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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5819 
The first take on the new room. 5813 
New Room, a first shot. 5812 
Wonderful 5812 
Adopted 5811 
The first relaxed night with the room 5809 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5808 
The listening room is ready. 5807 
New Room, a First Shot 5805 
Continue to work with the room 5805 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5805 
Room 5804 
I think it will take another month. 5804 
The Buttressing 5804 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5803 
The new place and the new noises. 5803 
Big listening room 5802 
Screw the "big" rooms 5802 
Big listening rooms 5802 
First reflection points 5801 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5801 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5798 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5797 
Squeezing the floor 5797 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5797 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5797 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5796 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5796 
The new room, the very first listening. 5796 
The 14.5 foot. 5795 
Again… 5794 
Romy's new Playground 5794 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5794 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5794 
For the uninitiated ... 5793 
NH guy 5793 
Room 5793 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5792 
The first base is done 5792 
Reentry time alignment. 5791 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5790 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5790 
Mid bass horn. 5790 
Guess is only a guess… 5790 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5790 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5789 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5789 
Diffusors 5789 
Diffuse injection 5789 
Let analyse why it so 5789 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5789 
Wheel and Deal 5789 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5789 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5789 
I Must Be Missing Something 5789 
I put sliders under my speakers 5788 
ROOM 5787 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5787 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5787 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5787 
No concerns 5787 
Speakers and room 5787 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5786 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5786 
Diaphram 5786 
Phram 5786 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5786 
Perfect piston 5786 
Decorater 5785 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5785 
New morning 5784 
The first take on the room with RTA 5783 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5783 
Axiomatic 5783 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5782 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5782 
The size of the bass. 5782 
Bass Factory 5782 
Crude Level, or something more? 5782 
I will play with it this week…. 5782 
Rent-A 5782 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5782 
Corner horns 5782 
Cheating from below 5782 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5782 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5781 
A possibly overly simplified view 5781 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5781 
Iceberg 5781 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5781 
Why not horn 5781 
A correction…. 5781 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5781 
They are just not related things at all. 5781 
Fertin 5779 
Low resonance is good... 5779 
Et tu, Brute? 5778 
The Room response at LF 5777 
Life On The Ground Floor 5777 
Bass arrays 5777 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5777 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5777 
The super sucks. 5777 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5777 
You may also try 5776 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5776 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5776 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5776 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5776 
60 Hz Resonance 5776 
No notching… so far. 5776 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5775 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5775 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5775 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5775 
Power to the People 5775 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5775 
Aura 5775 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5775 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5775 
All class D is the same 5775 
Interpreting the LF results. 5774 
The Halibut 5774 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5774 
The Big Picture 5774 
Power & ULF channels 5774 
The big picture indeed. 5774 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5774 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5774 
The Power and the Glory 5773 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5773 
I guess I did not get this memo 5773 
French LF drivers 5773 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5773 
(another) French LF approach 5772 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5772 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5772 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5772 
Limpschtick 5772 
Symmetry 5772 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5771 
Room correction 5771 
It migh be more complicated. 5771 
Bass EQ ? 5771 
Agree and not. 5771 
Two "diseases" 5771 
Parametric filters 5771 
Ceiling arrays 5771 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5771 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5771 
The Middle of the Room. 5771 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5771 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5771 
Stop! 5771 
Appendectomy 5771 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5770 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5770 
No Isolation 5770 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5767 
Potential contenders? 5766 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5766 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5766 
Those Crazy Canucks 5762 
Mo' Better Bass 5756 
Bird in the Hand? 5756 
A wet listening spot? 5749 
Storm 5746 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5746 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5732 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5702 
Polar Opposite ULF 5701 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5689 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5687 
Differently but the same. 5686 
PVC 5685 
The sail test try. 5685 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5685 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5685 
Trial 5684 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5684 
Some explanations 5684 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5683 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5682 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5681 
Acrylate 5680 
Magic blanket 5680 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5679 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5679 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5679 
I have a few options. 5679 
Foam color 5679 
Strange things with upperbass 5679 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5678 
Teatro reform. . . 5678 
The foaming room dilemma. 5677 
Melamine Foam 5677 
Foaming up the cat house 5677 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5677 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5677 
Acoustic revisions… 5676 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5673 
Surprises so far in the new room 5672 
The upperbass in the new room. 5672 
Slight change of hart. 5671 
Camco supply of Boston 5669 
Room acoustics 5669 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5628 
I need to kill dust first. 5628 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5626 
To feed the leeches? 5626 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5625 
Yh 5625 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5625 
DPOLs? 5625 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5625 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5622 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5622 
A HalfPipe solution? 5622 
I absolutely love it. 5622 
Piper work 5621 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5621 
Absorption 5621 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5620 
Cats life ? 5620 
Call me Pussy. 5620 
More about traps 5620 
Acoustic impedance? 5620 
You maybe right 5620 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5620 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5619 
Heavy Curtain 5619 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5618 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5618 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5618 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5615 
Fix speaker move chair? 5614 
Back and forth ceremony 5614 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5613 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5612 
Glass windows 5611 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5610 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5609 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5607 
How to use basement jacks? 5607 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5607 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5607 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5606 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5606 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5605 
Sore eyes... 5604 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5604 
The harvesting week! 5602 
I need an inspiration… 5601 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5600 
Like this? 5600 
Dramatically randomize MF 5600 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5599 
The room eats dynamic 5599 
Diffusers 5599 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5598 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5583 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5582 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5582 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5582 
About Width-Importance balance. 5580 
Letting the music scale up 5579 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5579 
To finish my house décor… 5575 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5574 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5573 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5573 
Calling the gods of music 5573 
Absolutely 5573 
Phase manipulation 5573 
No relation. 5573 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5573 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5573 
Dynamical mismatch 5572 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5572 
Stradiwinerius? 5569 
Dealing with the glass. 5568 
Boston 5568 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5568 
Added mass 5568 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5568 
It is about moderation…. 5568 
To hell with the wine... 5568 
Also for other surafaces 5567 
LEAD 5567 
LEAD & GLASS 5567 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5567 
Read carefully 5567 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5567 
Crooks and morons 5567 
Magiscopios 5566 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5546 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5546 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5545 
The LP setup in the new home. 5494 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5489 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5489 
Pianochord will do! 5489 
Spanyi heaven 5489 
I see no conflict at all. 5489 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5489 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5489 
A year after closing 5481 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5481 
Traveling antimatter 5474 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5468 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5467 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5441 
Cast Iron fireplace 5440 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5440 
The hardcore way 5440 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5404 
This is How It's Done 5403 
Listening room during summer. 5391 
What about those... 5390 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5390 
Reducing A/C Noise 5390 
HVAC the Cat 5390 
Big Ass fan 5389 
Variac dimmers 5389 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5389 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5389 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5321 
Some winter observations. 5212 
That Asian man…. 5181 
The Franz Schubert morning 5155 
Spring.... 5104 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5054 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5025 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5025 
Just good photography? 5025 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5025 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5025 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5024 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5024 
Sports car 5024 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5024 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5024 
Train Positioning 5024 
Kind of what I want 5024 
The lap listening… 5024 
Family Room 5024 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5021 
A super audio room. 5017 
Time Warp! 5017 
A piano in a listening room 4996 
Pianissimo 4996 
The plan in blue. 4996 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4996 
My doubts 4996 
It is exactly what I worry. 4995 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4995 
Musicians at home 4995 
Piano Measurements 4994 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4989 
The next step. 4975 
Midbass horns missing?? 4974 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4964 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4964 
Baby Grand 4963 
Wood floor 4963 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4963 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4963 
Amy’s baby. 4961 
Improvement 4961 
Agree with Scott 4961 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4949 
Integrated casters 4949 
Very nice, thanks. 4949 
Customization 4949 
Sliders 4949 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4942 
Congratulations 4942 
Holes in the floor... 4942 
Tubes and kids 4942 
Sweet spot enlargement 4942 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4940 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4939 
Wood Floors and Water 4939 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4934 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4933 
WAF is for Losers 4933 
WAF: it depends. 4933 
Integration 4932 
Here and there. 4932 
Life after WWIII 4932 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4932 
Cables management. 4930 
Featurizing 4930 
Kids and tubes cont. 4927 
Kid magnet 4927 
Kids and audio 4926 
Radars 4926 
Wow, what the days! 4922 
The comming weekend 4918 
It all was worth it! 4915 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4910 
Here is how it is look. 4910 
Resolving the carpet issue 4910 
Bonfire 4910 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4910 
Proof of concept? 4910 
Geometry 4910 
A view from listening position. 4910 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4910 
Some feedback 4910 
Evening 4910 
I wonder why. 4909 
Rugs and things 4909 
In defense… 4909 
I can’t get it. 4906 
Haze. 4905 
Front wall 4905 
It is very possible. 4905 
It is nice to be back. 4902 
My comfy corner. 4899 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4539 
WMD in house. 4361 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4264 
The third listening spot. 4243 
For sure a very different experience. 4205 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4200 
It's Jfretch's system. 4200 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4199 
Domestic games 4153 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4014 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4014 
Dynamic screening 4014 
Actually this is very good idea! 4014 
Volcanic fabric 4014 
I should have done this. 4012 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4008 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3977 
No worries 3977 
Awesome memories 3977 
Optimization of space 3977 
Child-ish considerations 3974 
Finding peace.... 3968 
"Fencing"? 3967 
I need to build something custom 3967 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3967 
Stressed Skin 3967 
NYC elevators 3967 
Kids toys and quantities. 3967 
Everything is completely reversible 3966 
Racks and things 3966 
Now it looks even more promising! 3966 
Quantity of rods 3966 
Avoiding diagonals 3964 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3963 
That's not fair! 3963 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3963 
Discrimination? 3958 
Vertical configuration 3951 
Impresive ! 3880 
Did you read the site? 3880 
Contact 3880 
Company's name is Rixrax 3880 
Stand 3879 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3835 
End of life headphone system 3835 
Something like this? 3835 
The "Second Living Room" 3835 
Mixing urban & suburban 3835 
Late night listening 3835 
Moving life... 3833 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3833 
A true listening room. 3809 
It started… 3794 
Levels of Interest 3794 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3794 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3794 
I can't not to post it.... 3794 
Do not leave him unattended. 3794 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3794 
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