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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6035 
Room to Romy 6035 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6034 
Midbass options to consider. 6034 
But what will the neighbors think? 6034 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6034 
Dualing bass 6034 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6034 
To Do It Right? 6034 
This search might be complicated 6034 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6033 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6033 
The big D 6033 
Raising the roof 6033 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6033 
Brownstones? 6033 
Suburban home additions for horns 6033 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6032 
The real-state U-turn? 6032 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6032 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6030 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6030 
Eh, stupid! 6030 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6029 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6029 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6028 
The time alignment scenarios. 6028 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6028 
More Ideas 6028 
Looks like a good solution 6028 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6028 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6025 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6024 
Consider 6023 
People who do general contracting….. 6023 
The throat considerations. 6023 
Make your own 6023 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6023 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6023 
....puzzled with your response.... 6023 
The Great Unknown 6023 
Fourier transform tells the story 6022 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6022 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6022 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6022 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6022 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6020 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6020 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6020 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6020 
Two Mouths 6020 
More ideas and drawbacks 6020 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6020 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6020 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6019 
Layered construction horn 6019 
CNC Snail Horn 6019 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6019 
Time alignment how? 6015 
The ceilings height 6010 
High ceilings 6010 
Shortening a High Room 6010 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6009 
Some roomy links 6009 
Sand damping topologies. 6008 
Tubed sand 6008 
Sandbag damping 6008 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6008 
Automobile solutions 6008 
Auto Former 6007 
The corner loading. 6006 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6004 
6m Basshorn 6004 
Another basement horn. 6004 
Early firing Midbass horn 6004 
Framed, Raised Floors 6004 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6003 
It Is Do-able 6003 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6002 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6002 
CH Audio Design 6001 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6001 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6000 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6000 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6000 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5999 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5999 
Was it worth it? 5999 
Havering on... 5998 
Main floor pre-load 5997 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5997 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5997 
Concrete horn example 5996 
Options, options, options… 5996 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5996 
Giant litter box 5995 
Sand and Sinagogues 5995 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5995 
Tossing Off a Couple 5995 
The external horns construction ideas 5994 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5994 
13-step program 5994 
Big horn materials 5993 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5985 
Another place to pee? 5985 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5985 
The Afghan Camels 5985 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5985 
Discretion 5985 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5985 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5985 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5983 
Cost/Benefit 5983 
The perfect built room. 5983 
Shape vs Construction 5983 
The harcore approach 5978 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5977 
Another large horn example 5956 
A first interesting find. 5947 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5947 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5946 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5946 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5946 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5946 
Demise of the r2000 home 5946 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5887 
Romy, you can stop searching 5852 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5852 
On a more serious note 5852 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5852 
My troubles with direct radiators 5852 
The first interesting arrangement 5851 
Loading Zone 5851 
An interesting room-loading post 5851 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5851 
The tremendous opportunity. 5850 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5850 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5850 
The second American Revolution? 5850 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5850 
The same problem here 5849 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5849 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5849 
It was fairly simple in my case 5849 
I used planks of wood 5849 
To seal or not to seal? 5848 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5848 
I didn't have to seal 5848 
Proper structure stiffening 5848 
What did you find? 5848 
Roger, the Sistering 5848 
I wish it were easier… 5847 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5847 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5847 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5847 
It's not so bad really. 5847 
I hope it would all work out. 5847 
Words vs. Pictures 5847 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5847 
Too soon now. 5847 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5846 
Vibration induced resonances 5846 
This is an interesting one. 5846 
What would be interesting in this room… 5846 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5846 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5846 
Tapped Out 5846 
How about silent blocks? 5846 
Well TH... 5846 
Differential Movement 5846 
Gain and bass 5845 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5845 
My olde listening room. 5844 
Keep ye olde room! 5844 
Fair Warning 5844 
Who know how it will go. 5844 
Progress 5844 
Wise Warning 5844 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5843 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5842 
The Monofication of the midbass 5842 
The corrected room size. 5842 
What impact do open spaces have? 5842 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5842 
Some idea of what will happen 5841 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5841 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5841 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5841 
My five cents 5840 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5840 
Work in progress, on the right path 5840 
When I am in town next 5840 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5839 
I have a miniature of this room 5839 
Another room case study. 5839 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5839 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5839 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5838 
To hide or not to hide. 5834 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5834 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5822 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5821 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5819 
"Boston, you can have it." 5818 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5815 
The all is not so simple. 5815 
Some clarification 5815 
Debugging the upperbass 5815 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5815 
Riding the horn… 5815 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5812 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5807 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5799 
A possible Midbass horn? 5754 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5754 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5754 
The Real Estate tunes... 5435 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4590 
An interesting project 4286 
Another interesting project 4276 
More here 4275 
ALE, Beryllium. 3802 
Images. 3765 
GOTO horns. 3765 
Horn Mouth. 3760 
About 41Hz 3760 
Thanks. 3760 
It is not difficult 3759 
Just right now! 3759 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3759 
Got it. 3759 
5" and 6" 3675 
These bass compression drivers. 3675 
Now I got. 3675 
Specs. 3675 
Those bass drivers .... 3674 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3674 
"Cost" 3665 
I had got it. 3663 
Hearsay 3662 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3367 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3367 
80Hz compression driver. 3366 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3366 
I do not think so. 3366 
Could be interesting though... 3366 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3325 
Just a youtube video... 3195 
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