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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5986 
The first take on the new room. 5980 
New Room, a first shot. 5979 
Wonderful 5979 
Adopted 5978 
The first relaxed night with the room 5976 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5975 
The listening room is ready. 5974 
New Room, a First Shot 5972 
Continue to work with the room 5972 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5972 
Room 5971 
I think it will take another month. 5971 
The Buttressing 5971 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5970 
The new place and the new noises. 5970 
Big listening room 5969 
Screw the "big" rooms 5969 
Big listening rooms 5969 
First reflection points 5968 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5968 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5965 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5964 
Squeezing the floor 5964 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5964 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5964 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5963 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5963 
The new room, the very first listening. 5963 
The 14.5 foot. 5962 
Again… 5961 
Romy's new Playground 5961 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5961 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5961 
For the uninitiated ... 5960 
NH guy 5960 
Room 5960 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5959 
The first base is done 5959 
Reentry time alignment. 5958 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5957 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5957 
Mid bass horn. 5957 
Guess is only a guess… 5957 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5957 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5956 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5956 
Diffusors 5956 
Diffuse injection 5956 
Let analyse why it so 5956 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5956 
Wheel and Deal 5956 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5956 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5956 
I Must Be Missing Something 5956 
I put sliders under my speakers 5955 
ROOM 5954 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5954 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5954 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5954 
No concerns 5954 
Speakers and room 5954 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5953 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5953 
Diaphram 5953 
Phram 5953 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5953 
Perfect piston 5953 
Decorater 5952 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5952 
New morning 5951 
The first take on the room with RTA 5950 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5950 
Axiomatic 5950 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5949 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5949 
The size of the bass. 5949 
Bass Factory 5949 
Crude Level, or something more? 5949 
I will play with it this week…. 5949 
Rent-A 5949 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5949 
Corner horns 5949 
Cheating from below 5949 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5949 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5948 
A possibly overly simplified view 5948 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5948 
Iceberg 5948 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5948 
Why not horn 5948 
A correction…. 5948 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5948 
They are just not related things at all. 5948 
Fertin 5946 
Low resonance is good... 5946 
Et tu, Brute? 5945 
The Room response at LF 5944 
Life On The Ground Floor 5944 
Bass arrays 5944 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5944 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5944 
The super sucks. 5944 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5944 
You may also try 5943 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5943 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5943 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5943 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5943 
60 Hz Resonance 5943 
No notching… so far. 5943 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5942 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5942 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5942 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5942 
Power to the People 5942 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5942 
Aura 5942 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5942 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5942 
All class D is the same 5942 
Interpreting the LF results. 5941 
The Halibut 5941 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5941 
The Big Picture 5941 
Power & ULF channels 5941 
The big picture indeed. 5941 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5941 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5941 
The Power and the Glory 5940 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5940 
I guess I did not get this memo 5940 
French LF drivers 5940 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5940 
(another) French LF approach 5939 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5939 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5939 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5939 
Limpschtick 5939 
Symmetry 5939 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5938 
Room correction 5938 
It migh be more complicated. 5938 
Bass EQ ? 5938 
Agree and not. 5938 
Two "diseases" 5938 
Parametric filters 5938 
Ceiling arrays 5938 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5938 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5938 
The Middle of the Room. 5938 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5938 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5938 
Stop! 5938 
Appendectomy 5938 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5937 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5937 
No Isolation 5937 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5934 
Potential contenders? 5933 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5933 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5933 
Those Crazy Canucks 5929 
Mo' Better Bass 5923 
Bird in the Hand? 5923 
A wet listening spot? 5916 
Storm 5913 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5913 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5899 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5869 
Polar Opposite ULF 5868 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5856 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5854 
Differently but the same. 5853 
PVC 5852 
The sail test try. 5852 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5852 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5852 
Trial 5851 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5851 
Some explanations 5851 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5850 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5849 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5848 
Acrylate 5847 
Magic blanket 5847 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5846 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5846 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5846 
I have a few options. 5846 
Foam color 5846 
Strange things with upperbass 5846 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5845 
Teatro reform. . . 5845 
The foaming room dilemma. 5844 
Melamine Foam 5844 
Foaming up the cat house 5844 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5844 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5844 
Acoustic revisions… 5843 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5840 
Surprises so far in the new room 5839 
The upperbass in the new room. 5839 
Slight change of hart. 5838 
Camco supply of Boston 5836 
Room acoustics 5836 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5795 
I need to kill dust first. 5795 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5793 
To feed the leeches? 5793 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5792 
Yh 5792 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5792 
DPOLs? 5792 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5792 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5789 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5789 
A HalfPipe solution? 5789 
I absolutely love it. 5789 
Piper work 5788 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5788 
Absorption 5788 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5787 
Cats life ? 5787 
Call me Pussy. 5787 
More about traps 5787 
Acoustic impedance? 5787 
You maybe right 5787 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5787 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5786 
Heavy Curtain 5786 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5785 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5785 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5785 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5782 
Fix speaker move chair? 5781 
Back and forth ceremony 5781 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5780 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5779 
Glass windows 5778 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5777 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5776 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5774 
How to use basement jacks? 5774 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5774 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5774 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5773 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5773 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5772 
Sore eyes... 5771 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5771 
The harvesting week! 5769 
I need an inspiration… 5768 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5767 
Like this? 5767 
Dramatically randomize MF 5767 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5766 
The room eats dynamic 5766 
Diffusers 5766 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5765 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5750 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5749 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5749 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5749 
About Width-Importance balance. 5747 
Letting the music scale up 5746 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5746 
To finish my house décor… 5742 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5741 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5740 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5740 
Calling the gods of music 5740 
Absolutely 5740 
Phase manipulation 5740 
No relation. 5740 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5740 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5740 
Dynamical mismatch 5739 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5739 
Stradiwinerius? 5736 
Dealing with the glass. 5735 
Boston 5735 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5735 
Added mass 5735 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5735 
It is about moderation…. 5735 
To hell with the wine... 5735 
Also for other surafaces 5734 
LEAD 5734 
LEAD & GLASS 5734 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5734 
Read carefully 5734 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5734 
Crooks and morons 5734 
Magiscopios 5733 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5713 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5713 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5712 
The LP setup in the new home. 5661 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5656 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5656 
Pianochord will do! 5656 
Spanyi heaven 5656 
I see no conflict at all. 5656 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5656 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5656 
A year after closing 5648 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5648 
Traveling antimatter 5641 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5635 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5634 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5608 
Cast Iron fireplace 5607 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5607 
The hardcore way 5607 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5571 
This is How It's Done 5570 
Listening room during summer. 5558 
What about those... 5557 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5557 
Reducing A/C Noise 5557 
HVAC the Cat 5557 
Big Ass fan 5556 
Variac dimmers 5556 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5556 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5556 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5488 
Some winter observations. 5379 
That Asian man…. 5348 
The Franz Schubert morning 5322 
Spring.... 5271 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5221 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5192 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5192 
Just good photography? 5192 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5192 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5192 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5191 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5191 
Sports car 5191 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5191 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5191 
Train Positioning 5191 
Kind of what I want 5191 
The lap listening… 5191 
Family Room 5191 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5188 
A super audio room. 5184 
Time Warp! 5184 
A piano in a listening room 5163 
Pianissimo 5163 
The plan in blue. 5163 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5163 
My doubts 5163 
It is exactly what I worry. 5162 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5162 
Musicians at home 5162 
Piano Measurements 5161 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5156 
The next step. 5142 
Midbass horns missing?? 5141 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5131 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5131 
Baby Grand 5130 
Wood floor 5130 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5130 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5130 
Amy’s baby. 5128 
Improvement 5128 
Agree with Scott 5128 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5116 
Integrated casters 5116 
Very nice, thanks. 5116 
Customization 5116 
Sliders 5116 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5109 
Congratulations 5109 
Holes in the floor... 5109 
Tubes and kids 5109 
Sweet spot enlargement 5109 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5107 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5106 
Wood Floors and Water 5106 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5101 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5100 
WAF is for Losers 5100 
WAF: it depends. 5100 
Integration 5099 
Here and there. 5099 
Life after WWIII 5099 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5099 
Cables management. 5097 
Featurizing 5097 
Kids and tubes cont. 5094 
Kid magnet 5094 
Kids and audio 5093 
Radars 5093 
Wow, what the days! 5089 
The comming weekend 5085 
It all was worth it! 5082 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5077 
Here is how it is look. 5077 
Resolving the carpet issue 5077 
Bonfire 5077 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5077 
Proof of concept? 5077 
Geometry 5077 
A view from listening position. 5077 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5077 
Some feedback 5077 
Evening 5077 
I wonder why. 5076 
Rugs and things 5076 
In defense… 5076 
I can’t get it. 5073 
Haze. 5072 
Front wall 5072 
It is very possible. 5072 
It is nice to be back. 5069 
My comfy corner. 5066 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4706 
WMD in house. 4528 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4431 
The third listening spot. 4410 
For sure a very different experience. 4372 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4367 
It's Jfretch's system. 4367 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4366 
Domestic games 4320 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4181 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4181 
Dynamic screening 4181 
Actually this is very good idea! 4181 
Volcanic fabric 4181 
I should have done this. 4179 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4175 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4144 
No worries 4144 
Awesome memories 4144 
Optimization of space 4144 
Child-ish considerations 4141 
Finding peace.... 4135 
"Fencing"? 4134 
I need to build something custom 4134 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4134 
Stressed Skin 4134 
NYC elevators 4134 
Kids toys and quantities. 4134 
Everything is completely reversible 4133 
Racks and things 4133 
Now it looks even more promising! 4133 
Quantity of rods 4133 
Avoiding diagonals 4131 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4130 
That's not fair! 4130 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4130 
Discrimination? 4125 
Vertical configuration 4118 
Impresive ! 4047 
Did you read the site? 4047 
Contact 4047 
Company's name is Rixrax 4047 
Stand 4046 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4002 
End of life headphone system 4002 
Something like this? 4002 
The "Second Living Room" 4002 
Mixing urban & suburban 4002 
Late night listening 4002 
Moving life... 4000 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4000 
A true listening room. 3976 
It started… 3961 
Levels of Interest 3961 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3961 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3961 
I can't not to post it.... 3961 
Do not leave him unattended. 3961 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3961 
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