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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 5895 
Room to Romy 5895 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 5894 
Midbass options to consider. 5894 
But what will the neighbors think? 5894 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 5894 
Dualing bass 5894 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 5894 
To Do It Right? 5894 
This search might be complicated 5894 
The Mendelsohn approach. 5893 
A pool of ideas for now…. 5893 
The big D 5893 
Raising the roof 5893 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 5893 
Brownstones? 5893 
Suburban home additions for horns 5893 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 5892 
The real-state U-turn? 5892 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 5892 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 5890 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 5890 
Eh, stupid! 5890 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 5889 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 5889 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 5888 
The time alignment scenarios. 5888 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 5888 
More Ideas 5888 
Looks like a good solution 5888 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 5888 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 5885 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 5884 
Consider 5883 
People who do general contracting….. 5883 
The throat considerations. 5883 
Make your own 5883 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 5883 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 5883 
....puzzled with your response.... 5883 
The Great Unknown 5883 
Fourier transform tells the story 5882 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 5882 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 5882 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 5882 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 5882 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 5880 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 5880 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 5880 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 5880 
Two Mouths 5880 
More ideas and drawbacks 5880 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 5880 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 5880 
The CNCing? Interesting… 5879 
Layered construction horn 5879 
CNC Snail Horn 5879 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 5879 
Time alignment how? 5875 
The ceilings height 5870 
High ceilings 5870 
Shortening a High Room 5870 
Using of the “High ceilings” 5869 
Some roomy links 5869 
Sand damping topologies. 5868 
Tubed sand 5868 
Sandbag damping 5868 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 5868 
Automobile solutions 5868 
Auto Former 5867 
The corner loading. 5866 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 5864 
6m Basshorn 5864 
Another basement horn. 5864 
Early firing Midbass horn 5864 
Framed, Raised Floors 5864 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 5863 
It Is Do-able 5863 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 5862 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 5862 
CH Audio Design 5861 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 5861 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 5860 
YL1250 - very interesting! 5860 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 5860 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5859 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5859 
Was it worth it? 5859 
Havering on... 5858 
Main floor pre-load 5857 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5857 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5857 
Concrete horn example 5856 
Options, options, options… 5856 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5856 
Giant litter box 5855 
Sand and Sinagogues 5855 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5855 
Tossing Off a Couple 5855 
The external horns construction ideas 5854 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5854 
13-step program 5854 
Big horn materials 5853 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5845 
Another place to pee? 5845 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5845 
The Afghan Camels 5845 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5845 
Discretion 5845 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5845 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5845 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5843 
Cost/Benefit 5843 
The perfect built room. 5843 
Shape vs Construction 5843 
The harcore approach 5838 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5837 
Another large horn example 5816 
A first interesting find. 5807 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5807 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5806 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5806 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5806 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5806 
Demise of the r2000 home 5806 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5747 
Romy, you can stop searching 5712 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5712 
On a more serious note 5712 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5712 
My troubles with direct radiators 5712 
The first interesting arrangement 5711 
Loading Zone 5711 
An interesting room-loading post 5711 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5711 
The tremendous opportunity. 5710 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5710 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5710 
The second American Revolution? 5710 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5710 
The same problem here 5709 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5709 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5709 
It was fairly simple in my case 5709 
I used planks of wood 5709 
To seal or not to seal? 5708 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5708 
I didn't have to seal 5708 
Proper structure stiffening 5708 
What did you find? 5708 
Roger, the Sistering 5708 
I wish it were easier… 5707 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5707 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5707 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5707 
It's not so bad really. 5707 
I hope it would all work out. 5707 
Words vs. Pictures 5707 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5707 
Too soon now. 5707 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5706 
Vibration induced resonances 5706 
This is an interesting one. 5706 
What would be interesting in this room… 5706 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5706 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5706 
Tapped Out 5706 
How about silent blocks? 5706 
Well TH... 5706 
Differential Movement 5706 
Gain and bass 5705 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5705 
My olde listening room. 5704 
Keep ye olde room! 5704 
Fair Warning 5704 
Who know how it will go. 5704 
Progress 5704 
Wise Warning 5704 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5703 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5702 
The Monofication of the midbass 5702 
The corrected room size. 5702 
What impact do open spaces have? 5702 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5702 
Some idea of what will happen 5701 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5701 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5701 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5701 
My five cents 5700 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5700 
Work in progress, on the right path 5700 
When I am in town next 5700 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5699 
I have a miniature of this room 5699 
Another room case study. 5699 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5699 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5699 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5698 
To hide or not to hide. 5694 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5694 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5682 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5681 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5679 
"Boston, you can have it." 5678 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5675 
The all is not so simple. 5675 
Some clarification 5675 
Debugging the upperbass 5675 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5675 
Riding the horn… 5675 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5672 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5667 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5659 
A possible Midbass horn? 5614 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5614 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5614 
The Real Estate tunes... 5295 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4450 
An interesting project 4146 
Another interesting project 4136 
More here 4135 
ALE, Beryllium. 3662 
Images. 3625 
GOTO horns. 3625 
Horn Mouth. 3620 
About 41Hz 3620 
Thanks. 3620 
It is not difficult 3619 
Just right now! 3619 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3619 
Got it. 3619 
5" and 6" 3535 
These bass compression drivers. 3535 
Now I got. 3535 
Specs. 3535 
Those bass drivers .... 3534 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3534 
"Cost" 3525 
I had got it. 3523 
Hearsay 3522 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3227 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3227 
80Hz compression driver. 3226 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3226 
I do not think so. 3226 
Could be interesting though... 3226 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3185 
Just a youtube video... 3055 
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