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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5754 
The first take on the new room. 5748 
New Room, a first shot. 5747 
Wonderful 5747 
Adopted 5746 
The first relaxed night with the room 5744 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5743 
The listening room is ready. 5742 
New Room, a First Shot 5740 
Continue to work with the room 5740 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5740 
Room 5739 
I think it will take another month. 5739 
The Buttressing 5739 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5738 
The new place and the new noises. 5738 
Big listening room 5737 
Screw the "big" rooms 5737 
Big listening rooms 5737 
First reflection points 5736 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5736 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5733 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5732 
Squeezing the floor 5732 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5732 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5732 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5731 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5731 
The new room, the very first listening. 5731 
The 14.5 foot. 5730 
Again… 5729 
Romy's new Playground 5729 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5729 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5729 
For the uninitiated ... 5728 
NH guy 5728 
Room 5728 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5727 
The first base is done 5727 
Reentry time alignment. 5726 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5725 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5725 
Mid bass horn. 5725 
Guess is only a guess… 5725 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5725 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5724 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5724 
Diffusors 5724 
Diffuse injection 5724 
Let analyse why it so 5724 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5724 
Wheel and Deal 5724 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5724 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5724 
I Must Be Missing Something 5724 
I put sliders under my speakers 5723 
ROOM 5722 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5722 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5722 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5722 
No concerns 5722 
Speakers and room 5722 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5721 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5721 
Diaphram 5721 
Phram 5721 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5721 
Perfect piston 5721 
Decorater 5720 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5720 
New morning 5719 
The first take on the room with RTA 5718 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5718 
Axiomatic 5718 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5717 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5717 
The size of the bass. 5717 
Bass Factory 5717 
Crude Level, or something more? 5717 
I will play with it this week…. 5717 
Rent-A 5717 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5717 
Corner horns 5717 
Cheating from below 5717 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5717 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5716 
A possibly overly simplified view 5716 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5716 
Iceberg 5716 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5716 
Why not horn 5716 
A correction…. 5716 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5716 
They are just not related things at all. 5716 
Fertin 5714 
Low resonance is good... 5714 
Et tu, Brute? 5713 
The Room response at LF 5712 
Life On The Ground Floor 5712 
Bass arrays 5712 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5712 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5712 
The super sucks. 5712 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5712 
You may also try 5711 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5711 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5711 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5711 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5711 
60 Hz Resonance 5711 
No notching… so far. 5711 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5710 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5710 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5710 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5710 
Power to the People 5710 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5710 
Aura 5710 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5710 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5710 
All class D is the same 5710 
Interpreting the LF results. 5709 
The Halibut 5709 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5709 
The Big Picture 5709 
Power & ULF channels 5709 
The big picture indeed. 5709 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5709 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5709 
The Power and the Glory 5708 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5708 
I guess I did not get this memo 5708 
French LF drivers 5708 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5708 
(another) French LF approach 5707 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5707 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5707 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5707 
Limpschtick 5707 
Symmetry 5707 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5706 
Room correction 5706 
It migh be more complicated. 5706 
Bass EQ ? 5706 
Agree and not. 5706 
Two "diseases" 5706 
Parametric filters 5706 
Ceiling arrays 5706 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5706 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5706 
The Middle of the Room. 5706 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5706 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5706 
Stop! 5706 
Appendectomy 5706 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5705 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5705 
No Isolation 5705 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5702 
Potential contenders? 5701 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5701 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5701 
Those Crazy Canucks 5697 
Mo' Better Bass 5691 
Bird in the Hand? 5691 
A wet listening spot? 5684 
Storm 5681 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5681 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5667 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5637 
Polar Opposite ULF 5636 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5624 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5622 
Differently but the same. 5621 
PVC 5620 
The sail test try. 5620 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5620 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5620 
Trial 5619 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5619 
Some explanations 5619 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5618 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5617 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5616 
Acrylate 5615 
Magic blanket 5615 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5614 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5614 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5614 
I have a few options. 5614 
Foam color 5614 
Strange things with upperbass 5614 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5613 
Teatro reform. . . 5613 
The foaming room dilemma. 5612 
Melamine Foam 5612 
Foaming up the cat house 5612 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5612 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5612 
Acoustic revisions… 5611 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5608 
Surprises so far in the new room 5607 
The upperbass in the new room. 5607 
Slight change of hart. 5606 
Camco supply of Boston 5604 
Room acoustics 5604 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5563 
I need to kill dust first. 5563 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5561 
To feed the leeches? 5561 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5560 
Yh 5560 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5560 
DPOLs? 5560 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5560 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5557 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5557 
A HalfPipe solution? 5557 
I absolutely love it. 5557 
Piper work 5556 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5556 
Absorption 5556 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5555 
Cats life ? 5555 
Call me Pussy. 5555 
More about traps 5555 
Acoustic impedance? 5555 
You maybe right 5555 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5555 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5554 
Heavy Curtain 5554 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5553 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5553 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5553 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5550 
Fix speaker move chair? 5549 
Back and forth ceremony 5549 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5548 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5547 
Glass windows 5546 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5545 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5544 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5542 
How to use basement jacks? 5542 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5542 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5542 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5541 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5541 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5540 
Sore eyes... 5539 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5539 
The harvesting week! 5537 
I need an inspiration… 5536 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5535 
Like this? 5535 
Dramatically randomize MF 5535 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5534 
The room eats dynamic 5534 
Diffusers 5534 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5533 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5518 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5517 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5517 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5517 
About Width-Importance balance. 5515 
Letting the music scale up 5514 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5514 
To finish my house décor… 5510 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5509 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5508 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5508 
Calling the gods of music 5508 
Absolutely 5508 
Phase manipulation 5508 
No relation. 5508 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5508 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5508 
Dynamical mismatch 5507 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5507 
Stradiwinerius? 5504 
Dealing with the glass. 5503 
Boston 5503 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5503 
Added mass 5503 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5503 
It is about moderation…. 5503 
To hell with the wine... 5503 
Also for other surafaces 5502 
LEAD 5502 
LEAD & GLASS 5502 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5502 
Read carefully 5502 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5502 
Crooks and morons 5502 
Magiscopios 5501 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5481 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5481 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5480 
The LP setup in the new home. 5429 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5424 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5424 
Pianochord will do! 5424 
Spanyi heaven 5424 
I see no conflict at all. 5424 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5424 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5424 
A year after closing 5416 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5416 
Traveling antimatter 5409 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5403 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5402 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5376 
Cast Iron fireplace 5375 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5375 
The hardcore way 5375 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5339 
This is How It's Done 5338 
Listening room during summer. 5326 
What about those... 5325 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5325 
Reducing A/C Noise 5325 
HVAC the Cat 5325 
Big Ass fan 5324 
Variac dimmers 5324 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5324 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5324 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5256 
Some winter observations. 5147 
That Asian man…. 5116 
The Franz Schubert morning 5090 
Spring.... 5039 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4989 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4960 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4960 
Just good photography? 4960 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4960 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4960 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4959 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4959 
Sports car 4959 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4959 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4959 
Train Positioning 4959 
Kind of what I want 4959 
The lap listening… 4959 
Family Room 4959 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4956 
A super audio room. 4952 
Time Warp! 4952 
A piano in a listening room 4931 
Pianissimo 4931 
The plan in blue. 4931 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4931 
My doubts 4931 
It is exactly what I worry. 4930 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4930 
Musicians at home 4930 
Piano Measurements 4929 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4924 
The next step. 4910 
Midbass horns missing?? 4909 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4899 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4899 
Baby Grand 4898 
Wood floor 4898 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4898 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4898 
Amy’s baby. 4896 
Improvement 4896 
Agree with Scott 4896 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4884 
Integrated casters 4884 
Very nice, thanks. 4884 
Customization 4884 
Sliders 4884 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4877 
Congratulations 4877 
Holes in the floor... 4877 
Tubes and kids 4877 
Sweet spot enlargement 4877 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4875 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4874 
Wood Floors and Water 4874 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4869 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4868 
WAF is for Losers 4868 
WAF: it depends. 4868 
Integration 4867 
Here and there. 4867 
Life after WWIII 4867 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4867 
Cables management. 4865 
Featurizing 4865 
Kids and tubes cont. 4862 
Kid magnet 4862 
Kids and audio 4861 
Radars 4861 
Wow, what the days! 4857 
The comming weekend 4853 
It all was worth it! 4850 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4845 
Here is how it is look. 4845 
Resolving the carpet issue 4845 
Bonfire 4845 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4845 
Proof of concept? 4845 
Geometry 4845 
A view from listening position. 4845 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4845 
Some feedback 4845 
Evening 4845 
I wonder why. 4844 
Rugs and things 4844 
In defense… 4844 
I can’t get it. 4841 
Haze. 4840 
Front wall 4840 
It is very possible. 4840 
It is nice to be back. 4837 
My comfy corner. 4834 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4474 
WMD in house. 4296 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4199 
The third listening spot. 4178 
For sure a very different experience. 4140 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4135 
It's Jfretch's system. 4135 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4134 
Domestic games 4088 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3949 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3949 
Dynamic screening 3949 
Actually this is very good idea! 3949 
Volcanic fabric 3949 
I should have done this. 3947 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3943 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3912 
No worries 3912 
Awesome memories 3912 
Optimization of space 3912 
Child-ish considerations 3909 
Finding peace.... 3903 
"Fencing"? 3902 
I need to build something custom 3902 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3902 
Stressed Skin 3902 
NYC elevators 3902 
Kids toys and quantities. 3902 
Everything is completely reversible 3901 
Racks and things 3901 
Now it looks even more promising! 3901 
Quantity of rods 3901 
Avoiding diagonals 3899 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3898 
That's not fair! 3898 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3898 
Discrimination? 3893 
Vertical configuration 3886 
Impresive ! 3815 
Did you read the site? 3815 
Contact 3815 
Company's name is Rixrax 3815 
Stand 3814 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3770 
End of life headphone system 3770 
Something like this? 3770 
The "Second Living Room" 3770 
Mixing urban & suburban 3770 
Late night listening 3770 
Moving life... 3768 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3768 
A true listening room. 3744 
It started… 3729 
Levels of Interest 3729 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3729 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3729 
I can't not to post it.... 3729 
Do not leave him unattended. 3729 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3729 
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