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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5965 
The first take on the new room. 5959 
New Room, a first shot. 5958 
Wonderful 5958 
Adopted 5957 
The first relaxed night with the room 5955 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5954 
The listening room is ready. 5953 
New Room, a First Shot 5951 
Continue to work with the room 5951 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5951 
Room 5950 
I think it will take another month. 5950 
The Buttressing 5950 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5949 
The new place and the new noises. 5949 
Big listening room 5948 
Screw the "big" rooms 5948 
Big listening rooms 5948 
First reflection points 5947 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5947 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5944 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5943 
Squeezing the floor 5943 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5943 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5943 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5942 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5942 
The new room, the very first listening. 5942 
The 14.5 foot. 5941 
Again… 5940 
Romy's new Playground 5940 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5940 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5940 
For the uninitiated ... 5939 
NH guy 5939 
Room 5939 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5938 
The first base is done 5938 
Reentry time alignment. 5937 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5936 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5936 
Mid bass horn. 5936 
Guess is only a guess… 5936 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5936 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5935 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5935 
Diffusors 5935 
Diffuse injection 5935 
Let analyse why it so 5935 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5935 
Wheel and Deal 5935 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5935 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5935 
I Must Be Missing Something 5935 
I put sliders under my speakers 5934 
ROOM 5933 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5933 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5933 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5933 
No concerns 5933 
Speakers and room 5933 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5932 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5932 
Diaphram 5932 
Phram 5932 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5932 
Perfect piston 5932 
Decorater 5931 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5931 
New morning 5930 
The first take on the room with RTA 5929 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5929 
Axiomatic 5929 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5928 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5928 
The size of the bass. 5928 
Bass Factory 5928 
Crude Level, or something more? 5928 
I will play with it this week…. 5928 
Rent-A 5928 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5928 
Corner horns 5928 
Cheating from below 5928 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5928 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5927 
A possibly overly simplified view 5927 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5927 
Iceberg 5927 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5927 
Why not horn 5927 
A correction…. 5927 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5927 
They are just not related things at all. 5927 
Fertin 5925 
Low resonance is good... 5925 
Et tu, Brute? 5924 
The Room response at LF 5923 
Life On The Ground Floor 5923 
Bass arrays 5923 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5923 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5923 
The super sucks. 5923 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5923 
You may also try 5922 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5922 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5922 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5922 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5922 
60 Hz Resonance 5922 
No notching… so far. 5922 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5921 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5921 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5921 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5921 
Power to the People 5921 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5921 
Aura 5921 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5921 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5921 
All class D is the same 5921 
Interpreting the LF results. 5920 
The Halibut 5920 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5920 
The Big Picture 5920 
Power & ULF channels 5920 
The big picture indeed. 5920 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5920 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5920 
The Power and the Glory 5919 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5919 
I guess I did not get this memo 5919 
French LF drivers 5919 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5919 
(another) French LF approach 5918 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5918 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5918 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5918 
Limpschtick 5918 
Symmetry 5918 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5917 
Room correction 5917 
It migh be more complicated. 5917 
Bass EQ ? 5917 
Agree and not. 5917 
Two "diseases" 5917 
Parametric filters 5917 
Ceiling arrays 5917 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5917 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5917 
The Middle of the Room. 5917 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5917 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5917 
Stop! 5917 
Appendectomy 5917 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5916 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5916 
No Isolation 5916 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5913 
Potential contenders? 5912 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5912 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5912 
Those Crazy Canucks 5908 
Mo' Better Bass 5902 
Bird in the Hand? 5902 
A wet listening spot? 5895 
Storm 5892 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5892 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5878 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5848 
Polar Opposite ULF 5847 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5835 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5833 
Differently but the same. 5832 
PVC 5831 
The sail test try. 5831 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5831 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5831 
Trial 5830 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5830 
Some explanations 5830 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5829 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5828 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5827 
Acrylate 5826 
Magic blanket 5826 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5825 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5825 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5825 
I have a few options. 5825 
Foam color 5825 
Strange things with upperbass 5825 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5824 
Teatro reform. . . 5824 
The foaming room dilemma. 5823 
Melamine Foam 5823 
Foaming up the cat house 5823 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5823 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5823 
Acoustic revisions… 5822 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5819 
Surprises so far in the new room 5818 
The upperbass in the new room. 5818 
Slight change of hart. 5817 
Camco supply of Boston 5815 
Room acoustics 5815 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5774 
I need to kill dust first. 5774 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5772 
To feed the leeches? 5772 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5771 
Yh 5771 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5771 
DPOLs? 5771 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5771 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5768 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5768 
A HalfPipe solution? 5768 
I absolutely love it. 5768 
Piper work 5767 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5767 
Absorption 5767 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5766 
Cats life ? 5766 
Call me Pussy. 5766 
More about traps 5766 
Acoustic impedance? 5766 
You maybe right 5766 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5766 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5765 
Heavy Curtain 5765 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5764 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5764 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5764 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5761 
Fix speaker move chair? 5760 
Back and forth ceremony 5760 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5759 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5758 
Glass windows 5757 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5756 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5755 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5753 
How to use basement jacks? 5753 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5753 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5753 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5752 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5752 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5751 
Sore eyes... 5750 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5750 
The harvesting week! 5748 
I need an inspiration… 5747 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5746 
Like this? 5746 
Dramatically randomize MF 5746 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5745 
The room eats dynamic 5745 
Diffusers 5745 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5744 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5729 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5728 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5728 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5728 
About Width-Importance balance. 5726 
Letting the music scale up 5725 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5725 
To finish my house décor… 5721 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5720 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5719 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5719 
Calling the gods of music 5719 
Absolutely 5719 
Phase manipulation 5719 
No relation. 5719 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5719 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5719 
Dynamical mismatch 5718 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5718 
Stradiwinerius? 5715 
Dealing with the glass. 5714 
Boston 5714 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5714 
Added mass 5714 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5714 
It is about moderation…. 5714 
To hell with the wine... 5714 
Also for other surafaces 5713 
LEAD 5713 
LEAD & GLASS 5713 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5713 
Read carefully 5713 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5713 
Crooks and morons 5713 
Magiscopios 5712 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5692 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5692 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5691 
The LP setup in the new home. 5640 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5635 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5635 
Pianochord will do! 5635 
Spanyi heaven 5635 
I see no conflict at all. 5635 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5635 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5635 
A year after closing 5627 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5627 
Traveling antimatter 5620 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5614 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5613 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5587 
Cast Iron fireplace 5586 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5586 
The hardcore way 5586 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5550 
This is How It's Done 5549 
Listening room during summer. 5537 
What about those... 5536 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5536 
Reducing A/C Noise 5536 
HVAC the Cat 5536 
Big Ass fan 5535 
Variac dimmers 5535 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5535 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5535 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5467 
Some winter observations. 5358 
That Asian man…. 5327 
The Franz Schubert morning 5301 
Spring.... 5250 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5200 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5171 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5171 
Just good photography? 5171 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5171 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5171 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5170 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5170 
Sports car 5170 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5170 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5170 
Train Positioning 5170 
Kind of what I want 5170 
The lap listening… 5170 
Family Room 5170 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5167 
A super audio room. 5163 
Time Warp! 5163 
A piano in a listening room 5142 
Pianissimo 5142 
The plan in blue. 5142 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5142 
My doubts 5142 
It is exactly what I worry. 5141 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5141 
Musicians at home 5141 
Piano Measurements 5140 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5135 
The next step. 5121 
Midbass horns missing?? 5120 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5110 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5110 
Baby Grand 5109 
Wood floor 5109 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5109 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5109 
Amy’s baby. 5107 
Improvement 5107 
Agree with Scott 5107 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5095 
Integrated casters 5095 
Very nice, thanks. 5095 
Customization 5095 
Sliders 5095 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5088 
Congratulations 5088 
Holes in the floor... 5088 
Tubes and kids 5088 
Sweet spot enlargement 5088 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5086 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5085 
Wood Floors and Water 5085 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5080 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5079 
WAF is for Losers 5079 
WAF: it depends. 5079 
Integration 5078 
Here and there. 5078 
Life after WWIII 5078 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5078 
Cables management. 5076 
Featurizing 5076 
Kids and tubes cont. 5073 
Kid magnet 5073 
Kids and audio 5072 
Radars 5072 
Wow, what the days! 5068 
The comming weekend 5064 
It all was worth it! 5061 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5056 
Here is how it is look. 5056 
Resolving the carpet issue 5056 
Bonfire 5056 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5056 
Proof of concept? 5056 
Geometry 5056 
A view from listening position. 5056 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5056 
Some feedback 5056 
Evening 5056 
I wonder why. 5055 
Rugs and things 5055 
In defense… 5055 
I can’t get it. 5052 
Haze. 5051 
Front wall 5051 
It is very possible. 5051 
It is nice to be back. 5048 
My comfy corner. 5045 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4685 
WMD in house. 4507 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4410 
The third listening spot. 4389 
For sure a very different experience. 4351 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4346 
It's Jfretch's system. 4346 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4345 
Domestic games 4299 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4160 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4160 
Dynamic screening 4160 
Actually this is very good idea! 4160 
Volcanic fabric 4160 
I should have done this. 4158 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4154 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4123 
No worries 4123 
Awesome memories 4123 
Optimization of space 4123 
Child-ish considerations 4120 
Finding peace.... 4114 
"Fencing"? 4113 
I need to build something custom 4113 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4113 
Stressed Skin 4113 
NYC elevators 4113 
Kids toys and quantities. 4113 
Everything is completely reversible 4112 
Racks and things 4112 
Now it looks even more promising! 4112 
Quantity of rods 4112 
Avoiding diagonals 4110 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4109 
That's not fair! 4109 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4109 
Discrimination? 4104 
Vertical configuration 4097 
Impresive ! 4026 
Did you read the site? 4026 
Contact 4026 
Company's name is Rixrax 4026 
Stand 4025 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3981 
End of life headphone system 3981 
Something like this? 3981 
The "Second Living Room" 3981 
Mixing urban & suburban 3981 
Late night listening 3981 
Moving life... 3979 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3979 
A true listening room. 3955 
It started… 3940 
Levels of Interest 3940 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3940 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3940 
I can't not to post it.... 3940 
Do not leave him unattended. 3940 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3940 
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