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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5759 
The first take on the new room. 5753 
New Room, a first shot. 5752 
Wonderful 5752 
Adopted 5751 
The first relaxed night with the room 5749 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5748 
The listening room is ready. 5747 
New Room, a First Shot 5745 
Continue to work with the room 5745 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5745 
Room 5744 
I think it will take another month. 5744 
The Buttressing 5744 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5743 
The new place and the new noises. 5743 
Big listening room 5742 
Screw the "big" rooms 5742 
Big listening rooms 5742 
First reflection points 5741 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5741 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5738 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5737 
Squeezing the floor 5737 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5737 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5737 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5736 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5736 
The new room, the very first listening. 5736 
The 14.5 foot. 5735 
Again… 5734 
Romy's new Playground 5734 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5734 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5734 
For the uninitiated ... 5733 
NH guy 5733 
Room 5733 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5732 
The first base is done 5732 
Reentry time alignment. 5731 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5730 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5730 
Mid bass horn. 5730 
Guess is only a guess… 5730 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5730 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5729 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5729 
Diffusors 5729 
Diffuse injection 5729 
Let analyse why it so 5729 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5729 
Wheel and Deal 5729 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5729 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5729 
I Must Be Missing Something 5729 
I put sliders under my speakers 5728 
ROOM 5727 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5727 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5727 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5727 
No concerns 5727 
Speakers and room 5727 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5726 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5726 
Diaphram 5726 
Phram 5726 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5726 
Perfect piston 5726 
Decorater 5725 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5725 
New morning 5724 
The first take on the room with RTA 5723 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5723 
Axiomatic 5723 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5722 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5722 
The size of the bass. 5722 
Bass Factory 5722 
Crude Level, or something more? 5722 
I will play with it this week…. 5722 
Rent-A 5722 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5722 
Corner horns 5722 
Cheating from below 5722 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5722 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5721 
A possibly overly simplified view 5721 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5721 
Iceberg 5721 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5721 
Why not horn 5721 
A correction…. 5721 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5721 
They are just not related things at all. 5721 
Fertin 5719 
Low resonance is good... 5719 
Et tu, Brute? 5718 
The Room response at LF 5717 
Life On The Ground Floor 5717 
Bass arrays 5717 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5717 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5717 
The super sucks. 5717 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5717 
You may also try 5716 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5716 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5716 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5716 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5716 
60 Hz Resonance 5716 
No notching… so far. 5716 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5715 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5715 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5715 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5715 
Power to the People 5715 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5715 
Aura 5715 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5715 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5715 
All class D is the same 5715 
Interpreting the LF results. 5714 
The Halibut 5714 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5714 
The Big Picture 5714 
Power & ULF channels 5714 
The big picture indeed. 5714 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5714 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5714 
The Power and the Glory 5713 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5713 
I guess I did not get this memo 5713 
French LF drivers 5713 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5713 
(another) French LF approach 5712 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5712 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5712 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5712 
Limpschtick 5712 
Symmetry 5712 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5711 
Room correction 5711 
It migh be more complicated. 5711 
Bass EQ ? 5711 
Agree and not. 5711 
Two "diseases" 5711 
Parametric filters 5711 
Ceiling arrays 5711 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5711 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5711 
The Middle of the Room. 5711 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5711 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5711 
Stop! 5711 
Appendectomy 5711 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5710 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5710 
No Isolation 5710 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5707 
Potential contenders? 5706 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5706 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5706 
Those Crazy Canucks 5702 
Mo' Better Bass 5696 
Bird in the Hand? 5696 
A wet listening spot? 5689 
Storm 5686 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5686 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5672 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5642 
Polar Opposite ULF 5641 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5629 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5627 
Differently but the same. 5626 
PVC 5625 
The sail test try. 5625 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5625 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5625 
Trial 5624 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5624 
Some explanations 5624 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5623 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5622 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5621 
Acrylate 5620 
Magic blanket 5620 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5619 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5619 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5619 
I have a few options. 5619 
Foam color 5619 
Strange things with upperbass 5619 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5618 
Teatro reform. . . 5618 
The foaming room dilemma. 5617 
Melamine Foam 5617 
Foaming up the cat house 5617 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5617 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5617 
Acoustic revisions… 5616 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5613 
Surprises so far in the new room 5612 
The upperbass in the new room. 5612 
Slight change of hart. 5611 
Camco supply of Boston 5609 
Room acoustics 5609 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5568 
I need to kill dust first. 5568 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5566 
To feed the leeches? 5566 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5565 
Yh 5565 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5565 
DPOLs? 5565 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5565 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5562 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5562 
A HalfPipe solution? 5562 
I absolutely love it. 5562 
Piper work 5561 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5561 
Absorption 5561 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5560 
Cats life ? 5560 
Call me Pussy. 5560 
More about traps 5560 
Acoustic impedance? 5560 
You maybe right 5560 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5560 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5559 
Heavy Curtain 5559 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5558 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5558 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5558 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5555 
Fix speaker move chair? 5554 
Back and forth ceremony 5554 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5553 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5552 
Glass windows 5551 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5550 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5549 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5547 
How to use basement jacks? 5547 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5547 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5547 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5546 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5546 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5545 
Sore eyes... 5544 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5544 
The harvesting week! 5542 
I need an inspiration… 5541 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5540 
Like this? 5540 
Dramatically randomize MF 5540 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5539 
The room eats dynamic 5539 
Diffusers 5539 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5538 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5523 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5522 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5522 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5522 
About Width-Importance balance. 5520 
Letting the music scale up 5519 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5519 
To finish my house décor… 5515 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5514 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5513 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5513 
Calling the gods of music 5513 
Absolutely 5513 
Phase manipulation 5513 
No relation. 5513 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5513 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5513 
Dynamical mismatch 5512 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5512 
Stradiwinerius? 5509 
Dealing with the glass. 5508 
Boston 5508 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5508 
Added mass 5508 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5508 
It is about moderation…. 5508 
To hell with the wine... 5508 
Also for other surafaces 5507 
LEAD 5507 
LEAD & GLASS 5507 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5507 
Read carefully 5507 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5507 
Crooks and morons 5507 
Magiscopios 5506 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5486 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5486 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5485 
The LP setup in the new home. 5434 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5429 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5429 
Pianochord will do! 5429 
Spanyi heaven 5429 
I see no conflict at all. 5429 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5429 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5429 
A year after closing 5421 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5421 
Traveling antimatter 5414 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5408 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5407 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5381 
Cast Iron fireplace 5380 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5380 
The hardcore way 5380 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5344 
This is How It's Done 5343 
Listening room during summer. 5331 
What about those... 5330 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5330 
Reducing A/C Noise 5330 
HVAC the Cat 5330 
Big Ass fan 5329 
Variac dimmers 5329 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5329 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5329 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5261 
Some winter observations. 5152 
That Asian man…. 5121 
The Franz Schubert morning 5095 
Spring.... 5044 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4994 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4965 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4965 
Just good photography? 4965 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4965 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4965 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4964 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4964 
Sports car 4964 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4964 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4964 
Train Positioning 4964 
Kind of what I want 4964 
The lap listening… 4964 
Family Room 4964 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4961 
A super audio room. 4957 
Time Warp! 4957 
A piano in a listening room 4936 
Pianissimo 4936 
The plan in blue. 4936 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4936 
My doubts 4936 
It is exactly what I worry. 4935 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4935 
Musicians at home 4935 
Piano Measurements 4934 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4929 
The next step. 4915 
Midbass horns missing?? 4914 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4904 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4904 
Baby Grand 4903 
Wood floor 4903 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4903 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4903 
Amy’s baby. 4901 
Improvement 4901 
Agree with Scott 4901 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4889 
Integrated casters 4889 
Very nice, thanks. 4889 
Customization 4889 
Sliders 4889 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4882 
Congratulations 4882 
Holes in the floor... 4882 
Tubes and kids 4882 
Sweet spot enlargement 4882 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4880 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4879 
Wood Floors and Water 4879 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4874 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4873 
WAF is for Losers 4873 
WAF: it depends. 4873 
Integration 4872 
Here and there. 4872 
Life after WWIII 4872 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4872 
Cables management. 4870 
Featurizing 4870 
Kids and tubes cont. 4867 
Kid magnet 4867 
Kids and audio 4866 
Radars 4866 
Wow, what the days! 4862 
The comming weekend 4858 
It all was worth it! 4855 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4850 
Here is how it is look. 4850 
Resolving the carpet issue 4850 
Bonfire 4850 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4850 
Proof of concept? 4850 
Geometry 4850 
A view from listening position. 4850 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4850 
Some feedback 4850 
Evening 4850 
I wonder why. 4849 
Rugs and things 4849 
In defense… 4849 
I can’t get it. 4846 
Haze. 4845 
Front wall 4845 
It is very possible. 4845 
It is nice to be back. 4842 
My comfy corner. 4839 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4479 
WMD in house. 4301 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4204 
The third listening spot. 4183 
For sure a very different experience. 4145 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4140 
It's Jfretch's system. 4140 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4139 
Domestic games 4093 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3954 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3954 
Dynamic screening 3954 
Actually this is very good idea! 3954 
Volcanic fabric 3954 
I should have done this. 3952 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3948 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3917 
No worries 3917 
Awesome memories 3917 
Optimization of space 3917 
Child-ish considerations 3914 
Finding peace.... 3908 
"Fencing"? 3907 
I need to build something custom 3907 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3907 
Stressed Skin 3907 
NYC elevators 3907 
Kids toys and quantities. 3907 
Everything is completely reversible 3906 
Racks and things 3906 
Now it looks even more promising! 3906 
Quantity of rods 3906 
Avoiding diagonals 3904 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3903 
That's not fair! 3903 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3903 
Discrimination? 3898 
Vertical configuration 3891 
Impresive ! 3820 
Did you read the site? 3820 
Contact 3820 
Company's name is Rixrax 3820 
Stand 3819 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3775 
End of life headphone system 3775 
Something like this? 3775 
The "Second Living Room" 3775 
Mixing urban & suburban 3775 
Late night listening 3775 
Moving life... 3773 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3773 
A true listening room. 3749 
It started… 3734 
Levels of Interest 3734 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3734 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3734 
I can't not to post it.... 3734 
Do not leave him unattended. 3734 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3734 
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