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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 5850 
Room to Romy 5850 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 5849 
Midbass options to consider. 5849 
But what will the neighbors think? 5849 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 5849 
Dualing bass 5849 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 5849 
To Do It Right? 5849 
This search might be complicated 5849 
The Mendelsohn approach. 5848 
A pool of ideas for now…. 5848 
The big D 5848 
Raising the roof 5848 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 5848 
Brownstones? 5848 
Suburban home additions for horns 5848 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 5847 
The real-state U-turn? 5847 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 5847 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 5845 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 5845 
Eh, stupid! 5845 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 5844 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 5844 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 5843 
The time alignment scenarios. 5843 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 5843 
More Ideas 5843 
Looks like a good solution 5843 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 5843 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 5840 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 5839 
Consider 5838 
People who do general contracting….. 5838 
The throat considerations. 5838 
Make your own 5838 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 5838 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 5838 
....puzzled with your response.... 5838 
The Great Unknown 5838 
Fourier transform tells the story 5837 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 5837 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 5837 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 5837 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 5837 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 5835 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 5835 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 5835 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 5835 
Two Mouths 5835 
More ideas and drawbacks 5835 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 5835 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 5835 
The CNCing? Interesting… 5834 
Layered construction horn 5834 
CNC Snail Horn 5834 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 5834 
Time alignment how? 5830 
The ceilings height 5825 
High ceilings 5825 
Shortening a High Room 5825 
Using of the “High ceilings” 5824 
Some roomy links 5824 
Sand damping topologies. 5823 
Tubed sand 5823 
Sandbag damping 5823 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 5823 
Automobile solutions 5823 
Auto Former 5822 
The corner loading. 5821 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 5819 
6m Basshorn 5819 
Another basement horn. 5819 
Early firing Midbass horn 5819 
Framed, Raised Floors 5819 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 5818 
It Is Do-able 5818 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 5817 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 5817 
CH Audio Design 5816 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 5816 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 5815 
YL1250 - very interesting! 5815 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 5815 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5814 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5814 
Was it worth it? 5814 
Havering on... 5813 
Main floor pre-load 5812 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5812 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5812 
Concrete horn example 5811 
Options, options, options… 5811 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5811 
Giant litter box 5810 
Sand and Sinagogues 5810 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5810 
Tossing Off a Couple 5810 
The external horns construction ideas 5809 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5809 
13-step program 5809 
Big horn materials 5808 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5800 
Another place to pee? 5800 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5800 
The Afghan Camels 5800 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5800 
Discretion 5800 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5800 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5800 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5798 
Cost/Benefit 5798 
The perfect built room. 5798 
Shape vs Construction 5798 
The harcore approach 5793 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5792 
Another large horn example 5771 
A first interesting find. 5762 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5762 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5761 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5761 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5761 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5761 
Demise of the r2000 home 5761 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5702 
Romy, you can stop searching 5667 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5667 
On a more serious note 5667 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5667 
My troubles with direct radiators 5667 
The first interesting arrangement 5666 
Loading Zone 5666 
An interesting room-loading post 5666 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5666 
The tremendous opportunity. 5665 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5665 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5665 
The second American Revolution? 5665 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5665 
The same problem here 5664 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5664 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5664 
It was fairly simple in my case 5664 
I used planks of wood 5664 
To seal or not to seal? 5663 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5663 
I didn't have to seal 5663 
Proper structure stiffening 5663 
What did you find? 5663 
Roger, the Sistering 5663 
I wish it were easier… 5662 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5662 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5662 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5662 
It's not so bad really. 5662 
I hope it would all work out. 5662 
Words vs. Pictures 5662 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5662 
Too soon now. 5662 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5661 
Vibration induced resonances 5661 
This is an interesting one. 5661 
What would be interesting in this room… 5661 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5661 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5661 
Tapped Out 5661 
How about silent blocks? 5661 
Well TH... 5661 
Differential Movement 5661 
Gain and bass 5660 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5660 
My olde listening room. 5659 
Keep ye olde room! 5659 
Fair Warning 5659 
Who know how it will go. 5659 
Progress 5659 
Wise Warning 5659 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5658 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5657 
The Monofication of the midbass 5657 
The corrected room size. 5657 
What impact do open spaces have? 5657 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5657 
Some idea of what will happen 5656 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5656 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5656 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5656 
My five cents 5655 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5655 
Work in progress, on the right path 5655 
When I am in town next 5655 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5654 
I have a miniature of this room 5654 
Another room case study. 5654 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5654 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5654 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5653 
To hide or not to hide. 5649 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5649 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5637 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5636 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5634 
"Boston, you can have it." 5633 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5630 
The all is not so simple. 5630 
Some clarification 5630 
Debugging the upperbass 5630 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5630 
Riding the horn… 5630 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5627 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5622 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5614 
A possible Midbass horn? 5569 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5569 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5569 
The Real Estate tunes... 5250 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4405 
An interesting project 4101 
Another interesting project 4091 
More here 4090 
ALE, Beryllium. 3617 
Images. 3580 
GOTO horns. 3580 
Horn Mouth. 3575 
About 41Hz 3575 
Thanks. 3575 
It is not difficult 3574 
Just right now! 3574 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3574 
Got it. 3574 
5" and 6" 3490 
These bass compression drivers. 3490 
Now I got. 3490 
Specs. 3490 
Those bass drivers .... 3489 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3489 
"Cost" 3480 
I had got it. 3478 
Hearsay 3477 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3182 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3182 
80Hz compression driver. 3181 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3181 
I do not think so. 3181 
Could be interesting though... 3181 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3140 
Just a youtube video... 3010 
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