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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5141 
The first take on the new room. 5135 
New Room, a first shot. 5134 
Wonderful 5134 
Adopted 5133 
The first relaxed night with the room 5131 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5130 
The listening room is ready. 5129 
New Room, a First Shot 5127 
Continue to work with the room 5127 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5127 
Room 5126 
I think it will take another month. 5126 
The Buttressing 5126 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5125 
The new place and the new noises. 5125 
Big listening room 5124 
Screw the "big" rooms 5124 
Big listening rooms 5124 
First reflection points 5123 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5123 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5120 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5119 
Squeezing the floor 5119 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5119 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5119 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5118 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5118 
The new room, the very first listening. 5118 
The 14.5 foot. 5117 
Again… 5116 
Romy's new Playground 5116 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5116 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5116 
For the uninitiated ... 5115 
NH guy 5115 
Room 5115 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5114 
The first base is done 5114 
Reentry time alignment. 5113 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5112 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5112 
Mid bass horn. 5112 
Guess is only a guess… 5112 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5112 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5111 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5111 
Diffusors 5111 
Diffuse injection 5111 
Let analyse why it so 5111 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5111 
Wheel and Deal 5111 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5111 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5111 
I Must Be Missing Something 5111 
I put sliders under my speakers 5110 
ROOM 5109 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5109 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5109 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5109 
No concerns 5109 
Speakers and room 5109 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5108 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5108 
Diaphram 5108 
Phram 5108 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5108 
Perfect piston 5108 
Decorater 5107 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5107 
New morning 5106 
The first take on the room with RTA 5105 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5105 
Axiomatic 5105 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5104 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5104 
The size of the bass. 5104 
Bass Factory 5104 
Crude Level, or something more? 5104 
I will play with it this week…. 5104 
Rent-A 5104 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5104 
Corner horns 5104 
Cheating from below 5104 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5104 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5103 
A possibly overly simplified view 5103 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5103 
Iceberg 5103 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5103 
Why not horn 5103 
A correction…. 5103 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5103 
They are just not related things at all. 5103 
Fertin 5101 
Low resonance is good... 5101 
Et tu, Brute? 5100 
The Room response at LF 5099 
Life On The Ground Floor 5099 
Bass arrays 5099 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5099 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5099 
The super sucks. 5099 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5099 
You may also try 5098 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5098 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5098 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5098 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5098 
60 Hz Resonance 5098 
No notching… so far. 5098 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5097 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5097 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5097 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5097 
Power to the People 5097 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5097 
Aura 5097 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5097 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5097 
All class D is the same 5097 
Interpreting the LF results. 5096 
The Halibut 5096 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5096 
The Big Picture 5096 
Power & ULF channels 5096 
The big picture indeed. 5096 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5096 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5096 
The Power and the Glory 5095 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5095 
I guess I did not get this memo 5095 
French LF drivers 5095 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5095 
(another) French LF approach 5094 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5094 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5094 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5094 
Limpschtick 5094 
Symmetry 5094 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5093 
Room correction 5093 
It migh be more complicated. 5093 
Bass EQ ? 5093 
Agree and not. 5093 
Two "diseases" 5093 
Parametric filters 5093 
Ceiling arrays 5093 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5093 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5093 
The Middle of the Room. 5093 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5093 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5093 
Stop! 5093 
Appendectomy 5093 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5092 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5092 
No Isolation 5092 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5089 
Potential contenders? 5088 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5088 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5088 
Those Crazy Canucks 5084 
Mo' Better Bass 5078 
Bird in the Hand? 5078 
A wet listening spot? 5071 
Storm 5068 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5068 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5054 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5024 
Polar Opposite ULF 5023 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5011 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5009 
Differently but the same. 5008 
PVC 5007 
The sail test try. 5007 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5007 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5007 
Trial 5006 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5006 
Some explanations 5006 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5005 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5004 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5003 
Acrylate 5002 
Magic blanket 5002 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5001 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5001 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5001 
I have a few options. 5001 
Foam color 5001 
Strange things with upperbass 5001 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5000 
Teatro reform. . . 5000 
The foaming room dilemma. 4999 
Melamine Foam 4999 
Foaming up the cat house 4999 
The ASC Sound Panels. 4999 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 4999 
Acoustic revisions… 4998 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 4995 
Surprises so far in the new room 4994 
The upperbass in the new room. 4994 
Slight change of hart. 4993 
Camco supply of Boston 4991 
Room acoustics 4991 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 4950 
I need to kill dust first. 4950 
Ahh, the echo chamber 4948 
To feed the leeches? 4948 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 4947 
Yh 4947 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 4947 
DPOLs? 4947 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 4947 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 4944 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 4944 
A HalfPipe solution? 4944 
I absolutely love it. 4944 
Piper work 4943 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 4943 
Absorption 4943 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 4942 
Cats life ? 4942 
Call me Pussy. 4942 
More about traps 4942 
Acoustic impedance? 4942 
You maybe right 4942 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 4942 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 4941 
Heavy Curtain 4941 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 4940 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 4940 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 4940 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 4937 
Fix speaker move chair? 4936 
Back and forth ceremony 4936 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 4935 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 4934 
Glass windows 4933 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 4932 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 4931 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 4929 
How to use basement jacks? 4929 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 4929 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 4929 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 4928 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 4928 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 4927 
Sore eyes... 4926 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 4926 
The harvesting week! 4924 
I need an inspiration… 4923 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 4922 
Like this? 4922 
Dramatically randomize MF 4922 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 4921 
The room eats dynamic 4921 
Diffusers 4921 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 4920 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 4905 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 4904 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 4904 
A typical midday in my new listening room 4904 
About Width-Importance balance. 4902 
Letting the music scale up 4901 
Constant-width vs. active-width 4901 
To finish my house décor… 4897 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 4896 
Phase nuances – the last liability 4895 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 4895 
Calling the gods of music 4895 
Absolutely 4895 
Phase manipulation 4895 
No relation. 4895 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 4895 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 4895 
Dynamical mismatch 4894 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 4894 
Stradiwinerius? 4891 
Dealing with the glass. 4890 
Boston 4890 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 4890 
Added mass 4890 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 4890 
It is about moderation…. 4890 
To hell with the wine... 4890 
Also for other surafaces 4889 
LEAD 4889 
LEAD & GLASS 4889 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 4889 
Read carefully 4889 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 4889 
Crooks and morons 4889 
Magiscopios 4888 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 4868 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 4868 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 4867 
The LP setup in the new home. 4816 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 4811 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 4811 
Pianochord will do! 4811 
Spanyi heaven 4811 
I see no conflict at all. 4811 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 4811 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 4811 
A year after closing 4803 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 4803 
Traveling antimatter 4796 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 4790 
The fiberglass aggravations. 4789 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 4763 
Cast Iron fireplace 4762 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 4762 
The hardcore way 4762 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 4726 
This is How It's Done 4725 
Listening room during summer. 4713 
What about those... 4712 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 4712 
Reducing A/C Noise 4712 
HVAC the Cat 4712 
Big Ass fan 4711 
Variac dimmers 4711 
Ceiling fan speed controls 4711 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 4711 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 4643 
Some winter observations. 4534 
That Asian man…. 4503 
The Franz Schubert morning 4477 
Spring.... 4426 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4376 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4347 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4347 
Just good photography? 4347 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4347 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4347 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4346 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4346 
Sports car 4346 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4346 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4346 
Train Positioning 4346 
Kind of what I want 4346 
The lap listening… 4346 
Family Room 4346 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4343 
A super audio room. 4339 
Time Warp! 4339 
A piano in a listening room 4318 
Pianissimo 4318 
The plan in blue. 4318 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4318 
My doubts 4318 
It is exactly what I worry. 4317 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4317 
Musicians at home 4317 
Piano Measurements 4316 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4311 
The next step. 4297 
Midbass horns missing?? 4296 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4286 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4286 
Baby Grand 4285 
Wood floor 4285 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4285 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4285 
Amy’s baby. 4283 
Improvement 4283 
Agree with Scott 4283 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4271 
Integrated casters 4271 
Very nice, thanks. 4271 
Customization 4271 
Sliders 4271 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4264 
Congratulations 4264 
Holes in the floor... 4264 
Tubes and kids 4264 
Sweet spot enlargement 4264 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4262 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4261 
Wood Floors and Water 4261 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4256 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4255 
WAF is for Losers 4255 
WAF: it depends. 4255 
Integration 4254 
Here and there. 4254 
Life after WWIII 4254 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4254 
Cables management. 4252 
Featurizing 4252 
Kids and tubes cont. 4249 
Kid magnet 4249 
Kids and audio 4248 
Radars 4248 
Wow, what the days! 4244 
The comming weekend 4240 
It all was worth it! 4237 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4232 
Here is how it is look. 4232 
Resolving the carpet issue 4232 
Bonfire 4232 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4232 
Proof of concept? 4232 
Geometry 4232 
A view from listening position. 4232 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4232 
Some feedback 4232 
Evening 4232 
I wonder why. 4231 
Rugs and things 4231 
In defense… 4231 
I can’t get it. 4228 
Haze. 4227 
Front wall 4227 
It is very possible. 4227 
It is nice to be back. 4224 
My comfy corner. 4221 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 3861 
WMD in house. 3683 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 3586 
The third listening spot. 3565 
For sure a very different experience. 3527 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 3522 
It's Jfretch's system. 3522 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 3521 
Domestic games 3475 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3336 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3336 
Dynamic screening 3336 
Actually this is very good idea! 3336 
Volcanic fabric 3336 
I should have done this. 3334 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3330 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3299 
No worries 3299 
Awesome memories 3299 
Optimization of space 3299 
Child-ish considerations 3296 
Finding peace.... 3290 
"Fencing"? 3289 
I need to build something custom 3289 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3289 
Stressed Skin 3289 
NYC elevators 3289 
Kids toys and quantities. 3289 
Everything is completely reversible 3288 
Racks and things 3288 
Now it looks even more promising! 3288 
Quantity of rods 3288 
Avoiding diagonals 3286 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3285 
That's not fair! 3285 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3285 
Discrimination? 3280 
Vertical configuration 3273 
Impresive ! 3202 
Did you read the site? 3202 
Contact 3202 
Company's name is Rixrax 3202 
Stand 3201 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3157 
End of life headphone system 3157 
Something like this? 3157 
The "Second Living Room" 3157 
Mixing urban & suburban 3157 
Late night listening 3157 
Moving life... 3155 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3155 
A true listening room. 3131 
It started… 3116 
Levels of Interest 3116 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3116 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3116 
I can't not to post it.... 3116 
Do not leave him unattended. 3116 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3116 
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