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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5726 
The first take on the new room. 5720 
New Room, a first shot. 5719 
Wonderful 5719 
Adopted 5718 
The first relaxed night with the room 5716 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5715 
The listening room is ready. 5714 
New Room, a First Shot 5712 
Continue to work with the room 5712 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5712 
Room 5711 
I think it will take another month. 5711 
The Buttressing 5711 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5710 
The new place and the new noises. 5710 
Big listening room 5709 
Screw the "big" rooms 5709 
Big listening rooms 5709 
First reflection points 5708 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5708 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5705 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5704 
Squeezing the floor 5704 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5704 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5704 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5703 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5703 
The new room, the very first listening. 5703 
The 14.5 foot. 5702 
Again… 5701 
Romy's new Playground 5701 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5701 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5701 
For the uninitiated ... 5700 
NH guy 5700 
Room 5700 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5699 
The first base is done 5699 
Reentry time alignment. 5698 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5697 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5697 
Mid bass horn. 5697 
Guess is only a guess… 5697 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5697 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5696 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5696 
Diffusors 5696 
Diffuse injection 5696 
Let analyse why it so 5696 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5696 
Wheel and Deal 5696 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5696 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5696 
I Must Be Missing Something 5696 
I put sliders under my speakers 5695 
ROOM 5694 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5694 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5694 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5694 
No concerns 5694 
Speakers and room 5694 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5693 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5693 
Diaphram 5693 
Phram 5693 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5693 
Perfect piston 5693 
Decorater 5692 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5692 
New morning 5691 
The first take on the room with RTA 5690 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5690 
Axiomatic 5690 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5689 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5689 
The size of the bass. 5689 
Bass Factory 5689 
Crude Level, or something more? 5689 
I will play with it this week…. 5689 
Rent-A 5689 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5689 
Corner horns 5689 
Cheating from below 5689 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5689 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5688 
A possibly overly simplified view 5688 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5688 
Iceberg 5688 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5688 
Why not horn 5688 
A correction…. 5688 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5688 
They are just not related things at all. 5688 
Fertin 5686 
Low resonance is good... 5686 
Et tu, Brute? 5685 
The Room response at LF 5684 
Life On The Ground Floor 5684 
Bass arrays 5684 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5684 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5684 
The super sucks. 5684 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5684 
You may also try 5683 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5683 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5683 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5683 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5683 
60 Hz Resonance 5683 
No notching… so far. 5683 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5682 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5682 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5682 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5682 
Power to the People 5682 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5682 
Aura 5682 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5682 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5682 
All class D is the same 5682 
Interpreting the LF results. 5681 
The Halibut 5681 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5681 
The Big Picture 5681 
Power & ULF channels 5681 
The big picture indeed. 5681 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5681 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5681 
The Power and the Glory 5680 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5680 
I guess I did not get this memo 5680 
French LF drivers 5680 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5680 
(another) French LF approach 5679 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5679 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5679 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5679 
Limpschtick 5679 
Symmetry 5679 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5678 
Room correction 5678 
It migh be more complicated. 5678 
Bass EQ ? 5678 
Agree and not. 5678 
Two "diseases" 5678 
Parametric filters 5678 
Ceiling arrays 5678 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5678 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5678 
The Middle of the Room. 5678 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5678 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5678 
Stop! 5678 
Appendectomy 5678 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5677 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5677 
No Isolation 5677 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5674 
Potential contenders? 5673 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5673 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5673 
Those Crazy Canucks 5669 
Mo' Better Bass 5663 
Bird in the Hand? 5663 
A wet listening spot? 5656 
Storm 5653 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5653 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5639 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5609 
Polar Opposite ULF 5608 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5596 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5594 
Differently but the same. 5593 
PVC 5592 
The sail test try. 5592 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5592 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5592 
Trial 5591 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5591 
Some explanations 5591 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5590 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5589 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5588 
Acrylate 5587 
Magic blanket 5587 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5586 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5586 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5586 
I have a few options. 5586 
Foam color 5586 
Strange things with upperbass 5586 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5585 
Teatro reform. . . 5585 
The foaming room dilemma. 5584 
Melamine Foam 5584 
Foaming up the cat house 5584 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5584 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5584 
Acoustic revisions… 5583 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5580 
Surprises so far in the new room 5579 
The upperbass in the new room. 5579 
Slight change of hart. 5578 
Camco supply of Boston 5576 
Room acoustics 5576 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5535 
I need to kill dust first. 5535 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5533 
To feed the leeches? 5533 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5532 
Yh 5532 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5532 
DPOLs? 5532 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5532 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5529 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5529 
A HalfPipe solution? 5529 
I absolutely love it. 5529 
Piper work 5528 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5528 
Absorption 5528 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5527 
Cats life ? 5527 
Call me Pussy. 5527 
More about traps 5527 
Acoustic impedance? 5527 
You maybe right 5527 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5527 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5526 
Heavy Curtain 5526 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5525 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5525 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5525 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5522 
Fix speaker move chair? 5521 
Back and forth ceremony 5521 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5520 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5519 
Glass windows 5518 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5517 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5516 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5514 
How to use basement jacks? 5514 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5514 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5514 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5513 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5513 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5512 
Sore eyes... 5511 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5511 
The harvesting week! 5509 
I need an inspiration… 5508 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5507 
Like this? 5507 
Dramatically randomize MF 5507 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5506 
The room eats dynamic 5506 
Diffusers 5506 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5505 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5490 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5489 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5489 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5489 
About Width-Importance balance. 5487 
Letting the music scale up 5486 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5486 
To finish my house décor… 5482 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5481 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5480 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5480 
Calling the gods of music 5480 
Absolutely 5480 
Phase manipulation 5480 
No relation. 5480 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5480 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5480 
Dynamical mismatch 5479 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5479 
Stradiwinerius? 5476 
Dealing with the glass. 5475 
Boston 5475 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5475 
Added mass 5475 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5475 
It is about moderation…. 5475 
To hell with the wine... 5475 
Also for other surafaces 5474 
LEAD 5474 
LEAD & GLASS 5474 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5474 
Read carefully 5474 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5474 
Crooks and morons 5474 
Magiscopios 5473 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5453 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5453 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5452 
The LP setup in the new home. 5401 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5396 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5396 
Pianochord will do! 5396 
Spanyi heaven 5396 
I see no conflict at all. 5396 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5396 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5396 
A year after closing 5388 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5388 
Traveling antimatter 5381 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5375 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5374 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5348 
Cast Iron fireplace 5347 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5347 
The hardcore way 5347 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5311 
This is How It's Done 5310 
Listening room during summer. 5298 
What about those... 5297 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5297 
Reducing A/C Noise 5297 
HVAC the Cat 5297 
Big Ass fan 5296 
Variac dimmers 5296 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5296 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5296 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5228 
Some winter observations. 5119 
That Asian man…. 5088 
The Franz Schubert morning 5062 
Spring.... 5011 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4961 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4932 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4932 
Just good photography? 4932 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4932 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4932 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4931 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4931 
Sports car 4931 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4931 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4931 
Train Positioning 4931 
Kind of what I want 4931 
The lap listening… 4931 
Family Room 4931 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4928 
A super audio room. 4924 
Time Warp! 4924 
A piano in a listening room 4903 
Pianissimo 4903 
The plan in blue. 4903 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4903 
My doubts 4903 
It is exactly what I worry. 4902 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4902 
Musicians at home 4902 
Piano Measurements 4901 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4896 
The next step. 4882 
Midbass horns missing?? 4881 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4871 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4871 
Baby Grand 4870 
Wood floor 4870 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4870 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4870 
Amy’s baby. 4868 
Improvement 4868 
Agree with Scott 4868 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4856 
Integrated casters 4856 
Very nice, thanks. 4856 
Customization 4856 
Sliders 4856 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4849 
Congratulations 4849 
Holes in the floor... 4849 
Tubes and kids 4849 
Sweet spot enlargement 4849 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4847 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4846 
Wood Floors and Water 4846 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4841 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4840 
WAF is for Losers 4840 
WAF: it depends. 4840 
Integration 4839 
Here and there. 4839 
Life after WWIII 4839 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4839 
Cables management. 4837 
Featurizing 4837 
Kids and tubes cont. 4834 
Kid magnet 4834 
Kids and audio 4833 
Radars 4833 
Wow, what the days! 4829 
The comming weekend 4825 
It all was worth it! 4822 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4817 
Here is how it is look. 4817 
Resolving the carpet issue 4817 
Bonfire 4817 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4817 
Proof of concept? 4817 
Geometry 4817 
A view from listening position. 4817 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4817 
Some feedback 4817 
Evening 4817 
I wonder why. 4816 
Rugs and things 4816 
In defense… 4816 
I can’t get it. 4813 
Haze. 4812 
Front wall 4812 
It is very possible. 4812 
It is nice to be back. 4809 
My comfy corner. 4806 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4446 
WMD in house. 4268 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4171 
The third listening spot. 4150 
For sure a very different experience. 4112 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4107 
It's Jfretch's system. 4107 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4106 
Domestic games 4060 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3921 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3921 
Dynamic screening 3921 
Actually this is very good idea! 3921 
Volcanic fabric 3921 
I should have done this. 3919 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3915 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3884 
No worries 3884 
Awesome memories 3884 
Optimization of space 3884 
Child-ish considerations 3881 
Finding peace.... 3875 
"Fencing"? 3874 
I need to build something custom 3874 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3874 
Stressed Skin 3874 
NYC elevators 3874 
Kids toys and quantities. 3874 
Everything is completely reversible 3873 
Racks and things 3873 
Now it looks even more promising! 3873 
Quantity of rods 3873 
Avoiding diagonals 3871 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3870 
That's not fair! 3870 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3870 
Discrimination? 3865 
Vertical configuration 3858 
Impresive ! 3787 
Did you read the site? 3787 
Contact 3787 
Company's name is Rixrax 3787 
Stand 3786 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3742 
End of life headphone system 3742 
Something like this? 3742 
The "Second Living Room" 3742 
Mixing urban & suburban 3742 
Late night listening 3742 
Moving life... 3740 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3740 
A true listening room. 3716 
It started… 3701 
Levels of Interest 3701 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3701 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3701 
I can't not to post it.... 3701 
Do not leave him unattended. 3701 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3701 
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