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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5634 
The first take on the new room. 5628 
New Room, a first shot. 5627 
Wonderful 5627 
Adopted 5626 
The first relaxed night with the room 5624 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5623 
The listening room is ready. 5622 
New Room, a First Shot 5620 
Continue to work with the room 5620 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5620 
Room 5619 
I think it will take another month. 5619 
The Buttressing 5619 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5618 
The new place and the new noises. 5618 
Big listening room 5617 
Screw the "big" rooms 5617 
Big listening rooms 5617 
First reflection points 5616 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5616 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5613 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5612 
Squeezing the floor 5612 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5612 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5612 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5611 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5611 
The new room, the very first listening. 5611 
The 14.5 foot. 5610 
Again… 5609 
Romy's new Playground 5609 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5609 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5609 
For the uninitiated ... 5608 
NH guy 5608 
Room 5608 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5607 
The first base is done 5607 
Reentry time alignment. 5606 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5605 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5605 
Mid bass horn. 5605 
Guess is only a guess… 5605 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5605 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5604 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5604 
Diffusors 5604 
Diffuse injection 5604 
Let analyse why it so 5604 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5604 
Wheel and Deal 5604 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5604 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5604 
I Must Be Missing Something 5604 
I put sliders under my speakers 5603 
ROOM 5602 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5602 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5602 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5602 
No concerns 5602 
Speakers and room 5602 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5601 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5601 
Diaphram 5601 
Phram 5601 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5601 
Perfect piston 5601 
Decorater 5600 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5600 
New morning 5599 
The first take on the room with RTA 5598 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5598 
Axiomatic 5598 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5597 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5597 
The size of the bass. 5597 
Bass Factory 5597 
Crude Level, or something more? 5597 
I will play with it this week…. 5597 
Rent-A 5597 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5597 
Corner horns 5597 
Cheating from below 5597 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5597 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5596 
A possibly overly simplified view 5596 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5596 
Iceberg 5596 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5596 
Why not horn 5596 
A correction…. 5596 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5596 
They are just not related things at all. 5596 
Fertin 5594 
Low resonance is good... 5594 
Et tu, Brute? 5593 
The Room response at LF 5592 
Life On The Ground Floor 5592 
Bass arrays 5592 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5592 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5592 
The super sucks. 5592 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5592 
You may also try 5591 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5591 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5591 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5591 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5591 
60 Hz Resonance 5591 
No notching… so far. 5591 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5590 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5590 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5590 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5590 
Power to the People 5590 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5590 
Aura 5590 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5590 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5590 
All class D is the same 5590 
Interpreting the LF results. 5589 
The Halibut 5589 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5589 
The Big Picture 5589 
Power & ULF channels 5589 
The big picture indeed. 5589 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5589 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5589 
The Power and the Glory 5588 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5588 
I guess I did not get this memo 5588 
French LF drivers 5588 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5588 
(another) French LF approach 5587 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5587 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5587 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5587 
Limpschtick 5587 
Symmetry 5587 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5586 
Room correction 5586 
It migh be more complicated. 5586 
Bass EQ ? 5586 
Agree and not. 5586 
Two "diseases" 5586 
Parametric filters 5586 
Ceiling arrays 5586 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5586 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5586 
The Middle of the Room. 5586 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5586 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5586 
Stop! 5586 
Appendectomy 5586 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5585 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5585 
No Isolation 5585 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5582 
Potential contenders? 5581 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5581 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5581 
Those Crazy Canucks 5577 
Mo' Better Bass 5571 
Bird in the Hand? 5571 
A wet listening spot? 5564 
Storm 5561 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5561 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5547 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5517 
Polar Opposite ULF 5516 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5504 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5502 
Differently but the same. 5501 
PVC 5500 
The sail test try. 5500 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5500 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5500 
Trial 5499 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5499 
Some explanations 5499 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5498 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5497 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5496 
Acrylate 5495 
Magic blanket 5495 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5494 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5494 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5494 
I have a few options. 5494 
Foam color 5494 
Strange things with upperbass 5494 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5493 
Teatro reform. . . 5493 
The foaming room dilemma. 5492 
Melamine Foam 5492 
Foaming up the cat house 5492 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5492 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5492 
Acoustic revisions… 5491 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5488 
Surprises so far in the new room 5487 
The upperbass in the new room. 5487 
Slight change of hart. 5486 
Camco supply of Boston 5484 
Room acoustics 5484 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5443 
I need to kill dust first. 5443 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5441 
To feed the leeches? 5441 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5440 
Yh 5440 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5440 
DPOLs? 5440 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5440 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5437 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5437 
A HalfPipe solution? 5437 
I absolutely love it. 5437 
Piper work 5436 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5436 
Absorption 5436 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5435 
Cats life ? 5435 
Call me Pussy. 5435 
More about traps 5435 
Acoustic impedance? 5435 
You maybe right 5435 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5435 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5434 
Heavy Curtain 5434 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5433 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5433 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5433 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5430 
Fix speaker move chair? 5429 
Back and forth ceremony 5429 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5428 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5427 
Glass windows 5426 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5425 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5424 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5422 
How to use basement jacks? 5422 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5422 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5422 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5421 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5421 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5420 
Sore eyes... 5419 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5419 
The harvesting week! 5417 
I need an inspiration… 5416 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5415 
Like this? 5415 
Dramatically randomize MF 5415 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5414 
The room eats dynamic 5414 
Diffusers 5414 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5413 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5398 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5397 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5397 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5397 
About Width-Importance balance. 5395 
Letting the music scale up 5394 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5394 
To finish my house décor… 5390 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5389 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5388 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5388 
Calling the gods of music 5388 
Absolutely 5388 
Phase manipulation 5388 
No relation. 5388 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5388 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5388 
Dynamical mismatch 5387 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5387 
Stradiwinerius? 5384 
Dealing with the glass. 5383 
Boston 5383 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5383 
Added mass 5383 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5383 
It is about moderation…. 5383 
To hell with the wine... 5383 
Also for other surafaces 5382 
LEAD 5382 
LEAD & GLASS 5382 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5382 
Read carefully 5382 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5382 
Crooks and morons 5382 
Magiscopios 5381 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5361 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5361 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5360 
The LP setup in the new home. 5309 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5304 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5304 
Pianochord will do! 5304 
Spanyi heaven 5304 
I see no conflict at all. 5304 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5304 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5304 
A year after closing 5296 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5296 
Traveling antimatter 5289 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5283 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5282 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5256 
Cast Iron fireplace 5255 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5255 
The hardcore way 5255 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5219 
This is How It's Done 5218 
Listening room during summer. 5206 
What about those... 5205 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5205 
Reducing A/C Noise 5205 
HVAC the Cat 5205 
Big Ass fan 5204 
Variac dimmers 5204 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5204 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5204 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5136 
Some winter observations. 5027 
That Asian man…. 4996 
The Franz Schubert morning 4970 
Spring.... 4919 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4869 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4840 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4840 
Just good photography? 4840 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4840 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4840 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4839 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4839 
Sports car 4839 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4839 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4839 
Train Positioning 4839 
Kind of what I want 4839 
The lap listening… 4839 
Family Room 4839 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4836 
A super audio room. 4832 
Time Warp! 4832 
A piano in a listening room 4811 
Pianissimo 4811 
The plan in blue. 4811 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4811 
My doubts 4811 
It is exactly what I worry. 4810 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4810 
Musicians at home 4810 
Piano Measurements 4809 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4804 
The next step. 4790 
Midbass horns missing?? 4789 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4779 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4779 
Baby Grand 4778 
Wood floor 4778 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4778 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4778 
Amy’s baby. 4776 
Improvement 4776 
Agree with Scott 4776 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4764 
Integrated casters 4764 
Very nice, thanks. 4764 
Customization 4764 
Sliders 4764 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4757 
Congratulations 4757 
Holes in the floor... 4757 
Tubes and kids 4757 
Sweet spot enlargement 4757 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4755 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4754 
Wood Floors and Water 4754 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4749 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4748 
WAF is for Losers 4748 
WAF: it depends. 4748 
Integration 4747 
Here and there. 4747 
Life after WWIII 4747 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4747 
Cables management. 4745 
Featurizing 4745 
Kids and tubes cont. 4742 
Kid magnet 4742 
Kids and audio 4741 
Radars 4741 
Wow, what the days! 4737 
The comming weekend 4733 
It all was worth it! 4730 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4725 
Here is how it is look. 4725 
Resolving the carpet issue 4725 
Bonfire 4725 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4725 
Proof of concept? 4725 
Geometry 4725 
A view from listening position. 4725 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4725 
Some feedback 4725 
Evening 4725 
I wonder why. 4724 
Rugs and things 4724 
In defense… 4724 
I can’t get it. 4721 
Haze. 4720 
Front wall 4720 
It is very possible. 4720 
It is nice to be back. 4717 
My comfy corner. 4714 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4354 
WMD in house. 4176 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4079 
The third listening spot. 4058 
For sure a very different experience. 4020 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4015 
It's Jfretch's system. 4015 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4014 
Domestic games 3968 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3829 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3829 
Dynamic screening 3829 
Actually this is very good idea! 3829 
Volcanic fabric 3829 
I should have done this. 3827 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3823 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3792 
No worries 3792 
Awesome memories 3792 
Optimization of space 3792 
Child-ish considerations 3789 
Finding peace.... 3783 
"Fencing"? 3782 
I need to build something custom 3782 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3782 
Stressed Skin 3782 
NYC elevators 3782 
Kids toys and quantities. 3782 
Everything is completely reversible 3781 
Racks and things 3781 
Now it looks even more promising! 3781 
Quantity of rods 3781 
Avoiding diagonals 3779 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3778 
That's not fair! 3778 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3778 
Discrimination? 3773 
Vertical configuration 3766 
Impresive ! 3695 
Did you read the site? 3695 
Contact 3695 
Company's name is Rixrax 3695 
Stand 3694 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3650 
End of life headphone system 3650 
Something like this? 3650 
The "Second Living Room" 3650 
Mixing urban & suburban 3650 
Late night listening 3650 
Moving life... 3648 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3648 
A true listening room. 3624 
It started… 3609 
Levels of Interest 3609 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3609 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3609 
I can't not to post it.... 3609 
Do not leave him unattended. 3609 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3609 
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