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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 5987 
Room to Romy 5987 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 5986 
Midbass options to consider. 5986 
But what will the neighbors think? 5986 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 5986 
Dualing bass 5986 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 5986 
To Do It Right? 5986 
This search might be complicated 5986 
The Mendelsohn approach. 5985 
A pool of ideas for now…. 5985 
The big D 5985 
Raising the roof 5985 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 5985 
Brownstones? 5985 
Suburban home additions for horns 5985 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 5984 
The real-state U-turn? 5984 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 5984 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 5982 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 5982 
Eh, stupid! 5982 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 5981 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 5981 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 5980 
The time alignment scenarios. 5980 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 5980 
More Ideas 5980 
Looks like a good solution 5980 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 5980 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 5977 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 5976 
Consider 5975 
People who do general contracting….. 5975 
The throat considerations. 5975 
Make your own 5975 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 5975 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 5975 
....puzzled with your response.... 5975 
The Great Unknown 5975 
Fourier transform tells the story 5974 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 5974 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 5974 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 5974 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 5974 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 5972 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 5972 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 5972 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 5972 
Two Mouths 5972 
More ideas and drawbacks 5972 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 5972 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 5972 
The CNCing? Interesting… 5971 
Layered construction horn 5971 
CNC Snail Horn 5971 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 5971 
Time alignment how? 5967 
The ceilings height 5962 
High ceilings 5962 
Shortening a High Room 5962 
Using of the “High ceilings” 5961 
Some roomy links 5961 
Sand damping topologies. 5960 
Tubed sand 5960 
Sandbag damping 5960 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 5960 
Automobile solutions 5960 
Auto Former 5959 
The corner loading. 5958 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 5956 
6m Basshorn 5956 
Another basement horn. 5956 
Early firing Midbass horn 5956 
Framed, Raised Floors 5956 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 5955 
It Is Do-able 5955 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 5954 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 5954 
CH Audio Design 5953 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 5953 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 5952 
YL1250 - very interesting! 5952 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 5952 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5951 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5951 
Was it worth it? 5951 
Havering on... 5950 
Main floor pre-load 5949 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5949 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5949 
Concrete horn example 5948 
Options, options, options… 5948 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5948 
Giant litter box 5947 
Sand and Sinagogues 5947 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5947 
Tossing Off a Couple 5947 
The external horns construction ideas 5946 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5946 
13-step program 5946 
Big horn materials 5945 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5937 
Another place to pee? 5937 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5937 
The Afghan Camels 5937 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5937 
Discretion 5937 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5937 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5937 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5935 
Cost/Benefit 5935 
The perfect built room. 5935 
Shape vs Construction 5935 
The harcore approach 5930 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5929 
Another large horn example 5908 
A first interesting find. 5899 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5899 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5898 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5898 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5898 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5898 
Demise of the r2000 home 5898 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5839 
Romy, you can stop searching 5804 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5804 
On a more serious note 5804 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5804 
My troubles with direct radiators 5804 
The first interesting arrangement 5803 
Loading Zone 5803 
An interesting room-loading post 5803 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5803 
The tremendous opportunity. 5802 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5802 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5802 
The second American Revolution? 5802 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5802 
The same problem here 5801 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5801 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5801 
It was fairly simple in my case 5801 
I used planks of wood 5801 
To seal or not to seal? 5800 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5800 
I didn't have to seal 5800 
Proper structure stiffening 5800 
What did you find? 5800 
Roger, the Sistering 5800 
I wish it were easier… 5799 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5799 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5799 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5799 
It's not so bad really. 5799 
I hope it would all work out. 5799 
Words vs. Pictures 5799 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5799 
Too soon now. 5799 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5798 
Vibration induced resonances 5798 
This is an interesting one. 5798 
What would be interesting in this room… 5798 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5798 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5798 
Tapped Out 5798 
How about silent blocks? 5798 
Well TH... 5798 
Differential Movement 5798 
Gain and bass 5797 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5797 
My olde listening room. 5796 
Keep ye olde room! 5796 
Fair Warning 5796 
Who know how it will go. 5796 
Progress 5796 
Wise Warning 5796 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5795 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5794 
The Monofication of the midbass 5794 
The corrected room size. 5794 
What impact do open spaces have? 5794 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5794 
Some idea of what will happen 5793 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5793 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5793 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5793 
My five cents 5792 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5792 
Work in progress, on the right path 5792 
When I am in town next 5792 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5791 
I have a miniature of this room 5791 
Another room case study. 5791 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5791 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5791 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5790 
To hide or not to hide. 5786 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5786 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5774 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5773 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5771 
"Boston, you can have it." 5770 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5767 
The all is not so simple. 5767 
Some clarification 5767 
Debugging the upperbass 5767 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5767 
Riding the horn… 5767 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5764 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5759 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5751 
A possible Midbass horn? 5706 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5706 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5706 
The Real Estate tunes... 5387 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4542 
An interesting project 4238 
Another interesting project 4228 
More here 4227 
ALE, Beryllium. 3754 
Images. 3717 
GOTO horns. 3717 
Horn Mouth. 3712 
About 41Hz 3712 
Thanks. 3712 
It is not difficult 3711 
Just right now! 3711 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3711 
Got it. 3711 
5" and 6" 3627 
These bass compression drivers. 3627 
Now I got. 3627 
Specs. 3627 
Those bass drivers .... 3626 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3626 
"Cost" 3617 
I had got it. 3615 
Hearsay 3614 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3319 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3319 
80Hz compression driver. 3318 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3318 
I do not think so. 3318 
Could be interesting though... 3318 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3277 
Just a youtube video... 3147 
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