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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5791 
The first take on the new room. 5785 
New Room, a first shot. 5784 
Wonderful 5784 
Adopted 5783 
The first relaxed night with the room 5781 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5780 
The listening room is ready. 5779 
New Room, a First Shot 5777 
Continue to work with the room 5777 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5777 
Room 5776 
I think it will take another month. 5776 
The Buttressing 5776 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5775 
The new place and the new noises. 5775 
Big listening room 5774 
Screw the "big" rooms 5774 
Big listening rooms 5774 
First reflection points 5773 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5773 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5770 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5769 
Squeezing the floor 5769 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5769 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5769 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5768 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5768 
The new room, the very first listening. 5768 
The 14.5 foot. 5767 
Again… 5766 
Romy's new Playground 5766 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5766 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5766 
For the uninitiated ... 5765 
NH guy 5765 
Room 5765 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5764 
The first base is done 5764 
Reentry time alignment. 5763 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5762 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5762 
Mid bass horn. 5762 
Guess is only a guess… 5762 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5762 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5761 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5761 
Diffusors 5761 
Diffuse injection 5761 
Let analyse why it so 5761 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5761 
Wheel and Deal 5761 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5761 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5761 
I Must Be Missing Something 5761 
I put sliders under my speakers 5760 
ROOM 5759 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5759 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5759 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5759 
No concerns 5759 
Speakers and room 5759 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5758 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5758 
Diaphram 5758 
Phram 5758 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5758 
Perfect piston 5758 
Decorater 5757 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5757 
New morning 5756 
The first take on the room with RTA 5755 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5755 
Axiomatic 5755 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5754 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5754 
The size of the bass. 5754 
Bass Factory 5754 
Crude Level, or something more? 5754 
I will play with it this week…. 5754 
Rent-A 5754 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5754 
Corner horns 5754 
Cheating from below 5754 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5754 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5753 
A possibly overly simplified view 5753 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5753 
Iceberg 5753 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5753 
Why not horn 5753 
A correction…. 5753 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5753 
They are just not related things at all. 5753 
Fertin 5751 
Low resonance is good... 5751 
Et tu, Brute? 5750 
The Room response at LF 5749 
Life On The Ground Floor 5749 
Bass arrays 5749 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5749 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5749 
The super sucks. 5749 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5749 
You may also try 5748 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5748 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5748 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5748 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5748 
60 Hz Resonance 5748 
No notching… so far. 5748 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5747 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5747 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5747 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5747 
Power to the People 5747 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5747 
Aura 5747 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5747 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5747 
All class D is the same 5747 
Interpreting the LF results. 5746 
The Halibut 5746 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5746 
The Big Picture 5746 
Power & ULF channels 5746 
The big picture indeed. 5746 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5746 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5746 
The Power and the Glory 5745 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5745 
I guess I did not get this memo 5745 
French LF drivers 5745 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5745 
(another) French LF approach 5744 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5744 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5744 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5744 
Limpschtick 5744 
Symmetry 5744 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5743 
Room correction 5743 
It migh be more complicated. 5743 
Bass EQ ? 5743 
Agree and not. 5743 
Two "diseases" 5743 
Parametric filters 5743 
Ceiling arrays 5743 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5743 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5743 
The Middle of the Room. 5743 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5743 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5743 
Stop! 5743 
Appendectomy 5743 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5742 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5742 
No Isolation 5742 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5739 
Potential contenders? 5738 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5738 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5738 
Those Crazy Canucks 5734 
Mo' Better Bass 5728 
Bird in the Hand? 5728 
A wet listening spot? 5721 
Storm 5718 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5718 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5704 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5674 
Polar Opposite ULF 5673 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5661 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5659 
Differently but the same. 5658 
PVC 5657 
The sail test try. 5657 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5657 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5657 
Trial 5656 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5656 
Some explanations 5656 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5655 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5654 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5653 
Acrylate 5652 
Magic blanket 5652 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5651 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5651 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5651 
I have a few options. 5651 
Foam color 5651 
Strange things with upperbass 5651 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5650 
Teatro reform. . . 5650 
The foaming room dilemma. 5649 
Melamine Foam 5649 
Foaming up the cat house 5649 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5649 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5649 
Acoustic revisions… 5648 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5645 
Surprises so far in the new room 5644 
The upperbass in the new room. 5644 
Slight change of hart. 5643 
Camco supply of Boston 5641 
Room acoustics 5641 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5600 
I need to kill dust first. 5600 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5598 
To feed the leeches? 5598 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5597 
Yh 5597 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5597 
DPOLs? 5597 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5597 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5594 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5594 
A HalfPipe solution? 5594 
I absolutely love it. 5594 
Piper work 5593 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5593 
Absorption 5593 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5592 
Cats life ? 5592 
Call me Pussy. 5592 
More about traps 5592 
Acoustic impedance? 5592 
You maybe right 5592 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5592 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5591 
Heavy Curtain 5591 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5590 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5590 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5590 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5587 
Fix speaker move chair? 5586 
Back and forth ceremony 5586 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5585 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5584 
Glass windows 5583 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5582 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5581 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5579 
How to use basement jacks? 5579 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5579 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5579 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5578 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5578 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5577 
Sore eyes... 5576 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5576 
The harvesting week! 5574 
I need an inspiration… 5573 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5572 
Like this? 5572 
Dramatically randomize MF 5572 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5571 
The room eats dynamic 5571 
Diffusers 5571 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5570 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5555 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5554 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5554 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5554 
About Width-Importance balance. 5552 
Letting the music scale up 5551 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5551 
To finish my house décor… 5547 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5546 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5545 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5545 
Calling the gods of music 5545 
Absolutely 5545 
Phase manipulation 5545 
No relation. 5545 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5545 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5545 
Dynamical mismatch 5544 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5544 
Stradiwinerius? 5541 
Dealing with the glass. 5540 
Boston 5540 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5540 
Added mass 5540 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5540 
It is about moderation…. 5540 
To hell with the wine... 5540 
Also for other surafaces 5539 
LEAD 5539 
LEAD & GLASS 5539 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5539 
Read carefully 5539 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5539 
Crooks and morons 5539 
Magiscopios 5538 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5518 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5518 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5517 
The LP setup in the new home. 5466 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5461 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5461 
Pianochord will do! 5461 
Spanyi heaven 5461 
I see no conflict at all. 5461 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5461 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5461 
A year after closing 5453 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5453 
Traveling antimatter 5446 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5440 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5439 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5413 
Cast Iron fireplace 5412 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5412 
The hardcore way 5412 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5376 
This is How It's Done 5375 
Listening room during summer. 5363 
What about those... 5362 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5362 
Reducing A/C Noise 5362 
HVAC the Cat 5362 
Big Ass fan 5361 
Variac dimmers 5361 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5361 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5361 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5293 
Some winter observations. 5184 
That Asian man…. 5153 
The Franz Schubert morning 5127 
Spring.... 5076 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5026 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4997 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4997 
Just good photography? 4997 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4997 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4997 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4996 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4996 
Sports car 4996 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4996 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4996 
Train Positioning 4996 
Kind of what I want 4996 
The lap listening… 4996 
Family Room 4996 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4993 
A super audio room. 4989 
Time Warp! 4989 
A piano in a listening room 4968 
Pianissimo 4968 
The plan in blue. 4968 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4968 
My doubts 4968 
It is exactly what I worry. 4967 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4967 
Musicians at home 4967 
Piano Measurements 4966 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4961 
The next step. 4947 
Midbass horns missing?? 4946 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4936 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4936 
Baby Grand 4935 
Wood floor 4935 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4935 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4935 
Amy’s baby. 4933 
Improvement 4933 
Agree with Scott 4933 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4921 
Integrated casters 4921 
Very nice, thanks. 4921 
Customization 4921 
Sliders 4921 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4914 
Congratulations 4914 
Holes in the floor... 4914 
Tubes and kids 4914 
Sweet spot enlargement 4914 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4912 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4911 
Wood Floors and Water 4911 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4906 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4905 
WAF is for Losers 4905 
WAF: it depends. 4905 
Integration 4904 
Here and there. 4904 
Life after WWIII 4904 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4904 
Cables management. 4902 
Featurizing 4902 
Kids and tubes cont. 4899 
Kid magnet 4899 
Kids and audio 4898 
Radars 4898 
Wow, what the days! 4894 
The comming weekend 4890 
It all was worth it! 4887 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4882 
Here is how it is look. 4882 
Resolving the carpet issue 4882 
Bonfire 4882 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4882 
Proof of concept? 4882 
Geometry 4882 
A view from listening position. 4882 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4882 
Some feedback 4882 
Evening 4882 
I wonder why. 4881 
Rugs and things 4881 
In defense… 4881 
I can’t get it. 4878 
Haze. 4877 
Front wall 4877 
It is very possible. 4877 
It is nice to be back. 4874 
My comfy corner. 4871 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4511 
WMD in house. 4333 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4236 
The third listening spot. 4215 
For sure a very different experience. 4177 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4172 
It's Jfretch's system. 4172 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4171 
Domestic games 4125 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3986 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3986 
Dynamic screening 3986 
Actually this is very good idea! 3986 
Volcanic fabric 3986 
I should have done this. 3984 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3980 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3949 
No worries 3949 
Awesome memories 3949 
Optimization of space 3949 
Child-ish considerations 3946 
Finding peace.... 3940 
"Fencing"? 3939 
I need to build something custom 3939 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3939 
Stressed Skin 3939 
NYC elevators 3939 
Kids toys and quantities. 3939 
Everything is completely reversible 3938 
Racks and things 3938 
Now it looks even more promising! 3938 
Quantity of rods 3938 
Avoiding diagonals 3936 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3935 
That's not fair! 3935 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3935 
Discrimination? 3930 
Vertical configuration 3923 
Impresive ! 3852 
Did you read the site? 3852 
Contact 3852 
Company's name is Rixrax 3852 
Stand 3851 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3807 
End of life headphone system 3807 
Something like this? 3807 
The "Second Living Room" 3807 
Mixing urban & suburban 3807 
Late night listening 3807 
Moving life... 3805 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3805 
A true listening room. 3781 
It started… 3766 
Levels of Interest 3766 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3766 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3766 
I can't not to post it.... 3766 
Do not leave him unattended. 3766 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3766 
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