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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5682 
The first take on the new room. 5676 
New Room, a first shot. 5675 
Wonderful 5675 
Adopted 5674 
The first relaxed night with the room 5672 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5671 
The listening room is ready. 5670 
New Room, a First Shot 5668 
Continue to work with the room 5668 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5668 
Room 5667 
I think it will take another month. 5667 
The Buttressing 5667 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5666 
The new place and the new noises. 5666 
Big listening room 5665 
Screw the "big" rooms 5665 
Big listening rooms 5665 
First reflection points 5664 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5664 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5661 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5660 
Squeezing the floor 5660 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5660 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5660 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5659 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5659 
The new room, the very first listening. 5659 
The 14.5 foot. 5658 
Again… 5657 
Romy's new Playground 5657 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5657 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5657 
For the uninitiated ... 5656 
NH guy 5656 
Room 5656 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5655 
The first base is done 5655 
Reentry time alignment. 5654 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5653 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5653 
Mid bass horn. 5653 
Guess is only a guess… 5653 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5653 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5652 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5652 
Diffusors 5652 
Diffuse injection 5652 
Let analyse why it so 5652 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5652 
Wheel and Deal 5652 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5652 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5652 
I Must Be Missing Something 5652 
I put sliders under my speakers 5651 
ROOM 5650 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5650 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5650 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5650 
No concerns 5650 
Speakers and room 5650 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5649 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5649 
Diaphram 5649 
Phram 5649 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5649 
Perfect piston 5649 
Decorater 5648 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5648 
New morning 5647 
The first take on the room with RTA 5646 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5646 
Axiomatic 5646 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5645 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5645 
The size of the bass. 5645 
Bass Factory 5645 
Crude Level, or something more? 5645 
I will play with it this week…. 5645 
Rent-A 5645 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5645 
Corner horns 5645 
Cheating from below 5645 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5645 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5644 
A possibly overly simplified view 5644 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5644 
Iceberg 5644 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5644 
Why not horn 5644 
A correction…. 5644 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5644 
They are just not related things at all. 5644 
Fertin 5642 
Low resonance is good... 5642 
Et tu, Brute? 5641 
The Room response at LF 5640 
Life On The Ground Floor 5640 
Bass arrays 5640 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5640 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5640 
The super sucks. 5640 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5640 
You may also try 5639 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5639 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5639 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5639 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5639 
60 Hz Resonance 5639 
No notching… so far. 5639 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5638 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5638 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5638 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5638 
Power to the People 5638 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5638 
Aura 5638 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5638 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5638 
All class D is the same 5638 
Interpreting the LF results. 5637 
The Halibut 5637 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5637 
The Big Picture 5637 
Power & ULF channels 5637 
The big picture indeed. 5637 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5637 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5637 
The Power and the Glory 5636 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5636 
I guess I did not get this memo 5636 
French LF drivers 5636 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5636 
(another) French LF approach 5635 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5635 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5635 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5635 
Limpschtick 5635 
Symmetry 5635 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5634 
Room correction 5634 
It migh be more complicated. 5634 
Bass EQ ? 5634 
Agree and not. 5634 
Two "diseases" 5634 
Parametric filters 5634 
Ceiling arrays 5634 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5634 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5634 
The Middle of the Room. 5634 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5634 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5634 
Stop! 5634 
Appendectomy 5634 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5633 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5633 
No Isolation 5633 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5630 
Potential contenders? 5629 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5629 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5629 
Those Crazy Canucks 5625 
Mo' Better Bass 5619 
Bird in the Hand? 5619 
A wet listening spot? 5612 
Storm 5609 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5609 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5595 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5565 
Polar Opposite ULF 5564 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5552 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5550 
Differently but the same. 5549 
PVC 5548 
The sail test try. 5548 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5548 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5548 
Trial 5547 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5547 
Some explanations 5547 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5546 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5545 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5544 
Acrylate 5543 
Magic blanket 5543 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5542 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5542 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5542 
I have a few options. 5542 
Foam color 5542 
Strange things with upperbass 5542 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5541 
Teatro reform. . . 5541 
The foaming room dilemma. 5540 
Melamine Foam 5540 
Foaming up the cat house 5540 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5540 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5540 
Acoustic revisions… 5539 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5536 
Surprises so far in the new room 5535 
The upperbass in the new room. 5535 
Slight change of hart. 5534 
Camco supply of Boston 5532 
Room acoustics 5532 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5491 
I need to kill dust first. 5491 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5489 
To feed the leeches? 5489 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5488 
Yh 5488 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5488 
DPOLs? 5488 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5488 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5485 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5485 
A HalfPipe solution? 5485 
I absolutely love it. 5485 
Piper work 5484 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5484 
Absorption 5484 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5483 
Cats life ? 5483 
Call me Pussy. 5483 
More about traps 5483 
Acoustic impedance? 5483 
You maybe right 5483 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5483 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5482 
Heavy Curtain 5482 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5481 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5481 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5481 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5478 
Fix speaker move chair? 5477 
Back and forth ceremony 5477 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5476 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5475 
Glass windows 5474 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5473 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5472 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5470 
How to use basement jacks? 5470 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5470 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5470 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5469 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5469 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5468 
Sore eyes... 5467 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5467 
The harvesting week! 5465 
I need an inspiration… 5464 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5463 
Like this? 5463 
Dramatically randomize MF 5463 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5462 
The room eats dynamic 5462 
Diffusers 5462 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5461 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5446 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5445 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5445 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5445 
About Width-Importance balance. 5443 
Letting the music scale up 5442 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5442 
To finish my house décor… 5438 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5437 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5436 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5436 
Calling the gods of music 5436 
Absolutely 5436 
Phase manipulation 5436 
No relation. 5436 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5436 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5436 
Dynamical mismatch 5435 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5435 
Stradiwinerius? 5432 
Dealing with the glass. 5431 
Boston 5431 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5431 
Added mass 5431 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5431 
It is about moderation…. 5431 
To hell with the wine... 5431 
Also for other surafaces 5430 
LEAD 5430 
LEAD & GLASS 5430 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5430 
Read carefully 5430 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5430 
Crooks and morons 5430 
Magiscopios 5429 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5409 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5409 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5408 
The LP setup in the new home. 5357 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5352 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5352 
Pianochord will do! 5352 
Spanyi heaven 5352 
I see no conflict at all. 5352 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5352 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5352 
A year after closing 5344 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5344 
Traveling antimatter 5337 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5331 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5330 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5304 
Cast Iron fireplace 5303 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5303 
The hardcore way 5303 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5267 
This is How It's Done 5266 
Listening room during summer. 5254 
What about those... 5253 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5253 
Reducing A/C Noise 5253 
HVAC the Cat 5253 
Big Ass fan 5252 
Variac dimmers 5252 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5252 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5252 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5184 
Some winter observations. 5075 
That Asian man…. 5044 
The Franz Schubert morning 5018 
Spring.... 4967 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4917 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4888 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4888 
Just good photography? 4888 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4888 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4888 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4887 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4887 
Sports car 4887 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4887 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4887 
Train Positioning 4887 
Kind of what I want 4887 
The lap listening… 4887 
Family Room 4887 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4884 
A super audio room. 4880 
Time Warp! 4880 
A piano in a listening room 4859 
Pianissimo 4859 
The plan in blue. 4859 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4859 
My doubts 4859 
It is exactly what I worry. 4858 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4858 
Musicians at home 4858 
Piano Measurements 4857 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4852 
The next step. 4838 
Midbass horns missing?? 4837 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4827 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4827 
Baby Grand 4826 
Wood floor 4826 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4826 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4826 
Amy’s baby. 4824 
Improvement 4824 
Agree with Scott 4824 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4812 
Integrated casters 4812 
Very nice, thanks. 4812 
Customization 4812 
Sliders 4812 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4805 
Congratulations 4805 
Holes in the floor... 4805 
Tubes and kids 4805 
Sweet spot enlargement 4805 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4803 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4802 
Wood Floors and Water 4802 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4797 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4796 
WAF is for Losers 4796 
WAF: it depends. 4796 
Integration 4795 
Here and there. 4795 
Life after WWIII 4795 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4795 
Cables management. 4793 
Featurizing 4793 
Kids and tubes cont. 4790 
Kid magnet 4790 
Kids and audio 4789 
Radars 4789 
Wow, what the days! 4785 
The comming weekend 4781 
It all was worth it! 4778 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4773 
Here is how it is look. 4773 
Resolving the carpet issue 4773 
Bonfire 4773 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4773 
Proof of concept? 4773 
Geometry 4773 
A view from listening position. 4773 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4773 
Some feedback 4773 
Evening 4773 
I wonder why. 4772 
Rugs and things 4772 
In defense… 4772 
I can’t get it. 4769 
Haze. 4768 
Front wall 4768 
It is very possible. 4768 
It is nice to be back. 4765 
My comfy corner. 4762 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4402 
WMD in house. 4224 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4127 
The third listening spot. 4106 
For sure a very different experience. 4068 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4063 
It's Jfretch's system. 4063 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4062 
Domestic games 4016 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3877 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3877 
Dynamic screening 3877 
Actually this is very good idea! 3877 
Volcanic fabric 3877 
I should have done this. 3875 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3871 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3840 
No worries 3840 
Awesome memories 3840 
Optimization of space 3840 
Child-ish considerations 3837 
Finding peace.... 3831 
"Fencing"? 3830 
I need to build something custom 3830 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3830 
Stressed Skin 3830 
NYC elevators 3830 
Kids toys and quantities. 3830 
Everything is completely reversible 3829 
Racks and things 3829 
Now it looks even more promising! 3829 
Quantity of rods 3829 
Avoiding diagonals 3827 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3826 
That's not fair! 3826 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3826 
Discrimination? 3821 
Vertical configuration 3814 
Impresive ! 3743 
Did you read the site? 3743 
Contact 3743 
Company's name is Rixrax 3743 
Stand 3742 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3698 
End of life headphone system 3698 
Something like this? 3698 
The "Second Living Room" 3698 
Mixing urban & suburban 3698 
Late night listening 3698 
Moving life... 3696 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3696 
A true listening room. 3672 
It started… 3657 
Levels of Interest 3657 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3657 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3657 
I can't not to post it.... 3657 
Do not leave him unattended. 3657 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3657 
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