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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5718 
The first take on the new room. 5712 
New Room, a first shot. 5711 
Wonderful 5711 
Adopted 5710 
The first relaxed night with the room 5708 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5707 
The listening room is ready. 5706 
New Room, a First Shot 5704 
Continue to work with the room 5704 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5704 
Room 5703 
I think it will take another month. 5703 
The Buttressing 5703 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5702 
The new place and the new noises. 5702 
Big listening room 5701 
Screw the "big" rooms 5701 
Big listening rooms 5701 
First reflection points 5700 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5700 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5697 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5696 
Squeezing the floor 5696 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5696 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5696 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5695 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5695 
The new room, the very first listening. 5695 
The 14.5 foot. 5694 
Again… 5693 
Romy's new Playground 5693 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5693 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5693 
For the uninitiated ... 5692 
NH guy 5692 
Room 5692 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5691 
The first base is done 5691 
Reentry time alignment. 5690 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5689 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5689 
Mid bass horn. 5689 
Guess is only a guess… 5689 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5689 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5688 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5688 
Diffusors 5688 
Diffuse injection 5688 
Let analyse why it so 5688 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5688 
Wheel and Deal 5688 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5688 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5688 
I Must Be Missing Something 5688 
I put sliders under my speakers 5687 
ROOM 5686 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5686 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5686 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5686 
No concerns 5686 
Speakers and room 5686 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5685 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5685 
Diaphram 5685 
Phram 5685 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5685 
Perfect piston 5685 
Decorater 5684 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5684 
New morning 5683 
The first take on the room with RTA 5682 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5682 
Axiomatic 5682 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5681 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5681 
The size of the bass. 5681 
Bass Factory 5681 
Crude Level, or something more? 5681 
I will play with it this week…. 5681 
Rent-A 5681 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5681 
Corner horns 5681 
Cheating from below 5681 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5681 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5680 
A possibly overly simplified view 5680 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5680 
Iceberg 5680 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5680 
Why not horn 5680 
A correction…. 5680 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5680 
They are just not related things at all. 5680 
Fertin 5678 
Low resonance is good... 5678 
Et tu, Brute? 5677 
The Room response at LF 5676 
Life On The Ground Floor 5676 
Bass arrays 5676 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5676 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5676 
The super sucks. 5676 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5676 
You may also try 5675 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5675 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5675 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5675 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5675 
60 Hz Resonance 5675 
No notching… so far. 5675 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5674 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5674 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5674 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5674 
Power to the People 5674 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5674 
Aura 5674 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5674 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5674 
All class D is the same 5674 
Interpreting the LF results. 5673 
The Halibut 5673 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5673 
The Big Picture 5673 
Power & ULF channels 5673 
The big picture indeed. 5673 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5673 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5673 
The Power and the Glory 5672 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5672 
I guess I did not get this memo 5672 
French LF drivers 5672 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5672 
(another) French LF approach 5671 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5671 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5671 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5671 
Limpschtick 5671 
Symmetry 5671 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5670 
Room correction 5670 
It migh be more complicated. 5670 
Bass EQ ? 5670 
Agree and not. 5670 
Two "diseases" 5670 
Parametric filters 5670 
Ceiling arrays 5670 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5670 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5670 
The Middle of the Room. 5670 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5670 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5670 
Stop! 5670 
Appendectomy 5670 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5669 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5669 
No Isolation 5669 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5666 
Potential contenders? 5665 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5665 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5665 
Those Crazy Canucks 5661 
Mo' Better Bass 5655 
Bird in the Hand? 5655 
A wet listening spot? 5648 
Storm 5645 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5645 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5631 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5601 
Polar Opposite ULF 5600 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5588 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5586 
Differently but the same. 5585 
PVC 5584 
The sail test try. 5584 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5584 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5584 
Trial 5583 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5583 
Some explanations 5583 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5582 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5581 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5580 
Acrylate 5579 
Magic blanket 5579 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5578 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5578 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5578 
I have a few options. 5578 
Foam color 5578 
Strange things with upperbass 5578 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5577 
Teatro reform. . . 5577 
The foaming room dilemma. 5576 
Melamine Foam 5576 
Foaming up the cat house 5576 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5576 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5576 
Acoustic revisions… 5575 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5572 
Surprises so far in the new room 5571 
The upperbass in the new room. 5571 
Slight change of hart. 5570 
Camco supply of Boston 5568 
Room acoustics 5568 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5527 
I need to kill dust first. 5527 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5525 
To feed the leeches? 5525 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5524 
Yh 5524 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5524 
DPOLs? 5524 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5524 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5521 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5521 
A HalfPipe solution? 5521 
I absolutely love it. 5521 
Piper work 5520 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5520 
Absorption 5520 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5519 
Cats life ? 5519 
Call me Pussy. 5519 
More about traps 5519 
Acoustic impedance? 5519 
You maybe right 5519 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5519 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5518 
Heavy Curtain 5518 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5517 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5517 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5517 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5514 
Fix speaker move chair? 5513 
Back and forth ceremony 5513 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5512 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5511 
Glass windows 5510 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5509 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5508 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5506 
How to use basement jacks? 5506 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5506 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5506 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5505 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5505 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5504 
Sore eyes... 5503 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5503 
The harvesting week! 5501 
I need an inspiration… 5500 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5499 
Like this? 5499 
Dramatically randomize MF 5499 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5498 
The room eats dynamic 5498 
Diffusers 5498 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5497 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5482 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5481 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5481 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5481 
About Width-Importance balance. 5479 
Letting the music scale up 5478 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5478 
To finish my house décor… 5474 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5473 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5472 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5472 
Calling the gods of music 5472 
Absolutely 5472 
Phase manipulation 5472 
No relation. 5472 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5472 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5472 
Dynamical mismatch 5471 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5471 
Stradiwinerius? 5468 
Dealing with the glass. 5467 
Boston 5467 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5467 
Added mass 5467 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5467 
It is about moderation…. 5467 
To hell with the wine... 5467 
Also for other surafaces 5466 
LEAD 5466 
LEAD & GLASS 5466 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5466 
Read carefully 5466 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5466 
Crooks and morons 5466 
Magiscopios 5465 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5445 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5445 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5444 
The LP setup in the new home. 5393 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5388 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5388 
Pianochord will do! 5388 
Spanyi heaven 5388 
I see no conflict at all. 5388 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5388 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5388 
A year after closing 5380 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5380 
Traveling antimatter 5373 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5367 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5366 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5340 
Cast Iron fireplace 5339 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5339 
The hardcore way 5339 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5303 
This is How It's Done 5302 
Listening room during summer. 5290 
What about those... 5289 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5289 
Reducing A/C Noise 5289 
HVAC the Cat 5289 
Big Ass fan 5288 
Variac dimmers 5288 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5288 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5288 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5220 
Some winter observations. 5111 
That Asian man…. 5080 
The Franz Schubert morning 5054 
Spring.... 5003 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4953 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4924 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4924 
Just good photography? 4924 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4924 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4924 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4923 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4923 
Sports car 4923 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4923 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4923 
Train Positioning 4923 
Kind of what I want 4923 
The lap listening… 4923 
Family Room 4923 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4920 
A super audio room. 4916 
Time Warp! 4916 
A piano in a listening room 4895 
Pianissimo 4895 
The plan in blue. 4895 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4895 
My doubts 4895 
It is exactly what I worry. 4894 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4894 
Musicians at home 4894 
Piano Measurements 4893 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4888 
The next step. 4874 
Midbass horns missing?? 4873 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4863 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4863 
Baby Grand 4862 
Wood floor 4862 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4862 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4862 
Amy’s baby. 4860 
Improvement 4860 
Agree with Scott 4860 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4848 
Integrated casters 4848 
Very nice, thanks. 4848 
Customization 4848 
Sliders 4848 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4841 
Congratulations 4841 
Holes in the floor... 4841 
Tubes and kids 4841 
Sweet spot enlargement 4841 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4839 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4838 
Wood Floors and Water 4838 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4833 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4832 
WAF is for Losers 4832 
WAF: it depends. 4832 
Integration 4831 
Here and there. 4831 
Life after WWIII 4831 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4831 
Cables management. 4829 
Featurizing 4829 
Kids and tubes cont. 4826 
Kid magnet 4826 
Kids and audio 4825 
Radars 4825 
Wow, what the days! 4821 
The comming weekend 4817 
It all was worth it! 4814 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4809 
Here is how it is look. 4809 
Resolving the carpet issue 4809 
Bonfire 4809 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4809 
Proof of concept? 4809 
Geometry 4809 
A view from listening position. 4809 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4809 
Some feedback 4809 
Evening 4809 
I wonder why. 4808 
Rugs and things 4808 
In defense… 4808 
I can’t get it. 4805 
Haze. 4804 
Front wall 4804 
It is very possible. 4804 
It is nice to be back. 4801 
My comfy corner. 4798 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4438 
WMD in house. 4260 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4163 
The third listening spot. 4142 
For sure a very different experience. 4104 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4099 
It's Jfretch's system. 4099 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4098 
Domestic games 4052 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3913 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3913 
Dynamic screening 3913 
Actually this is very good idea! 3913 
Volcanic fabric 3913 
I should have done this. 3911 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3907 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3876 
No worries 3876 
Awesome memories 3876 
Optimization of space 3876 
Child-ish considerations 3873 
Finding peace.... 3867 
"Fencing"? 3866 
I need to build something custom 3866 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3866 
Stressed Skin 3866 
NYC elevators 3866 
Kids toys and quantities. 3866 
Everything is completely reversible 3865 
Racks and things 3865 
Now it looks even more promising! 3865 
Quantity of rods 3865 
Avoiding diagonals 3863 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3862 
That's not fair! 3862 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3862 
Discrimination? 3857 
Vertical configuration 3850 
Impresive ! 3779 
Did you read the site? 3779 
Contact 3779 
Company's name is Rixrax 3779 
Stand 3778 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3734 
End of life headphone system 3734 
Something like this? 3734 
The "Second Living Room" 3734 
Mixing urban & suburban 3734 
Late night listening 3734 
Moving life... 3732 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3732 
A true listening room. 3708 
It started… 3693 
Levels of Interest 3693 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3693 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3693 
I can't not to post it.... 3693 
Do not leave him unattended. 3693 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3693 
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