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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 6037 
The first take on the new room. 6031 
New Room, a first shot. 6030 
Wonderful 6030 
Adopted 6029 
The first relaxed night with the room 6027 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6026 
The listening room is ready. 6025 
New Room, a First Shot 6023 
Continue to work with the room 6023 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6023 
Room 6022 
I think it will take another month. 6022 
The Buttressing 6022 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6021 
The new place and the new noises. 6021 
Big listening room 6020 
Screw the "big" rooms 6020 
Big listening rooms 6020 
First reflection points 6019 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6019 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6016 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6015 
Squeezing the floor 6015 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6015 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6015 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6014 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6014 
The new room, the very first listening. 6014 
The 14.5 foot. 6013 
Again… 6012 
Romy's new Playground 6012 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6012 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6012 
For the uninitiated ... 6011 
NH guy 6011 
Room 6011 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6010 
The first base is done 6010 
Reentry time alignment. 6009 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6008 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6008 
Mid bass horn. 6008 
Guess is only a guess… 6008 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6008 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6007 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6007 
Diffusors 6007 
Diffuse injection 6007 
Let analyse why it so 6007 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6007 
Wheel and Deal 6007 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6007 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6007 
I Must Be Missing Something 6007 
I put sliders under my speakers 6006 
ROOM 6005 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6005 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6005 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6005 
No concerns 6005 
Speakers and room 6005 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6004 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6004 
Diaphram 6004 
Phram 6004 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6004 
Perfect piston 6004 
Decorater 6003 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6003 
New morning 6002 
The first take on the room with RTA 6001 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 6001 
Axiomatic 6001 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 6000 
Wetness is about more than reflections 6000 
The size of the bass. 6000 
Bass Factory 6000 
Crude Level, or something more? 6000 
I will play with it this week…. 6000 
Rent-A 6000 
Secret of pressurizing open room 6000 
Corner horns 6000 
Cheating from below 6000 
The sequence, the sequence…. 6000 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5999 
A possibly overly simplified view 5999 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5999 
Iceberg 5999 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5999 
Why not horn 5999 
A correction…. 5999 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5999 
They are just not related things at all. 5999 
Fertin 5997 
Low resonance is good... 5997 
Et tu, Brute? 5996 
The Room response at LF 5995 
Life On The Ground Floor 5995 
Bass arrays 5995 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5995 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5995 
The super sucks. 5995 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5995 
You may also try 5994 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5994 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5994 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5994 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5994 
60 Hz Resonance 5994 
No notching… so far. 5994 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5993 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5993 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5993 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5993 
Power to the People 5993 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5993 
Aura 5993 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5993 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5993 
All class D is the same 5993 
Interpreting the LF results. 5992 
The Halibut 5992 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5992 
The Big Picture 5992 
Power & ULF channels 5992 
The big picture indeed. 5992 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5992 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5992 
The Power and the Glory 5991 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5991 
I guess I did not get this memo 5991 
French LF drivers 5991 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5991 
(another) French LF approach 5990 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5990 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5990 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5990 
Limpschtick 5990 
Symmetry 5990 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5989 
Room correction 5989 
It migh be more complicated. 5989 
Bass EQ ? 5989 
Agree and not. 5989 
Two "diseases" 5989 
Parametric filters 5989 
Ceiling arrays 5989 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5989 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5989 
The Middle of the Room. 5989 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5989 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5989 
Stop! 5989 
Appendectomy 5989 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5988 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5988 
No Isolation 5988 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5985 
Potential contenders? 5984 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5984 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5984 
Those Crazy Canucks 5980 
Mo' Better Bass 5974 
Bird in the Hand? 5974 
A wet listening spot? 5967 
Storm 5964 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5964 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5950 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5920 
Polar Opposite ULF 5919 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5907 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5905 
Differently but the same. 5904 
PVC 5903 
The sail test try. 5903 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5903 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5903 
Trial 5902 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5902 
Some explanations 5902 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5901 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5900 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5899 
Acrylate 5898 
Magic blanket 5898 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5897 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5897 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5897 
I have a few options. 5897 
Foam color 5897 
Strange things with upperbass 5897 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5896 
Teatro reform. . . 5896 
The foaming room dilemma. 5895 
Melamine Foam 5895 
Foaming up the cat house 5895 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5895 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5895 
Acoustic revisions… 5894 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5891 
Surprises so far in the new room 5890 
The upperbass in the new room. 5890 
Slight change of hart. 5889 
Camco supply of Boston 5887 
Room acoustics 5887 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5846 
I need to kill dust first. 5846 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5844 
To feed the leeches? 5844 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5843 
Yh 5843 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5843 
DPOLs? 5843 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5843 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5840 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5840 
A HalfPipe solution? 5840 
I absolutely love it. 5840 
Piper work 5839 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5839 
Absorption 5839 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5838 
Cats life ? 5838 
Call me Pussy. 5838 
More about traps 5838 
Acoustic impedance? 5838 
You maybe right 5838 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5838 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5837 
Heavy Curtain 5837 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5836 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5836 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5836 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5833 
Fix speaker move chair? 5832 
Back and forth ceremony 5832 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5831 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5830 
Glass windows 5829 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5828 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5827 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5825 
How to use basement jacks? 5825 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5825 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5825 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5824 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5824 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5823 
Sore eyes... 5822 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5822 
The harvesting week! 5820 
I need an inspiration… 5819 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5818 
Like this? 5818 
Dramatically randomize MF 5818 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5817 
The room eats dynamic 5817 
Diffusers 5817 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5816 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5801 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5800 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5800 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5800 
About Width-Importance balance. 5798 
Letting the music scale up 5797 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5797 
To finish my house décor… 5793 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5792 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5791 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5791 
Calling the gods of music 5791 
Absolutely 5791 
Phase manipulation 5791 
No relation. 5791 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5791 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5791 
Dynamical mismatch 5790 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5790 
Stradiwinerius? 5787 
Dealing with the glass. 5786 
Boston 5786 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5786 
Added mass 5786 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5786 
It is about moderation…. 5786 
To hell with the wine... 5786 
Also for other surafaces 5785 
LEAD 5785 
LEAD & GLASS 5785 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5785 
Read carefully 5785 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5785 
Crooks and morons 5785 
Magiscopios 5784 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5764 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5764 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5763 
The LP setup in the new home. 5712 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5707 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5707 
Pianochord will do! 5707 
Spanyi heaven 5707 
I see no conflict at all. 5707 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5707 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5707 
A year after closing 5699 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5699 
Traveling antimatter 5692 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5686 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5685 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5659 
Cast Iron fireplace 5658 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5658 
The hardcore way 5658 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5622 
This is How It's Done 5621 
Listening room during summer. 5609 
What about those... 5608 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5608 
Reducing A/C Noise 5608 
HVAC the Cat 5608 
Big Ass fan 5607 
Variac dimmers 5607 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5607 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5607 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5539 
Some winter observations. 5430 
That Asian man…. 5399 
The Franz Schubert morning 5373 
Spring.... 5322 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5272 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5243 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5243 
Just good photography? 5243 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5243 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5243 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5242 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5242 
Sports car 5242 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5242 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5242 
Train Positioning 5242 
Kind of what I want 5242 
The lap listening… 5242 
Family Room 5242 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5239 
A super audio room. 5235 
Time Warp! 5235 
A piano in a listening room 5214 
Pianissimo 5214 
The plan in blue. 5214 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5214 
My doubts 5214 
It is exactly what I worry. 5213 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5213 
Musicians at home 5213 
Piano Measurements 5212 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5207 
The next step. 5193 
Midbass horns missing?? 5192 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5182 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5182 
Baby Grand 5181 
Wood floor 5181 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5181 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5181 
Amy’s baby. 5179 
Improvement 5179 
Agree with Scott 5179 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5167 
Integrated casters 5167 
Very nice, thanks. 5167 
Customization 5167 
Sliders 5167 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5160 
Congratulations 5160 
Holes in the floor... 5160 
Tubes and kids 5160 
Sweet spot enlargement 5160 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5158 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5157 
Wood Floors and Water 5157 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5152 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5151 
WAF is for Losers 5151 
WAF: it depends. 5151 
Integration 5150 
Here and there. 5150 
Life after WWIII 5150 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5150 
Cables management. 5148 
Featurizing 5148 
Kids and tubes cont. 5145 
Kid magnet 5145 
Kids and audio 5144 
Radars 5144 
Wow, what the days! 5140 
The comming weekend 5136 
It all was worth it! 5133 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5128 
Here is how it is look. 5128 
Resolving the carpet issue 5128 
Bonfire 5128 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5128 
Proof of concept? 5128 
Geometry 5128 
A view from listening position. 5128 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5128 
Some feedback 5128 
Evening 5128 
I wonder why. 5127 
Rugs and things 5127 
In defense… 5127 
I can’t get it. 5124 
Haze. 5123 
Front wall 5123 
It is very possible. 5123 
It is nice to be back. 5120 
My comfy corner. 5117 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4757 
WMD in house. 4579 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4482 
The third listening spot. 4461 
For sure a very different experience. 4423 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4418 
It's Jfretch's system. 4418 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4417 
Domestic games 4371 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4232 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4232 
Dynamic screening 4232 
Actually this is very good idea! 4232 
Volcanic fabric 4232 
I should have done this. 4230 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4226 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4195 
No worries 4195 
Awesome memories 4195 
Optimization of space 4195 
Child-ish considerations 4192 
Finding peace.... 4186 
"Fencing"? 4185 
I need to build something custom 4185 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4185 
Stressed Skin 4185 
NYC elevators 4185 
Kids toys and quantities. 4185 
Everything is completely reversible 4184 
Racks and things 4184 
Now it looks even more promising! 4184 
Quantity of rods 4184 
Avoiding diagonals 4182 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4181 
That's not fair! 4181 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4181 
Discrimination? 4176 
Vertical configuration 4169 
Impresive ! 4098 
Did you read the site? 4098 
Contact 4098 
Company's name is Rixrax 4098 
Stand 4097 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4053 
End of life headphone system 4053 
Something like this? 4053 
The "Second Living Room" 4053 
Mixing urban & suburban 4053 
Late night listening 4053 
Moving life... 4051 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4051 
A true listening room. 4027 
It started… 4012 
Levels of Interest 4012 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4012 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4012 
I can't not to post it.... 4012 
Do not leave him unattended. 4012 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4012 
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