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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5787 
The first take on the new room. 5781 
New Room, a first shot. 5780 
Wonderful 5780 
Adopted 5779 
The first relaxed night with the room 5777 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5776 
The listening room is ready. 5775 
New Room, a First Shot 5773 
Continue to work with the room 5773 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5773 
Room 5772 
I think it will take another month. 5772 
The Buttressing 5772 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5771 
The new place and the new noises. 5771 
Big listening room 5770 
Screw the "big" rooms 5770 
Big listening rooms 5770 
First reflection points 5769 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5769 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5766 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5765 
Squeezing the floor 5765 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5765 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5765 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5764 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5764 
The new room, the very first listening. 5764 
The 14.5 foot. 5763 
Again… 5762 
Romy's new Playground 5762 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5762 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5762 
For the uninitiated ... 5761 
NH guy 5761 
Room 5761 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5760 
The first base is done 5760 
Reentry time alignment. 5759 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5758 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5758 
Mid bass horn. 5758 
Guess is only a guess… 5758 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5758 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5757 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5757 
Diffusors 5757 
Diffuse injection 5757 
Let analyse why it so 5757 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5757 
Wheel and Deal 5757 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5757 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5757 
I Must Be Missing Something 5757 
I put sliders under my speakers 5756 
ROOM 5755 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5755 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5755 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5755 
No concerns 5755 
Speakers and room 5755 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5754 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5754 
Diaphram 5754 
Phram 5754 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5754 
Perfect piston 5754 
Decorater 5753 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5753 
New morning 5752 
The first take on the room with RTA 5751 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5751 
Axiomatic 5751 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5750 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5750 
The size of the bass. 5750 
Bass Factory 5750 
Crude Level, or something more? 5750 
I will play with it this week…. 5750 
Rent-A 5750 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5750 
Corner horns 5750 
Cheating from below 5750 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5750 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5749 
A possibly overly simplified view 5749 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5749 
Iceberg 5749 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5749 
Why not horn 5749 
A correction…. 5749 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5749 
They are just not related things at all. 5749 
Fertin 5747 
Low resonance is good... 5747 
Et tu, Brute? 5746 
The Room response at LF 5745 
Life On The Ground Floor 5745 
Bass arrays 5745 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5745 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5745 
The super sucks. 5745 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5745 
You may also try 5744 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5744 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5744 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5744 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5744 
60 Hz Resonance 5744 
No notching… so far. 5744 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5743 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5743 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5743 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5743 
Power to the People 5743 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5743 
Aura 5743 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5743 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5743 
All class D is the same 5743 
Interpreting the LF results. 5742 
The Halibut 5742 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5742 
The Big Picture 5742 
Power & ULF channels 5742 
The big picture indeed. 5742 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5742 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5742 
The Power and the Glory 5741 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5741 
I guess I did not get this memo 5741 
French LF drivers 5741 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5741 
(another) French LF approach 5740 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5740 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5740 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5740 
Limpschtick 5740 
Symmetry 5740 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5739 
Room correction 5739 
It migh be more complicated. 5739 
Bass EQ ? 5739 
Agree and not. 5739 
Two "diseases" 5739 
Parametric filters 5739 
Ceiling arrays 5739 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5739 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5739 
The Middle of the Room. 5739 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5739 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5739 
Stop! 5739 
Appendectomy 5739 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5738 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5738 
No Isolation 5738 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5735 
Potential contenders? 5734 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5734 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5734 
Those Crazy Canucks 5730 
Mo' Better Bass 5724 
Bird in the Hand? 5724 
A wet listening spot? 5717 
Storm 5714 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5714 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5700 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5670 
Polar Opposite ULF 5669 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5657 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5655 
Differently but the same. 5654 
PVC 5653 
The sail test try. 5653 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5653 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5653 
Trial 5652 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5652 
Some explanations 5652 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5651 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5650 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5649 
Acrylate 5648 
Magic blanket 5648 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5647 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5647 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5647 
I have a few options. 5647 
Foam color 5647 
Strange things with upperbass 5647 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5646 
Teatro reform. . . 5646 
The foaming room dilemma. 5645 
Melamine Foam 5645 
Foaming up the cat house 5645 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5645 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5645 
Acoustic revisions… 5644 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5641 
Surprises so far in the new room 5640 
The upperbass in the new room. 5640 
Slight change of hart. 5639 
Camco supply of Boston 5637 
Room acoustics 5637 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5596 
I need to kill dust first. 5596 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5594 
To feed the leeches? 5594 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5593 
Yh 5593 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5593 
DPOLs? 5593 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5593 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5590 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5590 
A HalfPipe solution? 5590 
I absolutely love it. 5590 
Piper work 5589 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5589 
Absorption 5589 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5588 
Cats life ? 5588 
Call me Pussy. 5588 
More about traps 5588 
Acoustic impedance? 5588 
You maybe right 5588 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5588 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5587 
Heavy Curtain 5587 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5586 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5586 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5586 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5583 
Fix speaker move chair? 5582 
Back and forth ceremony 5582 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5581 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5580 
Glass windows 5579 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5578 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5577 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5575 
How to use basement jacks? 5575 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5575 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5575 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5574 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5574 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5573 
Sore eyes... 5572 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5572 
The harvesting week! 5570 
I need an inspiration… 5569 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5568 
Like this? 5568 
Dramatically randomize MF 5568 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5567 
The room eats dynamic 5567 
Diffusers 5567 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5566 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5551 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5550 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5550 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5550 
About Width-Importance balance. 5548 
Letting the music scale up 5547 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5547 
To finish my house décor… 5543 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5542 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5541 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5541 
Calling the gods of music 5541 
Absolutely 5541 
Phase manipulation 5541 
No relation. 5541 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5541 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5541 
Dynamical mismatch 5540 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5540 
Stradiwinerius? 5537 
Dealing with the glass. 5536 
Boston 5536 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5536 
Added mass 5536 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5536 
It is about moderation…. 5536 
To hell with the wine... 5536 
Also for other surafaces 5535 
LEAD 5535 
LEAD & GLASS 5535 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5535 
Read carefully 5535 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5535 
Crooks and morons 5535 
Magiscopios 5534 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5514 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5514 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5513 
The LP setup in the new home. 5462 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5457 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5457 
Pianochord will do! 5457 
Spanyi heaven 5457 
I see no conflict at all. 5457 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5457 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5457 
A year after closing 5449 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5449 
Traveling antimatter 5442 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5436 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5435 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5409 
Cast Iron fireplace 5408 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5408 
The hardcore way 5408 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5372 
This is How It's Done 5371 
Listening room during summer. 5359 
What about those... 5358 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5358 
Reducing A/C Noise 5358 
HVAC the Cat 5358 
Big Ass fan 5357 
Variac dimmers 5357 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5357 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5357 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5289 
Some winter observations. 5180 
That Asian man…. 5149 
The Franz Schubert morning 5123 
Spring.... 5072 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5022 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4993 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4993 
Just good photography? 4993 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4993 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4993 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4992 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4992 
Sports car 4992 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4992 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4992 
Train Positioning 4992 
Kind of what I want 4992 
The lap listening… 4992 
Family Room 4992 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4989 
A super audio room. 4985 
Time Warp! 4985 
A piano in a listening room 4964 
Pianissimo 4964 
The plan in blue. 4964 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4964 
My doubts 4964 
It is exactly what I worry. 4963 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4963 
Musicians at home 4963 
Piano Measurements 4962 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4957 
The next step. 4943 
Midbass horns missing?? 4942 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4932 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4932 
Baby Grand 4931 
Wood floor 4931 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4931 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4931 
Amy’s baby. 4929 
Improvement 4929 
Agree with Scott 4929 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4917 
Integrated casters 4917 
Very nice, thanks. 4917 
Customization 4917 
Sliders 4917 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4910 
Congratulations 4910 
Holes in the floor... 4910 
Tubes and kids 4910 
Sweet spot enlargement 4910 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4908 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4907 
Wood Floors and Water 4907 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4902 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4901 
WAF is for Losers 4901 
WAF: it depends. 4901 
Integration 4900 
Here and there. 4900 
Life after WWIII 4900 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4900 
Cables management. 4898 
Featurizing 4898 
Kids and tubes cont. 4895 
Kid magnet 4895 
Kids and audio 4894 
Radars 4894 
Wow, what the days! 4890 
The comming weekend 4886 
It all was worth it! 4883 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4878 
Here is how it is look. 4878 
Resolving the carpet issue 4878 
Bonfire 4878 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4878 
Proof of concept? 4878 
Geometry 4878 
A view from listening position. 4878 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4878 
Some feedback 4878 
Evening 4878 
I wonder why. 4877 
Rugs and things 4877 
In defense… 4877 
I can’t get it. 4874 
Haze. 4873 
Front wall 4873 
It is very possible. 4873 
It is nice to be back. 4870 
My comfy corner. 4867 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4507 
WMD in house. 4329 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4232 
The third listening spot. 4211 
For sure a very different experience. 4173 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4168 
It's Jfretch's system. 4168 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4167 
Domestic games 4121 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3982 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3982 
Dynamic screening 3982 
Actually this is very good idea! 3982 
Volcanic fabric 3982 
I should have done this. 3980 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3976 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3945 
No worries 3945 
Awesome memories 3945 
Optimization of space 3945 
Child-ish considerations 3942 
Finding peace.... 3936 
"Fencing"? 3935 
I need to build something custom 3935 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3935 
Stressed Skin 3935 
NYC elevators 3935 
Kids toys and quantities. 3935 
Everything is completely reversible 3934 
Racks and things 3934 
Now it looks even more promising! 3934 
Quantity of rods 3934 
Avoiding diagonals 3932 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3931 
That's not fair! 3931 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3931 
Discrimination? 3926 
Vertical configuration 3919 
Impresive ! 3848 
Did you read the site? 3848 
Contact 3848 
Company's name is Rixrax 3848 
Stand 3847 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3803 
End of life headphone system 3803 
Something like this? 3803 
The "Second Living Room" 3803 
Mixing urban & suburban 3803 
Late night listening 3803 
Moving life... 3801 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3801 
A true listening room. 3777 
It started… 3762 
Levels of Interest 3762 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3762 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3762 
I can't not to post it.... 3762 
Do not leave him unattended. 3762 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3762 
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