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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 6052 
The first take on the new room. 6046 
New Room, a first shot. 6045 
Wonderful 6045 
Adopted 6044 
The first relaxed night with the room 6042 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6041 
The listening room is ready. 6040 
New Room, a First Shot 6038 
Continue to work with the room 6038 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6038 
Room 6037 
I think it will take another month. 6037 
The Buttressing 6037 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6036 
The new place and the new noises. 6036 
Big listening room 6035 
Screw the "big" rooms 6035 
Big listening rooms 6035 
First reflection points 6034 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6034 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6031 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6030 
Squeezing the floor 6030 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6030 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6030 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6029 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6029 
The new room, the very first listening. 6029 
The 14.5 foot. 6028 
Again… 6027 
Romy's new Playground 6027 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6027 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6027 
For the uninitiated ... 6026 
NH guy 6026 
Room 6026 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6025 
The first base is done 6025 
Reentry time alignment. 6024 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6023 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6023 
Mid bass horn. 6023 
Guess is only a guess… 6023 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6023 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6022 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6022 
Diffusors 6022 
Diffuse injection 6022 
Let analyse why it so 6022 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6022 
Wheel and Deal 6022 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6022 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6022 
I Must Be Missing Something 6022 
I put sliders under my speakers 6021 
ROOM 6020 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6020 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6020 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6020 
No concerns 6020 
Speakers and room 6020 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6019 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6019 
Diaphram 6019 
Phram 6019 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6019 
Perfect piston 6019 
Decorater 6018 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6018 
New morning 6017 
The first take on the room with RTA 6016 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 6016 
Axiomatic 6016 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 6015 
Wetness is about more than reflections 6015 
The size of the bass. 6015 
Bass Factory 6015 
Crude Level, or something more? 6015 
I will play with it this week…. 6015 
Rent-A 6015 
Secret of pressurizing open room 6015 
Corner horns 6015 
Cheating from below 6015 
The sequence, the sequence…. 6015 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 6014 
A possibly overly simplified view 6014 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 6014 
Iceberg 6014 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 6014 
Why not horn 6014 
A correction…. 6014 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 6014 
They are just not related things at all. 6014 
Fertin 6012 
Low resonance is good... 6012 
Et tu, Brute? 6011 
The Room response at LF 6010 
Life On The Ground Floor 6010 
Bass arrays 6010 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 6010 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 6010 
The super sucks. 6010 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 6010 
You may also try 6009 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 6009 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 6009 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 6009 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 6009 
60 Hz Resonance 6009 
No notching… so far. 6009 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 6008 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 6008 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 6008 
Enclosure volume LB channel 6008 
Power to the People 6008 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 6008 
Aura 6008 
No Way Around the Power Gap 6008 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 6008 
All class D is the same 6008 
Interpreting the LF results. 6007 
The Halibut 6007 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 6007 
The Big Picture 6007 
Power & ULF channels 6007 
The big picture indeed. 6007 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 6007 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 6007 
The Power and the Glory 6006 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 6006 
I guess I did not get this memo 6006 
French LF drivers 6006 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 6006 
(another) French LF approach 6005 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 6005 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 6005 
Using limp mass acoustic? 6005 
Limpschtick 6005 
Symmetry 6005 
Décor maybe fake for playback 6004 
Room correction 6004 
It migh be more complicated. 6004 
Bass EQ ? 6004 
Agree and not. 6004 
Two "diseases" 6004 
Parametric filters 6004 
Ceiling arrays 6004 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 6004 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 6004 
The Middle of the Room. 6004 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 6004 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 6004 
Stop! 6004 
Appendectomy 6004 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 6003 
...particularly if you have tried it? 6003 
No Isolation 6003 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 6000 
Potential contenders? 5999 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5999 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5999 
Those Crazy Canucks 5995 
Mo' Better Bass 5989 
Bird in the Hand? 5989 
A wet listening spot? 5982 
Storm 5979 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5979 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5965 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5935 
Polar Opposite ULF 5934 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5922 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5920 
Differently but the same. 5919 
PVC 5918 
The sail test try. 5918 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5918 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5918 
Trial 5917 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5917 
Some explanations 5917 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5916 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5915 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5914 
Acrylate 5913 
Magic blanket 5913 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5912 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5912 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5912 
I have a few options. 5912 
Foam color 5912 
Strange things with upperbass 5912 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5911 
Teatro reform. . . 5911 
The foaming room dilemma. 5910 
Melamine Foam 5910 
Foaming up the cat house 5910 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5910 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5910 
Acoustic revisions… 5909 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5906 
Surprises so far in the new room 5905 
The upperbass in the new room. 5905 
Slight change of hart. 5904 
Camco supply of Boston 5902 
Room acoustics 5902 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5861 
I need to kill dust first. 5861 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5859 
To feed the leeches? 5859 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5858 
Yh 5858 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5858 
DPOLs? 5858 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5858 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5855 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5855 
A HalfPipe solution? 5855 
I absolutely love it. 5855 
Piper work 5854 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5854 
Absorption 5854 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5853 
Cats life ? 5853 
Call me Pussy. 5853 
More about traps 5853 
Acoustic impedance? 5853 
You maybe right 5853 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5853 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5852 
Heavy Curtain 5852 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5851 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5851 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5851 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5848 
Fix speaker move chair? 5847 
Back and forth ceremony 5847 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5846 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5845 
Glass windows 5844 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5843 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5842 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5840 
How to use basement jacks? 5840 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5840 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5840 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5839 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5839 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5838 
Sore eyes... 5837 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5837 
The harvesting week! 5835 
I need an inspiration… 5834 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5833 
Like this? 5833 
Dramatically randomize MF 5833 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5832 
The room eats dynamic 5832 
Diffusers 5832 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5831 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5816 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5815 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5815 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5815 
About Width-Importance balance. 5813 
Letting the music scale up 5812 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5812 
To finish my house décor… 5808 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5807 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5806 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5806 
Calling the gods of music 5806 
Absolutely 5806 
Phase manipulation 5806 
No relation. 5806 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5806 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5806 
Dynamical mismatch 5805 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5805 
Stradiwinerius? 5802 
Dealing with the glass. 5801 
Boston 5801 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5801 
Added mass 5801 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5801 
It is about moderation…. 5801 
To hell with the wine... 5801 
Also for other surafaces 5800 
LEAD 5800 
LEAD & GLASS 5800 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5800 
Read carefully 5800 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5800 
Crooks and morons 5800 
Magiscopios 5799 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5779 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5779 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5778 
The LP setup in the new home. 5727 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5722 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5722 
Pianochord will do! 5722 
Spanyi heaven 5722 
I see no conflict at all. 5722 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5722 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5722 
A year after closing 5714 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5714 
Traveling antimatter 5707 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5701 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5700 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5674 
Cast Iron fireplace 5673 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5673 
The hardcore way 5673 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5637 
This is How It's Done 5636 
Listening room during summer. 5624 
What about those... 5623 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5623 
Reducing A/C Noise 5623 
HVAC the Cat 5623 
Big Ass fan 5622 
Variac dimmers 5622 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5622 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5622 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5554 
Some winter observations. 5445 
That Asian man…. 5414 
The Franz Schubert morning 5388 
Spring.... 5337 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5287 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5258 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5258 
Just good photography? 5258 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5258 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5258 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5257 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5257 
Sports car 5257 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5257 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5257 
Train Positioning 5257 
Kind of what I want 5257 
The lap listening… 5257 
Family Room 5257 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5254 
A super audio room. 5250 
Time Warp! 5250 
A piano in a listening room 5229 
Pianissimo 5229 
The plan in blue. 5229 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5229 
My doubts 5229 
It is exactly what I worry. 5228 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5228 
Musicians at home 5228 
Piano Measurements 5227 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5222 
The next step. 5208 
Midbass horns missing?? 5207 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5197 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5197 
Baby Grand 5196 
Wood floor 5196 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5196 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5196 
Amy’s baby. 5194 
Improvement 5194 
Agree with Scott 5194 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5182 
Integrated casters 5182 
Very nice, thanks. 5182 
Customization 5182 
Sliders 5182 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5175 
Congratulations 5175 
Holes in the floor... 5175 
Tubes and kids 5175 
Sweet spot enlargement 5175 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5173 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5172 
Wood Floors and Water 5172 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5167 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5166 
WAF is for Losers 5166 
WAF: it depends. 5166 
Integration 5165 
Here and there. 5165 
Life after WWIII 5165 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5165 
Cables management. 5163 
Featurizing 5163 
Kids and tubes cont. 5160 
Kid magnet 5160 
Kids and audio 5159 
Radars 5159 
Wow, what the days! 5155 
The comming weekend 5151 
It all was worth it! 5148 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5143 
Here is how it is look. 5143 
Resolving the carpet issue 5143 
Bonfire 5143 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5143 
Proof of concept? 5143 
Geometry 5143 
A view from listening position. 5143 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5143 
Some feedback 5143 
Evening 5143 
I wonder why. 5142 
Rugs and things 5142 
In defense… 5142 
I can’t get it. 5139 
Haze. 5138 
Front wall 5138 
It is very possible. 5138 
It is nice to be back. 5135 
My comfy corner. 5132 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4772 
WMD in house. 4594 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4497 
The third listening spot. 4476 
For sure a very different experience. 4438 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4433 
It's Jfretch's system. 4433 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4432 
Domestic games 4386 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4247 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4247 
Dynamic screening 4247 
Actually this is very good idea! 4247 
Volcanic fabric 4247 
I should have done this. 4245 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4241 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4210 
No worries 4210 
Awesome memories 4210 
Optimization of space 4210 
Child-ish considerations 4207 
Finding peace.... 4201 
"Fencing"? 4200 
I need to build something custom 4200 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4200 
Stressed Skin 4200 
NYC elevators 4200 
Kids toys and quantities. 4200 
Everything is completely reversible 4199 
Racks and things 4199 
Now it looks even more promising! 4199 
Quantity of rods 4199 
Avoiding diagonals 4197 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4196 
That's not fair! 4196 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4196 
Discrimination? 4191 
Vertical configuration 4184 
Impresive ! 4113 
Did you read the site? 4113 
Contact 4113 
Company's name is Rixrax 4113 
Stand 4112 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4068 
End of life headphone system 4068 
Something like this? 4068 
The "Second Living Room" 4068 
Mixing urban & suburban 4068 
Late night listening 4068 
Moving life... 4066 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4066 
A true listening room. 4042 
It started… 4027 
Levels of Interest 4027 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4027 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4027 
I can't not to post it.... 4027 
Do not leave him unattended. 4027 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4027 
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