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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5972 
The first take on the new room. 5966 
New Room, a first shot. 5965 
Wonderful 5965 
Adopted 5964 
The first relaxed night with the room 5962 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5961 
The listening room is ready. 5960 
New Room, a First Shot 5958 
Continue to work with the room 5958 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5958 
Room 5957 
I think it will take another month. 5957 
The Buttressing 5957 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5956 
The new place and the new noises. 5956 
Big listening room 5955 
Screw the "big" rooms 5955 
Big listening rooms 5955 
First reflection points 5954 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5954 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5951 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5950 
Squeezing the floor 5950 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5950 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5950 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5949 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5949 
The new room, the very first listening. 5949 
The 14.5 foot. 5948 
Again… 5947 
Romy's new Playground 5947 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5947 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5947 
For the uninitiated ... 5946 
NH guy 5946 
Room 5946 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5945 
The first base is done 5945 
Reentry time alignment. 5944 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5943 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5943 
Mid bass horn. 5943 
Guess is only a guess… 5943 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5943 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5942 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5942 
Diffusors 5942 
Diffuse injection 5942 
Let analyse why it so 5942 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5942 
Wheel and Deal 5942 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5942 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5942 
I Must Be Missing Something 5942 
I put sliders under my speakers 5941 
ROOM 5940 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5940 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5940 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5940 
No concerns 5940 
Speakers and room 5940 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5939 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5939 
Diaphram 5939 
Phram 5939 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5939 
Perfect piston 5939 
Decorater 5938 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5938 
New morning 5937 
The first take on the room with RTA 5936 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5936 
Axiomatic 5936 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5935 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5935 
The size of the bass. 5935 
Bass Factory 5935 
Crude Level, or something more? 5935 
I will play with it this week…. 5935 
Rent-A 5935 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5935 
Corner horns 5935 
Cheating from below 5935 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5935 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5934 
A possibly overly simplified view 5934 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5934 
Iceberg 5934 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5934 
Why not horn 5934 
A correction…. 5934 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5934 
They are just not related things at all. 5934 
Fertin 5932 
Low resonance is good... 5932 
Et tu, Brute? 5931 
The Room response at LF 5930 
Life On The Ground Floor 5930 
Bass arrays 5930 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5930 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5930 
The super sucks. 5930 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5930 
You may also try 5929 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5929 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5929 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5929 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5929 
60 Hz Resonance 5929 
No notching… so far. 5929 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5928 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5928 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5928 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5928 
Power to the People 5928 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5928 
Aura 5928 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5928 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5928 
All class D is the same 5928 
Interpreting the LF results. 5927 
The Halibut 5927 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5927 
The Big Picture 5927 
Power & ULF channels 5927 
The big picture indeed. 5927 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5927 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5927 
The Power and the Glory 5926 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5926 
I guess I did not get this memo 5926 
French LF drivers 5926 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5926 
(another) French LF approach 5925 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5925 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5925 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5925 
Limpschtick 5925 
Symmetry 5925 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5924 
Room correction 5924 
It migh be more complicated. 5924 
Bass EQ ? 5924 
Agree and not. 5924 
Two "diseases" 5924 
Parametric filters 5924 
Ceiling arrays 5924 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5924 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5924 
The Middle of the Room. 5924 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5924 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5924 
Stop! 5924 
Appendectomy 5924 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5923 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5923 
No Isolation 5923 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5920 
Potential contenders? 5919 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5919 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5919 
Those Crazy Canucks 5915 
Mo' Better Bass 5909 
Bird in the Hand? 5909 
A wet listening spot? 5902 
Storm 5899 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5899 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5885 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5855 
Polar Opposite ULF 5854 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5842 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5840 
Differently but the same. 5839 
PVC 5838 
The sail test try. 5838 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5838 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5838 
Trial 5837 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5837 
Some explanations 5837 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5836 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5835 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5834 
Acrylate 5833 
Magic blanket 5833 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5832 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5832 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5832 
I have a few options. 5832 
Foam color 5832 
Strange things with upperbass 5832 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5831 
Teatro reform. . . 5831 
The foaming room dilemma. 5830 
Melamine Foam 5830 
Foaming up the cat house 5830 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5830 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5830 
Acoustic revisions… 5829 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5826 
Surprises so far in the new room 5825 
The upperbass in the new room. 5825 
Slight change of hart. 5824 
Camco supply of Boston 5822 
Room acoustics 5822 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5781 
I need to kill dust first. 5781 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5779 
To feed the leeches? 5779 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5778 
Yh 5778 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5778 
DPOLs? 5778 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5778 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5775 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5775 
A HalfPipe solution? 5775 
I absolutely love it. 5775 
Piper work 5774 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5774 
Absorption 5774 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5773 
Cats life ? 5773 
Call me Pussy. 5773 
More about traps 5773 
Acoustic impedance? 5773 
You maybe right 5773 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5773 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5772 
Heavy Curtain 5772 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5771 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5771 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5771 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5768 
Fix speaker move chair? 5767 
Back and forth ceremony 5767 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5766 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5765 
Glass windows 5764 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5763 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5762 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5760 
How to use basement jacks? 5760 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5760 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5760 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5759 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5759 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5758 
Sore eyes... 5757 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5757 
The harvesting week! 5755 
I need an inspiration… 5754 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5753 
Like this? 5753 
Dramatically randomize MF 5753 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5752 
The room eats dynamic 5752 
Diffusers 5752 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5751 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5736 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5735 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5735 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5735 
About Width-Importance balance. 5733 
Letting the music scale up 5732 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5732 
To finish my house décor… 5728 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5727 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5726 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5726 
Calling the gods of music 5726 
Absolutely 5726 
Phase manipulation 5726 
No relation. 5726 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5726 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5726 
Dynamical mismatch 5725 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5725 
Stradiwinerius? 5722 
Dealing with the glass. 5721 
Boston 5721 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5721 
Added mass 5721 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5721 
It is about moderation…. 5721 
To hell with the wine... 5721 
Also for other surafaces 5720 
LEAD 5720 
LEAD & GLASS 5720 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5720 
Read carefully 5720 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5720 
Crooks and morons 5720 
Magiscopios 5719 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5699 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5699 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5698 
The LP setup in the new home. 5647 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5642 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5642 
Pianochord will do! 5642 
Spanyi heaven 5642 
I see no conflict at all. 5642 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5642 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5642 
A year after closing 5634 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5634 
Traveling antimatter 5627 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5621 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5620 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5594 
Cast Iron fireplace 5593 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5593 
The hardcore way 5593 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5557 
This is How It's Done 5556 
Listening room during summer. 5544 
What about those... 5543 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5543 
Reducing A/C Noise 5543 
HVAC the Cat 5543 
Big Ass fan 5542 
Variac dimmers 5542 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5542 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5542 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5474 
Some winter observations. 5365 
That Asian man…. 5334 
The Franz Schubert morning 5308 
Spring.... 5257 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5207 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5178 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5178 
Just good photography? 5178 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5178 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5178 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5177 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5177 
Sports car 5177 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5177 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5177 
Train Positioning 5177 
Kind of what I want 5177 
The lap listening… 5177 
Family Room 5177 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5174 
A super audio room. 5170 
Time Warp! 5170 
A piano in a listening room 5149 
Pianissimo 5149 
The plan in blue. 5149 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5149 
My doubts 5149 
It is exactly what I worry. 5148 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5148 
Musicians at home 5148 
Piano Measurements 5147 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5142 
The next step. 5128 
Midbass horns missing?? 5127 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5117 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5117 
Baby Grand 5116 
Wood floor 5116 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5116 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5116 
Amy’s baby. 5114 
Improvement 5114 
Agree with Scott 5114 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5102 
Integrated casters 5102 
Very nice, thanks. 5102 
Customization 5102 
Sliders 5102 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5095 
Congratulations 5095 
Holes in the floor... 5095 
Tubes and kids 5095 
Sweet spot enlargement 5095 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5093 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5092 
Wood Floors and Water 5092 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5087 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5086 
WAF is for Losers 5086 
WAF: it depends. 5086 
Integration 5085 
Here and there. 5085 
Life after WWIII 5085 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5085 
Cables management. 5083 
Featurizing 5083 
Kids and tubes cont. 5080 
Kid magnet 5080 
Kids and audio 5079 
Radars 5079 
Wow, what the days! 5075 
The comming weekend 5071 
It all was worth it! 5068 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5063 
Here is how it is look. 5063 
Resolving the carpet issue 5063 
Bonfire 5063 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5063 
Proof of concept? 5063 
Geometry 5063 
A view from listening position. 5063 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5063 
Some feedback 5063 
Evening 5063 
I wonder why. 5062 
Rugs and things 5062 
In defense… 5062 
I can’t get it. 5059 
Haze. 5058 
Front wall 5058 
It is very possible. 5058 
It is nice to be back. 5055 
My comfy corner. 5052 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4692 
WMD in house. 4514 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4417 
The third listening spot. 4396 
For sure a very different experience. 4358 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4353 
It's Jfretch's system. 4353 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4352 
Domestic games 4306 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4167 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4167 
Dynamic screening 4167 
Actually this is very good idea! 4167 
Volcanic fabric 4167 
I should have done this. 4165 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4161 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4130 
No worries 4130 
Awesome memories 4130 
Optimization of space 4130 
Child-ish considerations 4127 
Finding peace.... 4121 
"Fencing"? 4120 
I need to build something custom 4120 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4120 
Stressed Skin 4120 
NYC elevators 4120 
Kids toys and quantities. 4120 
Everything is completely reversible 4119 
Racks and things 4119 
Now it looks even more promising! 4119 
Quantity of rods 4119 
Avoiding diagonals 4117 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4116 
That's not fair! 4116 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4116 
Discrimination? 4111 
Vertical configuration 4104 
Impresive ! 4033 
Did you read the site? 4033 
Contact 4033 
Company's name is Rixrax 4033 
Stand 4032 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3988 
End of life headphone system 3988 
Something like this? 3988 
The "Second Living Room" 3988 
Mixing urban & suburban 3988 
Late night listening 3988 
Moving life... 3986 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3986 
A true listening room. 3962 
It started… 3947 
Levels of Interest 3947 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3947 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3947 
I can't not to post it.... 3947 
Do not leave him unattended. 3947 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3947 
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