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Romy the Cat has found another room. I’ve started a new fiction project under my name, Roman Bessnow. The new work is at MutationsBook.com

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Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6001 
The first take on the new room. 5995 
New Room, a first shot. 5994 
Wonderful 5994 
Adopted 5993 
The first relaxed night with the room 5991 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5990 
The listening room is ready. 5989 
New Room, a First Shot 5987 
Continue to work with the room 5987 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5987 
Room 5986 
I think it will take another month. 5986 
The Buttressing 5986 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5985 
The new place and the new noises. 5985 
Big listening room 5984 
Screw the "big" rooms 5984 
Big listening rooms 5984 
First reflection points 5983 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5983 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5980 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5979 
Squeezing the floor 5979 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5979 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5979 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5978 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5978 
The new room, the very first listening. 5978 
The 14.5 foot. 5977 
Again… 5976 
Romy's new Playground 5976 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5976 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5976 
For the uninitiated ... 5975 
NH guy 5975 
Room 5975 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5974 
The first base is done 5974 
Reentry time alignment. 5973 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5972 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5972 
Mid bass horn. 5972 
Guess is only a guess… 5972 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5972 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5971 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5971 
Diffusors 5971 
Diffuse injection 5971 
Let analyse why it so 5971 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5971 
Wheel and Deal 5971 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5971 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5971 
I Must Be Missing Something 5971 
I put sliders under my speakers 5970 
ROOM 5969 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5969 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5969 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5969 
No concerns 5969 
Speakers and room 5969 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5968 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5968 
Diaphram 5968 
Phram 5968 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5968 
Perfect piston 5968 
Decorater 5967 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5967 
New morning 5966 
The first take on the room with RTA 5965 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5965 
Axiomatic 5965 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5964 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5964 
The size of the bass. 5964 
Bass Factory 5964 
Crude Level, or something more? 5964 
I will play with it this week…. 5964 
Rent-A 5964 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5964 
Corner horns 5964 
Cheating from below 5964 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5964 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5963 
A possibly overly simplified view 5963 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5963 
Iceberg 5963 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5963 
Why not horn 5963 
A correction…. 5963 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5963 
They are just not related things at all. 5963 
Fertin 5961 
Low resonance is good... 5961 
Et tu, Brute? 5960 
The Room response at LF 5959 
Life On The Ground Floor 5959 
Bass arrays 5959 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5959 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5959 
The super sucks. 5959 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5959 
You may also try 5958 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5958 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5958 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5958 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5958 
60 Hz Resonance 5958 
No notching… so far. 5958 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5957 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5957 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5957 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5957 
Power to the People 5957 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5957 
Aura 5957 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5957 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5957 
All class D is the same 5957 
Interpreting the LF results. 5956 
The Halibut 5956 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5956 
The Big Picture 5956 
Power & ULF channels 5956 
The big picture indeed. 5956 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5956 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5956 
The Power and the Glory 5955 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5955 
I guess I did not get this memo 5955 
French LF drivers 5955 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5955 
(another) French LF approach 5954 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5954 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5954 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5954 
Limpschtick 5954 
Symmetry 5954 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5953 
Room correction 5953 
It migh be more complicated. 5953 
Bass EQ ? 5953 
Agree and not. 5953 
Two "diseases" 5953 
Parametric filters 5953 
Ceiling arrays 5953 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5953 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5953 
The Middle of the Room. 5953 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5953 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5953 
Stop! 5953 
Appendectomy 5953 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5952 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5952 
No Isolation 5952 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5949 
Potential contenders? 5948 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5948 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5948 
Those Crazy Canucks 5944 
Mo' Better Bass 5938 
Bird in the Hand? 5938 
A wet listening spot? 5931 
Storm 5928 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5928 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5914 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5884 
Polar Opposite ULF 5883 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5871 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5869 
Differently but the same. 5868 
PVC 5867 
The sail test try. 5867 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5867 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5867 
Trial 5866 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5866 
Some explanations 5866 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5865 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5864 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5863 
Acrylate 5862 
Magic blanket 5862 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5861 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5861 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5861 
I have a few options. 5861 
Foam color 5861 
Strange things with upperbass 5861 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5860 
Teatro reform. . . 5860 
The foaming room dilemma. 5859 
Melamine Foam 5859 
Foaming up the cat house 5859 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5859 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5859 
Acoustic revisions… 5858 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5855 
Surprises so far in the new room 5854 
The upperbass in the new room. 5854 
Slight change of hart. 5853 
Camco supply of Boston 5851 
Room acoustics 5851 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5810 
I need to kill dust first. 5810 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5808 
To feed the leeches? 5808 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5807 
Yh 5807 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5807 
DPOLs? 5807 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5807 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5804 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5804 
A HalfPipe solution? 5804 
I absolutely love it. 5804 
Piper work 5803 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5803 
Absorption 5803 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5802 
Cats life ? 5802 
Call me Pussy. 5802 
More about traps 5802 
Acoustic impedance? 5802 
You maybe right 5802 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5802 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5801 
Heavy Curtain 5801 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5800 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5800 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5800 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5797 
Fix speaker move chair? 5796 
Back and forth ceremony 5796 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5795 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5794 
Glass windows 5793 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5792 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5791 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5789 
How to use basement jacks? 5789 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5789 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5789 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5788 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5788 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5787 
Sore eyes... 5786 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5786 
The harvesting week! 5784 
I need an inspiration… 5783 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5782 
Like this? 5782 
Dramatically randomize MF 5782 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5781 
The room eats dynamic 5781 
Diffusers 5781 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5780 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5765 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5764 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5764 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5764 
About Width-Importance balance. 5762 
Letting the music scale up 5761 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5761 
To finish my house décor… 5757 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5756 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5755 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5755 
Calling the gods of music 5755 
Absolutely 5755 
Phase manipulation 5755 
No relation. 5755 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5755 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5755 
Dynamical mismatch 5754 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5754 
Stradiwinerius? 5751 
Dealing with the glass. 5750 
Boston 5750 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5750 
Added mass 5750 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5750 
It is about moderation…. 5750 
To hell with the wine... 5750 
Also for other surafaces 5749 
LEAD 5749 
LEAD & GLASS 5749 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5749 
Read carefully 5749 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5749 
Crooks and morons 5749 
Magiscopios 5748 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5728 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5728 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5727 
The LP setup in the new home. 5676 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5671 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5671 
Pianochord will do! 5671 
Spanyi heaven 5671 
I see no conflict at all. 5671 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5671 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5671 
A year after closing 5663 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5663 
Traveling antimatter 5656 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5650 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5649 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5623 
Cast Iron fireplace 5622 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5622 
The hardcore way 5622 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5586 
This is How It's Done 5585 
Listening room during summer. 5573 
What about those... 5572 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5572 
Reducing A/C Noise 5572 
HVAC the Cat 5572 
Big Ass fan 5571 
Variac dimmers 5571 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5571 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5571 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5503 
Some winter observations. 5394 
That Asian man…. 5363 
The Franz Schubert morning 5337 
Spring.... 5286 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5236 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5207 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5207 
Just good photography? 5207 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5207 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5207 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5206 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5206 
Sports car 5206 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5206 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5206 
Train Positioning 5206 
Kind of what I want 5206 
The lap listening… 5206 
Family Room 5206 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5203 
A super audio room. 5199 
Time Warp! 5199 
A piano in a listening room 5178 
Pianissimo 5178 
The plan in blue. 5178 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5178 
My doubts 5178 
It is exactly what I worry. 5177 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5177 
Musicians at home 5177 
Piano Measurements 5176 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5171 
The next step. 5157 
Midbass horns missing?? 5156 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5146 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5146 
Baby Grand 5145 
Wood floor 5145 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5145 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5145 
Amy’s baby. 5143 
Improvement 5143 
Agree with Scott 5143 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5131 
Integrated casters 5131 
Very nice, thanks. 5131 
Customization 5131 
Sliders 5131 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5124 
Congratulations 5124 
Holes in the floor... 5124 
Tubes and kids 5124 
Sweet spot enlargement 5124 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5122 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5121 
Wood Floors and Water 5121 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5116 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5115 
WAF is for Losers 5115 
WAF: it depends. 5115 
Integration 5114 
Here and there. 5114 
Life after WWIII 5114 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5114 
Cables management. 5112 
Featurizing 5112 
Kids and tubes cont. 5109 
Kid magnet 5109 
Kids and audio 5108 
Radars 5108 
Wow, what the days! 5104 
The comming weekend 5100 
It all was worth it! 5097 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5092 
Here is how it is look. 5092 
Resolving the carpet issue 5092 
Bonfire 5092 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5092 
Proof of concept? 5092 
Geometry 5092 
A view from listening position. 5092 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5092 
Some feedback 5092 
Evening 5092 
I wonder why. 5091 
Rugs and things 5091 
In defense… 5091 
I can’t get it. 5088 
Haze. 5087 
Front wall 5087 
It is very possible. 5087 
It is nice to be back. 5084 
My comfy corner. 5081 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4721 
WMD in house. 4543 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4446 
The third listening spot. 4425 
For sure a very different experience. 4387 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4382 
It's Jfretch's system. 4382 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4381 
Domestic games 4335 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4196 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4196 
Dynamic screening 4196 
Actually this is very good idea! 4196 
Volcanic fabric 4196 
I should have done this. 4194 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4190 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4159 
No worries 4159 
Awesome memories 4159 
Optimization of space 4159 
Child-ish considerations 4156 
Finding peace.... 4150 
"Fencing"? 4149 
I need to build something custom 4149 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4149 
Stressed Skin 4149 
NYC elevators 4149 
Kids toys and quantities. 4149 
Everything is completely reversible 4148 
Racks and things 4148 
Now it looks even more promising! 4148 
Quantity of rods 4148 
Avoiding diagonals 4146 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4145 
That's not fair! 4145 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4145 
Discrimination? 4140 
Vertical configuration 4133 
Impresive ! 4062 
Did you read the site? 4062 
Contact 4062 
Company's name is Rixrax 4062 
Stand 4061 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4017 
End of life headphone system 4017 
Something like this? 4017 
The "Second Living Room" 4017 
Mixing urban & suburban 4017 
Late night listening 4017 
Moving life... 4015 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4015 
A true listening room. 3991 
It started… 3976 
Levels of Interest 3976 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3976 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3976 
I can't not to post it.... 3976 
Do not leave him unattended. 3976 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3976 
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