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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5721 
The first take on the new room. 5715 
New Room, a first shot. 5714 
Wonderful 5714 
Adopted 5713 
The first relaxed night with the room 5711 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5710 
The listening room is ready. 5709 
New Room, a First Shot 5707 
Continue to work with the room 5707 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5707 
Room 5706 
I think it will take another month. 5706 
The Buttressing 5706 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5705 
The new place and the new noises. 5705 
Big listening room 5704 
Screw the "big" rooms 5704 
Big listening rooms 5704 
First reflection points 5703 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5703 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5700 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5699 
Squeezing the floor 5699 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5699 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5699 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5698 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5698 
The new room, the very first listening. 5698 
The 14.5 foot. 5697 
Again… 5696 
Romy's new Playground 5696 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5696 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5696 
For the uninitiated ... 5695 
NH guy 5695 
Room 5695 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5694 
The first base is done 5694 
Reentry time alignment. 5693 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5692 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5692 
Mid bass horn. 5692 
Guess is only a guess… 5692 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5692 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5691 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5691 
Diffusors 5691 
Diffuse injection 5691 
Let analyse why it so 5691 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5691 
Wheel and Deal 5691 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5691 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5691 
I Must Be Missing Something 5691 
I put sliders under my speakers 5690 
ROOM 5689 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5689 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5689 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5689 
No concerns 5689 
Speakers and room 5689 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5688 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5688 
Diaphram 5688 
Phram 5688 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5688 
Perfect piston 5688 
Decorater 5687 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5687 
New morning 5686 
The first take on the room with RTA 5685 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5685 
Axiomatic 5685 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5684 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5684 
The size of the bass. 5684 
Bass Factory 5684 
Crude Level, or something more? 5684 
I will play with it this week…. 5684 
Rent-A 5684 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5684 
Corner horns 5684 
Cheating from below 5684 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5684 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5683 
A possibly overly simplified view 5683 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5683 
Iceberg 5683 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5683 
Why not horn 5683 
A correction…. 5683 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5683 
They are just not related things at all. 5683 
Fertin 5681 
Low resonance is good... 5681 
Et tu, Brute? 5680 
The Room response at LF 5679 
Life On The Ground Floor 5679 
Bass arrays 5679 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5679 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5679 
The super sucks. 5679 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5679 
You may also try 5678 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5678 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5678 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5678 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5678 
60 Hz Resonance 5678 
No notching… so far. 5678 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5677 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5677 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5677 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5677 
Power to the People 5677 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5677 
Aura 5677 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5677 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5677 
All class D is the same 5677 
Interpreting the LF results. 5676 
The Halibut 5676 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5676 
The Big Picture 5676 
Power & ULF channels 5676 
The big picture indeed. 5676 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5676 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5676 
The Power and the Glory 5675 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5675 
I guess I did not get this memo 5675 
French LF drivers 5675 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5675 
(another) French LF approach 5674 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5674 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5674 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5674 
Limpschtick 5674 
Symmetry 5674 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5673 
Room correction 5673 
It migh be more complicated. 5673 
Bass EQ ? 5673 
Agree and not. 5673 
Two "diseases" 5673 
Parametric filters 5673 
Ceiling arrays 5673 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5673 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5673 
The Middle of the Room. 5673 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5673 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5673 
Stop! 5673 
Appendectomy 5673 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5672 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5672 
No Isolation 5672 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5669 
Potential contenders? 5668 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5668 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5668 
Those Crazy Canucks 5664 
Mo' Better Bass 5658 
Bird in the Hand? 5658 
A wet listening spot? 5651 
Storm 5648 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5648 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5634 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5604 
Polar Opposite ULF 5603 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5591 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5589 
Differently but the same. 5588 
PVC 5587 
The sail test try. 5587 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5587 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5587 
Trial 5586 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5586 
Some explanations 5586 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5585 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5584 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5583 
Acrylate 5582 
Magic blanket 5582 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5581 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5581 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5581 
I have a few options. 5581 
Foam color 5581 
Strange things with upperbass 5581 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5580 
Teatro reform. . . 5580 
The foaming room dilemma. 5579 
Melamine Foam 5579 
Foaming up the cat house 5579 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5579 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5579 
Acoustic revisions… 5578 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5575 
Surprises so far in the new room 5574 
The upperbass in the new room. 5574 
Slight change of hart. 5573 
Camco supply of Boston 5571 
Room acoustics 5571 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5530 
I need to kill dust first. 5530 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5528 
To feed the leeches? 5528 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5527 
Yh 5527 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5527 
DPOLs? 5527 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5527 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5524 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5524 
A HalfPipe solution? 5524 
I absolutely love it. 5524 
Piper work 5523 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5523 
Absorption 5523 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5522 
Cats life ? 5522 
Call me Pussy. 5522 
More about traps 5522 
Acoustic impedance? 5522 
You maybe right 5522 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5522 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5521 
Heavy Curtain 5521 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5520 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5520 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5520 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5517 
Fix speaker move chair? 5516 
Back and forth ceremony 5516 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5515 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5514 
Glass windows 5513 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5512 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5511 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5509 
How to use basement jacks? 5509 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5509 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5509 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5508 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5508 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5507 
Sore eyes... 5506 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5506 
The harvesting week! 5504 
I need an inspiration… 5503 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5502 
Like this? 5502 
Dramatically randomize MF 5502 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5501 
The room eats dynamic 5501 
Diffusers 5501 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5500 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5485 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5484 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5484 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5484 
About Width-Importance balance. 5482 
Letting the music scale up 5481 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5481 
To finish my house décor… 5477 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5476 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5475 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5475 
Calling the gods of music 5475 
Absolutely 5475 
Phase manipulation 5475 
No relation. 5475 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5475 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5475 
Dynamical mismatch 5474 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5474 
Stradiwinerius? 5471 
Dealing with the glass. 5470 
Boston 5470 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5470 
Added mass 5470 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5470 
It is about moderation…. 5470 
To hell with the wine... 5470 
Also for other surafaces 5469 
LEAD 5469 
LEAD & GLASS 5469 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5469 
Read carefully 5469 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5469 
Crooks and morons 5469 
Magiscopios 5468 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5448 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5448 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5447 
The LP setup in the new home. 5396 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5391 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5391 
Pianochord will do! 5391 
Spanyi heaven 5391 
I see no conflict at all. 5391 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5391 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5391 
A year after closing 5383 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5383 
Traveling antimatter 5376 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5370 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5369 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5343 
Cast Iron fireplace 5342 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5342 
The hardcore way 5342 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5306 
This is How It's Done 5305 
Listening room during summer. 5293 
What about those... 5292 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5292 
Reducing A/C Noise 5292 
HVAC the Cat 5292 
Big Ass fan 5291 
Variac dimmers 5291 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5291 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5291 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5223 
Some winter observations. 5114 
That Asian man…. 5083 
The Franz Schubert morning 5057 
Spring.... 5006 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4956 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4927 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4927 
Just good photography? 4927 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4927 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4927 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4926 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4926 
Sports car 4926 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4926 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4926 
Train Positioning 4926 
Kind of what I want 4926 
The lap listening… 4926 
Family Room 4926 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4923 
A super audio room. 4919 
Time Warp! 4919 
A piano in a listening room 4898 
Pianissimo 4898 
The plan in blue. 4898 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4898 
My doubts 4898 
It is exactly what I worry. 4897 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4897 
Musicians at home 4897 
Piano Measurements 4896 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4891 
The next step. 4877 
Midbass horns missing?? 4876 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4866 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4866 
Baby Grand 4865 
Wood floor 4865 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4865 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4865 
Amy’s baby. 4863 
Improvement 4863 
Agree with Scott 4863 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4851 
Integrated casters 4851 
Very nice, thanks. 4851 
Customization 4851 
Sliders 4851 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4844 
Congratulations 4844 
Holes in the floor... 4844 
Tubes and kids 4844 
Sweet spot enlargement 4844 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4842 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4841 
Wood Floors and Water 4841 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4836 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4835 
WAF is for Losers 4835 
WAF: it depends. 4835 
Integration 4834 
Here and there. 4834 
Life after WWIII 4834 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4834 
Cables management. 4832 
Featurizing 4832 
Kids and tubes cont. 4829 
Kid magnet 4829 
Kids and audio 4828 
Radars 4828 
Wow, what the days! 4824 
The comming weekend 4820 
It all was worth it! 4817 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4812 
Here is how it is look. 4812 
Resolving the carpet issue 4812 
Bonfire 4812 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4812 
Proof of concept? 4812 
Geometry 4812 
A view from listening position. 4812 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4812 
Some feedback 4812 
Evening 4812 
I wonder why. 4811 
Rugs and things 4811 
In defense… 4811 
I can’t get it. 4808 
Haze. 4807 
Front wall 4807 
It is very possible. 4807 
It is nice to be back. 4804 
My comfy corner. 4801 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4441 
WMD in house. 4263 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4166 
The third listening spot. 4145 
For sure a very different experience. 4107 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4102 
It's Jfretch's system. 4102 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4101 
Domestic games 4055 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3916 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3916 
Dynamic screening 3916 
Actually this is very good idea! 3916 
Volcanic fabric 3916 
I should have done this. 3914 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3910 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3879 
No worries 3879 
Awesome memories 3879 
Optimization of space 3879 
Child-ish considerations 3876 
Finding peace.... 3870 
"Fencing"? 3869 
I need to build something custom 3869 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3869 
Stressed Skin 3869 
NYC elevators 3869 
Kids toys and quantities. 3869 
Everything is completely reversible 3868 
Racks and things 3868 
Now it looks even more promising! 3868 
Quantity of rods 3868 
Avoiding diagonals 3866 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3865 
That's not fair! 3865 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3865 
Discrimination? 3860 
Vertical configuration 3853 
Impresive ! 3782 
Did you read the site? 3782 
Contact 3782 
Company's name is Rixrax 3782 
Stand 3781 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3737 
End of life headphone system 3737 
Something like this? 3737 
The "Second Living Room" 3737 
Mixing urban & suburban 3737 
Late night listening 3737 
Moving life... 3735 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3735 
A true listening room. 3711 
It started… 3696 
Levels of Interest 3696 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3696 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3696 
I can't not to post it.... 3696 
Do not leave him unattended. 3696 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3696 
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