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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5874 
The first take on the new room. 5868 
New Room, a first shot. 5867 
Wonderful 5867 
Adopted 5866 
The first relaxed night with the room 5864 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5863 
The listening room is ready. 5862 
New Room, a First Shot 5860 
Continue to work with the room 5860 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5860 
Room 5859 
I think it will take another month. 5859 
The Buttressing 5859 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5858 
The new place and the new noises. 5858 
Big listening room 5857 
Screw the "big" rooms 5857 
Big listening rooms 5857 
First reflection points 5856 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5856 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5853 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5852 
Squeezing the floor 5852 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5852 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5852 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5851 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5851 
The new room, the very first listening. 5851 
The 14.5 foot. 5850 
Again… 5849 
Romy's new Playground 5849 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5849 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5849 
For the uninitiated ... 5848 
NH guy 5848 
Room 5848 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5847 
The first base is done 5847 
Reentry time alignment. 5846 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5845 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5845 
Mid bass horn. 5845 
Guess is only a guess… 5845 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5845 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5844 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5844 
Diffusors 5844 
Diffuse injection 5844 
Let analyse why it so 5844 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5844 
Wheel and Deal 5844 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5844 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5844 
I Must Be Missing Something 5844 
I put sliders under my speakers 5843 
ROOM 5842 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5842 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5842 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5842 
No concerns 5842 
Speakers and room 5842 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5841 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5841 
Diaphram 5841 
Phram 5841 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5841 
Perfect piston 5841 
Decorater 5840 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5840 
New morning 5839 
The first take on the room with RTA 5838 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5838 
Axiomatic 5838 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5837 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5837 
The size of the bass. 5837 
Bass Factory 5837 
Crude Level, or something more? 5837 
I will play with it this week…. 5837 
Rent-A 5837 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5837 
Corner horns 5837 
Cheating from below 5837 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5837 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5836 
A possibly overly simplified view 5836 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5836 
Iceberg 5836 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5836 
Why not horn 5836 
A correction…. 5836 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5836 
They are just not related things at all. 5836 
Fertin 5834 
Low resonance is good... 5834 
Et tu, Brute? 5833 
The Room response at LF 5832 
Life On The Ground Floor 5832 
Bass arrays 5832 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5832 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5832 
The super sucks. 5832 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5832 
You may also try 5831 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5831 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5831 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5831 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5831 
60 Hz Resonance 5831 
No notching… so far. 5831 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5830 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5830 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5830 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5830 
Power to the People 5830 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5830 
Aura 5830 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5830 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5830 
All class D is the same 5830 
Interpreting the LF results. 5829 
The Halibut 5829 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5829 
The Big Picture 5829 
Power & ULF channels 5829 
The big picture indeed. 5829 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5829 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5829 
The Power and the Glory 5828 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5828 
I guess I did not get this memo 5828 
French LF drivers 5828 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5828 
(another) French LF approach 5827 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5827 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5827 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5827 
Limpschtick 5827 
Symmetry 5827 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5826 
Room correction 5826 
It migh be more complicated. 5826 
Bass EQ ? 5826 
Agree and not. 5826 
Two "diseases" 5826 
Parametric filters 5826 
Ceiling arrays 5826 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5826 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5826 
The Middle of the Room. 5826 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5826 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5826 
Stop! 5826 
Appendectomy 5826 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5825 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5825 
No Isolation 5825 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5822 
Potential contenders? 5821 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5821 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5821 
Those Crazy Canucks 5817 
Mo' Better Bass 5811 
Bird in the Hand? 5811 
A wet listening spot? 5804 
Storm 5801 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5801 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5787 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5757 
Polar Opposite ULF 5756 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5744 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5742 
Differently but the same. 5741 
PVC 5740 
The sail test try. 5740 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5740 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5740 
Trial 5739 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5739 
Some explanations 5739 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5738 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5737 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5736 
Acrylate 5735 
Magic blanket 5735 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5734 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5734 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5734 
I have a few options. 5734 
Foam color 5734 
Strange things with upperbass 5734 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5733 
Teatro reform. . . 5733 
The foaming room dilemma. 5732 
Melamine Foam 5732 
Foaming up the cat house 5732 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5732 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5732 
Acoustic revisions… 5731 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5728 
Surprises so far in the new room 5727 
The upperbass in the new room. 5727 
Slight change of hart. 5726 
Camco supply of Boston 5724 
Room acoustics 5724 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5683 
I need to kill dust first. 5683 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5681 
To feed the leeches? 5681 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5680 
Yh 5680 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5680 
DPOLs? 5680 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5680 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5677 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5677 
A HalfPipe solution? 5677 
I absolutely love it. 5677 
Piper work 5676 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5676 
Absorption 5676 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5675 
Cats life ? 5675 
Call me Pussy. 5675 
More about traps 5675 
Acoustic impedance? 5675 
You maybe right 5675 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5675 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5674 
Heavy Curtain 5674 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5673 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5673 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5673 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5670 
Fix speaker move chair? 5669 
Back and forth ceremony 5669 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5668 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5667 
Glass windows 5666 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5665 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5664 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5662 
How to use basement jacks? 5662 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5662 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5662 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5661 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5661 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5660 
Sore eyes... 5659 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5659 
The harvesting week! 5657 
I need an inspiration… 5656 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5655 
Like this? 5655 
Dramatically randomize MF 5655 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5654 
The room eats dynamic 5654 
Diffusers 5654 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5653 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5638 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5637 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5637 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5637 
About Width-Importance balance. 5635 
Letting the music scale up 5634 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5634 
To finish my house décor… 5630 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5629 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5628 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5628 
Calling the gods of music 5628 
Absolutely 5628 
Phase manipulation 5628 
No relation. 5628 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5628 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5628 
Dynamical mismatch 5627 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5627 
Stradiwinerius? 5624 
Dealing with the glass. 5623 
Boston 5623 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5623 
Added mass 5623 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5623 
It is about moderation…. 5623 
To hell with the wine... 5623 
Also for other surafaces 5622 
LEAD 5622 
LEAD & GLASS 5622 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5622 
Read carefully 5622 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5622 
Crooks and morons 5622 
Magiscopios 5621 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5601 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5601 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5600 
The LP setup in the new home. 5549 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5544 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5544 
Pianochord will do! 5544 
Spanyi heaven 5544 
I see no conflict at all. 5544 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5544 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5544 
A year after closing 5536 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5536 
Traveling antimatter 5529 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5523 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5522 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5496 
Cast Iron fireplace 5495 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5495 
The hardcore way 5495 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5459 
This is How It's Done 5458 
Listening room during summer. 5446 
What about those... 5445 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5445 
Reducing A/C Noise 5445 
HVAC the Cat 5445 
Big Ass fan 5444 
Variac dimmers 5444 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5444 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5444 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5376 
Some winter observations. 5267 
That Asian man…. 5236 
The Franz Schubert morning 5210 
Spring.... 5159 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5109 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5080 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5080 
Just good photography? 5080 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5080 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5080 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5079 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5079 
Sports car 5079 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5079 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5079 
Train Positioning 5079 
Kind of what I want 5079 
The lap listening… 5079 
Family Room 5079 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5076 
A super audio room. 5072 
Time Warp! 5072 
A piano in a listening room 5051 
Pianissimo 5051 
The plan in blue. 5051 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5051 
My doubts 5051 
It is exactly what I worry. 5050 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5050 
Musicians at home 5050 
Piano Measurements 5049 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5044 
The next step. 5030 
Midbass horns missing?? 5029 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5019 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5019 
Baby Grand 5018 
Wood floor 5018 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5018 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5018 
Amy’s baby. 5016 
Improvement 5016 
Agree with Scott 5016 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5004 
Integrated casters 5004 
Very nice, thanks. 5004 
Customization 5004 
Sliders 5004 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4997 
Congratulations 4997 
Holes in the floor... 4997 
Tubes and kids 4997 
Sweet spot enlargement 4997 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4995 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4994 
Wood Floors and Water 4994 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4989 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4988 
WAF is for Losers 4988 
WAF: it depends. 4988 
Integration 4987 
Here and there. 4987 
Life after WWIII 4987 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4987 
Cables management. 4985 
Featurizing 4985 
Kids and tubes cont. 4982 
Kid magnet 4982 
Kids and audio 4981 
Radars 4981 
Wow, what the days! 4977 
The comming weekend 4973 
It all was worth it! 4970 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4965 
Here is how it is look. 4965 
Resolving the carpet issue 4965 
Bonfire 4965 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4965 
Proof of concept? 4965 
Geometry 4965 
A view from listening position. 4965 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4965 
Some feedback 4965 
Evening 4965 
I wonder why. 4964 
Rugs and things 4964 
In defense… 4964 
I can’t get it. 4961 
Haze. 4960 
Front wall 4960 
It is very possible. 4960 
It is nice to be back. 4957 
My comfy corner. 4954 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4594 
WMD in house. 4416 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4319 
The third listening spot. 4298 
For sure a very different experience. 4260 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4255 
It's Jfretch's system. 4255 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4254 
Domestic games 4208 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4069 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4069 
Dynamic screening 4069 
Actually this is very good idea! 4069 
Volcanic fabric 4069 
I should have done this. 4067 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4063 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4032 
No worries 4032 
Awesome memories 4032 
Optimization of space 4032 
Child-ish considerations 4029 
Finding peace.... 4023 
"Fencing"? 4022 
I need to build something custom 4022 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4022 
Stressed Skin 4022 
NYC elevators 4022 
Kids toys and quantities. 4022 
Everything is completely reversible 4021 
Racks and things 4021 
Now it looks even more promising! 4021 
Quantity of rods 4021 
Avoiding diagonals 4019 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4018 
That's not fair! 4018 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4018 
Discrimination? 4013 
Vertical configuration 4006 
Impresive ! 3935 
Did you read the site? 3935 
Contact 3935 
Company's name is Rixrax 3935 
Stand 3934 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3890 
End of life headphone system 3890 
Something like this? 3890 
The "Second Living Room" 3890 
Mixing urban & suburban 3890 
Late night listening 3890 
Moving life... 3888 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3888 
A true listening room. 3864 
It started… 3849 
Levels of Interest 3849 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3849 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3849 
I can't not to post it.... 3849 
Do not leave him unattended. 3849 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3849 
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