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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5870 
The first take on the new room. 5864 
New Room, a first shot. 5863 
Wonderful 5863 
Adopted 5862 
The first relaxed night with the room 5860 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5859 
The listening room is ready. 5858 
New Room, a First Shot 5856 
Continue to work with the room 5856 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5856 
Room 5855 
I think it will take another month. 5855 
The Buttressing 5855 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5854 
The new place and the new noises. 5854 
Big listening room 5853 
Screw the "big" rooms 5853 
Big listening rooms 5853 
First reflection points 5852 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5852 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5849 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5848 
Squeezing the floor 5848 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5848 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5848 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5847 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5847 
The new room, the very first listening. 5847 
The 14.5 foot. 5846 
Again… 5845 
Romy's new Playground 5845 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5845 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5845 
For the uninitiated ... 5844 
NH guy 5844 
Room 5844 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5843 
The first base is done 5843 
Reentry time alignment. 5842 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5841 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5841 
Mid bass horn. 5841 
Guess is only a guess… 5841 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5841 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5840 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5840 
Diffusors 5840 
Diffuse injection 5840 
Let analyse why it so 5840 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5840 
Wheel and Deal 5840 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5840 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5840 
I Must Be Missing Something 5840 
I put sliders under my speakers 5839 
ROOM 5838 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5838 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5838 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5838 
No concerns 5838 
Speakers and room 5838 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5837 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5837 
Diaphram 5837 
Phram 5837 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5837 
Perfect piston 5837 
Decorater 5836 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5836 
New morning 5835 
The first take on the room with RTA 5834 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5834 
Axiomatic 5834 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5833 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5833 
The size of the bass. 5833 
Bass Factory 5833 
Crude Level, or something more? 5833 
I will play with it this week…. 5833 
Rent-A 5833 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5833 
Corner horns 5833 
Cheating from below 5833 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5833 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5832 
A possibly overly simplified view 5832 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5832 
Iceberg 5832 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5832 
Why not horn 5832 
A correction…. 5832 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5832 
They are just not related things at all. 5832 
Fertin 5830 
Low resonance is good... 5830 
Et tu, Brute? 5829 
The Room response at LF 5828 
Life On The Ground Floor 5828 
Bass arrays 5828 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5828 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5828 
The super sucks. 5828 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5828 
You may also try 5827 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5827 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5827 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5827 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5827 
60 Hz Resonance 5827 
No notching… so far. 5827 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5826 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5826 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5826 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5826 
Power to the People 5826 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5826 
Aura 5826 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5826 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5826 
All class D is the same 5826 
Interpreting the LF results. 5825 
The Halibut 5825 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5825 
The Big Picture 5825 
Power & ULF channels 5825 
The big picture indeed. 5825 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5825 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5825 
The Power and the Glory 5824 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5824 
I guess I did not get this memo 5824 
French LF drivers 5824 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5824 
(another) French LF approach 5823 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5823 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5823 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5823 
Limpschtick 5823 
Symmetry 5823 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5822 
Room correction 5822 
It migh be more complicated. 5822 
Bass EQ ? 5822 
Agree and not. 5822 
Two "diseases" 5822 
Parametric filters 5822 
Ceiling arrays 5822 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5822 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5822 
The Middle of the Room. 5822 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5822 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5822 
Stop! 5822 
Appendectomy 5822 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5821 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5821 
No Isolation 5821 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5818 
Potential contenders? 5817 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5817 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5817 
Those Crazy Canucks 5813 
Mo' Better Bass 5807 
Bird in the Hand? 5807 
A wet listening spot? 5800 
Storm 5797 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5797 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5783 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5753 
Polar Opposite ULF 5752 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5740 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5738 
Differently but the same. 5737 
PVC 5736 
The sail test try. 5736 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5736 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5736 
Trial 5735 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5735 
Some explanations 5735 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5734 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5733 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5732 
Acrylate 5731 
Magic blanket 5731 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5730 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5730 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5730 
I have a few options. 5730 
Foam color 5730 
Strange things with upperbass 5730 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5729 
Teatro reform. . . 5729 
The foaming room dilemma. 5728 
Melamine Foam 5728 
Foaming up the cat house 5728 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5728 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5728 
Acoustic revisions… 5727 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5724 
Surprises so far in the new room 5723 
The upperbass in the new room. 5723 
Slight change of hart. 5722 
Camco supply of Boston 5720 
Room acoustics 5720 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5679 
I need to kill dust first. 5679 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5677 
To feed the leeches? 5677 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5676 
Yh 5676 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5676 
DPOLs? 5676 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5676 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5673 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5673 
A HalfPipe solution? 5673 
I absolutely love it. 5673 
Piper work 5672 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5672 
Absorption 5672 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5671 
Cats life ? 5671 
Call me Pussy. 5671 
More about traps 5671 
Acoustic impedance? 5671 
You maybe right 5671 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5671 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5670 
Heavy Curtain 5670 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5669 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5669 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5669 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5666 
Fix speaker move chair? 5665 
Back and forth ceremony 5665 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5664 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5663 
Glass windows 5662 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5661 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5660 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5658 
How to use basement jacks? 5658 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5658 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5658 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5657 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5657 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5656 
Sore eyes... 5655 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5655 
The harvesting week! 5653 
I need an inspiration… 5652 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5651 
Like this? 5651 
Dramatically randomize MF 5651 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5650 
The room eats dynamic 5650 
Diffusers 5650 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5649 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5634 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5633 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5633 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5633 
About Width-Importance balance. 5631 
Letting the music scale up 5630 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5630 
To finish my house décor… 5626 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5625 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5624 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5624 
Calling the gods of music 5624 
Absolutely 5624 
Phase manipulation 5624 
No relation. 5624 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5624 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5624 
Dynamical mismatch 5623 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5623 
Stradiwinerius? 5620 
Dealing with the glass. 5619 
Boston 5619 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5619 
Added mass 5619 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5619 
It is about moderation…. 5619 
To hell with the wine... 5619 
Also for other surafaces 5618 
LEAD 5618 
LEAD & GLASS 5618 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5618 
Read carefully 5618 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5618 
Crooks and morons 5618 
Magiscopios 5617 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5597 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5597 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5596 
The LP setup in the new home. 5545 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5540 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5540 
Pianochord will do! 5540 
Spanyi heaven 5540 
I see no conflict at all. 5540 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5540 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5540 
A year after closing 5532 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5532 
Traveling antimatter 5525 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5519 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5518 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5492 
Cast Iron fireplace 5491 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5491 
The hardcore way 5491 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5455 
This is How It's Done 5454 
Listening room during summer. 5442 
What about those... 5441 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5441 
Reducing A/C Noise 5441 
HVAC the Cat 5441 
Big Ass fan 5440 
Variac dimmers 5440 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5440 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5440 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5372 
Some winter observations. 5263 
That Asian man…. 5232 
The Franz Schubert morning 5206 
Spring.... 5155 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5105 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5076 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5076 
Just good photography? 5076 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5076 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5076 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5075 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5075 
Sports car 5075 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5075 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5075 
Train Positioning 5075 
Kind of what I want 5075 
The lap listening… 5075 
Family Room 5075 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5072 
A super audio room. 5068 
Time Warp! 5068 
A piano in a listening room 5047 
Pianissimo 5047 
The plan in blue. 5047 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5047 
My doubts 5047 
It is exactly what I worry. 5046 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5046 
Musicians at home 5046 
Piano Measurements 5045 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5040 
The next step. 5026 
Midbass horns missing?? 5025 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5015 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5015 
Baby Grand 5014 
Wood floor 5014 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5014 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5014 
Amy’s baby. 5012 
Improvement 5012 
Agree with Scott 5012 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5000 
Integrated casters 5000 
Very nice, thanks. 5000 
Customization 5000 
Sliders 5000 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4993 
Congratulations 4993 
Holes in the floor... 4993 
Tubes and kids 4993 
Sweet spot enlargement 4993 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4991 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4990 
Wood Floors and Water 4990 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4985 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4984 
WAF is for Losers 4984 
WAF: it depends. 4984 
Integration 4983 
Here and there. 4983 
Life after WWIII 4983 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4983 
Cables management. 4981 
Featurizing 4981 
Kids and tubes cont. 4978 
Kid magnet 4978 
Kids and audio 4977 
Radars 4977 
Wow, what the days! 4973 
The comming weekend 4969 
It all was worth it! 4966 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4961 
Here is how it is look. 4961 
Resolving the carpet issue 4961 
Bonfire 4961 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4961 
Proof of concept? 4961 
Geometry 4961 
A view from listening position. 4961 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4961 
Some feedback 4961 
Evening 4961 
I wonder why. 4960 
Rugs and things 4960 
In defense… 4960 
I can’t get it. 4957 
Haze. 4956 
Front wall 4956 
It is very possible. 4956 
It is nice to be back. 4953 
My comfy corner. 4950 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4590 
WMD in house. 4412 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4315 
The third listening spot. 4294 
For sure a very different experience. 4256 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4251 
It's Jfretch's system. 4251 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4250 
Domestic games 4204 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4065 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4065 
Dynamic screening 4065 
Actually this is very good idea! 4065 
Volcanic fabric 4065 
I should have done this. 4063 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4059 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4028 
No worries 4028 
Awesome memories 4028 
Optimization of space 4028 
Child-ish considerations 4025 
Finding peace.... 4019 
"Fencing"? 4018 
I need to build something custom 4018 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4018 
Stressed Skin 4018 
NYC elevators 4018 
Kids toys and quantities. 4018 
Everything is completely reversible 4017 
Racks and things 4017 
Now it looks even more promising! 4017 
Quantity of rods 4017 
Avoiding diagonals 4015 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4014 
That's not fair! 4014 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4014 
Discrimination? 4009 
Vertical configuration 4002 
Impresive ! 3931 
Did you read the site? 3931 
Contact 3931 
Company's name is Rixrax 3931 
Stand 3930 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3886 
End of life headphone system 3886 
Something like this? 3886 
The "Second Living Room" 3886 
Mixing urban & suburban 3886 
Late night listening 3886 
Moving life... 3884 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3884 
A true listening room. 3860 
It started… 3845 
Levels of Interest 3845 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3845 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3845 
I can't not to post it.... 3845 
Do not leave him unattended. 3845 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3845 
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