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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5850 
The first take on the new room. 5844 
New Room, a first shot. 5843 
Wonderful 5843 
Adopted 5842 
The first relaxed night with the room 5840 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5839 
The listening room is ready. 5838 
New Room, a First Shot 5836 
Continue to work with the room 5836 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5836 
Room 5835 
I think it will take another month. 5835 
The Buttressing 5835 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5834 
The new place and the new noises. 5834 
Big listening room 5833 
Screw the "big" rooms 5833 
Big listening rooms 5833 
First reflection points 5832 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5832 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5829 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5828 
Squeezing the floor 5828 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5828 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5828 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5827 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5827 
The new room, the very first listening. 5827 
The 14.5 foot. 5826 
Again… 5825 
Romy's new Playground 5825 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5825 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5825 
For the uninitiated ... 5824 
NH guy 5824 
Room 5824 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5823 
The first base is done 5823 
Reentry time alignment. 5822 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5821 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5821 
Mid bass horn. 5821 
Guess is only a guess… 5821 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5821 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5820 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5820 
Diffusors 5820 
Diffuse injection 5820 
Let analyse why it so 5820 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5820 
Wheel and Deal 5820 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5820 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5820 
I Must Be Missing Something 5820 
I put sliders under my speakers 5819 
ROOM 5818 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5818 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5818 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5818 
No concerns 5818 
Speakers and room 5818 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5817 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5817 
Diaphram 5817 
Phram 5817 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5817 
Perfect piston 5817 
Decorater 5816 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5816 
New morning 5815 
The first take on the room with RTA 5814 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5814 
Axiomatic 5814 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5813 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5813 
The size of the bass. 5813 
Bass Factory 5813 
Crude Level, or something more? 5813 
I will play with it this week…. 5813 
Rent-A 5813 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5813 
Corner horns 5813 
Cheating from below 5813 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5813 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5812 
A possibly overly simplified view 5812 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5812 
Iceberg 5812 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5812 
Why not horn 5812 
A correction…. 5812 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5812 
They are just not related things at all. 5812 
Fertin 5810 
Low resonance is good... 5810 
Et tu, Brute? 5809 
The Room response at LF 5808 
Life On The Ground Floor 5808 
Bass arrays 5808 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5808 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5808 
The super sucks. 5808 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5808 
You may also try 5807 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5807 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5807 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5807 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5807 
60 Hz Resonance 5807 
No notching… so far. 5807 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5806 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5806 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5806 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5806 
Power to the People 5806 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5806 
Aura 5806 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5806 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5806 
All class D is the same 5806 
Interpreting the LF results. 5805 
The Halibut 5805 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5805 
The Big Picture 5805 
Power & ULF channels 5805 
The big picture indeed. 5805 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5805 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5805 
The Power and the Glory 5804 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5804 
I guess I did not get this memo 5804 
French LF drivers 5804 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5804 
(another) French LF approach 5803 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5803 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5803 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5803 
Limpschtick 5803 
Symmetry 5803 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5802 
Room correction 5802 
It migh be more complicated. 5802 
Bass EQ ? 5802 
Agree and not. 5802 
Two "diseases" 5802 
Parametric filters 5802 
Ceiling arrays 5802 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5802 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5802 
The Middle of the Room. 5802 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5802 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5802 
Stop! 5802 
Appendectomy 5802 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5801 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5801 
No Isolation 5801 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5798 
Potential contenders? 5797 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5797 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5797 
Those Crazy Canucks 5793 
Mo' Better Bass 5787 
Bird in the Hand? 5787 
A wet listening spot? 5780 
Storm 5777 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5777 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5763 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5733 
Polar Opposite ULF 5732 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5720 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5718 
Differently but the same. 5717 
PVC 5716 
The sail test try. 5716 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5716 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5716 
Trial 5715 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5715 
Some explanations 5715 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5714 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5713 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5712 
Acrylate 5711 
Magic blanket 5711 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5710 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5710 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5710 
I have a few options. 5710 
Foam color 5710 
Strange things with upperbass 5710 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5709 
Teatro reform. . . 5709 
The foaming room dilemma. 5708 
Melamine Foam 5708 
Foaming up the cat house 5708 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5708 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5708 
Acoustic revisions… 5707 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5704 
Surprises so far in the new room 5703 
The upperbass in the new room. 5703 
Slight change of hart. 5702 
Camco supply of Boston 5700 
Room acoustics 5700 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5659 
I need to kill dust first. 5659 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5657 
To feed the leeches? 5657 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5656 
Yh 5656 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5656 
DPOLs? 5656 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5656 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5653 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5653 
A HalfPipe solution? 5653 
I absolutely love it. 5653 
Piper work 5652 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5652 
Absorption 5652 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5651 
Cats life ? 5651 
Call me Pussy. 5651 
More about traps 5651 
Acoustic impedance? 5651 
You maybe right 5651 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5651 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5650 
Heavy Curtain 5650 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5649 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5649 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5649 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5646 
Fix speaker move chair? 5645 
Back and forth ceremony 5645 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5644 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5643 
Glass windows 5642 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5641 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5640 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5638 
How to use basement jacks? 5638 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5638 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5638 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5637 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5637 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5636 
Sore eyes... 5635 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5635 
The harvesting week! 5633 
I need an inspiration… 5632 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5631 
Like this? 5631 
Dramatically randomize MF 5631 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5630 
The room eats dynamic 5630 
Diffusers 5630 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5629 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5614 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5613 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5613 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5613 
About Width-Importance balance. 5611 
Letting the music scale up 5610 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5610 
To finish my house décor… 5606 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5605 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5604 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5604 
Calling the gods of music 5604 
Absolutely 5604 
Phase manipulation 5604 
No relation. 5604 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5604 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5604 
Dynamical mismatch 5603 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5603 
Stradiwinerius? 5600 
Dealing with the glass. 5599 
Boston 5599 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5599 
Added mass 5599 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5599 
It is about moderation…. 5599 
To hell with the wine... 5599 
Also for other surafaces 5598 
LEAD 5598 
LEAD & GLASS 5598 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5598 
Read carefully 5598 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5598 
Crooks and morons 5598 
Magiscopios 5597 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5577 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5577 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5576 
The LP setup in the new home. 5525 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5520 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5520 
Pianochord will do! 5520 
Spanyi heaven 5520 
I see no conflict at all. 5520 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5520 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5520 
A year after closing 5512 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5512 
Traveling antimatter 5505 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5499 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5498 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5472 
Cast Iron fireplace 5471 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5471 
The hardcore way 5471 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5435 
This is How It's Done 5434 
Listening room during summer. 5422 
What about those... 5421 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5421 
Reducing A/C Noise 5421 
HVAC the Cat 5421 
Big Ass fan 5420 
Variac dimmers 5420 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5420 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5420 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5352 
Some winter observations. 5243 
That Asian man…. 5212 
The Franz Schubert morning 5186 
Spring.... 5135 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5085 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5056 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5056 
Just good photography? 5056 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5056 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5056 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5055 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5055 
Sports car 5055 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5055 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5055 
Train Positioning 5055 
Kind of what I want 5055 
The lap listening… 5055 
Family Room 5055 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5052 
A super audio room. 5048 
Time Warp! 5048 
A piano in a listening room 5027 
Pianissimo 5027 
The plan in blue. 5027 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5027 
My doubts 5027 
It is exactly what I worry. 5026 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5026 
Musicians at home 5026 
Piano Measurements 5025 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5020 
The next step. 5006 
Midbass horns missing?? 5005 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4995 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4995 
Baby Grand 4994 
Wood floor 4994 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4994 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4994 
Amy’s baby. 4992 
Improvement 4992 
Agree with Scott 4992 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4980 
Integrated casters 4980 
Very nice, thanks. 4980 
Customization 4980 
Sliders 4980 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4973 
Congratulations 4973 
Holes in the floor... 4973 
Tubes and kids 4973 
Sweet spot enlargement 4973 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4971 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4970 
Wood Floors and Water 4970 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4965 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4964 
WAF is for Losers 4964 
WAF: it depends. 4964 
Integration 4963 
Here and there. 4963 
Life after WWIII 4963 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4963 
Cables management. 4961 
Featurizing 4961 
Kids and tubes cont. 4958 
Kid magnet 4958 
Kids and audio 4957 
Radars 4957 
Wow, what the days! 4953 
The comming weekend 4949 
It all was worth it! 4946 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4941 
Here is how it is look. 4941 
Resolving the carpet issue 4941 
Bonfire 4941 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4941 
Proof of concept? 4941 
Geometry 4941 
A view from listening position. 4941 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4941 
Some feedback 4941 
Evening 4941 
I wonder why. 4940 
Rugs and things 4940 
In defense… 4940 
I can’t get it. 4937 
Haze. 4936 
Front wall 4936 
It is very possible. 4936 
It is nice to be back. 4933 
My comfy corner. 4930 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4570 
WMD in house. 4392 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4295 
The third listening spot. 4274 
For sure a very different experience. 4236 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4231 
It's Jfretch's system. 4231 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4230 
Domestic games 4184 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4045 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4045 
Dynamic screening 4045 
Actually this is very good idea! 4045 
Volcanic fabric 4045 
I should have done this. 4043 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4039 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4008 
No worries 4008 
Awesome memories 4008 
Optimization of space 4008 
Child-ish considerations 4005 
Finding peace.... 3999 
"Fencing"? 3998 
I need to build something custom 3998 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3998 
Stressed Skin 3998 
NYC elevators 3998 
Kids toys and quantities. 3998 
Everything is completely reversible 3997 
Racks and things 3997 
Now it looks even more promising! 3997 
Quantity of rods 3997 
Avoiding diagonals 3995 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3994 
That's not fair! 3994 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3994 
Discrimination? 3989 
Vertical configuration 3982 
Impresive ! 3911 
Did you read the site? 3911 
Contact 3911 
Company's name is Rixrax 3911 
Stand 3910 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3866 
End of life headphone system 3866 
Something like this? 3866 
The "Second Living Room" 3866 
Mixing urban & suburban 3866 
Late night listening 3866 
Moving life... 3864 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3864 
A true listening room. 3840 
It started… 3825 
Levels of Interest 3825 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3825 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3825 
I can't not to post it.... 3825 
Do not leave him unattended. 3825 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3825 
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