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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5820 
The first take on the new room. 5814 
New Room, a first shot. 5813 
Wonderful 5813 
Adopted 5812 
The first relaxed night with the room 5810 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5809 
The listening room is ready. 5808 
New Room, a First Shot 5806 
Continue to work with the room 5806 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5806 
Room 5805 
I think it will take another month. 5805 
The Buttressing 5805 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5804 
The new place and the new noises. 5804 
Big listening room 5803 
Screw the "big" rooms 5803 
Big listening rooms 5803 
First reflection points 5802 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5802 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5799 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5798 
Squeezing the floor 5798 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5798 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5798 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5797 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5797 
The new room, the very first listening. 5797 
The 14.5 foot. 5796 
Again… 5795 
Romy's new Playground 5795 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5795 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5795 
For the uninitiated ... 5794 
NH guy 5794 
Room 5794 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5793 
The first base is done 5793 
Reentry time alignment. 5792 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5791 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5791 
Mid bass horn. 5791 
Guess is only a guess… 5791 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5791 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5790 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5790 
Diffusors 5790 
Diffuse injection 5790 
Let analyse why it so 5790 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5790 
Wheel and Deal 5790 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5790 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5790 
I Must Be Missing Something 5790 
I put sliders under my speakers 5789 
ROOM 5788 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5788 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5788 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5788 
No concerns 5788 
Speakers and room 5788 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5787 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5787 
Diaphram 5787 
Phram 5787 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5787 
Perfect piston 5787 
Decorater 5786 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5786 
New morning 5785 
The first take on the room with RTA 5784 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5784 
Axiomatic 5784 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5783 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5783 
The size of the bass. 5783 
Bass Factory 5783 
Crude Level, or something more? 5783 
I will play with it this week…. 5783 
Rent-A 5783 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5783 
Corner horns 5783 
Cheating from below 5783 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5783 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5782 
A possibly overly simplified view 5782 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5782 
Iceberg 5782 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5782 
Why not horn 5782 
A correction…. 5782 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5782 
They are just not related things at all. 5782 
Fertin 5780 
Low resonance is good... 5780 
Et tu, Brute? 5779 
The Room response at LF 5778 
Life On The Ground Floor 5778 
Bass arrays 5778 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5778 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5778 
The super sucks. 5778 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5778 
You may also try 5777 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5777 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5777 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5777 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5777 
60 Hz Resonance 5777 
No notching… so far. 5777 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5776 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5776 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5776 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5776 
Power to the People 5776 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5776 
Aura 5776 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5776 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5776 
All class D is the same 5776 
Interpreting the LF results. 5775 
The Halibut 5775 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5775 
The Big Picture 5775 
Power & ULF channels 5775 
The big picture indeed. 5775 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5775 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5775 
The Power and the Glory 5774 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5774 
I guess I did not get this memo 5774 
French LF drivers 5774 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5774 
(another) French LF approach 5773 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5773 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5773 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5773 
Limpschtick 5773 
Symmetry 5773 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5772 
Room correction 5772 
It migh be more complicated. 5772 
Bass EQ ? 5772 
Agree and not. 5772 
Two "diseases" 5772 
Parametric filters 5772 
Ceiling arrays 5772 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5772 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5772 
The Middle of the Room. 5772 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5772 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5772 
Stop! 5772 
Appendectomy 5772 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5771 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5771 
No Isolation 5771 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5768 
Potential contenders? 5767 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5767 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5767 
Those Crazy Canucks 5763 
Mo' Better Bass 5757 
Bird in the Hand? 5757 
A wet listening spot? 5750 
Storm 5747 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5747 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5733 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5703 
Polar Opposite ULF 5702 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5690 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5688 
Differently but the same. 5687 
PVC 5686 
The sail test try. 5686 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5686 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5686 
Trial 5685 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5685 
Some explanations 5685 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5684 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5683 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5682 
Acrylate 5681 
Magic blanket 5681 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5680 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5680 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5680 
I have a few options. 5680 
Foam color 5680 
Strange things with upperbass 5680 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5679 
Teatro reform. . . 5679 
The foaming room dilemma. 5678 
Melamine Foam 5678 
Foaming up the cat house 5678 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5678 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5678 
Acoustic revisions… 5677 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5674 
Surprises so far in the new room 5673 
The upperbass in the new room. 5673 
Slight change of hart. 5672 
Camco supply of Boston 5670 
Room acoustics 5670 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5629 
I need to kill dust first. 5629 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5627 
To feed the leeches? 5627 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5626 
Yh 5626 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5626 
DPOLs? 5626 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5626 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5623 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5623 
A HalfPipe solution? 5623 
I absolutely love it. 5623 
Piper work 5622 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5622 
Absorption 5622 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5621 
Cats life ? 5621 
Call me Pussy. 5621 
More about traps 5621 
Acoustic impedance? 5621 
You maybe right 5621 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5621 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5620 
Heavy Curtain 5620 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5619 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5619 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5619 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5616 
Fix speaker move chair? 5615 
Back and forth ceremony 5615 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5614 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5613 
Glass windows 5612 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5611 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5610 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5608 
How to use basement jacks? 5608 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5608 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5608 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5607 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5607 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5606 
Sore eyes... 5605 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5605 
The harvesting week! 5603 
I need an inspiration… 5602 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5601 
Like this? 5601 
Dramatically randomize MF 5601 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5600 
The room eats dynamic 5600 
Diffusers 5600 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5599 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5584 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5583 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5583 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5583 
About Width-Importance balance. 5581 
Letting the music scale up 5580 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5580 
To finish my house décor… 5576 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5575 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5574 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5574 
Calling the gods of music 5574 
Absolutely 5574 
Phase manipulation 5574 
No relation. 5574 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5574 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5574 
Dynamical mismatch 5573 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5573 
Stradiwinerius? 5570 
Dealing with the glass. 5569 
Boston 5569 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5569 
Added mass 5569 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5569 
It is about moderation…. 5569 
To hell with the wine... 5569 
Also for other surafaces 5568 
LEAD 5568 
LEAD & GLASS 5568 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5568 
Read carefully 5568 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5568 
Crooks and morons 5568 
Magiscopios 5567 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5547 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5547 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5546 
The LP setup in the new home. 5495 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5490 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5490 
Pianochord will do! 5490 
Spanyi heaven 5490 
I see no conflict at all. 5490 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5490 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5490 
A year after closing 5482 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5482 
Traveling antimatter 5475 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5469 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5468 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5442 
Cast Iron fireplace 5441 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5441 
The hardcore way 5441 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5405 
This is How It's Done 5404 
Listening room during summer. 5392 
What about those... 5391 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5391 
Reducing A/C Noise 5391 
HVAC the Cat 5391 
Big Ass fan 5390 
Variac dimmers 5390 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5390 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5390 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5322 
Some winter observations. 5213 
That Asian man…. 5182 
The Franz Schubert morning 5156 
Spring.... 5105 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5055 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5026 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5026 
Just good photography? 5026 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5026 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5026 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5025 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5025 
Sports car 5025 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5025 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5025 
Train Positioning 5025 
Kind of what I want 5025 
The lap listening… 5025 
Family Room 5025 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5022 
A super audio room. 5018 
Time Warp! 5018 
A piano in a listening room 4997 
Pianissimo 4997 
The plan in blue. 4997 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4997 
My doubts 4997 
It is exactly what I worry. 4996 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4996 
Musicians at home 4996 
Piano Measurements 4995 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4990 
The next step. 4976 
Midbass horns missing?? 4975 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4965 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4965 
Baby Grand 4964 
Wood floor 4964 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4964 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4964 
Amy’s baby. 4962 
Improvement 4962 
Agree with Scott 4962 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4950 
Integrated casters 4950 
Very nice, thanks. 4950 
Customization 4950 
Sliders 4950 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4943 
Congratulations 4943 
Holes in the floor... 4943 
Tubes and kids 4943 
Sweet spot enlargement 4943 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4941 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4940 
Wood Floors and Water 4940 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4935 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4934 
WAF is for Losers 4934 
WAF: it depends. 4934 
Integration 4933 
Here and there. 4933 
Life after WWIII 4933 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4933 
Cables management. 4931 
Featurizing 4931 
Kids and tubes cont. 4928 
Kid magnet 4928 
Kids and audio 4927 
Radars 4927 
Wow, what the days! 4923 
The comming weekend 4919 
It all was worth it! 4916 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4911 
Here is how it is look. 4911 
Resolving the carpet issue 4911 
Bonfire 4911 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4911 
Proof of concept? 4911 
Geometry 4911 
A view from listening position. 4911 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4911 
Some feedback 4911 
Evening 4911 
I wonder why. 4910 
Rugs and things 4910 
In defense… 4910 
I can’t get it. 4907 
Haze. 4906 
Front wall 4906 
It is very possible. 4906 
It is nice to be back. 4903 
My comfy corner. 4900 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4540 
WMD in house. 4362 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4265 
The third listening spot. 4244 
For sure a very different experience. 4206 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4201 
It's Jfretch's system. 4201 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4200 
Domestic games 4154 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4015 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4015 
Dynamic screening 4015 
Actually this is very good idea! 4015 
Volcanic fabric 4015 
I should have done this. 4013 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4009 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3978 
No worries 3978 
Awesome memories 3978 
Optimization of space 3978 
Child-ish considerations 3975 
Finding peace.... 3969 
"Fencing"? 3968 
I need to build something custom 3968 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3968 
Stressed Skin 3968 
NYC elevators 3968 
Kids toys and quantities. 3968 
Everything is completely reversible 3967 
Racks and things 3967 
Now it looks even more promising! 3967 
Quantity of rods 3967 
Avoiding diagonals 3965 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3964 
That's not fair! 3964 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3964 
Discrimination? 3959 
Vertical configuration 3952 
Impresive ! 3881 
Did you read the site? 3881 
Contact 3881 
Company's name is Rixrax 3881 
Stand 3880 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3836 
End of life headphone system 3836 
Something like this? 3836 
The "Second Living Room" 3836 
Mixing urban & suburban 3836 
Late night listening 3836 
Moving life... 3834 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3834 
A true listening room. 3810 
It started… 3795 
Levels of Interest 3795 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3795 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3795 
I can't not to post it.... 3795 
Do not leave him unattended. 3795 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3795 
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