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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5766 
The first take on the new room. 5760 
New Room, a first shot. 5759 
Wonderful 5759 
Adopted 5758 
The first relaxed night with the room 5756 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5755 
The listening room is ready. 5754 
New Room, a First Shot 5752 
Continue to work with the room 5752 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5752 
Room 5751 
I think it will take another month. 5751 
The Buttressing 5751 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5750 
The new place and the new noises. 5750 
Big listening room 5749 
Screw the "big" rooms 5749 
Big listening rooms 5749 
First reflection points 5748 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5748 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5745 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5744 
Squeezing the floor 5744 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5744 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5744 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5743 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5743 
The new room, the very first listening. 5743 
The 14.5 foot. 5742 
Again… 5741 
Romy's new Playground 5741 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5741 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5741 
For the uninitiated ... 5740 
NH guy 5740 
Room 5740 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5739 
The first base is done 5739 
Reentry time alignment. 5738 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5737 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5737 
Mid bass horn. 5737 
Guess is only a guess… 5737 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5737 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5736 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5736 
Diffusors 5736 
Diffuse injection 5736 
Let analyse why it so 5736 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5736 
Wheel and Deal 5736 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5736 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5736 
I Must Be Missing Something 5736 
I put sliders under my speakers 5735 
ROOM 5734 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5734 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5734 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5734 
No concerns 5734 
Speakers and room 5734 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5733 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5733 
Diaphram 5733 
Phram 5733 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5733 
Perfect piston 5733 
Decorater 5732 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5732 
New morning 5731 
The first take on the room with RTA 5730 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5730 
Axiomatic 5730 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5729 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5729 
The size of the bass. 5729 
Bass Factory 5729 
Crude Level, or something more? 5729 
I will play with it this week…. 5729 
Rent-A 5729 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5729 
Corner horns 5729 
Cheating from below 5729 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5729 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5728 
A possibly overly simplified view 5728 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5728 
Iceberg 5728 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5728 
Why not horn 5728 
A correction…. 5728 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5728 
They are just not related things at all. 5728 
Fertin 5726 
Low resonance is good... 5726 
Et tu, Brute? 5725 
The Room response at LF 5724 
Life On The Ground Floor 5724 
Bass arrays 5724 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5724 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5724 
The super sucks. 5724 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5724 
You may also try 5723 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5723 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5723 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5723 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5723 
60 Hz Resonance 5723 
No notching… so far. 5723 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5722 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5722 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5722 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5722 
Power to the People 5722 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5722 
Aura 5722 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5722 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5722 
All class D is the same 5722 
Interpreting the LF results. 5721 
The Halibut 5721 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5721 
The Big Picture 5721 
Power & ULF channels 5721 
The big picture indeed. 5721 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5721 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5721 
The Power and the Glory 5720 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5720 
I guess I did not get this memo 5720 
French LF drivers 5720 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5720 
(another) French LF approach 5719 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5719 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5719 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5719 
Limpschtick 5719 
Symmetry 5719 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5718 
Room correction 5718 
It migh be more complicated. 5718 
Bass EQ ? 5718 
Agree and not. 5718 
Two "diseases" 5718 
Parametric filters 5718 
Ceiling arrays 5718 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5718 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5718 
The Middle of the Room. 5718 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5718 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5718 
Stop! 5718 
Appendectomy 5718 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5717 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5717 
No Isolation 5717 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5714 
Potential contenders? 5713 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5713 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5713 
Those Crazy Canucks 5709 
Mo' Better Bass 5703 
Bird in the Hand? 5703 
A wet listening spot? 5696 
Storm 5693 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5693 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5679 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5649 
Polar Opposite ULF 5648 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5636 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5634 
Differently but the same. 5633 
PVC 5632 
The sail test try. 5632 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5632 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5632 
Trial 5631 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5631 
Some explanations 5631 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5630 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5629 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5628 
Acrylate 5627 
Magic blanket 5627 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5626 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5626 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5626 
I have a few options. 5626 
Foam color 5626 
Strange things with upperbass 5626 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5625 
Teatro reform. . . 5625 
The foaming room dilemma. 5624 
Melamine Foam 5624 
Foaming up the cat house 5624 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5624 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5624 
Acoustic revisions… 5623 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5620 
Surprises so far in the new room 5619 
The upperbass in the new room. 5619 
Slight change of hart. 5618 
Camco supply of Boston 5616 
Room acoustics 5616 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5575 
I need to kill dust first. 5575 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5573 
To feed the leeches? 5573 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5572 
Yh 5572 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5572 
DPOLs? 5572 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5572 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5569 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5569 
A HalfPipe solution? 5569 
I absolutely love it. 5569 
Piper work 5568 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5568 
Absorption 5568 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5567 
Cats life ? 5567 
Call me Pussy. 5567 
More about traps 5567 
Acoustic impedance? 5567 
You maybe right 5567 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5567 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5566 
Heavy Curtain 5566 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5565 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5565 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5565 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5562 
Fix speaker move chair? 5561 
Back and forth ceremony 5561 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5560 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5559 
Glass windows 5558 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5557 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5556 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5554 
How to use basement jacks? 5554 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5554 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5554 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5553 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5553 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5552 
Sore eyes... 5551 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5551 
The harvesting week! 5549 
I need an inspiration… 5548 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5547 
Like this? 5547 
Dramatically randomize MF 5547 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5546 
The room eats dynamic 5546 
Diffusers 5546 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5545 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5530 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5529 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5529 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5529 
About Width-Importance balance. 5527 
Letting the music scale up 5526 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5526 
To finish my house décor… 5522 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5521 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5520 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5520 
Calling the gods of music 5520 
Absolutely 5520 
Phase manipulation 5520 
No relation. 5520 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5520 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5520 
Dynamical mismatch 5519 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5519 
Stradiwinerius? 5516 
Dealing with the glass. 5515 
Boston 5515 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5515 
Added mass 5515 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5515 
It is about moderation…. 5515 
To hell with the wine... 5515 
Also for other surafaces 5514 
LEAD 5514 
LEAD & GLASS 5514 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5514 
Read carefully 5514 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5514 
Crooks and morons 5514 
Magiscopios 5513 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5493 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5493 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5492 
The LP setup in the new home. 5441 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5436 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5436 
Pianochord will do! 5436 
Spanyi heaven 5436 
I see no conflict at all. 5436 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5436 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5436 
A year after closing 5428 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5428 
Traveling antimatter 5421 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5415 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5414 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5388 
Cast Iron fireplace 5387 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5387 
The hardcore way 5387 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5351 
This is How It's Done 5350 
Listening room during summer. 5338 
What about those... 5337 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5337 
Reducing A/C Noise 5337 
HVAC the Cat 5337 
Big Ass fan 5336 
Variac dimmers 5336 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5336 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5336 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5268 
Some winter observations. 5159 
That Asian man…. 5128 
The Franz Schubert morning 5102 
Spring.... 5051 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5001 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4972 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4972 
Just good photography? 4972 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4972 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4972 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4971 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4971 
Sports car 4971 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4971 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4971 
Train Positioning 4971 
Kind of what I want 4971 
The lap listening… 4971 
Family Room 4971 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4968 
A super audio room. 4964 
Time Warp! 4964 
A piano in a listening room 4943 
Pianissimo 4943 
The plan in blue. 4943 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4943 
My doubts 4943 
It is exactly what I worry. 4942 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4942 
Musicians at home 4942 
Piano Measurements 4941 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4936 
The next step. 4922 
Midbass horns missing?? 4921 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4911 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4911 
Baby Grand 4910 
Wood floor 4910 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4910 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4910 
Amy’s baby. 4908 
Improvement 4908 
Agree with Scott 4908 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4896 
Integrated casters 4896 
Very nice, thanks. 4896 
Customization 4896 
Sliders 4896 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4889 
Congratulations 4889 
Holes in the floor... 4889 
Tubes and kids 4889 
Sweet spot enlargement 4889 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4887 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4886 
Wood Floors and Water 4886 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4881 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4880 
WAF is for Losers 4880 
WAF: it depends. 4880 
Integration 4879 
Here and there. 4879 
Life after WWIII 4879 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4879 
Cables management. 4877 
Featurizing 4877 
Kids and tubes cont. 4874 
Kid magnet 4874 
Kids and audio 4873 
Radars 4873 
Wow, what the days! 4869 
The comming weekend 4865 
It all was worth it! 4862 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4857 
Here is how it is look. 4857 
Resolving the carpet issue 4857 
Bonfire 4857 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4857 
Proof of concept? 4857 
Geometry 4857 
A view from listening position. 4857 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4857 
Some feedback 4857 
Evening 4857 
I wonder why. 4856 
Rugs and things 4856 
In defense… 4856 
I can’t get it. 4853 
Haze. 4852 
Front wall 4852 
It is very possible. 4852 
It is nice to be back. 4849 
My comfy corner. 4846 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4486 
WMD in house. 4308 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4211 
The third listening spot. 4190 
For sure a very different experience. 4152 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4147 
It's Jfretch's system. 4147 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4146 
Domestic games 4100 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3961 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3961 
Dynamic screening 3961 
Actually this is very good idea! 3961 
Volcanic fabric 3961 
I should have done this. 3959 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3955 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3924 
No worries 3924 
Awesome memories 3924 
Optimization of space 3924 
Child-ish considerations 3921 
Finding peace.... 3915 
"Fencing"? 3914 
I need to build something custom 3914 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3914 
Stressed Skin 3914 
NYC elevators 3914 
Kids toys and quantities. 3914 
Everything is completely reversible 3913 
Racks and things 3913 
Now it looks even more promising! 3913 
Quantity of rods 3913 
Avoiding diagonals 3911 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3910 
That's not fair! 3910 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3910 
Discrimination? 3905 
Vertical configuration 3898 
Impresive ! 3827 
Did you read the site? 3827 
Contact 3827 
Company's name is Rixrax 3827 
Stand 3826 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3782 
End of life headphone system 3782 
Something like this? 3782 
The "Second Living Room" 3782 
Mixing urban & suburban 3782 
Late night listening 3782 
Moving life... 3780 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3780 
A true listening room. 3756 
It started… 3741 
Levels of Interest 3741 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3741 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3741 
I can't not to post it.... 3741 
Do not leave him unattended. 3741 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3741 
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