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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5552 
The first take on the new room. 5546 
New Room, a first shot. 5545 
Wonderful 5545 
Adopted 5544 
The first relaxed night with the room 5542 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5541 
The listening room is ready. 5540 
New Room, a First Shot 5538 
Continue to work with the room 5538 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5538 
Room 5537 
I think it will take another month. 5537 
The Buttressing 5537 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5536 
The new place and the new noises. 5536 
Big listening room 5535 
Screw the "big" rooms 5535 
Big listening rooms 5535 
First reflection points 5534 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5534 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5531 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5530 
Squeezing the floor 5530 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5530 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5530 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5529 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5529 
The new room, the very first listening. 5529 
The 14.5 foot. 5528 
Again… 5527 
Romy's new Playground 5527 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5527 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5527 
For the uninitiated ... 5526 
NH guy 5526 
Room 5526 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5525 
The first base is done 5525 
Reentry time alignment. 5524 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5523 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5523 
Mid bass horn. 5523 
Guess is only a guess… 5523 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5523 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5522 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5522 
Diffusors 5522 
Diffuse injection 5522 
Let analyse why it so 5522 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5522 
Wheel and Deal 5522 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5522 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5522 
I Must Be Missing Something 5522 
I put sliders under my speakers 5521 
ROOM 5520 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5520 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5520 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5520 
No concerns 5520 
Speakers and room 5520 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5519 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5519 
Diaphram 5519 
Phram 5519 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5519 
Perfect piston 5519 
Decorater 5518 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5518 
New morning 5517 
The first take on the room with RTA 5516 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5516 
Axiomatic 5516 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5515 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5515 
The size of the bass. 5515 
Bass Factory 5515 
Crude Level, or something more? 5515 
I will play with it this week…. 5515 
Rent-A 5515 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5515 
Corner horns 5515 
Cheating from below 5515 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5515 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5514 
A possibly overly simplified view 5514 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5514 
Iceberg 5514 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5514 
Why not horn 5514 
A correction…. 5514 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5514 
They are just not related things at all. 5514 
Fertin 5512 
Low resonance is good... 5512 
Et tu, Brute? 5511 
The Room response at LF 5510 
Life On The Ground Floor 5510 
Bass arrays 5510 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5510 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5510 
The super sucks. 5510 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5510 
You may also try 5509 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5509 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5509 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5509 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5509 
60 Hz Resonance 5509 
No notching… so far. 5509 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5508 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5508 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5508 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5508 
Power to the People 5508 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5508 
Aura 5508 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5508 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5508 
All class D is the same 5508 
Interpreting the LF results. 5507 
The Halibut 5507 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5507 
The Big Picture 5507 
Power & ULF channels 5507 
The big picture indeed. 5507 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5507 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5507 
The Power and the Glory 5506 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5506 
I guess I did not get this memo 5506 
French LF drivers 5506 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5506 
(another) French LF approach 5505 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5505 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5505 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5505 
Limpschtick 5505 
Symmetry 5505 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5504 
Room correction 5504 
It migh be more complicated. 5504 
Bass EQ ? 5504 
Agree and not. 5504 
Two "diseases" 5504 
Parametric filters 5504 
Ceiling arrays 5504 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5504 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5504 
The Middle of the Room. 5504 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5504 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5504 
Stop! 5504 
Appendectomy 5504 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5503 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5503 
No Isolation 5503 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5500 
Potential contenders? 5499 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5499 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5499 
Those Crazy Canucks 5495 
Mo' Better Bass 5489 
Bird in the Hand? 5489 
A wet listening spot? 5482 
Storm 5479 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5479 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5465 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5435 
Polar Opposite ULF 5434 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5422 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5420 
Differently but the same. 5419 
PVC 5418 
The sail test try. 5418 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5418 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5418 
Trial 5417 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5417 
Some explanations 5417 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5416 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5415 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5414 
Acrylate 5413 
Magic blanket 5413 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5412 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5412 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5412 
I have a few options. 5412 
Foam color 5412 
Strange things with upperbass 5412 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5411 
Teatro reform. . . 5411 
The foaming room dilemma. 5410 
Melamine Foam 5410 
Foaming up the cat house 5410 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5410 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5410 
Acoustic revisions… 5409 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5406 
Surprises so far in the new room 5405 
The upperbass in the new room. 5405 
Slight change of hart. 5404 
Camco supply of Boston 5402 
Room acoustics 5402 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5361 
I need to kill dust first. 5361 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5359 
To feed the leeches? 5359 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5358 
Yh 5358 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5358 
DPOLs? 5358 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5358 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5355 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5355 
A HalfPipe solution? 5355 
I absolutely love it. 5355 
Piper work 5354 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5354 
Absorption 5354 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5353 
Cats life ? 5353 
Call me Pussy. 5353 
More about traps 5353 
Acoustic impedance? 5353 
You maybe right 5353 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5353 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5352 
Heavy Curtain 5352 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5351 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5351 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5351 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5348 
Fix speaker move chair? 5347 
Back and forth ceremony 5347 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5346 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5345 
Glass windows 5344 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5343 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5342 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5340 
How to use basement jacks? 5340 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5340 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5340 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5339 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5339 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5338 
Sore eyes... 5337 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5337 
The harvesting week! 5335 
I need an inspiration… 5334 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5333 
Like this? 5333 
Dramatically randomize MF 5333 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5332 
The room eats dynamic 5332 
Diffusers 5332 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5331 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5316 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5315 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5315 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5315 
About Width-Importance balance. 5313 
Letting the music scale up 5312 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5312 
To finish my house décor… 5308 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5307 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5306 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5306 
Calling the gods of music 5306 
Absolutely 5306 
Phase manipulation 5306 
No relation. 5306 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5306 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5306 
Dynamical mismatch 5305 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5305 
Stradiwinerius? 5302 
Dealing with the glass. 5301 
Boston 5301 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5301 
Added mass 5301 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5301 
It is about moderation…. 5301 
To hell with the wine... 5301 
Also for other surafaces 5300 
LEAD 5300 
LEAD & GLASS 5300 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5300 
Read carefully 5300 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5300 
Crooks and morons 5300 
Magiscopios 5299 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5279 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5279 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5278 
The LP setup in the new home. 5227 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5222 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5222 
Pianochord will do! 5222 
Spanyi heaven 5222 
I see no conflict at all. 5222 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5222 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5222 
A year after closing 5214 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5214 
Traveling antimatter 5207 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5201 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5200 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5174 
Cast Iron fireplace 5173 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5173 
The hardcore way 5173 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5137 
This is How It's Done 5136 
Listening room during summer. 5124 
What about those... 5123 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5123 
Reducing A/C Noise 5123 
HVAC the Cat 5123 
Big Ass fan 5122 
Variac dimmers 5122 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5122 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5122 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5054 
Some winter observations. 4945 
That Asian man…. 4914 
The Franz Schubert morning 4888 
Spring.... 4837 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4787 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4758 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4758 
Just good photography? 4758 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4758 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4758 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4757 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4757 
Sports car 4757 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4757 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4757 
Train Positioning 4757 
Kind of what I want 4757 
The lap listening… 4757 
Family Room 4757 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4754 
A super audio room. 4750 
Time Warp! 4750 
A piano in a listening room 4729 
Pianissimo 4729 
The plan in blue. 4729 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4729 
My doubts 4729 
It is exactly what I worry. 4728 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4728 
Musicians at home 4728 
Piano Measurements 4727 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4722 
The next step. 4708 
Midbass horns missing?? 4707 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4697 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4697 
Baby Grand 4696 
Wood floor 4696 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4696 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4696 
Amy’s baby. 4694 
Improvement 4694 
Agree with Scott 4694 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4682 
Integrated casters 4682 
Very nice, thanks. 4682 
Customization 4682 
Sliders 4682 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4675 
Congratulations 4675 
Holes in the floor... 4675 
Tubes and kids 4675 
Sweet spot enlargement 4675 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4673 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4672 
Wood Floors and Water 4672 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4667 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4666 
WAF is for Losers 4666 
WAF: it depends. 4666 
Integration 4665 
Here and there. 4665 
Life after WWIII 4665 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4665 
Cables management. 4663 
Featurizing 4663 
Kids and tubes cont. 4660 
Kid magnet 4660 
Kids and audio 4659 
Radars 4659 
Wow, what the days! 4655 
The comming weekend 4651 
It all was worth it! 4648 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4643 
Here is how it is look. 4643 
Resolving the carpet issue 4643 
Bonfire 4643 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4643 
Proof of concept? 4643 
Geometry 4643 
A view from listening position. 4643 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4643 
Some feedback 4643 
Evening 4643 
I wonder why. 4642 
Rugs and things 4642 
In defense… 4642 
I can’t get it. 4639 
Haze. 4638 
Front wall 4638 
It is very possible. 4638 
It is nice to be back. 4635 
My comfy corner. 4632 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4272 
WMD in house. 4094 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 3997 
The third listening spot. 3976 
For sure a very different experience. 3938 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 3933 
It's Jfretch's system. 3933 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 3932 
Domestic games 3886 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3747 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3747 
Dynamic screening 3747 
Actually this is very good idea! 3747 
Volcanic fabric 3747 
I should have done this. 3745 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3741 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3710 
No worries 3710 
Awesome memories 3710 
Optimization of space 3710 
Child-ish considerations 3707 
Finding peace.... 3701 
"Fencing"? 3700 
I need to build something custom 3700 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3700 
Stressed Skin 3700 
NYC elevators 3700 
Kids toys and quantities. 3700 
Everything is completely reversible 3699 
Racks and things 3699 
Now it looks even more promising! 3699 
Quantity of rods 3699 
Avoiding diagonals 3697 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3696 
That's not fair! 3696 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3696 
Discrimination? 3691 
Vertical configuration 3684 
Impresive ! 3613 
Did you read the site? 3613 
Contact 3613 
Company's name is Rixrax 3613 
Stand 3612 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3568 
End of life headphone system 3568 
Something like this? 3568 
The "Second Living Room" 3568 
Mixing urban & suburban 3568 
Late night listening 3568 
Moving life... 3566 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3566 
A true listening room. 3542 
It started… 3527 
Levels of Interest 3527 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3527 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3527 
I can't not to post it.... 3527 
Do not leave him unattended. 3527 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3527 
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