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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5638 
The first take on the new room. 5632 
New Room, a first shot. 5631 
Wonderful 5631 
Adopted 5630 
The first relaxed night with the room 5628 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5627 
The listening room is ready. 5626 
New Room, a First Shot 5624 
Continue to work with the room 5624 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5624 
Room 5623 
I think it will take another month. 5623 
The Buttressing 5623 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5622 
The new place and the new noises. 5622 
Big listening room 5621 
Screw the "big" rooms 5621 
Big listening rooms 5621 
First reflection points 5620 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5620 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5617 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5616 
Squeezing the floor 5616 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5616 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5616 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5615 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5615 
The new room, the very first listening. 5615 
The 14.5 foot. 5614 
Again… 5613 
Romy's new Playground 5613 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5613 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5613 
For the uninitiated ... 5612 
NH guy 5612 
Room 5612 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5611 
The first base is done 5611 
Reentry time alignment. 5610 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5609 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5609 
Mid bass horn. 5609 
Guess is only a guess… 5609 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5609 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5608 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5608 
Diffusors 5608 
Diffuse injection 5608 
Let analyse why it so 5608 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5608 
Wheel and Deal 5608 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5608 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5608 
I Must Be Missing Something 5608 
I put sliders under my speakers 5607 
ROOM 5606 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5606 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5606 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5606 
No concerns 5606 
Speakers and room 5606 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5605 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5605 
Diaphram 5605 
Phram 5605 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5605 
Perfect piston 5605 
Decorater 5604 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5604 
New morning 5603 
The first take on the room with RTA 5602 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5602 
Axiomatic 5602 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5601 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5601 
The size of the bass. 5601 
Bass Factory 5601 
Crude Level, or something more? 5601 
I will play with it this week…. 5601 
Rent-A 5601 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5601 
Corner horns 5601 
Cheating from below 5601 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5601 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5600 
A possibly overly simplified view 5600 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5600 
Iceberg 5600 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5600 
Why not horn 5600 
A correction…. 5600 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5600 
They are just not related things at all. 5600 
Fertin 5598 
Low resonance is good... 5598 
Et tu, Brute? 5597 
The Room response at LF 5596 
Life On The Ground Floor 5596 
Bass arrays 5596 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5596 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5596 
The super sucks. 5596 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5596 
You may also try 5595 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5595 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5595 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5595 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5595 
60 Hz Resonance 5595 
No notching… so far. 5595 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5594 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5594 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5594 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5594 
Power to the People 5594 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5594 
Aura 5594 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5594 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5594 
All class D is the same 5594 
Interpreting the LF results. 5593 
The Halibut 5593 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5593 
The Big Picture 5593 
Power & ULF channels 5593 
The big picture indeed. 5593 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5593 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5593 
The Power and the Glory 5592 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5592 
I guess I did not get this memo 5592 
French LF drivers 5592 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5592 
(another) French LF approach 5591 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5591 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5591 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5591 
Limpschtick 5591 
Symmetry 5591 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5590 
Room correction 5590 
It migh be more complicated. 5590 
Bass EQ ? 5590 
Agree and not. 5590 
Two "diseases" 5590 
Parametric filters 5590 
Ceiling arrays 5590 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5590 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5590 
The Middle of the Room. 5590 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5590 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5590 
Stop! 5590 
Appendectomy 5590 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5589 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5589 
No Isolation 5589 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5586 
Potential contenders? 5585 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5585 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5585 
Those Crazy Canucks 5581 
Mo' Better Bass 5575 
Bird in the Hand? 5575 
A wet listening spot? 5568 
Storm 5565 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5565 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5551 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5521 
Polar Opposite ULF 5520 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5508 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5506 
Differently but the same. 5505 
PVC 5504 
The sail test try. 5504 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5504 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5504 
Trial 5503 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5503 
Some explanations 5503 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5502 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5501 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5500 
Acrylate 5499 
Magic blanket 5499 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5498 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5498 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5498 
I have a few options. 5498 
Foam color 5498 
Strange things with upperbass 5498 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5497 
Teatro reform. . . 5497 
The foaming room dilemma. 5496 
Melamine Foam 5496 
Foaming up the cat house 5496 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5496 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5496 
Acoustic revisions… 5495 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5492 
Surprises so far in the new room 5491 
The upperbass in the new room. 5491 
Slight change of hart. 5490 
Camco supply of Boston 5488 
Room acoustics 5488 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5447 
I need to kill dust first. 5447 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5445 
To feed the leeches? 5445 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5444 
Yh 5444 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5444 
DPOLs? 5444 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5444 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5441 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5441 
A HalfPipe solution? 5441 
I absolutely love it. 5441 
Piper work 5440 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5440 
Absorption 5440 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5439 
Cats life ? 5439 
Call me Pussy. 5439 
More about traps 5439 
Acoustic impedance? 5439 
You maybe right 5439 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5439 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5438 
Heavy Curtain 5438 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5437 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5437 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5437 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5434 
Fix speaker move chair? 5433 
Back and forth ceremony 5433 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5432 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5431 
Glass windows 5430 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5429 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5428 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5426 
How to use basement jacks? 5426 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5426 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5426 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5425 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5425 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5424 
Sore eyes... 5423 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5423 
The harvesting week! 5421 
I need an inspiration… 5420 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5419 
Like this? 5419 
Dramatically randomize MF 5419 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5418 
The room eats dynamic 5418 
Diffusers 5418 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5417 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5402 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5401 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5401 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5401 
About Width-Importance balance. 5399 
Letting the music scale up 5398 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5398 
To finish my house décor… 5394 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5393 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5392 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5392 
Calling the gods of music 5392 
Absolutely 5392 
Phase manipulation 5392 
No relation. 5392 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5392 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5392 
Dynamical mismatch 5391 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5391 
Stradiwinerius? 5388 
Dealing with the glass. 5387 
Boston 5387 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5387 
Added mass 5387 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5387 
It is about moderation…. 5387 
To hell with the wine... 5387 
Also for other surafaces 5386 
LEAD 5386 
LEAD & GLASS 5386 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5386 
Read carefully 5386 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5386 
Crooks and morons 5386 
Magiscopios 5385 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5365 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5365 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5364 
The LP setup in the new home. 5313 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5308 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5308 
Pianochord will do! 5308 
Spanyi heaven 5308 
I see no conflict at all. 5308 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5308 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5308 
A year after closing 5300 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5300 
Traveling antimatter 5293 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5287 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5286 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5260 
Cast Iron fireplace 5259 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5259 
The hardcore way 5259 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5223 
This is How It's Done 5222 
Listening room during summer. 5210 
What about those... 5209 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5209 
Reducing A/C Noise 5209 
HVAC the Cat 5209 
Big Ass fan 5208 
Variac dimmers 5208 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5208 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5208 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5140 
Some winter observations. 5031 
That Asian man…. 5000 
The Franz Schubert morning 4974 
Spring.... 4923 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4873 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4844 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4844 
Just good photography? 4844 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4844 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4844 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4843 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4843 
Sports car 4843 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4843 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4843 
Train Positioning 4843 
Kind of what I want 4843 
The lap listening… 4843 
Family Room 4843 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4840 
A super audio room. 4836 
Time Warp! 4836 
A piano in a listening room 4815 
Pianissimo 4815 
The plan in blue. 4815 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4815 
My doubts 4815 
It is exactly what I worry. 4814 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4814 
Musicians at home 4814 
Piano Measurements 4813 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4808 
The next step. 4794 
Midbass horns missing?? 4793 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4783 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4783 
Baby Grand 4782 
Wood floor 4782 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4782 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4782 
Amy’s baby. 4780 
Improvement 4780 
Agree with Scott 4780 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4768 
Integrated casters 4768 
Very nice, thanks. 4768 
Customization 4768 
Sliders 4768 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4761 
Congratulations 4761 
Holes in the floor... 4761 
Tubes and kids 4761 
Sweet spot enlargement 4761 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4759 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4758 
Wood Floors and Water 4758 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4753 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4752 
WAF is for Losers 4752 
WAF: it depends. 4752 
Integration 4751 
Here and there. 4751 
Life after WWIII 4751 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4751 
Cables management. 4749 
Featurizing 4749 
Kids and tubes cont. 4746 
Kid magnet 4746 
Kids and audio 4745 
Radars 4745 
Wow, what the days! 4741 
The comming weekend 4737 
It all was worth it! 4734 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4729 
Here is how it is look. 4729 
Resolving the carpet issue 4729 
Bonfire 4729 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4729 
Proof of concept? 4729 
Geometry 4729 
A view from listening position. 4729 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4729 
Some feedback 4729 
Evening 4729 
I wonder why. 4728 
Rugs and things 4728 
In defense… 4728 
I can’t get it. 4725 
Haze. 4724 
Front wall 4724 
It is very possible. 4724 
It is nice to be back. 4721 
My comfy corner. 4718 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4358 
WMD in house. 4180 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4083 
The third listening spot. 4062 
For sure a very different experience. 4024 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4019 
It's Jfretch's system. 4019 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4018 
Domestic games 3972 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3833 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3833 
Dynamic screening 3833 
Actually this is very good idea! 3833 
Volcanic fabric 3833 
I should have done this. 3831 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3827 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3796 
No worries 3796 
Awesome memories 3796 
Optimization of space 3796 
Child-ish considerations 3793 
Finding peace.... 3787 
"Fencing"? 3786 
I need to build something custom 3786 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3786 
Stressed Skin 3786 
NYC elevators 3786 
Kids toys and quantities. 3786 
Everything is completely reversible 3785 
Racks and things 3785 
Now it looks even more promising! 3785 
Quantity of rods 3785 
Avoiding diagonals 3783 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3782 
That's not fair! 3782 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3782 
Discrimination? 3777 
Vertical configuration 3770 
Impresive ! 3699 
Did you read the site? 3699 
Contact 3699 
Company's name is Rixrax 3699 
Stand 3698 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3654 
End of life headphone system 3654 
Something like this? 3654 
The "Second Living Room" 3654 
Mixing urban & suburban 3654 
Late night listening 3654 
Moving life... 3652 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3652 
A true listening room. 3628 
It started… 3613 
Levels of Interest 3613 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3613 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3613 
I can't not to post it.... 3613 
Do not leave him unattended. 3613 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3613 
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