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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5558 
The first take on the new room. 5552 
New Room, a first shot. 5551 
Wonderful 5551 
Adopted 5550 
The first relaxed night with the room 5548 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5547 
The listening room is ready. 5546 
New Room, a First Shot 5544 
Continue to work with the room 5544 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5544 
Room 5543 
I think it will take another month. 5543 
The Buttressing 5543 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5542 
The new place and the new noises. 5542 
Big listening room 5541 
Screw the "big" rooms 5541 
Big listening rooms 5541 
First reflection points 5540 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5540 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5537 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5536 
Squeezing the floor 5536 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5536 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5536 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5535 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5535 
The new room, the very first listening. 5535 
The 14.5 foot. 5534 
Again… 5533 
Romy's new Playground 5533 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5533 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5533 
For the uninitiated ... 5532 
NH guy 5532 
Room 5532 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5531 
The first base is done 5531 
Reentry time alignment. 5530 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5529 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5529 
Mid bass horn. 5529 
Guess is only a guess… 5529 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5529 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5528 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5528 
Diffusors 5528 
Diffuse injection 5528 
Let analyse why it so 5528 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5528 
Wheel and Deal 5528 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5528 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5528 
I Must Be Missing Something 5528 
I put sliders under my speakers 5527 
ROOM 5526 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5526 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5526 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5526 
No concerns 5526 
Speakers and room 5526 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5525 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5525 
Diaphram 5525 
Phram 5525 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5525 
Perfect piston 5525 
Decorater 5524 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5524 
New morning 5523 
The first take on the room with RTA 5522 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5522 
Axiomatic 5522 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5521 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5521 
The size of the bass. 5521 
Bass Factory 5521 
Crude Level, or something more? 5521 
I will play with it this week…. 5521 
Rent-A 5521 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5521 
Corner horns 5521 
Cheating from below 5521 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5521 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5520 
A possibly overly simplified view 5520 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5520 
Iceberg 5520 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5520 
Why not horn 5520 
A correction…. 5520 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5520 
They are just not related things at all. 5520 
Fertin 5518 
Low resonance is good... 5518 
Et tu, Brute? 5517 
The Room response at LF 5516 
Life On The Ground Floor 5516 
Bass arrays 5516 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5516 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5516 
The super sucks. 5516 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5516 
You may also try 5515 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5515 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5515 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5515 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5515 
60 Hz Resonance 5515 
No notching… so far. 5515 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5514 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5514 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5514 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5514 
Power to the People 5514 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5514 
Aura 5514 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5514 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5514 
All class D is the same 5514 
Interpreting the LF results. 5513 
The Halibut 5513 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5513 
The Big Picture 5513 
Power & ULF channels 5513 
The big picture indeed. 5513 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5513 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5513 
The Power and the Glory 5512 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5512 
I guess I did not get this memo 5512 
French LF drivers 5512 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5512 
(another) French LF approach 5511 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5511 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5511 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5511 
Limpschtick 5511 
Symmetry 5511 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5510 
Room correction 5510 
It migh be more complicated. 5510 
Bass EQ ? 5510 
Agree and not. 5510 
Two "diseases" 5510 
Parametric filters 5510 
Ceiling arrays 5510 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5510 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5510 
The Middle of the Room. 5510 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5510 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5510 
Stop! 5510 
Appendectomy 5510 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5509 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5509 
No Isolation 5509 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5506 
Potential contenders? 5505 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5505 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5505 
Those Crazy Canucks 5501 
Mo' Better Bass 5495 
Bird in the Hand? 5495 
A wet listening spot? 5488 
Storm 5485 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5485 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5471 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5441 
Polar Opposite ULF 5440 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5428 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5426 
Differently but the same. 5425 
PVC 5424 
The sail test try. 5424 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5424 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5424 
Trial 5423 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5423 
Some explanations 5423 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5422 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5421 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5420 
Acrylate 5419 
Magic blanket 5419 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5418 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5418 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5418 
I have a few options. 5418 
Foam color 5418 
Strange things with upperbass 5418 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5417 
Teatro reform. . . 5417 
The foaming room dilemma. 5416 
Melamine Foam 5416 
Foaming up the cat house 5416 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5416 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5416 
Acoustic revisions… 5415 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5412 
Surprises so far in the new room 5411 
The upperbass in the new room. 5411 
Slight change of hart. 5410 
Camco supply of Boston 5408 
Room acoustics 5408 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5367 
I need to kill dust first. 5367 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5365 
To feed the leeches? 5365 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5364 
Yh 5364 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5364 
DPOLs? 5364 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5364 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5361 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5361 
A HalfPipe solution? 5361 
I absolutely love it. 5361 
Piper work 5360 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5360 
Absorption 5360 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5359 
Cats life ? 5359 
Call me Pussy. 5359 
More about traps 5359 
Acoustic impedance? 5359 
You maybe right 5359 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5359 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5358 
Heavy Curtain 5358 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5357 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5357 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5357 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5354 
Fix speaker move chair? 5353 
Back and forth ceremony 5353 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5352 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5351 
Glass windows 5350 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5349 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5348 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5346 
How to use basement jacks? 5346 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5346 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5346 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5345 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5345 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5344 
Sore eyes... 5343 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5343 
The harvesting week! 5341 
I need an inspiration… 5340 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5339 
Like this? 5339 
Dramatically randomize MF 5339 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5338 
The room eats dynamic 5338 
Diffusers 5338 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5337 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5322 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5321 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5321 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5321 
About Width-Importance balance. 5319 
Letting the music scale up 5318 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5318 
To finish my house décor… 5314 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5313 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5312 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5312 
Calling the gods of music 5312 
Absolutely 5312 
Phase manipulation 5312 
No relation. 5312 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5312 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5312 
Dynamical mismatch 5311 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5311 
Stradiwinerius? 5308 
Dealing with the glass. 5307 
Boston 5307 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5307 
Added mass 5307 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5307 
It is about moderation…. 5307 
To hell with the wine... 5307 
Also for other surafaces 5306 
LEAD 5306 
LEAD & GLASS 5306 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5306 
Read carefully 5306 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5306 
Crooks and morons 5306 
Magiscopios 5305 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5285 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5285 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5284 
The LP setup in the new home. 5233 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5228 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5228 
Pianochord will do! 5228 
Spanyi heaven 5228 
I see no conflict at all. 5228 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5228 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5228 
A year after closing 5220 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5220 
Traveling antimatter 5213 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5207 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5206 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5180 
Cast Iron fireplace 5179 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5179 
The hardcore way 5179 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5143 
This is How It's Done 5142 
Listening room during summer. 5130 
What about those... 5129 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5129 
Reducing A/C Noise 5129 
HVAC the Cat 5129 
Big Ass fan 5128 
Variac dimmers 5128 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5128 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5128 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5060 
Some winter observations. 4951 
That Asian man…. 4920 
The Franz Schubert morning 4894 
Spring.... 4843 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4793 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4764 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4764 
Just good photography? 4764 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4764 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4764 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4763 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4763 
Sports car 4763 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4763 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4763 
Train Positioning 4763 
Kind of what I want 4763 
The lap listening… 4763 
Family Room 4763 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4760 
A super audio room. 4756 
Time Warp! 4756 
A piano in a listening room 4735 
Pianissimo 4735 
The plan in blue. 4735 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4735 
My doubts 4735 
It is exactly what I worry. 4734 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4734 
Musicians at home 4734 
Piano Measurements 4733 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4728 
The next step. 4714 
Midbass horns missing?? 4713 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4703 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4703 
Baby Grand 4702 
Wood floor 4702 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4702 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4702 
Amy’s baby. 4700 
Improvement 4700 
Agree with Scott 4700 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4688 
Integrated casters 4688 
Very nice, thanks. 4688 
Customization 4688 
Sliders 4688 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4681 
Congratulations 4681 
Holes in the floor... 4681 
Tubes and kids 4681 
Sweet spot enlargement 4681 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4679 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4678 
Wood Floors and Water 4678 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4673 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4672 
WAF is for Losers 4672 
WAF: it depends. 4672 
Integration 4671 
Here and there. 4671 
Life after WWIII 4671 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4671 
Cables management. 4669 
Featurizing 4669 
Kids and tubes cont. 4666 
Kid magnet 4666 
Kids and audio 4665 
Radars 4665 
Wow, what the days! 4661 
The comming weekend 4657 
It all was worth it! 4654 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4649 
Here is how it is look. 4649 
Resolving the carpet issue 4649 
Bonfire 4649 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4649 
Proof of concept? 4649 
Geometry 4649 
A view from listening position. 4649 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4649 
Some feedback 4649 
Evening 4649 
I wonder why. 4648 
Rugs and things 4648 
In defense… 4648 
I can’t get it. 4645 
Haze. 4644 
Front wall 4644 
It is very possible. 4644 
It is nice to be back. 4641 
My comfy corner. 4638 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4278 
WMD in house. 4100 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4003 
The third listening spot. 3982 
For sure a very different experience. 3944 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 3939 
It's Jfretch's system. 3939 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 3938 
Domestic games 3892 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3753 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3753 
Dynamic screening 3753 
Actually this is very good idea! 3753 
Volcanic fabric 3753 
I should have done this. 3751 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3747 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3716 
No worries 3716 
Awesome memories 3716 
Optimization of space 3716 
Child-ish considerations 3713 
Finding peace.... 3707 
"Fencing"? 3706 
I need to build something custom 3706 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3706 
Stressed Skin 3706 
NYC elevators 3706 
Kids toys and quantities. 3706 
Everything is completely reversible 3705 
Racks and things 3705 
Now it looks even more promising! 3705 
Quantity of rods 3705 
Avoiding diagonals 3703 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3702 
That's not fair! 3702 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3702 
Discrimination? 3697 
Vertical configuration 3690 
Impresive ! 3619 
Did you read the site? 3619 
Contact 3619 
Company's name is Rixrax 3619 
Stand 3618 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3574 
End of life headphone system 3574 
Something like this? 3574 
The "Second Living Room" 3574 
Mixing urban & suburban 3574 
Late night listening 3574 
Moving life... 3572 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3572 
A true listening room. 3548 
It started… 3533 
Levels of Interest 3533 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3533 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3533 
I can't not to post it.... 3533 
Do not leave him unattended. 3533 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3533 
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