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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5970 
The first take on the new room. 5964 
New Room, a first shot. 5963 
Wonderful 5963 
Adopted 5962 
The first relaxed night with the room 5960 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5959 
The listening room is ready. 5958 
New Room, a First Shot 5956 
Continue to work with the room 5956 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5956 
Room 5955 
I think it will take another month. 5955 
The Buttressing 5955 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5954 
The new place and the new noises. 5954 
Big listening room 5953 
Screw the "big" rooms 5953 
Big listening rooms 5953 
First reflection points 5952 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5952 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5949 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5948 
Squeezing the floor 5948 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5948 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5948 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5947 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5947 
The new room, the very first listening. 5947 
The 14.5 foot. 5946 
Again… 5945 
Romy's new Playground 5945 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5945 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5945 
For the uninitiated ... 5944 
NH guy 5944 
Room 5944 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5943 
The first base is done 5943 
Reentry time alignment. 5942 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5941 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5941 
Mid bass horn. 5941 
Guess is only a guess… 5941 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5941 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5940 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5940 
Diffusors 5940 
Diffuse injection 5940 
Let analyse why it so 5940 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5940 
Wheel and Deal 5940 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5940 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5940 
I Must Be Missing Something 5940 
I put sliders under my speakers 5939 
ROOM 5938 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5938 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5938 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5938 
No concerns 5938 
Speakers and room 5938 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5937 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5937 
Diaphram 5937 
Phram 5937 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5937 
Perfect piston 5937 
Decorater 5936 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5936 
New morning 5935 
The first take on the room with RTA 5934 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5934 
Axiomatic 5934 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5933 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5933 
The size of the bass. 5933 
Bass Factory 5933 
Crude Level, or something more? 5933 
I will play with it this week…. 5933 
Rent-A 5933 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5933 
Corner horns 5933 
Cheating from below 5933 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5933 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5932 
A possibly overly simplified view 5932 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5932 
Iceberg 5932 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5932 
Why not horn 5932 
A correction…. 5932 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5932 
They are just not related things at all. 5932 
Fertin 5930 
Low resonance is good... 5930 
Et tu, Brute? 5929 
The Room response at LF 5928 
Life On The Ground Floor 5928 
Bass arrays 5928 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5928 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5928 
The super sucks. 5928 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5928 
You may also try 5927 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5927 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5927 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5927 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5927 
60 Hz Resonance 5927 
No notching… so far. 5927 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5926 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5926 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5926 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5926 
Power to the People 5926 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5926 
Aura 5926 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5926 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5926 
All class D is the same 5926 
Interpreting the LF results. 5925 
The Halibut 5925 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5925 
The Big Picture 5925 
Power & ULF channels 5925 
The big picture indeed. 5925 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5925 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5925 
The Power and the Glory 5924 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5924 
I guess I did not get this memo 5924 
French LF drivers 5924 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5924 
(another) French LF approach 5923 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5923 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5923 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5923 
Limpschtick 5923 
Symmetry 5923 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5922 
Room correction 5922 
It migh be more complicated. 5922 
Bass EQ ? 5922 
Agree and not. 5922 
Two "diseases" 5922 
Parametric filters 5922 
Ceiling arrays 5922 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5922 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5922 
The Middle of the Room. 5922 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5922 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5922 
Stop! 5922 
Appendectomy 5922 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5921 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5921 
No Isolation 5921 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5918 
Potential contenders? 5917 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5917 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5917 
Those Crazy Canucks 5913 
Mo' Better Bass 5907 
Bird in the Hand? 5907 
A wet listening spot? 5900 
Storm 5897 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5897 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5883 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5853 
Polar Opposite ULF 5852 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5840 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5838 
Differently but the same. 5837 
PVC 5836 
The sail test try. 5836 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5836 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5836 
Trial 5835 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5835 
Some explanations 5835 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5834 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5833 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5832 
Acrylate 5831 
Magic blanket 5831 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5830 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5830 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5830 
I have a few options. 5830 
Foam color 5830 
Strange things with upperbass 5830 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5829 
Teatro reform. . . 5829 
The foaming room dilemma. 5828 
Melamine Foam 5828 
Foaming up the cat house 5828 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5828 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5828 
Acoustic revisions… 5827 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5824 
Surprises so far in the new room 5823 
The upperbass in the new room. 5823 
Slight change of hart. 5822 
Camco supply of Boston 5820 
Room acoustics 5820 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5779 
I need to kill dust first. 5779 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5777 
To feed the leeches? 5777 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5776 
Yh 5776 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5776 
DPOLs? 5776 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5776 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5773 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5773 
A HalfPipe solution? 5773 
I absolutely love it. 5773 
Piper work 5772 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5772 
Absorption 5772 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5771 
Cats life ? 5771 
Call me Pussy. 5771 
More about traps 5771 
Acoustic impedance? 5771 
You maybe right 5771 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5771 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5770 
Heavy Curtain 5770 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5769 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5769 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5769 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5766 
Fix speaker move chair? 5765 
Back and forth ceremony 5765 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5764 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5763 
Glass windows 5762 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5761 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5760 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5758 
How to use basement jacks? 5758 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5758 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5758 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5757 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5757 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5756 
Sore eyes... 5755 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5755 
The harvesting week! 5753 
I need an inspiration… 5752 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5751 
Like this? 5751 
Dramatically randomize MF 5751 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5750 
The room eats dynamic 5750 
Diffusers 5750 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5749 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5734 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5733 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5733 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5733 
About Width-Importance balance. 5731 
Letting the music scale up 5730 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5730 
To finish my house décor… 5726 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5725 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5724 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5724 
Calling the gods of music 5724 
Absolutely 5724 
Phase manipulation 5724 
No relation. 5724 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5724 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5724 
Dynamical mismatch 5723 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5723 
Stradiwinerius? 5720 
Dealing with the glass. 5719 
Boston 5719 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5719 
Added mass 5719 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5719 
It is about moderation…. 5719 
To hell with the wine... 5719 
Also for other surafaces 5718 
LEAD 5718 
LEAD & GLASS 5718 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5718 
Read carefully 5718 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5718 
Crooks and morons 5718 
Magiscopios 5717 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5697 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5697 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5696 
The LP setup in the new home. 5645 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5640 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5640 
Pianochord will do! 5640 
Spanyi heaven 5640 
I see no conflict at all. 5640 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5640 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5640 
A year after closing 5632 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5632 
Traveling antimatter 5625 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5619 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5618 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5592 
Cast Iron fireplace 5591 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5591 
The hardcore way 5591 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5555 
This is How It's Done 5554 
Listening room during summer. 5542 
What about those... 5541 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5541 
Reducing A/C Noise 5541 
HVAC the Cat 5541 
Big Ass fan 5540 
Variac dimmers 5540 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5540 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5540 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5472 
Some winter observations. 5363 
That Asian man…. 5332 
The Franz Schubert morning 5306 
Spring.... 5255 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5205 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5176 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5176 
Just good photography? 5176 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5176 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5176 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5175 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5175 
Sports car 5175 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5175 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5175 
Train Positioning 5175 
Kind of what I want 5175 
The lap listening… 5175 
Family Room 5175 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5172 
A super audio room. 5168 
Time Warp! 5168 
A piano in a listening room 5147 
Pianissimo 5147 
The plan in blue. 5147 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5147 
My doubts 5147 
It is exactly what I worry. 5146 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5146 
Musicians at home 5146 
Piano Measurements 5145 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5140 
The next step. 5126 
Midbass horns missing?? 5125 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5115 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5115 
Baby Grand 5114 
Wood floor 5114 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5114 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5114 
Amy’s baby. 5112 
Improvement 5112 
Agree with Scott 5112 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5100 
Integrated casters 5100 
Very nice, thanks. 5100 
Customization 5100 
Sliders 5100 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5093 
Congratulations 5093 
Holes in the floor... 5093 
Tubes and kids 5093 
Sweet spot enlargement 5093 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5091 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5090 
Wood Floors and Water 5090 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5085 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5084 
WAF is for Losers 5084 
WAF: it depends. 5084 
Integration 5083 
Here and there. 5083 
Life after WWIII 5083 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5083 
Cables management. 5081 
Featurizing 5081 
Kids and tubes cont. 5078 
Kid magnet 5078 
Kids and audio 5077 
Radars 5077 
Wow, what the days! 5073 
The comming weekend 5069 
It all was worth it! 5066 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5061 
Here is how it is look. 5061 
Resolving the carpet issue 5061 
Bonfire 5061 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5061 
Proof of concept? 5061 
Geometry 5061 
A view from listening position. 5061 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5061 
Some feedback 5061 
Evening 5061 
I wonder why. 5060 
Rugs and things 5060 
In defense… 5060 
I can’t get it. 5057 
Haze. 5056 
Front wall 5056 
It is very possible. 5056 
It is nice to be back. 5053 
My comfy corner. 5050 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4690 
WMD in house. 4512 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4415 
The third listening spot. 4394 
For sure a very different experience. 4356 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4351 
It's Jfretch's system. 4351 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4350 
Domestic games 4304 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4165 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4165 
Dynamic screening 4165 
Actually this is very good idea! 4165 
Volcanic fabric 4165 
I should have done this. 4163 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4159 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4128 
No worries 4128 
Awesome memories 4128 
Optimization of space 4128 
Child-ish considerations 4125 
Finding peace.... 4119 
"Fencing"? 4118 
I need to build something custom 4118 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4118 
Stressed Skin 4118 
NYC elevators 4118 
Kids toys and quantities. 4118 
Everything is completely reversible 4117 
Racks and things 4117 
Now it looks even more promising! 4117 
Quantity of rods 4117 
Avoiding diagonals 4115 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4114 
That's not fair! 4114 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4114 
Discrimination? 4109 
Vertical configuration 4102 
Impresive ! 4031 
Did you read the site? 4031 
Contact 4031 
Company's name is Rixrax 4031 
Stand 4030 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3986 
End of life headphone system 3986 
Something like this? 3986 
The "Second Living Room" 3986 
Mixing urban & suburban 3986 
Late night listening 3986 
Moving life... 3984 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3984 
A true listening room. 3960 
It started… 3945 
Levels of Interest 3945 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3945 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3945 
I can't not to post it.... 3945 
Do not leave him unattended. 3945 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3945 
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