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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5877 
The first take on the new room. 5871 
New Room, a first shot. 5870 
Wonderful 5870 
Adopted 5869 
The first relaxed night with the room 5867 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5866 
The listening room is ready. 5865 
New Room, a First Shot 5863 
Continue to work with the room 5863 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5863 
Room 5862 
I think it will take another month. 5862 
The Buttressing 5862 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5861 
The new place and the new noises. 5861 
Big listening room 5860 
Screw the "big" rooms 5860 
Big listening rooms 5860 
First reflection points 5859 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5859 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5856 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5855 
Squeezing the floor 5855 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5855 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5855 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5854 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5854 
The new room, the very first listening. 5854 
The 14.5 foot. 5853 
Again… 5852 
Romy's new Playground 5852 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5852 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5852 
For the uninitiated ... 5851 
NH guy 5851 
Room 5851 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5850 
The first base is done 5850 
Reentry time alignment. 5849 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5848 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5848 
Mid bass horn. 5848 
Guess is only a guess… 5848 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5848 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5847 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5847 
Diffusors 5847 
Diffuse injection 5847 
Let analyse why it so 5847 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5847 
Wheel and Deal 5847 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5847 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5847 
I Must Be Missing Something 5847 
I put sliders under my speakers 5846 
ROOM 5845 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5845 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5845 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5845 
No concerns 5845 
Speakers and room 5845 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5844 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5844 
Diaphram 5844 
Phram 5844 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5844 
Perfect piston 5844 
Decorater 5843 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5843 
New morning 5842 
The first take on the room with RTA 5841 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5841 
Axiomatic 5841 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5840 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5840 
The size of the bass. 5840 
Bass Factory 5840 
Crude Level, or something more? 5840 
I will play with it this week…. 5840 
Rent-A 5840 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5840 
Corner horns 5840 
Cheating from below 5840 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5840 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5839 
A possibly overly simplified view 5839 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5839 
Iceberg 5839 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5839 
Why not horn 5839 
A correction…. 5839 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5839 
They are just not related things at all. 5839 
Fertin 5837 
Low resonance is good... 5837 
Et tu, Brute? 5836 
The Room response at LF 5835 
Life On The Ground Floor 5835 
Bass arrays 5835 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5835 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5835 
The super sucks. 5835 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5835 
You may also try 5834 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5834 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5834 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5834 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5834 
60 Hz Resonance 5834 
No notching… so far. 5834 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5833 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5833 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5833 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5833 
Power to the People 5833 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5833 
Aura 5833 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5833 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5833 
All class D is the same 5833 
Interpreting the LF results. 5832 
The Halibut 5832 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5832 
The Big Picture 5832 
Power & ULF channels 5832 
The big picture indeed. 5832 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5832 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5832 
The Power and the Glory 5831 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5831 
I guess I did not get this memo 5831 
French LF drivers 5831 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5831 
(another) French LF approach 5830 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5830 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5830 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5830 
Limpschtick 5830 
Symmetry 5830 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5829 
Room correction 5829 
It migh be more complicated. 5829 
Bass EQ ? 5829 
Agree and not. 5829 
Two "diseases" 5829 
Parametric filters 5829 
Ceiling arrays 5829 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5829 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5829 
The Middle of the Room. 5829 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5829 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5829 
Stop! 5829 
Appendectomy 5829 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5828 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5828 
No Isolation 5828 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5825 
Potential contenders? 5824 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5824 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5824 
Those Crazy Canucks 5820 
Mo' Better Bass 5814 
Bird in the Hand? 5814 
A wet listening spot? 5807 
Storm 5804 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5804 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5790 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5760 
Polar Opposite ULF 5759 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5747 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5745 
Differently but the same. 5744 
PVC 5743 
The sail test try. 5743 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5743 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5743 
Trial 5742 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5742 
Some explanations 5742 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5741 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5740 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5739 
Acrylate 5738 
Magic blanket 5738 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5737 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5737 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5737 
I have a few options. 5737 
Foam color 5737 
Strange things with upperbass 5737 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5736 
Teatro reform. . . 5736 
The foaming room dilemma. 5735 
Melamine Foam 5735 
Foaming up the cat house 5735 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5735 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5735 
Acoustic revisions… 5734 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5731 
Surprises so far in the new room 5730 
The upperbass in the new room. 5730 
Slight change of hart. 5729 
Camco supply of Boston 5727 
Room acoustics 5727 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5686 
I need to kill dust first. 5686 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5684 
To feed the leeches? 5684 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5683 
Yh 5683 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5683 
DPOLs? 5683 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5683 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5680 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5680 
A HalfPipe solution? 5680 
I absolutely love it. 5680 
Piper work 5679 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5679 
Absorption 5679 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5678 
Cats life ? 5678 
Call me Pussy. 5678 
More about traps 5678 
Acoustic impedance? 5678 
You maybe right 5678 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5678 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5677 
Heavy Curtain 5677 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5676 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5676 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5676 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5673 
Fix speaker move chair? 5672 
Back and forth ceremony 5672 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5671 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5670 
Glass windows 5669 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5668 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5667 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5665 
How to use basement jacks? 5665 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5665 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5665 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5664 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5664 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5663 
Sore eyes... 5662 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5662 
The harvesting week! 5660 
I need an inspiration… 5659 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5658 
Like this? 5658 
Dramatically randomize MF 5658 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5657 
The room eats dynamic 5657 
Diffusers 5657 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5656 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5641 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5640 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5640 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5640 
About Width-Importance balance. 5638 
Letting the music scale up 5637 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5637 
To finish my house décor… 5633 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5632 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5631 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5631 
Calling the gods of music 5631 
Absolutely 5631 
Phase manipulation 5631 
No relation. 5631 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5631 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5631 
Dynamical mismatch 5630 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5630 
Stradiwinerius? 5627 
Dealing with the glass. 5626 
Boston 5626 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5626 
Added mass 5626 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5626 
It is about moderation…. 5626 
To hell with the wine... 5626 
Also for other surafaces 5625 
LEAD 5625 
LEAD & GLASS 5625 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5625 
Read carefully 5625 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5625 
Crooks and morons 5625 
Magiscopios 5624 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5604 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5604 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5603 
The LP setup in the new home. 5552 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5547 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5547 
Pianochord will do! 5547 
Spanyi heaven 5547 
I see no conflict at all. 5547 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5547 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5547 
A year after closing 5539 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5539 
Traveling antimatter 5532 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5526 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5525 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5499 
Cast Iron fireplace 5498 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5498 
The hardcore way 5498 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5462 
This is How It's Done 5461 
Listening room during summer. 5449 
What about those... 5448 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5448 
Reducing A/C Noise 5448 
HVAC the Cat 5448 
Big Ass fan 5447 
Variac dimmers 5447 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5447 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5447 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5379 
Some winter observations. 5270 
That Asian man…. 5239 
The Franz Schubert morning 5213 
Spring.... 5162 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5112 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5083 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5083 
Just good photography? 5083 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5083 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5083 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5082 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5082 
Sports car 5082 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5082 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5082 
Train Positioning 5082 
Kind of what I want 5082 
The lap listening… 5082 
Family Room 5082 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5079 
A super audio room. 5075 
Time Warp! 5075 
A piano in a listening room 5054 
Pianissimo 5054 
The plan in blue. 5054 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5054 
My doubts 5054 
It is exactly what I worry. 5053 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5053 
Musicians at home 5053 
Piano Measurements 5052 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5047 
The next step. 5033 
Midbass horns missing?? 5032 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5022 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5022 
Baby Grand 5021 
Wood floor 5021 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5021 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5021 
Amy’s baby. 5019 
Improvement 5019 
Agree with Scott 5019 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5007 
Integrated casters 5007 
Very nice, thanks. 5007 
Customization 5007 
Sliders 5007 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5000 
Congratulations 5000 
Holes in the floor... 5000 
Tubes and kids 5000 
Sweet spot enlargement 5000 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4998 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4997 
Wood Floors and Water 4997 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4992 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4991 
WAF is for Losers 4991 
WAF: it depends. 4991 
Integration 4990 
Here and there. 4990 
Life after WWIII 4990 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4990 
Cables management. 4988 
Featurizing 4988 
Kids and tubes cont. 4985 
Kid magnet 4985 
Kids and audio 4984 
Radars 4984 
Wow, what the days! 4980 
The comming weekend 4976 
It all was worth it! 4973 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4968 
Here is how it is look. 4968 
Resolving the carpet issue 4968 
Bonfire 4968 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4968 
Proof of concept? 4968 
Geometry 4968 
A view from listening position. 4968 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4968 
Some feedback 4968 
Evening 4968 
I wonder why. 4967 
Rugs and things 4967 
In defense… 4967 
I can’t get it. 4964 
Haze. 4963 
Front wall 4963 
It is very possible. 4963 
It is nice to be back. 4960 
My comfy corner. 4957 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4597 
WMD in house. 4419 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4322 
The third listening spot. 4301 
For sure a very different experience. 4263 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4258 
It's Jfretch's system. 4258 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4257 
Domestic games 4211 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4072 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4072 
Dynamic screening 4072 
Actually this is very good idea! 4072 
Volcanic fabric 4072 
I should have done this. 4070 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4066 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4035 
No worries 4035 
Awesome memories 4035 
Optimization of space 4035 
Child-ish considerations 4032 
Finding peace.... 4026 
"Fencing"? 4025 
I need to build something custom 4025 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4025 
Stressed Skin 4025 
NYC elevators 4025 
Kids toys and quantities. 4025 
Everything is completely reversible 4024 
Racks and things 4024 
Now it looks even more promising! 4024 
Quantity of rods 4024 
Avoiding diagonals 4022 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4021 
That's not fair! 4021 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4021 
Discrimination? 4016 
Vertical configuration 4009 
Impresive ! 3938 
Did you read the site? 3938 
Contact 3938 
Company's name is Rixrax 3938 
Stand 3937 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3893 
End of life headphone system 3893 
Something like this? 3893 
The "Second Living Room" 3893 
Mixing urban & suburban 3893 
Late night listening 3893 
Moving life... 3891 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3891 
A true listening room. 3867 
It started… 3852 
Levels of Interest 3852 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3852 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3852 
I can't not to post it.... 3852 
Do not leave him unattended. 3852 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3852 
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