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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5761 
The first take on the new room. 5755 
New Room, a first shot. 5754 
Wonderful 5754 
Adopted 5753 
The first relaxed night with the room 5751 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5750 
The listening room is ready. 5749 
New Room, a First Shot 5747 
Continue to work with the room 5747 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5747 
Room 5746 
I think it will take another month. 5746 
The Buttressing 5746 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5745 
The new place and the new noises. 5745 
Big listening room 5744 
Screw the "big" rooms 5744 
Big listening rooms 5744 
First reflection points 5743 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5743 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5740 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5739 
Squeezing the floor 5739 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5739 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5739 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5738 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5738 
The new room, the very first listening. 5738 
The 14.5 foot. 5737 
Again… 5736 
Romy's new Playground 5736 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5736 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5736 
For the uninitiated ... 5735 
NH guy 5735 
Room 5735 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5734 
The first base is done 5734 
Reentry time alignment. 5733 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5732 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5732 
Mid bass horn. 5732 
Guess is only a guess… 5732 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5732 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5731 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5731 
Diffusors 5731 
Diffuse injection 5731 
Let analyse why it so 5731 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5731 
Wheel and Deal 5731 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5731 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5731 
I Must Be Missing Something 5731 
I put sliders under my speakers 5730 
ROOM 5729 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5729 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5729 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5729 
No concerns 5729 
Speakers and room 5729 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5728 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5728 
Diaphram 5728 
Phram 5728 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5728 
Perfect piston 5728 
Decorater 5727 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5727 
New morning 5726 
The first take on the room with RTA 5725 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5725 
Axiomatic 5725 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5724 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5724 
The size of the bass. 5724 
Bass Factory 5724 
Crude Level, or something more? 5724 
I will play with it this week…. 5724 
Rent-A 5724 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5724 
Corner horns 5724 
Cheating from below 5724 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5724 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5723 
A possibly overly simplified view 5723 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5723 
Iceberg 5723 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5723 
Why not horn 5723 
A correction…. 5723 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5723 
They are just not related things at all. 5723 
Fertin 5721 
Low resonance is good... 5721 
Et tu, Brute? 5720 
The Room response at LF 5719 
Life On The Ground Floor 5719 
Bass arrays 5719 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5719 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5719 
The super sucks. 5719 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5719 
You may also try 5718 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5718 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5718 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5718 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5718 
60 Hz Resonance 5718 
No notching… so far. 5718 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5717 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5717 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5717 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5717 
Power to the People 5717 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5717 
Aura 5717 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5717 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5717 
All class D is the same 5717 
Interpreting the LF results. 5716 
The Halibut 5716 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5716 
The Big Picture 5716 
Power & ULF channels 5716 
The big picture indeed. 5716 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5716 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5716 
The Power and the Glory 5715 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5715 
I guess I did not get this memo 5715 
French LF drivers 5715 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5715 
(another) French LF approach 5714 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5714 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5714 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5714 
Limpschtick 5714 
Symmetry 5714 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5713 
Room correction 5713 
It migh be more complicated. 5713 
Bass EQ ? 5713 
Agree and not. 5713 
Two "diseases" 5713 
Parametric filters 5713 
Ceiling arrays 5713 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5713 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5713 
The Middle of the Room. 5713 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5713 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5713 
Stop! 5713 
Appendectomy 5713 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5712 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5712 
No Isolation 5712 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5709 
Potential contenders? 5708 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5708 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5708 
Those Crazy Canucks 5704 
Mo' Better Bass 5698 
Bird in the Hand? 5698 
A wet listening spot? 5691 
Storm 5688 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5688 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5674 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5644 
Polar Opposite ULF 5643 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5631 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5629 
Differently but the same. 5628 
PVC 5627 
The sail test try. 5627 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5627 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5627 
Trial 5626 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5626 
Some explanations 5626 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5625 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5624 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5623 
Acrylate 5622 
Magic blanket 5622 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5621 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5621 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5621 
I have a few options. 5621 
Foam color 5621 
Strange things with upperbass 5621 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5620 
Teatro reform. . . 5620 
The foaming room dilemma. 5619 
Melamine Foam 5619 
Foaming up the cat house 5619 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5619 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5619 
Acoustic revisions… 5618 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5615 
Surprises so far in the new room 5614 
The upperbass in the new room. 5614 
Slight change of hart. 5613 
Camco supply of Boston 5611 
Room acoustics 5611 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5570 
I need to kill dust first. 5570 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5568 
To feed the leeches? 5568 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5567 
Yh 5567 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5567 
DPOLs? 5567 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5567 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5564 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5564 
A HalfPipe solution? 5564 
I absolutely love it. 5564 
Piper work 5563 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5563 
Absorption 5563 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5562 
Cats life ? 5562 
Call me Pussy. 5562 
More about traps 5562 
Acoustic impedance? 5562 
You maybe right 5562 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5562 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5561 
Heavy Curtain 5561 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5560 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5560 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5560 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5557 
Fix speaker move chair? 5556 
Back and forth ceremony 5556 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5555 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5554 
Glass windows 5553 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5552 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5551 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5549 
How to use basement jacks? 5549 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5549 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5549 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5548 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5548 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5547 
Sore eyes... 5546 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5546 
The harvesting week! 5544 
I need an inspiration… 5543 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5542 
Like this? 5542 
Dramatically randomize MF 5542 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5541 
The room eats dynamic 5541 
Diffusers 5541 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5540 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5525 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5524 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5524 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5524 
About Width-Importance balance. 5522 
Letting the music scale up 5521 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5521 
To finish my house décor… 5517 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5516 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5515 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5515 
Calling the gods of music 5515 
Absolutely 5515 
Phase manipulation 5515 
No relation. 5515 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5515 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5515 
Dynamical mismatch 5514 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5514 
Stradiwinerius? 5511 
Dealing with the glass. 5510 
Boston 5510 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5510 
Added mass 5510 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5510 
It is about moderation…. 5510 
To hell with the wine... 5510 
Also for other surafaces 5509 
LEAD 5509 
LEAD & GLASS 5509 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5509 
Read carefully 5509 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5509 
Crooks and morons 5509 
Magiscopios 5508 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5488 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5488 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5487 
The LP setup in the new home. 5436 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5431 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5431 
Pianochord will do! 5431 
Spanyi heaven 5431 
I see no conflict at all. 5431 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5431 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5431 
A year after closing 5423 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5423 
Traveling antimatter 5416 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5410 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5409 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5383 
Cast Iron fireplace 5382 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5382 
The hardcore way 5382 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5346 
This is How It's Done 5345 
Listening room during summer. 5333 
What about those... 5332 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5332 
Reducing A/C Noise 5332 
HVAC the Cat 5332 
Big Ass fan 5331 
Variac dimmers 5331 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5331 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5331 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5263 
Some winter observations. 5154 
That Asian man…. 5123 
The Franz Schubert morning 5097 
Spring.... 5046 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4996 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4967 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4967 
Just good photography? 4967 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4967 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4967 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4966 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4966 
Sports car 4966 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4966 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4966 
Train Positioning 4966 
Kind of what I want 4966 
The lap listening… 4966 
Family Room 4966 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4963 
A super audio room. 4959 
Time Warp! 4959 
A piano in a listening room 4938 
Pianissimo 4938 
The plan in blue. 4938 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4938 
My doubts 4938 
It is exactly what I worry. 4937 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4937 
Musicians at home 4937 
Piano Measurements 4936 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4931 
The next step. 4917 
Midbass horns missing?? 4916 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4906 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4906 
Baby Grand 4905 
Wood floor 4905 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4905 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4905 
Amy’s baby. 4903 
Improvement 4903 
Agree with Scott 4903 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4891 
Integrated casters 4891 
Very nice, thanks. 4891 
Customization 4891 
Sliders 4891 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4884 
Congratulations 4884 
Holes in the floor... 4884 
Tubes and kids 4884 
Sweet spot enlargement 4884 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4882 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4881 
Wood Floors and Water 4881 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4876 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4875 
WAF is for Losers 4875 
WAF: it depends. 4875 
Integration 4874 
Here and there. 4874 
Life after WWIII 4874 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4874 
Cables management. 4872 
Featurizing 4872 
Kids and tubes cont. 4869 
Kid magnet 4869 
Kids and audio 4868 
Radars 4868 
Wow, what the days! 4864 
The comming weekend 4860 
It all was worth it! 4857 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4852 
Here is how it is look. 4852 
Resolving the carpet issue 4852 
Bonfire 4852 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4852 
Proof of concept? 4852 
Geometry 4852 
A view from listening position. 4852 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4852 
Some feedback 4852 
Evening 4852 
I wonder why. 4851 
Rugs and things 4851 
In defense… 4851 
I can’t get it. 4848 
Haze. 4847 
Front wall 4847 
It is very possible. 4847 
It is nice to be back. 4844 
My comfy corner. 4841 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4481 
WMD in house. 4303 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4206 
The third listening spot. 4185 
For sure a very different experience. 4147 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4142 
It's Jfretch's system. 4142 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4141 
Domestic games 4095 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3956 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3956 
Dynamic screening 3956 
Actually this is very good idea! 3956 
Volcanic fabric 3956 
I should have done this. 3954 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3950 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3919 
No worries 3919 
Awesome memories 3919 
Optimization of space 3919 
Child-ish considerations 3916 
Finding peace.... 3910 
"Fencing"? 3909 
I need to build something custom 3909 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3909 
Stressed Skin 3909 
NYC elevators 3909 
Kids toys and quantities. 3909 
Everything is completely reversible 3908 
Racks and things 3908 
Now it looks even more promising! 3908 
Quantity of rods 3908 
Avoiding diagonals 3906 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3905 
That's not fair! 3905 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3905 
Discrimination? 3900 
Vertical configuration 3893 
Impresive ! 3822 
Did you read the site? 3822 
Contact 3822 
Company's name is Rixrax 3822 
Stand 3821 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3777 
End of life headphone system 3777 
Something like this? 3777 
The "Second Living Room" 3777 
Mixing urban & suburban 3777 
Late night listening 3777 
Moving life... 3775 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3775 
A true listening room. 3751 
It started… 3736 
Levels of Interest 3736 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3736 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3736 
I can't not to post it.... 3736 
Do not leave him unattended. 3736 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3736 
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