843 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5843 
I guess I did not get this memo 5843 
French LF drivers 5843 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5843 
(another) French LF approach 5842 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5842 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5842 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5842 
Limpschtick 5842 
Symmetry 5842 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5841 
Room correction 5841 
It migh be more complicated. 5841 
Bass EQ ? 5841 
Agree and not. 5841 
Two "diseases" 5841 
Parametric filters 5841 
Ceiling arrays 5841 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5841 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5841 
The Middle of the Room. 5841 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5841 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5841 
Stop! 5841 
Appendectomy 5841 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5840 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5840 
No Isolation 5840 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5837 
Potential contenders? 5836 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5836 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5836 
Those Crazy Canucks 5832 
Mo' Better Bass 5826 
Bird in the Hand? 5826 
A wet listening spot? 5819 
Storm 5816 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5816 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5802 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5772 
Polar Opposite ULF 5771 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5759 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5757 
Differently but the same. 5756 
PVC 5755 
The sail test try. 5755 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5755 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5755 
Trial 5754 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5754 
Some explanations 5754 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5753 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5752 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5751 
Acrylate 5750 
Magic blanket 5750 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5749 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5749 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5749 
I have a few options. 5749 
Foam color 5749 
Strange things with upperbass 5749 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5748 
Teatro reform. . . 5748 
The foaming room dilemma. 5747 
Melamine Foam 5747 
Foaming up the cat house 5747 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5747 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5747 
Acoustic revisions… 5746 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5743 
Surprises so far in the new room 5742 
The upperbass in the new room. 5742 
Slight change of hart. 5741 
Camco supply of Boston 5739 
Room acoustics 5739 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5698 
I need to kill dust first. 5698 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5696 
To feed the leeches? 5696 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5695 
Yh 5695 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5695 
DPOLs? 5695 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5695 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5692 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5692 
A HalfPipe solution? 5692 
I absolutely love it. 5692 
Piper work 5691 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5691 
Absorption 5691 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5690 
Cats life ? 5690 
Call me Pussy. 5690 
More about traps 5690 
Acoustic impedance? 5690 
You maybe right 5690 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5690 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5689 
Heavy Curtain 5689 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5688 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5688 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5688 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5685 
Fix speaker move chair? 5684 
Back and forth ceremony 5684 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5683 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5682 
Glass windows 5681 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5680 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5679 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5677 
How to use basement jacks? 5677 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5677 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5677 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5676 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5676 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5675 
Sore eyes... 5674 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5674 
The harvesting week! 5672 
I need an inspiration… 5671 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5670 
Like this? 5670 
Dramatically randomize MF 5670 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5669 
The room eats dynamic 5669 
Diffusers 5669 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5668 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5653 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5652 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5652 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5652 
About Width-Importance balance. 5650 
Letting the music scale up 5649 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5649 
To finish my house décor… 5645 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5644 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5643 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5643 
Calling the gods of music 5643 
Absolutely 5643 
Phase manipulation 5643 
No relation. 5643 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5643 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5643 
Dynamical mismatch 5642 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5642 
Stradiwinerius? 5639 
Dealing with the glass. 5638 
Boston 5638 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5638 
Added mass 5638 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5638 
It is about moderation…. 5638 
To hell with the wine... 5638 
Also for other surafaces 5637 
LEAD 5637 
LEAD & GLASS 5637 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5637 
Read carefully 5637 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5637 
Crooks and morons 5637 
Magiscopios 5636 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5616 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5616 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5615 
The LP setup in the new home. 5564 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5559 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5559 
Pianochord will do! 5559 
Spanyi heaven 5559 
I see no conflict at all. 5559 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5559 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5559 
A year after closing 5551 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5551 
Traveling antimatter 5544 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5538 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5537 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5511 
Cast Iron fireplace 5510 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5510 
The hardcore way 5510 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5474 
This is How It's Done 5473 
Listening room during summer. 5461 
What about those... 5460 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5460 
Reducing A/C Noise 5460 
HVAC the Cat 5460 
Big Ass fan 5459 
Variac dimmers 5459 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5459 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5459 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5391 
Some winter observations. 5282 
That Asian man…. 5251 
The Franz Schubert morning 5225 
Spring.... 5174 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5124 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5095 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5095 
Just good photography? 5095 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5095 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5095 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5094 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5094 
Sports car 5094 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5094 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5094 
Train Positioning 5094 
Kind of what I want 5094 
The lap listening… 5094 
Family Room 5094 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5091 
A super audio room. 5087 
Time Warp! 5087 
A piano in a listening room 5066 
Pianissimo 5066 
The plan in blue. 5066 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5066 
My doubts 5066 
It is exactly what I worry. 5065 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5065 
Musicians at home 5065 
Piano Measurements 5064 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5059 
The next step. 5045 
Midbass horns missing?? 5044 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5034 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5034 
Baby Grand 5033 
Wood floor 5033 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5033 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5033 
Amy’s baby. 5031 
Improvement 5031 
Agree with Scott 5031 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5019 
Integrated casters 5019 
Very nice, thanks. 5019 
Customization 5019 
Sliders 5019 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5012 
Congratulations 5012 
Holes in the floor... 5012 
Tubes and kids 5012 
Sweet spot enlargement 5012 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5010 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5009 
Wood Floors and Water 5009 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5004 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5003 
WAF is for Losers 5003 
WAF: it depends. 5003 
Integration 5002 
Here and there. 5002 
Life after WWIII 5002 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5002 
Cables management. 5000 
Featurizing 5000 
Kids and tubes cont. 4997 
Kid magnet 4997 
Kids and audio 4996 
Radars 4996 
Wow, what the days! 4992 
The comming weekend 4988 
It all was worth it! 4985 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4980 
Here is how it is look. 4980 
Resolving the carpet issue 4980 
Bonfire 4980 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4980 
Proof of concept? 4980 
Geometry 4980 
A view from listening position. 4980 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4980 
Some feedback 4980 
Evening 4980 
I wonder why. 4979 
Rugs and things 4979 
In defense… 4979 
I can’t get it. 4976 
Haze. 4975 
Front wall 4975 
It is very possible. 4975 
It is nice to be back. 4972 
My comfy corner. 4969 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4609 
WMD in house. 4431 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4334 
The third listening spot. 4313 
For sure a very different experience. 4275 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4270 
It's Jfretch's system. 4270 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4269 
Domestic games 4223 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4084 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4084 
Dynamic screening 4084 
Actually this is very good idea! 4084 
Volcanic fabric 4084 
I should have done this. 4082 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4078 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4047 
No worries 4047 
Awesome memories 4047 
Optimization of space 4047 
Child-ish considerations 4044 
Finding peace.... 4038 
"Fencing"? 4037 
I need to build something custom 4037 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4037 
Stressed Skin 4037 
NYC elevators 4037 
Kids toys and quantities. 4037 
Everything is completely reversible 4036 
Racks and things 4036 
Now it looks even more promising! 4036 
Quantity of rods 4036 
Avoiding diagonals 4034 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4033 
That's not fair! 4033 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4033 
Discrimination? 4028 
Vertical configuration 4021 
Impresive ! 3950 
Did you read the site? 3950 
Contact 3950 
Company's name is Rixrax 3950 
Stand 3949 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3905 
End of life headphone system 3905 
Something like this? 3905 
The "Second Living Room" 3905 
Mixing urban & suburban 3905 
Late night listening 3905 
Moving life... 3903 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3903 
A true listening room. 3879 
It started… 3864 
Levels of Interest 3864 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3864 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3864 
I can't not to post it.... 3864 
Do not leave him unattended. 3864 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3864 
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