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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 5942 
Room to Romy 5942 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 5941 
Midbass options to consider. 5941 
But what will the neighbors think? 5941 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 5941 
Dualing bass 5941 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 5941 
To Do It Right? 5941 
This search might be complicated 5941 
The Mendelsohn approach. 5940 
A pool of ideas for now…. 5940 
The big D 5940 
Raising the roof 5940 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 5940 
Brownstones? 5940 
Suburban home additions for horns 5940 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 5939 
The real-state U-turn? 5939 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 5939 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 5937 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 5937 
Eh, stupid! 5937 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 5936 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 5936 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 5935 
The time alignment scenarios. 5935 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 5935 
More Ideas 5935 
Looks like a good solution 5935 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 5935 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 5932 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 5931 
Consider 5930 
People who do general contracting….. 5930 
The throat considerations. 5930 
Make your own 5930 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 5930 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 5930 
....puzzled with your response.... 5930 
The Great Unknown 5930 
Fourier transform tells the story 5929 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 5929 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 5929 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 5929 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 5929 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 5927 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 5927 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 5927 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 5927 
Two Mouths 5927 
More ideas and drawbacks 5927 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 5927 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 5927 
The CNCing? Interesting… 5926 
Layered construction horn 5926 
CNC Snail Horn 5926 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 5926 
Time alignment how? 5922 
The ceilings height 5917 
High ceilings 5917 
Shortening a High Room 5917 
Using of the “High ceilings” 5916 
Some roomy links 5916 
Sand damping topologies. 5915 
Tubed sand 5915 
Sandbag damping 5915 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 5915 
Automobile solutions 5915 
Auto Former 5914 
The corner loading. 5913 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 5911 
6m Basshorn 5911 
Another basement horn. 5911 
Early firing Midbass horn 5911 
Framed, Raised Floors 5911 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 5910 
It Is Do-able 5910 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 5909 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 5909 
CH Audio Design 5908 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 5908 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 5907 
YL1250 - very interesting! 5907 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 5907 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5906 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5906 
Was it worth it? 5906 
Havering on... 5905 
Main floor pre-load 5904 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5904 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5904 
Concrete horn example 5903 
Options, options, options… 5903 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5903 
Giant litter box 5902 
Sand and Sinagogues 5902 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5902 
Tossing Off a Couple 5902 
The external horns construction ideas 5901 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5901 
13-step program 5901 
Big horn materials 5900 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5892 
Another place to pee? 5892 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5892 
The Afghan Camels 5892 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5892 
Discretion 5892 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5892 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5892 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5890 
Cost/Benefit 5890 
The perfect built room. 5890 
Shape vs Construction 5890 
The harcore approach 5885 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5884 
Another large horn example 5863 
A first interesting find. 5854 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5854 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5853 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5853 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5853 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5853 
Demise of the r2000 home 5853 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5794 
Romy, you can stop searching 5759 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5759 
On a more serious note 5759 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5759 
My troubles with direct radiators 5759 
The first interesting arrangement 5758 
Loading Zone 5758 
An interesting room-loading post 5758 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5758 
The tremendous opportunity. 5757 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5757 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5757 
The second American Revolution? 5757 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5757 
The same problem here 5756 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5756 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5756 
It was fairly simple in my case 5756 
I used planks of wood 5756 
To seal or not to seal? 5755 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5755 
I didn't have to seal 5755 
Proper structure stiffening 5755 
What did you find? 5755 
Roger, the Sistering 5755 
I wish it were easier… 5754 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5754 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5754 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5754 
It's not so bad really. 5754 
I hope it would all work out. 5754 
Words vs. Pictures 5754 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5754 
Too soon now. 5754 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5753 
Vibration induced resonances 5753 
This is an interesting one. 5753 
What would be interesting in this room… 5753 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5753 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5753 
Tapped Out 5753 
How about silent blocks? 5753 
Well TH... 5753 
Differential Movement 5753 
Gain and bass 5752 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5752 
My olde listening room. 5751 
Keep ye olde room! 5751 
Fair Warning 5751 
Who know how it will go. 5751 
Progress 5751 
Wise Warning 5751 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5750 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5749 
The Monofication of the midbass 5749 
The corrected room size. 5749 
What impact do open spaces have? 5749 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5749 
Some idea of what will happen 5748 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5748 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5748 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5748 
My five cents 5747 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5747 
Work in progress, on the right path 5747 
When I am in town next 5747 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5746 
I have a miniature of this room 5746 
Another room case study. 5746 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5746 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5746 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5745 
To hide or not to hide. 5741 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5741 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5729 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5728 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5726 
"Boston, you can have it." 5725 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5722 
The all is not so simple. 5722 
Some clarification 5722 
Debugging the upperbass 5722 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5722 
Riding the horn… 5722 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5719 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5714 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5706 
A possible Midbass horn? 5661 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5661 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5661 
The Real Estate tunes... 5342 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4497 
An interesting project 4193 
Another interesting project 4183 
More here 4182 
ALE, Beryllium. 3709 
Images. 3672 
GOTO horns. 3672 
Horn Mouth. 3667 
About 41Hz 3667 
Thanks. 3667 
It is not difficult 3666 
Just right now! 3666 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3666 
Got it. 3666 
5" and 6" 3582 
These bass compression drivers. 3582 
Now I got. 3582 
Specs. 3582 
Those bass drivers .... 3581 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3581 
"Cost" 3572 
I had got it. 3570 
Hearsay 3569 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3274 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3274 
80Hz compression driver. 3273 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3273 
I do not think so. 3273 
Could be interesting though... 3273 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3232 
Just a youtube video... 3102 
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