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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5904 
The first take on the new room. 5898 
New Room, a first shot. 5897 
Wonderful 5897 
Adopted 5896 
The first relaxed night with the room 5894 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5893 
The listening room is ready. 5892 
New Room, a First Shot 5890 
Continue to work with the room 5890 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5890 
Room 5889 
I think it will take another month. 5889 
The Buttressing 5889 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5888 
The new place and the new noises. 5888 
Big listening room 5887 
Screw the "big" rooms 5887 
Big listening rooms 5887 
First reflection points 5886 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5886 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5883 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5882 
Squeezing the floor 5882 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5882 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5882 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5881 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5881 
The new room, the very first listening. 5881 
The 14.5 foot. 5880 
Again… 5879 
Romy's new Playground 5879 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5879 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5879 
For the uninitiated ... 5878 
NH guy 5878 
Room 5878 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5877 
The first base is done 5877 
Reentry time alignment. 5876 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5875 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5875 
Mid bass horn. 5875 
Guess is only a guess… 5875 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5875 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5874 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5874 
Diffusors 5874 
Diffuse injection 5874 
Let analyse why it so 5874 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5874 
Wheel and Deal 5874 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5874 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5874 
I Must Be Missing Something 5874 
I put sliders under my speakers 5873 
ROOM 5872 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5872 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5872 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5872 
No concerns 5872 
Speakers and room 5872 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5871 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5871 
Diaphram 5871 
Phram 5871 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5871 
Perfect piston 5871 
Decorater 5870 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5870 
New morning 5869 
The first take on the room with RTA 5868 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5868 
Axiomatic 5868 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5867 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5867 
The size of the bass. 5867 
Bass Factory 5867 
Crude Level, or something more? 5867 
I will play with it this week…. 5867 
Rent-A 5867 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5867 
Corner horns 5867 
Cheating from below 5867 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5867 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5866 
A possibly overly simplified view 5866 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5866 
Iceberg 5866 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5866 
Why not horn 5866 
A correction…. 5866 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5866 
They are just not related things at all. 5866 
Fertin 5864 
Low resonance is good... 5864 
Et tu, Brute? 5863 
The Room response at LF 5862 
Life On The Ground Floor 5862 
Bass arrays 5862 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5862 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5862 
The super sucks. 5862 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5862 
You may also try 5861 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5861 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5861 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5861 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5861 
60 Hz Resonance 5861 
No notching… so far. 5861 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5860 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5860 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5860 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5860 
Power to the People 5860 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5860 
Aura 5860 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5860 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5860 
All class D is the same 5860 
Interpreting the LF results. 5859 
The Halibut 5859 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5859 
The Big Picture 5859 
Power & ULF channels 5859 
The big picture indeed. 5859 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5859 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5859 
The Power and the Glory 5858 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5858 
I guess I did not get this memo 5858 
French LF drivers 5858 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5858 
(another) French LF approach 5857 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5857 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5857 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5857 
Limpschtick 5857 
Symmetry 5857 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5856 
Room correction 5856 
It migh be more complicated. 5856 
Bass EQ ? 5856 
Agree and not. 5856 
Two "diseases" 5856 
Parametric filters 5856 
Ceiling arrays 5856 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5856 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5856 
The Middle of the Room. 5856 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5856 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5856 
Stop! 5856 
Appendectomy 5856 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5855 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5855 
No Isolation 5855 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5852 
Potential contenders? 5851 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5851 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5851 
Those Crazy Canucks 5847 
Mo' Better Bass 5841 
Bird in the Hand? 5841 
A wet listening spot? 5834 
Storm 5831 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5831 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5817 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5787 
Polar Opposite ULF 5786 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5774 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5772 
Differently but the same. 5771 
PVC 5770 
The sail test try. 5770 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5770 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5770 
Trial 5769 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5769 
Some explanations 5769 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5768 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5767 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5766 
Acrylate 5765 
Magic blanket 5765 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5764 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5764 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5764 
I have a few options. 5764 
Foam color 5764 
Strange things with upperbass 5764 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5763 
Teatro reform. . . 5763 
The foaming room dilemma. 5762 
Melamine Foam 5762 
Foaming up the cat house 5762 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5762 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5762 
Acoustic revisions… 5761 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5758 
Surprises so far in the new room 5757 
The upperbass in the new room. 5757 
Slight change of hart. 5756 
Camco supply of Boston 5754 
Room acoustics 5754 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5713 
I need to kill dust first. 5713 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5711 
To feed the leeches? 5711 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5710 
Yh 5710 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5710 
DPOLs? 5710 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5710 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5707 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5707 
A HalfPipe solution? 5707 
I absolutely love it. 5707 
Piper work 5706 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5706 
Absorption 5706 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5705 
Cats life ? 5705 
Call me Pussy. 5705 
More about traps 5705 
Acoustic impedance? 5705 
You maybe right 5705 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5705 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5704 
Heavy Curtain 5704 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5703 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5703 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5703 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5700 
Fix speaker move chair? 5699 
Back and forth ceremony 5699 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5698 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5697 
Glass windows 5696 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5695 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5694 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5692 
How to use basement jacks? 5692 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5692 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5692 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5691 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5691 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5690 
Sore eyes... 5689 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5689 
The harvesting week! 5687 
I need an inspiration… 5686 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5685 
Like this? 5685 
Dramatically randomize MF 5685 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5684 
The room eats dynamic 5684 
Diffusers 5684 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5683 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5668 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5667 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5667 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5667 
About Width-Importance balance. 5665 
Letting the music scale up 5664 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5664 
To finish my house décor… 5660 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5659 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5658 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5658 
Calling the gods of music 5658 
Absolutely 5658 
Phase manipulation 5658 
No relation. 5658 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5658 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5658 
Dynamical mismatch 5657 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5657 
Stradiwinerius? 5654 
Dealing with the glass. 5653 
Boston 5653 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5653 
Added mass 5653 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5653 
It is about moderation…. 5653 
To hell with the wine... 5653 
Also for other surafaces 5652 
LEAD 5652 
LEAD & GLASS 5652 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5652 
Read carefully 5652 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5652 
Crooks and morons 5652 
Magiscopios 5651 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5631 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5631 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5630 
The LP setup in the new home. 5579 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5574 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5574 
Pianochord will do! 5574 
Spanyi heaven 5574 
I see no conflict at all. 5574 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5574 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5574 
A year after closing 5566 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5566 
Traveling antimatter 5559 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5553 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5552 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5526 
Cast Iron fireplace 5525 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5525 
The hardcore way 5525 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5489 
This is How It's Done 5488 
Listening room during summer. 5476 
What about those... 5475 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5475 
Reducing A/C Noise 5475 
HVAC the Cat 5475 
Big Ass fan 5474 
Variac dimmers 5474 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5474 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5474 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5406 
Some winter observations. 5297 
That Asian man…. 5266 
The Franz Schubert morning 5240 
Spring.... 5189 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5139 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5110 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5110 
Just good photography? 5110 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5110 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5110 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5109 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5109 
Sports car 5109 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5109 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5109 
Train Positioning 5109 
Kind of what I want 5109 
The lap listening… 5109 
Family Room 5109 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5106 
A super audio room. 5102 
Time Warp! 5102 
A piano in a listening room 5081 
Pianissimo 5081 
The plan in blue. 5081 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5081 
My doubts 5081 
It is exactly what I worry. 5080 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5080 
Musicians at home 5080 
Piano Measurements 5079 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5074 
The next step. 5060 
Midbass horns missing?? 5059 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5049 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5049 
Baby Grand 5048 
Wood floor 5048 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5048 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5048 
Amy’s baby. 5046 
Improvement 5046 
Agree with Scott 5046 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5034 
Integrated casters 5034 
Very nice, thanks. 5034 
Customization 5034 
Sliders 5034 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5027 
Congratulations 5027 
Holes in the floor... 5027 
Tubes and kids 5027 
Sweet spot enlargement 5027 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5025 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5024 
Wood Floors and Water 5024 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5019 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5018 
WAF is for Losers 5018 
WAF: it depends. 5018 
Integration 5017 
Here and there. 5017 
Life after WWIII 5017 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5017 
Cables management. 5015 
Featurizing 5015 
Kids and tubes cont. 5012 
Kid magnet 5012 
Kids and audio 5011 
Radars 5011 
Wow, what the days! 5007 
The comming weekend 5003 
It all was worth it! 5000 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4995 
Here is how it is look. 4995 
Resolving the carpet issue 4995 
Bonfire 4995 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4995 
Proof of concept? 4995 
Geometry 4995 
A view from listening position. 4995 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4995 
Some feedback 4995 
Evening 4995 
I wonder why. 4994 
Rugs and things 4994 
In defense… 4994 
I can’t get it. 4991 
Haze. 4990 
Front wall 4990 
It is very possible. 4990 
It is nice to be back. 4987 
My comfy corner. 4984 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4624 
WMD in house. 4446 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4349 
The third listening spot. 4328 
For sure a very different experience. 4290 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4285 
It's Jfretch's system. 4285 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4284 
Domestic games 4238 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4099 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4099 
Dynamic screening 4099 
Actually this is very good idea! 4099 
Volcanic fabric 4099 
I should have done this. 4097 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4093 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4062 
No worries 4062 
Awesome memories 4062 
Optimization of space 4062 
Child-ish considerations 4059 
Finding peace.... 4053 
"Fencing"? 4052 
I need to build something custom 4052 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4052 
Stressed Skin 4052 
NYC elevators 4052 
Kids toys and quantities. 4052 
Everything is completely reversible 4051 
Racks and things 4051 
Now it looks even more promising! 4051 
Quantity of rods 4051 
Avoiding diagonals 4049 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4048 
That's not fair! 4048 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4048 
Discrimination? 4043 
Vertical configuration 4036 
Impresive ! 3965 
Did you read the site? 3965 
Contact 3965 
Company's name is Rixrax 3965 
Stand 3964 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3920 
End of life headphone system 3920 
Something like this? 3920 
The "Second Living Room" 3920 
Mixing urban & suburban 3920 
Late night listening 3920 
Moving life... 3918 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3918 
A true listening room. 3894 
It started… 3879 
Levels of Interest 3879 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3879 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3879 
I can't not to post it.... 3879 
Do not leave him unattended. 3879 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3879 
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