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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6081 
Room to Romy 6081 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6080 
Midbass options to consider. 6080 
But what will the neighbors think? 6080 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6080 
Dualing bass 6080 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6080 
To Do It Right? 6080 
This search might be complicated 6080 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6079 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6079 
The big D 6079 
Raising the roof 6079 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6079 
Brownstones? 6079 
Suburban home additions for horns 6079 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6078 
The real-state U-turn? 6078 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6078 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6076 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6076 
Eh, stupid! 6076 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6075 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6075 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6074 
The time alignment scenarios. 6074 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6074 
More Ideas 6074 
Looks like a good solution 6074 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6074 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6071 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6070 
Consider 6069 
People who do general contracting….. 6069 
The throat considerations. 6069 
Make your own 6069 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6069 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6069 
....puzzled with your response.... 6069 
The Great Unknown 6069 
Fourier transform tells the story 6068 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6068 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6068 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6068 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6068 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6066 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6066 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6066 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6066 
Two Mouths 6066 
More ideas and drawbacks 6066 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6066 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6066 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6065 
Layered construction horn 6065 
CNC Snail Horn 6065 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6065 
Time alignment how? 6061 
The ceilings height 6056 
High ceilings 6056 
Shortening a High Room 6056 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6055 
Some roomy links 6055 
Sand damping topologies. 6054 
Tubed sand 6054 
Sandbag damping 6054 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6054 
Automobile solutions 6054 
Auto Former 6053 
The corner loading. 6052 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6050 
6m Basshorn 6050 
Another basement horn. 6050 
Early firing Midbass horn 6050 
Framed, Raised Floors 6050 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6049 
It Is Do-able 6049 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6048 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6048 
CH Audio Design 6047 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6047 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6046 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6046 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6046 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 6045 
Ah, mystery & suspense 6045 
Was it worth it? 6045 
Havering on... 6044 
Main floor pre-load 6043 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 6043 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 6043 
Concrete horn example 6042 
Options, options, options… 6042 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 6042 
Giant litter box 6041 
Sand and Sinagogues 6041 
How to know that floor is the problem? 6041 
Tossing Off a Couple 6041 
The external horns construction ideas 6040 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 6040 
13-step program 6040 
Big horn materials 6039 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 6031 
Another place to pee? 6031 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 6031 
The Afghan Camels 6031 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 6031 
Discretion 6031 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 6031 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 6031 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 6029 
Cost/Benefit 6029 
The perfect built room. 6029 
Shape vs Construction 6029 
The harcore approach 6024 
Another setup with ceiling horns 6023 
Another large horn example 6002 
A first interesting find. 5993 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5993 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5992 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5992 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5992 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5992 
Demise of the r2000 home 5992 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5933 
Romy, you can stop searching 5898 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5898 
On a more serious note 5898 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5898 
My troubles with direct radiators 5898 
The first interesting arrangement 5897 
Loading Zone 5897 
An interesting room-loading post 5897 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5897 
The tremendous opportunity. 5896 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5896 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5896 
The second American Revolution? 5896 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5896 
The same problem here 5895 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5895 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5895 
It was fairly simple in my case 5895 
I used planks of wood 5895 
To seal or not to seal? 5894 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5894 
I didn't have to seal 5894 
Proper structure stiffening 5894 
What did you find? 5894 
Roger, the Sistering 5894 
I wish it were easier… 5893 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5893 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5893 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5893 
It's not so bad really. 5893 
I hope it would all work out. 5893 
Words vs. Pictures 5893 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5893 
Too soon now. 5893 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5892 
Vibration induced resonances 5892 
This is an interesting one. 5892 
What would be interesting in this room… 5892 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5892 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5892 
Tapped Out 5892 
How about silent blocks? 5892 
Well TH... 5892 
Differential Movement 5892 
Gain and bass 5891 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5891 
My olde listening room. 5890 
Keep ye olde room! 5890 
Fair Warning 5890 
Who know how it will go. 5890 
Progress 5890 
Wise Warning 5890 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5889 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5888 
The Monofication of the midbass 5888 
The corrected room size. 5888 
What impact do open spaces have? 5888 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5888 
Some idea of what will happen 5887 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5887 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5887 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5887 
My five cents 5886 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5886 
Work in progress, on the right path 5886 
When I am in town next 5886 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5885 
I have a miniature of this room 5885 
Another room case study. 5885 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5885 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5885 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5884 
To hide or not to hide. 5880 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5880 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5868 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5867 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5865 
"Boston, you can have it." 5864 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5861 
The all is not so simple. 5861 
Some clarification 5861 
Debugging the upperbass 5861 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5861 
Riding the horn… 5861 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5858 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5853 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5845 
A possible Midbass horn? 5800 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5800 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5800 
The Real Estate tunes... 5481 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4636 
An interesting project 4332 
Another interesting project 4322 
More here 4321 
ALE, Beryllium. 3848 
Images. 3811 
GOTO horns. 3811 
Horn Mouth. 3806 
About 41Hz 3806 
Thanks. 3806 
It is not difficult 3805 
Just right now! 3805 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3805 
Got it. 3805 
5" and 6" 3721 
These bass compression drivers. 3721 
Now I got. 3721 
Specs. 3721 
Those bass drivers .... 3720 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3720 
"Cost" 3711 
I had got it. 3709 
Hearsay 3708 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3413 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3413 
80Hz compression driver. 3412 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3412 
I do not think so. 3412 
Could be interesting though... 3412 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3371 
Just a youtube video... 3241 
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