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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5864 
The first take on the new room. 5858 
New Room, a first shot. 5857 
Wonderful 5857 
Adopted 5856 
The first relaxed night with the room 5854 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5853 
The listening room is ready. 5852 
New Room, a First Shot 5850 
Continue to work with the room 5850 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5850 
Room 5849 
I think it will take another month. 5849 
The Buttressing 5849 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5848 
The new place and the new noises. 5848 
Big listening room 5847 
Screw the "big" rooms 5847 
Big listening rooms 5847 
First reflection points 5846 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5846 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5843 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5842 
Squeezing the floor 5842 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5842 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5842 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5841 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5841 
The new room, the very first listening. 5841 
The 14.5 foot. 5840 
Again… 5839 
Romy's new Playground 5839 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5839 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5839 
For the uninitiated ... 5838 
NH guy 5838 
Room 5838 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5837 
The first base is done 5837 
Reentry time alignment. 5836 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5835 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5835 
Mid bass horn. 5835 
Guess is only a guess… 5835 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5835 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5834 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5834 
Diffusors 5834 
Diffuse injection 5834 
Let analyse why it so 5834 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5834 
Wheel and Deal 5834 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5834 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5834 
I Must Be Missing Something 5834 
I put sliders under my speakers 5833 
ROOM 5832 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5832 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5832 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5832 
No concerns 5832 
Speakers and room 5832 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5831 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5831 
Diaphram 5831 
Phram 5831 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5831 
Perfect piston 5831 
Decorater 5830 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5830 
New morning 5829 
The first take on the room with RTA 5828 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5828 
Axiomatic 5828 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5827 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5827 
The size of the bass. 5827 
Bass Factory 5827 
Crude Level, or something more? 5827 
I will play with it this week…. 5827 
Rent-A 5827 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5827 
Corner horns 5827 
Cheating from below 5827 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5827 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5826 
A possibly overly simplified view 5826 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5826 
Iceberg 5826 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5826 
Why not horn 5826 
A correction…. 5826 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5826 
They are just not related things at all. 5826 
Fertin 5824 
Low resonance is good... 5824 
Et tu, Brute? 5823 
The Room response at LF 5822 
Life On The Ground Floor 5822 
Bass arrays 5822 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5822 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5822 
The super sucks. 5822 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5822 
You may also try 5821 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5821 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5821 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5821 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5821 
60 Hz Resonance 5821 
No notching… so far. 5821 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5820 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5820 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5820 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5820 
Power to the People 5820 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5820 
Aura 5820 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5820 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5820 
All class D is the same 5820 
Interpreting the LF results. 5819 
The Halibut 5819 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5819 
The Big Picture 5819 
Power & ULF channels 5819 
The big picture indeed. 5819 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5819 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5819 
The Power and the Glory 5818 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5818 
I guess I did not get this memo 5818 
French LF drivers 5818 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5818 
(another) French LF approach 5817 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5817 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5817 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5817 
Limpschtick 5817 
Symmetry 5817 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5816 
Room correction 5816 
It migh be more complicated. 5816 
Bass EQ ? 5816 
Agree and not. 5816 
Two "diseases" 5816 
Parametric filters 5816 
Ceiling arrays 5816 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5816 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5816 
The Middle of the Room. 5816 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5816 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5816 
Stop! 5816 
Appendectomy 5816 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5815 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5815 
No Isolation 5815 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5812 
Potential contenders? 5811 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5811 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5811 
Those Crazy Canucks 5807 
Mo' Better Bass 5801 
Bird in the Hand? 5801 
A wet listening spot? 5794 
Storm 5791 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5791 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5777 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5747 
Polar Opposite ULF 5746 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5734 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5732 
Differently but the same. 5731 
PVC 5730 
The sail test try. 5730 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5730 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5730 
Trial 5729 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5729 
Some explanations 5729 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5728 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5727 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5726 
Acrylate 5725 
Magic blanket 5725 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5724 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5724 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5724 
I have a few options. 5724 
Foam color 5724 
Strange things with upperbass 5724 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5723 
Teatro reform. . . 5723 
The foaming room dilemma. 5722 
Melamine Foam 5722 
Foaming up the cat house 5722 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5722 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5722 
Acoustic revisions… 5721 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5718 
Surprises so far in the new room 5717 
The upperbass in the new room. 5717 
Slight change of hart. 5716 
Camco supply of Boston 5714 
Room acoustics 5714 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5673 
I need to kill dust first. 5673 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5671 
To feed the leeches? 5671 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5670 
Yh 5670 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5670 
DPOLs? 5670 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5670 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5667 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5667 
A HalfPipe solution? 5667 
I absolutely love it. 5667 
Piper work 5666 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5666 
Absorption 5666 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5665 
Cats life ? 5665 
Call me Pussy. 5665 
More about traps 5665 
Acoustic impedance? 5665 
You maybe right 5665 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5665 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5664 
Heavy Curtain 5664 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5663 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5663 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5663 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5660 
Fix speaker move chair? 5659 
Back and forth ceremony 5659 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5658 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5657 
Glass windows 5656 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5655 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5654 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5652 
How to use basement jacks? 5652 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5652 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5652 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5651 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5651 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5650 
Sore eyes... 5649 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5649 
The harvesting week! 5647 
I need an inspiration… 5646 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5645 
Like this? 5645 
Dramatically randomize MF 5645 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5644 
The room eats dynamic 5644 
Diffusers 5644 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5643 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5628 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5627 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5627 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5627 
About Width-Importance balance. 5625 
Letting the music scale up 5624 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5624 
To finish my house décor… 5620 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5619 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5618 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5618 
Calling the gods of music 5618 
Absolutely 5618 
Phase manipulation 5618 
No relation. 5618 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5618 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5618 
Dynamical mismatch 5617 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5617 
Stradiwinerius? 5614 
Dealing with the glass. 5613 
Boston 5613 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5613 
Added mass 5613 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5613 
It is about moderation…. 5613 
To hell with the wine... 5613 
Also for other surafaces 5612 
LEAD 5612 
LEAD & GLASS 5612 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5612 
Read carefully 5612 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5612 
Crooks and morons 5612 
Magiscopios 5611 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5591 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5591 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5590 
The LP setup in the new home. 5539 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5534 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5534 
Pianochord will do! 5534 
Spanyi heaven 5534 
I see no conflict at all. 5534 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5534 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5534 
A year after closing 5526 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5526 
Traveling antimatter 5519 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5513 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5512 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5486 
Cast Iron fireplace 5485 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5485 
The hardcore way 5485 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5449 
This is How It's Done 5448 
Listening room during summer. 5436 
What about those... 5435 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5435 
Reducing A/C Noise 5435 
HVAC the Cat 5435 
Big Ass fan 5434 
Variac dimmers 5434 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5434 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5434 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5366 
Some winter observations. 5257 
That Asian man…. 5226 
The Franz Schubert morning 5200 
Spring.... 5149 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5099 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5070 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5070 
Just good photography? 5070 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5070 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5070 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5069 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5069 
Sports car 5069 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5069 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5069 
Train Positioning 5069 
Kind of what I want 5069 
The lap listening… 5069 
Family Room 5069 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5066 
A super audio room. 5062 
Time Warp! 5062 
A piano in a listening room 5041 
Pianissimo 5041 
The plan in blue. 5041 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5041 
My doubts 5041 
It is exactly what I worry. 5040 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5040 
Musicians at home 5040 
Piano Measurements 5039 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5034 
The next step. 5020 
Midbass horns missing?? 5019 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5009 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5009 
Baby Grand 5008 
Wood floor 5008 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5008 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5008 
Amy’s baby. 5006 
Improvement 5006 
Agree with Scott 5006 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4994 
Integrated casters 4994 
Very nice, thanks. 4994 
Customization 4994 
Sliders 4994 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4987 
Congratulations 4987 
Holes in the floor... 4987 
Tubes and kids 4987 
Sweet spot enlargement 4987 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4985 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4984 
Wood Floors and Water 4984 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4979 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4978 
WAF is for Losers 4978 
WAF: it depends. 4978 
Integration 4977 
Here and there. 4977 
Life after WWIII 4977 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4977 
Cables management. 4975 
Featurizing 4975 
Kids and tubes cont. 4972 
Kid magnet 4972 
Kids and audio 4971 
Radars 4971 
Wow, what the days! 4967 
The comming weekend 4963 
It all was worth it! 4960 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4955 
Here is how it is look. 4955 
Resolving the carpet issue 4955 
Bonfire 4955 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4955 
Proof of concept? 4955 
Geometry 4955 
A view from listening position. 4955 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4955 
Some feedback 4955 
Evening 4955 
I wonder why. 4954 
Rugs and things 4954 
In defense… 4954 
I can’t get it. 4951 
Haze. 4950 
Front wall 4950 
It is very possible. 4950 
It is nice to be back. 4947 
My comfy corner. 4944 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4584 
WMD in house. 4406 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4309 
The third listening spot. 4288 
For sure a very different experience. 4250 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4245 
It's Jfretch's system. 4245 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4244 
Domestic games 4198 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4059 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4059 
Dynamic screening 4059 
Actually this is very good idea! 4059 
Volcanic fabric 4059 
I should have done this. 4057 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4053 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4022 
No worries 4022 
Awesome memories 4022 
Optimization of space 4022 
Child-ish considerations 4019 
Finding peace.... 4013 
"Fencing"? 4012 
I need to build something custom 4012 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4012 
Stressed Skin 4012 
NYC elevators 4012 
Kids toys and quantities. 4012 
Everything is completely reversible 4011 
Racks and things 4011 
Now it looks even more promising! 4011 
Quantity of rods 4011 
Avoiding diagonals 4009 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4008 
That's not fair! 4008 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4008 
Discrimination? 4003 
Vertical configuration 3996 
Impresive ! 3925 
Did you read the site? 3925 
Contact 3925 
Company's name is Rixrax 3925 
Stand 3924 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3880 
End of life headphone system 3880 
Something like this? 3880 
The "Second Living Room" 3880 
Mixing urban & suburban 3880 
Late night listening 3880 
Moving life... 3878 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3878 
A true listening room. 3854 
It started… 3839 
Levels of Interest 3839 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3839 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3839 
I can't not to post it.... 3839 
Do not leave him unattended. 3839 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3839 
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