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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5866 
The first take on the new room. 5860 
New Room, a first shot. 5859 
Wonderful 5859 
Adopted 5858 
The first relaxed night with the room 5856 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5855 
The listening room is ready. 5854 
New Room, a First Shot 5852 
Continue to work with the room 5852 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5852 
Room 5851 
I think it will take another month. 5851 
The Buttressing 5851 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5850 
The new place and the new noises. 5850 
Big listening room 5849 
Screw the "big" rooms 5849 
Big listening rooms 5849 
First reflection points 5848 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5848 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5845 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5844 
Squeezing the floor 5844 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5844 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5844 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5843 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5843 
The new room, the very first listening. 5843 
The 14.5 foot. 5842 
Again… 5841 
Romy's new Playground 5841 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5841 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5841 
For the uninitiated ... 5840 
NH guy 5840 
Room 5840 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5839 
The first base is done 5839 
Reentry time alignment. 5838 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5837 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5837 
Mid bass horn. 5837 
Guess is only a guess… 5837 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5837 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5836 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5836 
Diffusors 5836 
Diffuse injection 5836 
Let analyse why it so 5836 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5836 
Wheel and Deal 5836 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5836 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5836 
I Must Be Missing Something 5836 
I put sliders under my speakers 5835 
ROOM 5834 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5834 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5834 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5834 
No concerns 5834 
Speakers and room 5834 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5833 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5833 
Diaphram 5833 
Phram 5833 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5833 
Perfect piston 5833 
Decorater 5832 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5832 
New morning 5831 
The first take on the room with RTA 5830 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5830 
Axiomatic 5830 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5829 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5829 
The size of the bass. 5829 
Bass Factory 5829 
Crude Level, or something more? 5829 
I will play with it this week…. 5829 
Rent-A 5829 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5829 
Corner horns 5829 
Cheating from below 5829 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5829 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5828 
A possibly overly simplified view 5828 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5828 
Iceberg 5828 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5828 
Why not horn 5828 
A correction…. 5828 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5828 
They are just not related things at all. 5828 
Fertin 5826 
Low resonance is good... 5826 
Et tu, Brute? 5825 
The Room response at LF 5824 
Life On The Ground Floor 5824 
Bass arrays 5824 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5824 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5824 
The super sucks. 5824 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5824 
You may also try 5823 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5823 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5823 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5823 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5823 
60 Hz Resonance 5823 
No notching… so far. 5823 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5822 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5822 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5822 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5822 
Power to the People 5822 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5822 
Aura 5822 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5822 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5822 
All class D is the same 5822 
Interpreting the LF results. 5821 
The Halibut 5821 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5821 
The Big Picture 5821 
Power & ULF channels 5821 
The big picture indeed. 5821 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5821 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5821 
The Power and the Glory 5820 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5820 
I guess I did not get this memo 5820 
French LF drivers 5820 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5820 
(another) French LF approach 5819 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5819 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5819 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5819 
Limpschtick 5819 
Symmetry 5819 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5818 
Room correction 5818 
It migh be more complicated. 5818 
Bass EQ ? 5818 
Agree and not. 5818 
Two "diseases" 5818 
Parametric filters 5818 
Ceiling arrays 5818 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5818 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5818 
The Middle of the Room. 5818 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5818 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5818 
Stop! 5818 
Appendectomy 5818 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5817 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5817 
No Isolation 5817 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5814 
Potential contenders? 5813 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5813 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5813 
Those Crazy Canucks 5809 
Mo' Better Bass 5803 
Bird in the Hand? 5803 
A wet listening spot? 5796 
Storm 5793 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5793 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5779 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5749 
Polar Opposite ULF 5748 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5736 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5734 
Differently but the same. 5733 
PVC 5732 
The sail test try. 5732 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5732 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5732 
Trial 5731 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5731 
Some explanations 5731 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5730 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5729 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5728 
Acrylate 5727 
Magic blanket 5727 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5726 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5726 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5726 
I have a few options. 5726 
Foam color 5726 
Strange things with upperbass 5726 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5725 
Teatro reform. . . 5725 
The foaming room dilemma. 5724 
Melamine Foam 5724 
Foaming up the cat house 5724 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5724 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5724 
Acoustic revisions… 5723 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5720 
Surprises so far in the new room 5719 
The upperbass in the new room. 5719 
Slight change of hart. 5718 
Camco supply of Boston 5716 
Room acoustics 5716 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5675 
I need to kill dust first. 5675 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5673 
To feed the leeches? 5673 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5672 
Yh 5672 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5672 
DPOLs? 5672 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5672 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5669 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5669 
A HalfPipe solution? 5669 
I absolutely love it. 5669 
Piper work 5668 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5668 
Absorption 5668 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5667 
Cats life ? 5667 
Call me Pussy. 5667 
More about traps 5667 
Acoustic impedance? 5667 
You maybe right 5667 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5667 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5666 
Heavy Curtain 5666 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5665 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5665 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5665 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5662 
Fix speaker move chair? 5661 
Back and forth ceremony 5661 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5660 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5659 
Glass windows 5658 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5657 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5656 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5654 
How to use basement jacks? 5654 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5654 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5654 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5653 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5653 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5652 
Sore eyes... 5651 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5651 
The harvesting week! 5649 
I need an inspiration… 5648 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5647 
Like this? 5647 
Dramatically randomize MF 5647 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5646 
The room eats dynamic 5646 
Diffusers 5646 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5645 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5630 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5629 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5629 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5629 
About Width-Importance balance. 5627 
Letting the music scale up 5626 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5626 
To finish my house décor… 5622 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5621 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5620 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5620 
Calling the gods of music 5620 
Absolutely 5620 
Phase manipulation 5620 
No relation. 5620 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5620 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5620 
Dynamical mismatch 5619 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5619 
Stradiwinerius? 5616 
Dealing with the glass. 5615 
Boston 5615 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5615 
Added mass 5615 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5615 
It is about moderation…. 5615 
To hell with the wine... 5615 
Also for other surafaces 5614 
LEAD 5614 
LEAD & GLASS 5614 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5614 
Read carefully 5614 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5614 
Crooks and morons 5614 
Magiscopios 5613 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5593 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5593 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5592 
The LP setup in the new home. 5541 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5536 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5536 
Pianochord will do! 5536 
Spanyi heaven 5536 
I see no conflict at all. 5536 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5536 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5536 
A year after closing 5528 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5528 
Traveling antimatter 5521 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5515 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5514 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5488 
Cast Iron fireplace 5487 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5487 
The hardcore way 5487 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5451 
This is How It's Done 5450 
Listening room during summer. 5438 
What about those... 5437 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5437 
Reducing A/C Noise 5437 
HVAC the Cat 5437 
Big Ass fan 5436 
Variac dimmers 5436 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5436 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5436 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5368 
Some winter observations. 5259 
That Asian man…. 5228 
The Franz Schubert morning 5202 
Spring.... 5151 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5101 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5072 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5072 
Just good photography? 5072 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5072 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5072 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5071 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5071 
Sports car 5071 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5071 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5071 
Train Positioning 5071 
Kind of what I want 5071 
The lap listening… 5071 
Family Room 5071 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5068 
A super audio room. 5064 
Time Warp! 5064 
A piano in a listening room 5043 
Pianissimo 5043 
The plan in blue. 5043 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5043 
My doubts 5043 
It is exactly what I worry. 5042 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5042 
Musicians at home 5042 
Piano Measurements 5041 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5036 
The next step. 5022 
Midbass horns missing?? 5021 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5011 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5011 
Baby Grand 5010 
Wood floor 5010 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5010 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5010 
Amy’s baby. 5008 
Improvement 5008 
Agree with Scott 5008 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4996 
Integrated casters 4996 
Very nice, thanks. 4996 
Customization 4996 
Sliders 4996 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4989 
Congratulations 4989 
Holes in the floor... 4989 
Tubes and kids 4989 
Sweet spot enlargement 4989 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4987 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4986 
Wood Floors and Water 4986 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4981 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4980 
WAF is for Losers 4980 
WAF: it depends. 4980 
Integration 4979 
Here and there. 4979 
Life after WWIII 4979 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4979 
Cables management. 4977 
Featurizing 4977 
Kids and tubes cont. 4974 
Kid magnet 4974 
Kids and audio 4973 
Radars 4973 
Wow, what the days! 4969 
The comming weekend 4965 
It all was worth it! 4962 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4957 
Here is how it is look. 4957 
Resolving the carpet issue 4957 
Bonfire 4957 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4957 
Proof of concept? 4957 
Geometry 4957 
A view from listening position. 4957 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4957 
Some feedback 4957 
Evening 4957 
I wonder why. 4956 
Rugs and things 4956 
In defense… 4956 
I can’t get it. 4953 
Haze. 4952 
Front wall 4952 
It is very possible. 4952 
It is nice to be back. 4949 
My comfy corner. 4946 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4586 
WMD in house. 4408 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4311 
The third listening spot. 4290 
For sure a very different experience. 4252 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4247 
It's Jfretch's system. 4247 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4246 
Domestic games 4200 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4061 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4061 
Dynamic screening 4061 
Actually this is very good idea! 4061 
Volcanic fabric 4061 
I should have done this. 4059 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4055 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4024 
No worries 4024 
Awesome memories 4024 
Optimization of space 4024 
Child-ish considerations 4021 
Finding peace.... 4015 
"Fencing"? 4014 
I need to build something custom 4014 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4014 
Stressed Skin 4014 
NYC elevators 4014 
Kids toys and quantities. 4014 
Everything is completely reversible 4013 
Racks and things 4013 
Now it looks even more promising! 4013 
Quantity of rods 4013 
Avoiding diagonals 4011 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4010 
That's not fair! 4010 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4010 
Discrimination? 4005 
Vertical configuration 3998 
Impresive ! 3927 
Did you read the site? 3927 
Contact 3927 
Company's name is Rixrax 3927 
Stand 3926 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3882 
End of life headphone system 3882 
Something like this? 3882 
The "Second Living Room" 3882 
Mixing urban & suburban 3882 
Late night listening 3882 
Moving life... 3880 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3880 
A true listening room. 3856 
It started… 3841 
Levels of Interest 3841 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3841 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3841 
I can't not to post it.... 3841 
Do not leave him unattended. 3841 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3841 
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