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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6126 
Room to Romy 6126 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6125 
Midbass options to consider. 6125 
But what will the neighbors think? 6125 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6125 
Dualing bass 6125 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6125 
To Do It Right? 6125 
This search might be complicated 6125 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6124 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6124 
The big D 6124 
Raising the roof 6124 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6124 
Brownstones? 6124 
Suburban home additions for horns 6124 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6123 
The real-state U-turn? 6123 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6123 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6121 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6121 
Eh, stupid! 6121 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6120 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6120 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6119 
The time alignment scenarios. 6119 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6119 
More Ideas 6119 
Looks like a good solution 6119 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6119 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6116 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6115 
Consider 6114 
People who do general contracting….. 6114 
The throat considerations. 6114 
Make your own 6114 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6114 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6114 
....puzzled with your response.... 6114 
The Great Unknown 6114 
Fourier transform tells the story 6113 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6113 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6113 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6113 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6113 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6111 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6111 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6111 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6111 
Two Mouths 6111 
More ideas and drawbacks 6111 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6111 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6111 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6110 
Layered construction horn 6110 
CNC Snail Horn 6110 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6110 
Time alignment how? 6106 
The ceilings height 6101 
High ceilings 6101 
Shortening a High Room 6101 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6100 
Some roomy links 6100 
Sand damping topologies. 6099 
Tubed sand 6099 
Sandbag damping 6099 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6099 
Automobile solutions 6099 
Auto Former 6098 
The corner loading. 6097 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6095 
6m Basshorn 6095 
Another basement horn. 6095 
Early firing Midbass horn 6095 
Framed, Raised Floors 6095 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6094 
It Is Do-able 6094 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6093 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6093 
CH Audio Design 6092 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6092 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6091 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6091 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6091 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 6090 
Ah, mystery & suspense 6090 
Was it worth it? 6090 
Havering on... 6089 
Main floor pre-load 6088 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 6088 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 6088 
Concrete horn example 6087 
Options, options, options… 6087 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 6087 
Giant litter box 6086 
Sand and Sinagogues 6086 
How to know that floor is the problem? 6086 
Tossing Off a Couple 6086 
The external horns construction ideas 6085 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 6085 
13-step program 6085 
Big horn materials 6084 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 6076 
Another place to pee? 6076 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 6076 
The Afghan Camels 6076 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 6076 
Discretion 6076 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 6076 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 6076 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 6074 
Cost/Benefit 6074 
The perfect built room. 6074 
Shape vs Construction 6074 
The harcore approach 6069 
Another setup with ceiling horns 6068 
Another large horn example 6047 
A first interesting find. 6038 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 6038 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 6037 
Condensation issue's in Boston 6037 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 6037 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 6037 
Demise of the r2000 home 6037 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5978 
Romy, you can stop searching 5943 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5943 
On a more serious note 5943 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5943 
My troubles with direct radiators 5943 
The first interesting arrangement 5942 
Loading Zone 5942 
An interesting room-loading post 5942 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5942 
The tremendous opportunity. 5941 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5941 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5941 
The second American Revolution? 5941 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5941 
The same problem here 5940 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5940 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5940 
It was fairly simple in my case 5940 
I used planks of wood 5940 
To seal or not to seal? 5939 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5939 
I didn't have to seal 5939 
Proper structure stiffening 5939 
What did you find? 5939 
Roger, the Sistering 5939 
I wish it were easier… 5938 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5938 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5938 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5938 
It's not so bad really. 5938 
I hope it would all work out. 5938 
Words vs. Pictures 5938 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5938 
Too soon now. 5938 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5937 
Vibration induced resonances 5937 
This is an interesting one. 5937 
What would be interesting in this room… 5937 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5937 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5937 
Tapped Out 5937 
How about silent blocks? 5937 
Well TH... 5937 
Differential Movement 5937 
Gain and bass 5936 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5936 
My olde listening room. 5935 
Keep ye olde room! 5935 
Fair Warning 5935 
Who know how it will go. 5935 
Progress 5935 
Wise Warning 5935 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5934 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5933 
The Monofication of the midbass 5933 
The corrected room size. 5933 
What impact do open spaces have? 5933 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5933 
Some idea of what will happen 5932 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5932 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5932 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5932 
My five cents 5931 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5931 
Work in progress, on the right path 5931 
When I am in town next 5931 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5930 
I have a miniature of this room 5930 
Another room case study. 5930 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5930 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5930 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5929 
To hide or not to hide. 5925 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5925 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5913 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5912 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5910 
"Boston, you can have it." 5909 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5906 
The all is not so simple. 5906 
Some clarification 5906 
Debugging the upperbass 5906 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5906 
Riding the horn… 5906 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5903 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5898 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5890 
A possible Midbass horn? 5845 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5845 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5845 
The Real Estate tunes... 5526 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4681 
An interesting project 4377 
Another interesting project 4367 
More here 4366 
ALE, Beryllium. 3893 
Images. 3856 
GOTO horns. 3856 
Horn Mouth. 3851 
About 41Hz 3851 
Thanks. 3851 
It is not difficult 3850 
Just right now! 3850 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3850 
Got it. 3850 
5" and 6" 3766 
These bass compression drivers. 3766 
Now I got. 3766 
Specs. 3766 
Those bass drivers .... 3765 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3765 
"Cost" 3756 
I had got it. 3754 
Hearsay 3753 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3458 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3458 
80Hz compression driver. 3457 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3457 
I do not think so. 3457 
Could be interesting though... 3457 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3416 
Just a youtube video... 3286 
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