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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5770 
The first take on the new room. 5764 
New Room, a first shot. 5763 
Wonderful 5763 
Adopted 5762 
The first relaxed night with the room 5760 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5759 
The listening room is ready. 5758 
New Room, a First Shot 5756 
Continue to work with the room 5756 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5756 
Room 5755 
I think it will take another month. 5755 
The Buttressing 5755 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5754 
The new place and the new noises. 5754 
Big listening room 5753 
Screw the "big" rooms 5753 
Big listening rooms 5753 
First reflection points 5752 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5752 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5749 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5748 
Squeezing the floor 5748 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5748 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5748 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5747 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5747 
The new room, the very first listening. 5747 
The 14.5 foot. 5746 
Again… 5745 
Romy's new Playground 5745 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5745 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5745 
For the uninitiated ... 5744 
NH guy 5744 
Room 5744 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5743 
The first base is done 5743 
Reentry time alignment. 5742 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5741 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5741 
Mid bass horn. 5741 
Guess is only a guess… 5741 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5741 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5740 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5740 
Diffusors 5740 
Diffuse injection 5740 
Let analyse why it so 5740 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5740 
Wheel and Deal 5740 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5740 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5740 
I Must Be Missing Something 5740 
I put sliders under my speakers 5739 
ROOM 5738 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5738 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5738 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5738 
No concerns 5738 
Speakers and room 5738 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5737 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5737 
Diaphram 5737 
Phram 5737 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5737 
Perfect piston 5737 
Decorater 5736 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5736 
New morning 5735 
The first take on the room with RTA 5734 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5734 
Axiomatic 5734 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5733 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5733 
The size of the bass. 5733 
Bass Factory 5733 
Crude Level, or something more? 5733 
I will play with it this week…. 5733 
Rent-A 5733 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5733 
Corner horns 5733 
Cheating from below 5733 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5733 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5732 
A possibly overly simplified view 5732 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5732 
Iceberg 5732 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5732 
Why not horn 5732 
A correction…. 5732 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5732 
They are just not related things at all. 5732 
Fertin 5730 
Low resonance is good... 5730 
Et tu, Brute? 5729 
The Room response at LF 5728 
Life On The Ground Floor 5728 
Bass arrays 5728 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5728 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5728 
The super sucks. 5728 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5728 
You may also try 5727 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5727 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5727 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5727 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5727 
60 Hz Resonance 5727 
No notching… so far. 5727 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5726 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5726 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5726 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5726 
Power to the People 5726 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5726 
Aura 5726 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5726 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5726 
All class D is the same 5726 
Interpreting the LF results. 5725 
The Halibut 5725 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5725 
The Big Picture 5725 
Power & ULF channels 5725 
The big picture indeed. 5725 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5725 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5725 
The Power and the Glory 5724 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5724 
I guess I did not get this memo 5724 
French LF drivers 5724 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5724 
(another) French LF approach 5723 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5723 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5723 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5723 
Limpschtick 5723 
Symmetry 5723 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5722 
Room correction 5722 
It migh be more complicated. 5722 
Bass EQ ? 5722 
Agree and not. 5722 
Two "diseases" 5722 
Parametric filters 5722 
Ceiling arrays 5722 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5722 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5722 
The Middle of the Room. 5722 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5722 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5722 
Stop! 5722 
Appendectomy 5722 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5721 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5721 
No Isolation 5721 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5718 
Potential contenders? 5717 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5717 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5717 
Those Crazy Canucks 5713 
Mo' Better Bass 5707 
Bird in the Hand? 5707 
A wet listening spot? 5700 
Storm 5697 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5697 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5683 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5653 
Polar Opposite ULF 5652 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5640 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5638 
Differently but the same. 5637 
PVC 5636 
The sail test try. 5636 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5636 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5636 
Trial 5635 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5635 
Some explanations 5635 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5634 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5633 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5632 
Acrylate 5631 
Magic blanket 5631 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5630 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5630 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5630 
I have a few options. 5630 
Foam color 5630 
Strange things with upperbass 5630 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5629 
Teatro reform. . . 5629 
The foaming room dilemma. 5628 
Melamine Foam 5628 
Foaming up the cat house 5628 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5628 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5628 
Acoustic revisions… 5627 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5624 
Surprises so far in the new room 5623 
The upperbass in the new room. 5623 
Slight change of hart. 5622 
Camco supply of Boston 5620 
Room acoustics 5620 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5579 
I need to kill dust first. 5579 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5577 
To feed the leeches? 5577 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5576 
Yh 5576 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5576 
DPOLs? 5576 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5576 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5573 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5573 
A HalfPipe solution? 5573 
I absolutely love it. 5573 
Piper work 5572 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5572 
Absorption 5572 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5571 
Cats life ? 5571 
Call me Pussy. 5571 
More about traps 5571 
Acoustic impedance? 5571 
You maybe right 5571 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5571 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5570 
Heavy Curtain 5570 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5569 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5569 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5569 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5566 
Fix speaker move chair? 5565 
Back and forth ceremony 5565 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5564 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5563 
Glass windows 5562 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5561 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5560 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5558 
How to use basement jacks? 5558 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5558 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5558 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5557 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5557 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5556 
Sore eyes... 5555 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5555 
The harvesting week! 5553 
I need an inspiration… 5552 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5551 
Like this? 5551 
Dramatically randomize MF 5551 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5550 
The room eats dynamic 5550 
Diffusers 5550 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5549 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5534 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5533 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5533 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5533 
About Width-Importance balance. 5531 
Letting the music scale up 5530 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5530 
To finish my house décor… 5526 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5525 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5524 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5524 
Calling the gods of music 5524 
Absolutely 5524 
Phase manipulation 5524 
No relation. 5524 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5524 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5524 
Dynamical mismatch 5523 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5523 
Stradiwinerius? 5520 
Dealing with the glass. 5519 
Boston 5519 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5519 
Added mass 5519 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5519 
It is about moderation…. 5519 
To hell with the wine... 5519 
Also for other surafaces 5518 
LEAD 5518 
LEAD & GLASS 5518 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5518 
Read carefully 5518 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5518 
Crooks and morons 5518 
Magiscopios 5517 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5497 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5497 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5496 
The LP setup in the new home. 5445 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5440 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5440 
Pianochord will do! 5440 
Spanyi heaven 5440 
I see no conflict at all. 5440 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5440 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5440 
A year after closing 5432 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5432 
Traveling antimatter 5425 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5419 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5418 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5392 
Cast Iron fireplace 5391 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5391 
The hardcore way 5391 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5355 
This is How It's Done 5354 
Listening room during summer. 5342 
What about those... 5341 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5341 
Reducing A/C Noise 5341 
HVAC the Cat 5341 
Big Ass fan 5340 
Variac dimmers 5340 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5340 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5340 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5272 
Some winter observations. 5163 
That Asian man…. 5132 
The Franz Schubert morning 5106 
Spring.... 5055 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5005 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4976 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4976 
Just good photography? 4976 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4976 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4976 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4975 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4975 
Sports car 4975 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4975 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4975 
Train Positioning 4975 
Kind of what I want 4975 
The lap listening… 4975 
Family Room 4975 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4972 
A super audio room. 4968 
Time Warp! 4968 
A piano in a listening room 4947 
Pianissimo 4947 
The plan in blue. 4947 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4947 
My doubts 4947 
It is exactly what I worry. 4946 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4946 
Musicians at home 4946 
Piano Measurements 4945 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4940 
The next step. 4926 
Midbass horns missing?? 4925 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4915 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4915 
Baby Grand 4914 
Wood floor 4914 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4914 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4914 
Amy’s baby. 4912 
Improvement 4912 
Agree with Scott 4912 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4900 
Integrated casters 4900 
Very nice, thanks. 4900 
Customization 4900 
Sliders 4900 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4893 
Congratulations 4893 
Holes in the floor... 4893 
Tubes and kids 4893 
Sweet spot enlargement 4893 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4891 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4890 
Wood Floors and Water 4890 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4885 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4884 
WAF is for Losers 4884 
WAF: it depends. 4884 
Integration 4883 
Here and there. 4883 
Life after WWIII 4883 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4883 
Cables management. 4881 
Featurizing 4881 
Kids and tubes cont. 4878 
Kid magnet 4878 
Kids and audio 4877 
Radars 4877 
Wow, what the days! 4873 
The comming weekend 4869 
It all was worth it! 4866 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4861 
Here is how it is look. 4861 
Resolving the carpet issue 4861 
Bonfire 4861 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4861 
Proof of concept? 4861 
Geometry 4861 
A view from listening position. 4861 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4861 
Some feedback 4861 
Evening 4861 
I wonder why. 4860 
Rugs and things 4860 
In defense… 4860 
I can’t get it. 4857 
Haze. 4856 
Front wall 4856 
It is very possible. 4856 
It is nice to be back. 4853 
My comfy corner. 4850 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4490 
WMD in house. 4312 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4215 
The third listening spot. 4194 
For sure a very different experience. 4156 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4151 
It's Jfretch's system. 4151 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4150 
Domestic games 4104 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3965 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3965 
Dynamic screening 3965 
Actually this is very good idea! 3965 
Volcanic fabric 3965 
I should have done this. 3963 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3959 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3928 
No worries 3928 
Awesome memories 3928 
Optimization of space 3928 
Child-ish considerations 3925 
Finding peace.... 3919 
"Fencing"? 3918 
I need to build something custom 3918 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3918 
Stressed Skin 3918 
NYC elevators 3918 
Kids toys and quantities. 3918 
Everything is completely reversible 3917 
Racks and things 3917 
Now it looks even more promising! 3917 
Quantity of rods 3917 
Avoiding diagonals 3915 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3914 
That's not fair! 3914 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3914 
Discrimination? 3909 
Vertical configuration 3902 
Impresive ! 3831 
Did you read the site? 3831 
Contact 3831 
Company's name is Rixrax 3831 
Stand 3830 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3786 
End of life headphone system 3786 
Something like this? 3786 
The "Second Living Room" 3786 
Mixing urban & suburban 3786 
Late night listening 3786 
Moving life... 3784 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3784 
A true listening room. 3760 
It started… 3745 
Levels of Interest 3745 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3745 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3745 
I can't not to post it.... 3745 
Do not leave him unattended. 3745 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3745 
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