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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6036 
The first take on the new room. 6030 
New Room, a first shot. 6029 
Wonderful 6029 
Adopted 6028 
The first relaxed night with the room 6026 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6025 
The listening room is ready. 6024 
New Room, a First Shot 6022 
Continue to work with the room 6022 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6022 
Room 6021 
I think it will take another month. 6021 
The Buttressing 6021 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6020 
The new place and the new noises. 6020 
Big listening room 6019 
Screw the "big" rooms 6019 
Big listening rooms 6019 
First reflection points 6018 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6018 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6015 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6014 
Squeezing the floor 6014 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6014 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6014 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6013 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6013 
The new room, the very first listening. 6013 
The 14.5 foot. 6012 
Again… 6011 
Romy's new Playground 6011 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6011 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6011 
For the uninitiated ... 6010 
NH guy 6010 
Room 6010 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6009 
The first base is done 6009 
Reentry time alignment. 6008 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6007 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6007 
Mid bass horn. 6007 
Guess is only a guess… 6007 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6007 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6006 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6006 
Diffusors 6006 
Diffuse injection 6006 
Let analyse why it so 6006 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6006 
Wheel and Deal 6006 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6006 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6006 
I Must Be Missing Something 6006 
I put sliders under my speakers 6005 
ROOM 6004 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6004 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6004 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6004 
No concerns 6004 
Speakers and room 6004 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6003 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6003 
Diaphram 6003 
Phram 6003 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6003 
Perfect piston 6003 
Decorater 6002 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6002 
New morning 6001 
The first take on the room with RTA 6000 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 6000 
Axiomatic 6000 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5999 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5999 
The size of the bass. 5999 
Bass Factory 5999 
Crude Level, or something more? 5999 
I will play with it this week…. 5999 
Rent-A 5999 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5999 
Corner horns 5999 
Cheating from below 5999 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5999 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5998 
A possibly overly simplified view 5998 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5998 
Iceberg 5998 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5998 
Why not horn 5998 
A correction…. 5998 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5998 
They are just not related things at all. 5998 
Fertin 5996 
Low resonance is good... 5996 
Et tu, Brute? 5995 
The Room response at LF 5994 
Life On The Ground Floor 5994 
Bass arrays 5994 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5994 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5994 
The super sucks. 5994 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5994 
You may also try 5993 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5993 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5993 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5993 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5993 
60 Hz Resonance 5993 
No notching… so far. 5993 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5992 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5992 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5992 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5992 
Power to the People 5992 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5992 
Aura 5992 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5992 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5992 
All class D is the same 5992 
Interpreting the LF results. 5991 
The Halibut 5991 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5991 
The Big Picture 5991 
Power & ULF channels 5991 
The big picture indeed. 5991 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5991 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5991 
The Power and the Glory 5990 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5990 
I guess I did not get this memo 5990 
French LF drivers 5990 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5990 
(another) French LF approach 5989 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5989 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5989 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5989 
Limpschtick 5989 
Symmetry 5989 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5988 
Room correction 5988 
It migh be more complicated. 5988 
Bass EQ ? 5988 
Agree and not. 5988 
Two "diseases" 5988 
Parametric filters 5988 
Ceiling arrays 5988 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5988 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5988 
The Middle of the Room. 5988 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5988 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5988 
Stop! 5988 
Appendectomy 5988 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5987 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5987 
No Isolation 5987 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5984 
Potential contenders? 5983 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5983 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5983 
Those Crazy Canucks 5979 
Mo' Better Bass 5973 
Bird in the Hand? 5973 
A wet listening spot? 5966 
Storm 5963 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5963 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5949 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5919 
Polar Opposite ULF 5918 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5906 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5904 
Differently but the same. 5903 
PVC 5902 
The sail test try. 5902 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5902 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5902 
Trial 5901 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5901 
Some explanations 5901 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5900 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5899 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5898 
Acrylate 5897 
Magic blanket 5897 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5896 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5896 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5896 
I have a few options. 5896 
Foam color 5896 
Strange things with upperbass 5896 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5895 
Teatro reform. . . 5895 
The foaming room dilemma. 5894 
Melamine Foam 5894 
Foaming up the cat house 5894 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5894 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5894 
Acoustic revisions… 5893 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5890 
Surprises so far in the new room 5889 
The upperbass in the new room. 5889 
Slight change of hart. 5888 
Camco supply of Boston 5886 
Room acoustics 5886 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5845 
I need to kill dust first. 5845 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5843 
To feed the leeches? 5843 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5842 
Yh 5842 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5842 
DPOLs? 5842 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5842 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5839 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5839 
A HalfPipe solution? 5839 
I absolutely love it. 5839 
Piper work 5838 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5838 
Absorption 5838 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5837 
Cats life ? 5837 
Call me Pussy. 5837 
More about traps 5837 
Acoustic impedance? 5837 
You maybe right 5837 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5837 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5836 
Heavy Curtain 5836 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5835 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5835 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5835 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5832 
Fix speaker move chair? 5831 
Back and forth ceremony 5831 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5830 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5829 
Glass windows 5828 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5827 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5826 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5824 
How to use basement jacks? 5824 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5824 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5824 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5823 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5823 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5822 
Sore eyes... 5821 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5821 
The harvesting week! 5819 
I need an inspiration… 5818 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5817 
Like this? 5817 
Dramatically randomize MF 5817 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5816 
The room eats dynamic 5816 
Diffusers 5816 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5815 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5800 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5799 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5799 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5799 
About Width-Importance balance. 5797 
Letting the music scale up 5796 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5796 
To finish my house décor… 5792 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5791 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5790 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5790 
Calling the gods of music 5790 
Absolutely 5790 
Phase manipulation 5790 
No relation. 5790 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5790 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5790 
Dynamical mismatch 5789 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5789 
Stradiwinerius? 5786 
Dealing with the glass. 5785 
Boston 5785 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5785 
Added mass 5785 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5785 
It is about moderation…. 5785 
To hell with the wine... 5785 
Also for other surafaces 5784 
LEAD 5784 
LEAD & GLASS 5784 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5784 
Read carefully 5784 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5784 
Crooks and morons 5784 
Magiscopios 5783 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5763 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5763 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5762 
The LP setup in the new home. 5711 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5706 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5706 
Pianochord will do! 5706 
Spanyi heaven 5706 
I see no conflict at all. 5706 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5706 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5706 
A year after closing 5698 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5698 
Traveling antimatter 5691 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5685 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5684 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5658 
Cast Iron fireplace 5657 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5657 
The hardcore way 5657 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5621 
This is How It's Done 5620 
Listening room during summer. 5608 
What about those... 5607 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5607 
Reducing A/C Noise 5607 
HVAC the Cat 5607 
Big Ass fan 5606 
Variac dimmers 5606 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5606 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5606 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5538 
Some winter observations. 5429 
That Asian man…. 5398 
The Franz Schubert morning 5372 
Spring.... 5321 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5271 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5242 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5242 
Just good photography? 5242 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5242 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5242 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5241 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5241 
Sports car 5241 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5241 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5241 
Train Positioning 5241 
Kind of what I want 5241 
The lap listening… 5241 
Family Room 5241 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5238 
A super audio room. 5234 
Time Warp! 5234 
A piano in a listening room 5213 
Pianissimo 5213 
The plan in blue. 5213 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5213 
My doubts 5213 
It is exactly what I worry. 5212 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5212 
Musicians at home 5212 
Piano Measurements 5211 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5206 
The next step. 5192 
Midbass horns missing?? 5191 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5181 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5181 
Baby Grand 5180 
Wood floor 5180 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5180 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5180 
Amy’s baby. 5178 
Improvement 5178 
Agree with Scott 5178 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5166 
Integrated casters 5166 
Very nice, thanks. 5166 
Customization 5166 
Sliders 5166 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5159 
Congratulations 5159 
Holes in the floor... 5159 
Tubes and kids 5159 
Sweet spot enlargement 5159 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5157 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5156 
Wood Floors and Water 5156 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5151 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5150 
WAF is for Losers 5150 
WAF: it depends. 5150 
Integration 5149 
Here and there. 5149 
Life after WWIII 5149 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5149 
Cables management. 5147 
Featurizing 5147 
Kids and tubes cont. 5144 
Kid magnet 5144 
Kids and audio 5143 
Radars 5143 
Wow, what the days! 5139 
The comming weekend 5135 
It all was worth it! 5132 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5127 
Here is how it is look. 5127 
Resolving the carpet issue 5127 
Bonfire 5127 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5127 
Proof of concept? 5127 
Geometry 5127 
A view from listening position. 5127 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5127 
Some feedback 5127 
Evening 5127 
I wonder why. 5126 
Rugs and things 5126 
In defense… 5126 
I can’t get it. 5123 
Haze. 5122 
Front wall 5122 
It is very possible. 5122 
It is nice to be back. 5119 
My comfy corner. 5116 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4756 
WMD in house. 4578 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4481 
The third listening spot. 4460 
For sure a very different experience. 4422 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4417 
It's Jfretch's system. 4417 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4416 
Domestic games 4370 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4231 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4231 
Dynamic screening 4231 
Actually this is very good idea! 4231 
Volcanic fabric 4231 
I should have done this. 4229 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4225 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4194 
No worries 4194 
Awesome memories 4194 
Optimization of space 4194 
Child-ish considerations 4191 
Finding peace.... 4185 
"Fencing"? 4184 
I need to build something custom 4184 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4184 
Stressed Skin 4184 
NYC elevators 4184 
Kids toys and quantities. 4184 
Everything is completely reversible 4183 
Racks and things 4183 
Now it looks even more promising! 4183 
Quantity of rods 4183 
Avoiding diagonals 4181 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4180 
That's not fair! 4180 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4180 
Discrimination? 4175 
Vertical configuration 4168 
Impresive ! 4097 
Did you read the site? 4097 
Contact 4097 
Company's name is Rixrax 4097 
Stand 4096 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4052 
End of life headphone system 4052 
Something like this? 4052 
The "Second Living Room" 4052 
Mixing urban & suburban 4052 
Late night listening 4052 
Moving life... 4050 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4050 
A true listening room. 4026 
It started… 4011 
Levels of Interest 4011 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4011 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4011 
I can't not to post it.... 4011 
Do not leave him unattended. 4011 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4011 
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