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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5144 
The first take on the new room. 5138 
New Room, a first shot. 5137 
Wonderful 5137 
Adopted 5136 
The first relaxed night with the room 5134 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5133 
The listening room is ready. 5132 
New Room, a First Shot 5130 
Continue to work with the room 5130 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5130 
Room 5129 
I think it will take another month. 5129 
The Buttressing 5129 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5128 
The new place and the new noises. 5128 
Big listening room 5127 
Screw the "big" rooms 5127 
Big listening rooms 5127 
First reflection points 5126 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5126 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5123 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5122 
Squeezing the floor 5122 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5122 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5122 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5121 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5121 
The new room, the very first listening. 5121 
The 14.5 foot. 5120 
Again… 5119 
Romy's new Playground 5119 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5119 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5119 
For the uninitiated ... 5118 
NH guy 5118 
Room 5118 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5117 
The first base is done 5117 
Reentry time alignment. 5116 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5115 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5115 
Mid bass horn. 5115 
Guess is only a guess… 5115 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5115 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5114 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5114 
Diffusors 5114 
Diffuse injection 5114 
Let analyse why it so 5114 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5114 
Wheel and Deal 5114 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5114 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5114 
I Must Be Missing Something 5114 
I put sliders under my speakers 5113 
ROOM 5112 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5112 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5112 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5112 
No concerns 5112 
Speakers and room 5112 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5111 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5111 
Diaphram 5111 
Phram 5111 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5111 
Perfect piston 5111 
Decorater 5110 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5110 
New morning 5109 
The first take on the room with RTA 5108 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5108 
Axiomatic 5108 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5107 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5107 
The size of the bass. 5107 
Bass Factory 5107 
Crude Level, or something more? 5107 
I will play with it this week…. 5107 
Rent-A 5107 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5107 
Corner horns 5107 
Cheating from below 5107 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5107 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5106 
A possibly overly simplified view 5106 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5106 
Iceberg 5106 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5106 
Why not horn 5106 
A correction…. 5106 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5106 
They are just not related things at all. 5106 
Fertin 5104 
Low resonance is good... 5104 
Et tu, Brute? 5103 
The Room response at LF 5102 
Life On The Ground Floor 5102 
Bass arrays 5102 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5102 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5102 
The super sucks. 5102 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5102 
You may also try 5101 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5101 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5101 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5101 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5101 
60 Hz Resonance 5101 
No notching… so far. 5101 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5100 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5100 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5100 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5100 
Power to the People 5100 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5100 
Aura 5100 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5100 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5100 
All class D is the same 5100 
Interpreting the LF results. 5099 
The Halibut 5099 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5099 
The Big Picture 5099 
Power & ULF channels 5099 
The big picture indeed. 5099 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5099 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5099 
The Power and the Glory 5098 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5098 
I guess I did not get this memo 5098 
French LF drivers 5098 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5098 
(another) French LF approach 5097 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5097 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5097 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5097 
Limpschtick 5097 
Symmetry 5097 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5096 
Room correction 5096 
It migh be more complicated. 5096 
Bass EQ ? 5096 
Agree and not. 5096 
Two "diseases" 5096 
Parametric filters 5096 
Ceiling arrays 5096 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5096 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5096 
The Middle of the Room. 5096 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5096 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5096 
Stop! 5096 
Appendectomy 5096 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5095 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5095 
No Isolation 5095 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5092 
Potential contenders? 5091 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5091 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5091 
Those Crazy Canucks 5087 
Mo' Better Bass 5081 
Bird in the Hand? 5081 
A wet listening spot? 5074 
Storm 5071 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5071 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5057 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5027 
Polar Opposite ULF 5026 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5014 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5012 
Differently but the same. 5011 
PVC 5010 
The sail test try. 5010 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5010 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5010 
Trial 5009 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5009 
Some explanations 5009 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5008 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5007 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5006 
Acrylate 5005 
Magic blanket 5005 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5004 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5004 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5004 
I have a few options. 5004 
Foam color 5004 
Strange things with upperbass 5004 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5003 
Teatro reform. . . 5003 
The foaming room dilemma. 5002 
Melamine Foam 5002 
Foaming up the cat house 5002 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5002 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5002 
Acoustic revisions… 5001 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 4998 
Surprises so far in the new room 4997 
The upperbass in the new room. 4997 
Slight change of hart. 4996 
Camco supply of Boston 4994 
Room acoustics 4994 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 4953 
I need to kill dust first. 4953 
Ahh, the echo chamber 4951 
To feed the leeches? 4951 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 4950 
Yh 4950 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 4950 
DPOLs? 4950 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 4950 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 4947 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 4947 
A HalfPipe solution? 4947 
I absolutely love it. 4947 
Piper work 4946 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 4946 
Absorption 4946 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 4945 
Cats life ? 4945 
Call me Pussy. 4945 
More about traps 4945 
Acoustic impedance? 4945 
You maybe right 4945 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 4945 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 4944 
Heavy Curtain 4944 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 4943 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 4943 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 4943 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 4940 
Fix speaker move chair? 4939 
Back and forth ceremony 4939 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 4938 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 4937 
Glass windows 4936 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 4935 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 4934 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 4932 
How to use basement jacks? 4932 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 4932 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 4932 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 4931 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 4931 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 4930 
Sore eyes... 4929 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 4929 
The harvesting week! 4927 
I need an inspiration… 4926 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 4925 
Like this? 4925 
Dramatically randomize MF 4925 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 4924 
The room eats dynamic 4924 
Diffusers 4924 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 4923 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 4908 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 4907 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 4907 
A typical midday in my new listening room 4907 
About Width-Importance balance. 4905 
Letting the music scale up 4904 
Constant-width vs. active-width 4904 
To finish my house décor… 4900 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 4899 
Phase nuances – the last liability 4898 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 4898 
Calling the gods of music 4898 
Absolutely 4898 
Phase manipulation 4898 
No relation. 4898 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 4898 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 4898 
Dynamical mismatch 4897 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 4897 
Stradiwinerius? 4894 
Dealing with the glass. 4893 
Boston 4893 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 4893 
Added mass 4893 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 4893 
It is about moderation…. 4893 
To hell with the wine... 4893 
Also for other surafaces 4892 
LEAD 4892 
LEAD & GLASS 4892 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 4892 
Read carefully 4892 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 4892 
Crooks and morons 4892 
Magiscopios 4891 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 4871 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 4871 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 4870 
The LP setup in the new home. 4819 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 4814 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 4814 
Pianochord will do! 4814 
Spanyi heaven 4814 
I see no conflict at all. 4814 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 4814 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 4814 
A year after closing 4806 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 4806 
Traveling antimatter 4799 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 4793 
The fiberglass aggravations. 4792 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 4766 
Cast Iron fireplace 4765 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 4765 
The hardcore way 4765 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 4729 
This is How It's Done 4728 
Listening room during summer. 4716 
What about those... 4715 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 4715 
Reducing A/C Noise 4715 
HVAC the Cat 4715 
Big Ass fan 4714 
Variac dimmers 4714 
Ceiling fan speed controls 4714 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 4714 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 4646 
Some winter observations. 4537 
That Asian man…. 4506 
The Franz Schubert morning 4480 
Spring.... 4429 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4379 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4350 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4350 
Just good photography? 4350 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4350 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4350 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4349 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4349 
Sports car 4349 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4349 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4349 
Train Positioning 4349 
Kind of what I want 4349 
The lap listening… 4349 
Family Room 4349 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4346 
A super audio room. 4342 
Time Warp! 4342 
A piano in a listening room 4321 
Pianissimo 4321 
The plan in blue. 4321 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4321 
My doubts 4321 
It is exactly what I worry. 4320 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4320 
Musicians at home 4320 
Piano Measurements 4319 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4314 
The next step. 4300 
Midbass horns missing?? 4299 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4289 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4289 
Baby Grand 4288 
Wood floor 4288 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4288 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4288 
Amy’s baby. 4286 
Improvement 4286 
Agree with Scott 4286 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4274 
Integrated casters 4274 
Very nice, thanks. 4274 
Customization 4274 
Sliders 4274 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4267 
Congratulations 4267 
Holes in the floor... 4267 
Tubes and kids 4267 
Sweet spot enlargement 4267 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4265 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4264 
Wood Floors and Water 4264 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4259 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4258 
WAF is for Losers 4258 
WAF: it depends. 4258 
Integration 4257 
Here and there. 4257 
Life after WWIII 4257 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4257 
Cables management. 4255 
Featurizing 4255 
Kids and tubes cont. 4252 
Kid magnet 4252 
Kids and audio 4251 
Radars 4251 
Wow, what the days! 4247 
The comming weekend 4243 
It all was worth it! 4240 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4235 
Here is how it is look. 4235 
Resolving the carpet issue 4235 
Bonfire 4235 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4235 
Proof of concept? 4235 
Geometry 4235 
A view from listening position. 4235 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4235 
Some feedback 4235 
Evening 4235 
I wonder why. 4234 
Rugs and things 4234 
In defense… 4234 
I can’t get it. 4231 
Haze. 4230 
Front wall 4230 
It is very possible. 4230 
It is nice to be back. 4227 
My comfy corner. 4224 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 3864 
WMD in house. 3686 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 3589 
The third listening spot. 3568 
For sure a very different experience. 3530 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 3525 
It's Jfretch's system. 3525 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 3524 
Domestic games 3478 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3339 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3339 
Dynamic screening 3339 
Actually this is very good idea! 3339 
Volcanic fabric 3339 
I should have done this. 3337 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3333 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3302 
No worries 3302 
Awesome memories 3302 
Optimization of space 3302 
Child-ish considerations 3299 
Finding peace.... 3293 
"Fencing"? 3292 
I need to build something custom 3292 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3292 
Stressed Skin 3292 
NYC elevators 3292 
Kids toys and quantities. 3292 
Everything is completely reversible 3291 
Racks and things 3291 
Now it looks even more promising! 3291 
Quantity of rods 3291 
Avoiding diagonals 3289 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3288 
That's not fair! 3288 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3288 
Discrimination? 3283 
Vertical configuration 3276 
Impresive ! 3205 
Did you read the site? 3205 
Contact 3205 
Company's name is Rixrax 3205 
Stand 3204 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3160 
End of life headphone system 3160 
Something like this? 3160 
The "Second Living Room" 3160 
Mixing urban & suburban 3160 
Late night listening 3160 
Moving life... 3158 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3158 
A true listening room. 3134 
It started… 3119 
Levels of Interest 3119 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3119 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3119 
I can't not to post it.... 3119 
Do not leave him unattended. 3119 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3119 
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