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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5727 
The first take on the new room. 5721 
New Room, a first shot. 5720 
Wonderful 5720 
Adopted 5719 
The first relaxed night with the room 5717 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5716 
The listening room is ready. 5715 
New Room, a First Shot 5713 
Continue to work with the room 5713 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5713 
Room 5712 
I think it will take another month. 5712 
The Buttressing 5712 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5711 
The new place and the new noises. 5711 
Big listening room 5710 
Screw the "big" rooms 5710 
Big listening rooms 5710 
First reflection points 5709 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5709 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5706 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5705 
Squeezing the floor 5705 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5705 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5705 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5704 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5704 
The new room, the very first listening. 5704 
The 14.5 foot. 5703 
Again… 5702 
Romy's new Playground 5702 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5702 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5702 
For the uninitiated ... 5701 
NH guy 5701 
Room 5701 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5700 
The first base is done 5700 
Reentry time alignment. 5699 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5698 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5698 
Mid bass horn. 5698 
Guess is only a guess… 5698 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5698 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5697 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5697 
Diffusors 5697 
Diffuse injection 5697 
Let analyse why it so 5697 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5697 
Wheel and Deal 5697 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5697 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5697 
I Must Be Missing Something 5697 
I put sliders under my speakers 5696 
ROOM 5695 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5695 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5695 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5695 
No concerns 5695 
Speakers and room 5695 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5694 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5694 
Diaphram 5694 
Phram 5694 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5694 
Perfect piston 5694 
Decorater 5693 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5693 
New morning 5692 
The first take on the room with RTA 5691 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5691 
Axiomatic 5691 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5690 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5690 
The size of the bass. 5690 
Bass Factory 5690 
Crude Level, or something more? 5690 
I will play with it this week…. 5690 
Rent-A 5690 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5690 
Corner horns 5690 
Cheating from below 5690 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5690 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5689 
A possibly overly simplified view 5689 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5689 
Iceberg 5689 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5689 
Why not horn 5689 
A correction…. 5689 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5689 
They are just not related things at all. 5689 
Fertin 5687 
Low resonance is good... 5687 
Et tu, Brute? 5686 
The Room response at LF 5685 
Life On The Ground Floor 5685 
Bass arrays 5685 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5685 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5685 
The super sucks. 5685 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5685 
You may also try 5684 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5684 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5684 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5684 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5684 
60 Hz Resonance 5684 
No notching… so far. 5684 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5683 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5683 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5683 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5683 
Power to the People 5683 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5683 
Aura 5683 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5683 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5683 
All class D is the same 5683 
Interpreting the LF results. 5682 
The Halibut 5682 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5682 
The Big Picture 5682 
Power & ULF channels 5682 
The big picture indeed. 5682 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5682 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5682 
The Power and the Glory 5681 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5681 
I guess I did not get this memo 5681 
French LF drivers 5681 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5681 
(another) French LF approach 5680 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5680 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5680 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5680 
Limpschtick 5680 
Symmetry 5680 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5679 
Room correction 5679 
It migh be more complicated. 5679 
Bass EQ ? 5679 
Agree and not. 5679 
Two "diseases" 5679 
Parametric filters 5679 
Ceiling arrays 5679 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5679 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5679 
The Middle of the Room. 5679 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5679 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5679 
Stop! 5679 
Appendectomy 5679 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5678 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5678 
No Isolation 5678 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5675 
Potential contenders? 5674 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5674 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5674 
Those Crazy Canucks 5670 
Mo' Better Bass 5664 
Bird in the Hand? 5664 
A wet listening spot? 5657 
Storm 5654 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5654 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5640 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5610 
Polar Opposite ULF 5609 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5597 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5595 
Differently but the same. 5594 
PVC 5593 
The sail test try. 5593 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5593 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5593 
Trial 5592 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5592 
Some explanations 5592 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5591 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5590 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5589 
Acrylate 5588 
Magic blanket 5588 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5587 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5587 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5587 
I have a few options. 5587 
Foam color 5587 
Strange things with upperbass 5587 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5586 
Teatro reform. . . 5586 
The foaming room dilemma. 5585 
Melamine Foam 5585 
Foaming up the cat house 5585 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5585 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5585 
Acoustic revisions… 5584 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5581 
Surprises so far in the new room 5580 
The upperbass in the new room. 5580 
Slight change of hart. 5579 
Camco supply of Boston 5577 
Room acoustics 5577 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5536 
I need to kill dust first. 5536 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5534 
To feed the leeches? 5534 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5533 
Yh 5533 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5533 
DPOLs? 5533 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5533 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5530 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5530 
A HalfPipe solution? 5530 
I absolutely love it. 5530 
Piper work 5529 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5529 
Absorption 5529 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5528 
Cats life ? 5528 
Call me Pussy. 5528 
More about traps 5528 
Acoustic impedance? 5528 
You maybe right 5528 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5528 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5527 
Heavy Curtain 5527 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5526 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5526 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5526 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5523 
Fix speaker move chair? 5522 
Back and forth ceremony 5522 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5521 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5520 
Glass windows 5519 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5518 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5517 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5515 
How to use basement jacks? 5515 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5515 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5515 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5514 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5514 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5513 
Sore eyes... 5512 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5512 
The harvesting week! 5510 
I need an inspiration… 5509 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5508 
Like this? 5508 
Dramatically randomize MF 5508 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5507 
The room eats dynamic 5507 
Diffusers 5507 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5506 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5491 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5490 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5490 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5490 
About Width-Importance balance. 5488 
Letting the music scale up 5487 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5487 
To finish my house décor… 5483 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5482 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5481 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5481 
Calling the gods of music 5481 
Absolutely 5481 
Phase manipulation 5481 
No relation. 5481 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5481 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5481 
Dynamical mismatch 5480 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5480 
Stradiwinerius? 5477 
Dealing with the glass. 5476 
Boston 5476 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5476 
Added mass 5476 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5476 
It is about moderation…. 5476 
To hell with the wine... 5476 
Also for other surafaces 5475 
LEAD 5475 
LEAD & GLASS 5475 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5475 
Read carefully 5475 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5475 
Crooks and morons 5475 
Magiscopios 5474 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5454 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5454 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5453 
The LP setup in the new home. 5402 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5397 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5397 
Pianochord will do! 5397 
Spanyi heaven 5397 
I see no conflict at all. 5397 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5397 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5397 
A year after closing 5389 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5389 
Traveling antimatter 5382 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5376 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5375 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5349 
Cast Iron fireplace 5348 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5348 
The hardcore way 5348 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5312 
This is How It's Done 5311 
Listening room during summer. 5299 
What about those... 5298 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5298 
Reducing A/C Noise 5298 
HVAC the Cat 5298 
Big Ass fan 5297 
Variac dimmers 5297 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5297 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5297 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5229 
Some winter observations. 5120 
That Asian man…. 5089 
The Franz Schubert morning 5063 
Spring.... 5012 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4962 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4933 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4933 
Just good photography? 4933 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4933 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4933 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4932 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4932 
Sports car 4932 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4932 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4932 
Train Positioning 4932 
Kind of what I want 4932 
The lap listening… 4932 
Family Room 4932 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4929 
A super audio room. 4925 
Time Warp! 4925 
A piano in a listening room 4904 
Pianissimo 4904 
The plan in blue. 4904 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4904 
My doubts 4904 
It is exactly what I worry. 4903 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4903 
Musicians at home 4903 
Piano Measurements 4902 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4897 
The next step. 4883 
Midbass horns missing?? 4882 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4872 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4872 
Baby Grand 4871 
Wood floor 4871 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4871 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4871 
Amy’s baby. 4869 
Improvement 4869 
Agree with Scott 4869 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4857 
Integrated casters 4857 
Very nice, thanks. 4857 
Customization 4857 
Sliders 4857 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4850 
Congratulations 4850 
Holes in the floor... 4850 
Tubes and kids 4850 
Sweet spot enlargement 4850 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4848 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4847 
Wood Floors and Water 4847 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4842 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4841 
WAF is for Losers 4841 
WAF: it depends. 4841 
Integration 4840 
Here and there. 4840 
Life after WWIII 4840 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4840 
Cables management. 4838 
Featurizing 4838 
Kids and tubes cont. 4835 
Kid magnet 4835 
Kids and audio 4834 
Radars 4834 
Wow, what the days! 4830 
The comming weekend 4826 
It all was worth it! 4823 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4818 
Here is how it is look. 4818 
Resolving the carpet issue 4818 
Bonfire 4818 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4818 
Proof of concept? 4818 
Geometry 4818 
A view from listening position. 4818 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4818 
Some feedback 4818 
Evening 4818 
I wonder why. 4817 
Rugs and things 4817 
In defense… 4817 
I can’t get it. 4814 
Haze. 4813 
Front wall 4813 
It is very possible. 4813 
It is nice to be back. 4810 
My comfy corner. 4807 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4447 
WMD in house. 4269 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4172 
The third listening spot. 4151 
For sure a very different experience. 4113 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4108 
It's Jfretch's system. 4108 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4107 
Domestic games 4061 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3922 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3922 
Dynamic screening 3922 
Actually this is very good idea! 3922 
Volcanic fabric 3922 
I should have done this. 3920 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3916 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3885 
No worries 3885 
Awesome memories 3885 
Optimization of space 3885 
Child-ish considerations 3882 
Finding peace.... 3876 
"Fencing"? 3875 
I need to build something custom 3875 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3875 
Stressed Skin 3875 
NYC elevators 3875 
Kids toys and quantities. 3875 
Everything is completely reversible 3874 
Racks and things 3874 
Now it looks even more promising! 3874 
Quantity of rods 3874 
Avoiding diagonals 3872 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3871 
That's not fair! 3871 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3871 
Discrimination? 3866 
Vertical configuration 3859 
Impresive ! 3788 
Did you read the site? 3788 
Contact 3788 
Company's name is Rixrax 3788 
Stand 3787 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3743 
End of life headphone system 3743 
Something like this? 3743 
The "Second Living Room" 3743 
Mixing urban & suburban 3743 
Late night listening 3743 
Moving life... 3741 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3741 
A true listening room. 3717 
It started… 3702 
Levels of Interest 3702 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3702 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3702 
I can't not to post it.... 3702 
Do not leave him unattended. 3702 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3702 
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