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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5945 
The first take on the new room. 5939 
New Room, a first shot. 5938 
Wonderful 5938 
Adopted 5937 
The first relaxed night with the room 5935 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5934 
The listening room is ready. 5933 
New Room, a First Shot 5931 
Continue to work with the room 5931 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5931 
Room 5930 
I think it will take another month. 5930 
The Buttressing 5930 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5929 
The new place and the new noises. 5929 
Big listening room 5928 
Screw the "big" rooms 5928 
Big listening rooms 5928 
First reflection points 5927 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5927 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5924 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5923 
Squeezing the floor 5923 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5923 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5923 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5922 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5922 
The new room, the very first listening. 5922 
The 14.5 foot. 5921 
Again… 5920 
Romy's new Playground 5920 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5920 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5920 
For the uninitiated ... 5919 
NH guy 5919 
Room 5919 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5918 
The first base is done 5918 
Reentry time alignment. 5917 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5916 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5916 
Mid bass horn. 5916 
Guess is only a guess… 5916 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5916 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5915 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5915 
Diffusors 5915 
Diffuse injection 5915 
Let analyse why it so 5915 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5915 
Wheel and Deal 5915 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5915 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5915 
I Must Be Missing Something 5915 
I put sliders under my speakers 5914 
ROOM 5913 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5913 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5913 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5913 
No concerns 5913 
Speakers and room 5913 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5912 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5912 
Diaphram 5912 
Phram 5912 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5912 
Perfect piston 5912 
Decorater 5911 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5911 
New morning 5910 
The first take on the room with RTA 5909 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5909 
Axiomatic 5909 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5908 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5908 
The size of the bass. 5908 
Bass Factory 5908 
Crude Level, or something more? 5908 
I will play with it this week…. 5908 
Rent-A 5908 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5908 
Corner horns 5908 
Cheating from below 5908 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5908 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5907 
A possibly overly simplified view 5907 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5907 
Iceberg 5907 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5907 
Why not horn 5907 
A correction…. 5907 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5907 
They are just not related things at all. 5907 
Fertin 5905 
Low resonance is good... 5905 
Et tu, Brute? 5904 
The Room response at LF 5903 
Life On The Ground Floor 5903 
Bass arrays 5903 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5903 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5903 
The super sucks. 5903 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5903 
You may also try 5902 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5902 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5902 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5902 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5902 
60 Hz Resonance 5902 
No notching… so far. 5902 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5901 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5901 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5901 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5901 
Power to the People 5901 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5901 
Aura 5901 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5901 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5901 
All class D is the same 5901 
Interpreting the LF results. 5900 
The Halibut 5900 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5900 
The Big Picture 5900 
Power & ULF channels 5900 
The big picture indeed. 5900 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5900 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5900 
The Power and the Glory 5899 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5899 
I guess I did not get this memo 5899 
French LF drivers 5899 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5899 
(another) French LF approach 5898 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5898 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5898 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5898 
Limpschtick 5898 
Symmetry 5898 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5897 
Room correction 5897 
It migh be more complicated. 5897 
Bass EQ ? 5897 
Agree and not. 5897 
Two "diseases" 5897 
Parametric filters 5897 
Ceiling arrays 5897 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5897 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5897 
The Middle of the Room. 5897 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5897 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5897 
Stop! 5897 
Appendectomy 5897 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5896 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5896 
No Isolation 5896 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5893 
Potential contenders? 5892 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5892 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5892 
Those Crazy Canucks 5888 
Mo' Better Bass 5882 
Bird in the Hand? 5882 
A wet listening spot? 5875 
Storm 5872 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5872 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5858 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5828 
Polar Opposite ULF 5827 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5815 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5813 
Differently but the same. 5812 
PVC 5811 
The sail test try. 5811 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5811 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5811 
Trial 5810 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5810 
Some explanations 5810 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5809 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5808 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5807 
Acrylate 5806 
Magic blanket 5806 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5805 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5805 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5805 
I have a few options. 5805 
Foam color 5805 
Strange things with upperbass 5805 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5804 
Teatro reform. . . 5804 
The foaming room dilemma. 5803 
Melamine Foam 5803 
Foaming up the cat house 5803 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5803 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5803 
Acoustic revisions… 5802 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5799 
Surprises so far in the new room 5798 
The upperbass in the new room. 5798 
Slight change of hart. 5797 
Camco supply of Boston 5795 
Room acoustics 5795 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5754 
I need to kill dust first. 5754 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5752 
To feed the leeches? 5752 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5751 
Yh 5751 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5751 
DPOLs? 5751 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5751 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5748 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5748 
A HalfPipe solution? 5748 
I absolutely love it. 5748 
Piper work 5747 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5747 
Absorption 5747 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5746 
Cats life ? 5746 
Call me Pussy. 5746 
More about traps 5746 
Acoustic impedance? 5746 
You maybe right 5746 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5746 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5745 
Heavy Curtain 5745 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5744 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5744 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5744 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5741 
Fix speaker move chair? 5740 
Back and forth ceremony 5740 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5739 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5738 
Glass windows 5737 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5736 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5735 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5733 
How to use basement jacks? 5733 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5733 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5733 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5732 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5732 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5731 
Sore eyes... 5730 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5730 
The harvesting week! 5728 
I need an inspiration… 5727 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5726 
Like this? 5726 
Dramatically randomize MF 5726 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5725 
The room eats dynamic 5725 
Diffusers 5725 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5724 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5709 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5708 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5708 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5708 
About Width-Importance balance. 5706 
Letting the music scale up 5705 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5705 
To finish my house décor… 5701 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5700 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5699 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5699 
Calling the gods of music 5699 
Absolutely 5699 
Phase manipulation 5699 
No relation. 5699 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5699 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5699 
Dynamical mismatch 5698 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5698 
Stradiwinerius? 5695 
Dealing with the glass. 5694 
Boston 5694 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5694 
Added mass 5694 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5694 
It is about moderation…. 5694 
To hell with the wine... 5694 
Also for other surafaces 5693 
LEAD 5693 
LEAD & GLASS 5693 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5693 
Read carefully 5693 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5693 
Crooks and morons 5693 
Magiscopios 5692 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5672 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5672 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5671 
The LP setup in the new home. 5620 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5615 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5615 
Pianochord will do! 5615 
Spanyi heaven 5615 
I see no conflict at all. 5615 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5615 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5615 
A year after closing 5607 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5607 
Traveling antimatter 5600 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5594 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5593 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5567 
Cast Iron fireplace 5566 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5566 
The hardcore way 5566 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5530 
This is How It's Done 5529 
Listening room during summer. 5517 
What about those... 5516 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5516 
Reducing A/C Noise 5516 
HVAC the Cat 5516 
Big Ass fan 5515 
Variac dimmers 5515 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5515 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5515 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5447 
Some winter observations. 5338 
That Asian man…. 5307 
The Franz Schubert morning 5281 
Spring.... 5230 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5180 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5151 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5151 
Just good photography? 5151 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5151 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5151 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5150 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5150 
Sports car 5150 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5150 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5150 
Train Positioning 5150 
Kind of what I want 5150 
The lap listening… 5150 
Family Room 5150 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5147 
A super audio room. 5143 
Time Warp! 5143 
A piano in a listening room 5122 
Pianissimo 5122 
The plan in blue. 5122 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5122 
My doubts 5122 
It is exactly what I worry. 5121 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5121 
Musicians at home 5121 
Piano Measurements 5120 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5115 
The next step. 5101 
Midbass horns missing?? 5100 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5090 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5090 
Baby Grand 5089 
Wood floor 5089 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5089 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5089 
Amy’s baby. 5087 
Improvement 5087 
Agree with Scott 5087 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5075 
Integrated casters 5075 
Very nice, thanks. 5075 
Customization 5075 
Sliders 5075 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5068 
Congratulations 5068 
Holes in the floor... 5068 
Tubes and kids 5068 
Sweet spot enlargement 5068 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5066 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5065 
Wood Floors and Water 5065 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5060 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5059 
WAF is for Losers 5059 
WAF: it depends. 5059 
Integration 5058 
Here and there. 5058 
Life after WWIII 5058 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5058 
Cables management. 5056 
Featurizing 5056 
Kids and tubes cont. 5053 
Kid magnet 5053 
Kids and audio 5052 
Radars 5052 
Wow, what the days! 5048 
The comming weekend 5044 
It all was worth it! 5041 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5036 
Here is how it is look. 5036 
Resolving the carpet issue 5036 
Bonfire 5036 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5036 
Proof of concept? 5036 
Geometry 5036 
A view from listening position. 5036 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5036 
Some feedback 5036 
Evening 5036 
I wonder why. 5035 
Rugs and things 5035 
In defense… 5035 
I can’t get it. 5032 
Haze. 5031 
Front wall 5031 
It is very possible. 5031 
It is nice to be back. 5028 
My comfy corner. 5025 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4665 
WMD in house. 4487 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4390 
The third listening spot. 4369 
For sure a very different experience. 4331 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4326 
It's Jfretch's system. 4326 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4325 
Domestic games 4279 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4140 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4140 
Dynamic screening 4140 
Actually this is very good idea! 4140 
Volcanic fabric 4140 
I should have done this. 4138 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4134 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4103 
No worries 4103 
Awesome memories 4103 
Optimization of space 4103 
Child-ish considerations 4100 
Finding peace.... 4094 
"Fencing"? 4093 
I need to build something custom 4093 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4093 
Stressed Skin 4093 
NYC elevators 4093 
Kids toys and quantities. 4093 
Everything is completely reversible 4092 
Racks and things 4092 
Now it looks even more promising! 4092 
Quantity of rods 4092 
Avoiding diagonals 4090 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4089 
That's not fair! 4089 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4089 
Discrimination? 4084 
Vertical configuration 4077 
Impresive ! 4006 
Did you read the site? 4006 
Contact 4006 
Company's name is Rixrax 4006 
Stand 4005 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3961 
End of life headphone system 3961 
Something like this? 3961 
The "Second Living Room" 3961 
Mixing urban & suburban 3961 
Late night listening 3961 
Moving life... 3959 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3959 
A true listening room. 3935 
It started… 3920 
Levels of Interest 3920 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3920 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3920 
I can't not to post it.... 3920 
Do not leave him unattended. 3920 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3920 
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