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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5958 
Encouragement 5957 
The divers testing. 5957 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5956 
Test 5956 
To Wind Up Where? 5956 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5956 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5955 
What Next 5955 
The mid-bass laboratory 5954 
It is a different question. 5954 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5948 
Triangular midbass horns 5948 
Suspending Disbelief 5948 
Some practical strategic considerations 5935 
MB Horns Project 5935 
Another consideration – the cable length 5934 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5934 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5932 
The triangle horns in attic 5932 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5932 
About the triangular horns corners… 5932 
4-sided triangle 5932 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5932 
Bass from behind 5932 
K-Horns 5932 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5932 
The wall-loaded horns? 5932 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5932 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5932 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5932 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5931 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5931 
How does this phase work? 5931 
Some very raw numbers 5931 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5930 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5930 
Mid Bass Project 5930 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5929 
How to drive a long cable. 5926 
Personal Bias 5926 
There were no big red flags 5924 
The Swidish 30Hz 5924 
Who world believe! 5924 
Good news! 5923 
Two open questions. 5922 
Transition piece 5922 
About my horn skeleton. 5922 
Transitions 5922 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5922 
Boston wood guy 5922 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5922 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5922 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5922 
Possible option for fabrication 5921 
It is about softness, stupid. 5921 
Transition Zone 5921 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5921 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5920 
A good modeling software? 5920 
CAD software 5919 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5911 
The "maket" time. 5904 
Maket 5904 
! 5904 
OK, it is this Friday! 5904 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5904 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5904 
The wood source is found 5903 
OK, it is started.... 5901 
Dust to Dust 5901 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5901 
2001 Space Odasy 5901 
Interesting space 5900 
The opened up space. 5900 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5900 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5900 
Rear Chamber Access 5900 
California 5900 
Bass time domain 5900 
2001--2010 5900 
Some answers. 5900 
The Iron Rod 5900 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5900 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5899 
It is that I want. 5899 
Working Tolerances 5899 
The back chamber design 5899 
Very good 5899 
It is true, but…. 5899 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5898 
Here is my mouth. 5898 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5898 
The Fs of AKs 5898 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5898 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5898 
Sail 5898 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5897 
You are wrong. 5897 
The material of displacement plug 5897 
And the driver-winner is… 5897 
Pre-Fab 5897 
The horn will be mounted ... 5897 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5896 
4 Sides + 5896 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5895 
The Solution. 5895 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5895 
An US pomposity complex? 5895 
The back chamber predictions 5895 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5895 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5895 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5895 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5895 
Good Vibrations 5895 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5895 
Horn Thickness 5895 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5895 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5895 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5895 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5895 
Parallel what? 5895 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5894 
Sources 5894 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5894 
Damping materials revisited 5894 
How to finish my midbass horn 5894 
Wallpaper adhesion 5893 
Bright idea 5893 
I do like the brickish finish. 5893 
Venetion slats 5893 
The Ventilation subject. 5893 
How long will it take? 5893 
Insulation and horn mouth 5893 
Insulation et al. 5892 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5892 
GOD MACHINE 5892 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5892 
Ice dams - experience 5892 
Horn as "Room" 5892 
Agreed 5892 
Morons vs. Criminals 5892 
The insulation controversy. 5891 
The Conditioned Space 5891 
Ventilation 5891 
R-Value and Damping Options 5891 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5891 
Back To The Stone Age 5891 
Did you just woke up? 5891 
Yes I looked 5891 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5891 
Knocking the horn. 5891 
The current building plans. 5891 
The ideas needed. 5891 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5890 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5890 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5890 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5890 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5890 
The Stressed Skin 5890 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5890 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5890 
I do not know. 5889 
Status report #.... 5889 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5888 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5888 
It will be more clear with time. 5888 
The insulation… 5888 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5887 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5884 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5884 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5884 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5884 
Where? 5884 
From Center Photo: 5883 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5883 
The Third section argument 5883 
The front baffle. 5881 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5881 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5875 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5868 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5867 
What to do with mouth cover? 5866 
What to wear... 5866 
A lot of work.... 5865 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5862 
Cover/no cover 5861 
Red lights 5861 
Whores? 5861 
The Cat-House 5861 
The Red lights in whorns... 5861 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5861 
Dinner 5860 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5860 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5860 
Access to the bolts 5860 
The first test is comming today. 5859 
Sound impressions? 5859 
Some data, impressions and me. 5859 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5858 
A driver of some sort? 5858 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5858 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5857 
MiniDSP 5857 
Got a test croosover. 5857 
My horn trivia 5857 
Steps rather 5857 
The traps. 5856 
Eventually!!! 5856 
My favorite quote in this post: 5856 
Yep, it was me… 5856 
The second horn is rising… 5856 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5856 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5855 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5855 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5855 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5855 
What am I missing? 5855 
How to do my back chamber. 5855 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5855 
Babysitting the foam 5855 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5855 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5855 
Foam Expansion 5855 
Bite into it 5854 
Getting down with impedance 5854 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5854 
Added mass resonance 5854 
Resonance frequency and mass 5854 
La resistance 5854 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5850 
End of the project plan 5848 
Again, too much work… 5847 
Variable resonances 5847 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5847 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5847 
A word of warning and some comments. 5846 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5844 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5844 
Sanding prep for living 5844 
Too late . 5844 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5844 
Ciare car hifi 5843 
Eighteensound 5843 
The Second major milestone. 5843 
Better to be safe 5842 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5842 
Well That You Are Concerned 5842 
Sliding it in 5842 
2 people job? 5842 
The final few inches 5842 
Think Long and Hard 5842 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5842 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5842 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5842 
How to decupled horn from frame 5842 
Decoupling 5842 
Decoupling II 5841 
Pneumatic? 5841 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5841 
Silent blocks? 5841 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5841 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5841 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5841 
Straps and shocks 5841 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5841 
Weenie 5840 
The horn painting job 5840 
Romy the cork 5840 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5840 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5840 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5840 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5840 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5839 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5839 
Getting hectic. 5839 
Quick stuff job 5839 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5839 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5839 
Jessie, this is funny. 5839 
Toxic lube 5839 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5839 
The back chambers are done. 5838 
67Hz ? 5838 
Can you remind us.... 5838 
Nil risk 5838 
Chemical Wasteland 5838 
Sand. 5838 
Not decoupler but damper. 5838 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5838 
This project is on fire! 5838 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5838 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5838 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5837 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5837 
Monument 5837 
Stuning... 5837 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5837 
Reflections (sound) 5836 
Acrylate 5836 
Shaker interface 5836 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5836 
Surround 5836 
Door trim 5836 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5836 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5836 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5835 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5835 
Insulation 5834 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5834 
Condensation is the problem 5834 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5834 
Insulation 5833 
Monitoring moisture. 5833 
Moisture 5833 
Earlier in This Thread 5833 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5833 
Boots on the Ground 5833 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5833 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5831 
The ego time capsule. 5830 
Temptations!!! 5829 
The first shaking test. 5827 
The very right color. 5827 
Steps 5826 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5826 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5826 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5825 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5825 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5825 
Remote controlled LED 5824 
Giant robot halloween lights 5824 
The horns are officially opened. 5824 
School is in session 5824 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5823 
Horn trauma 5823 
About the foam 5823 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5823 
Cone-foam coupling 5823 
Misbehaving horns. 5823 
Wired 5823 
How to localize the problem 5823 
The possible cause 5823 
Impedance test the way you done it 5823 
The another day of midbass. 5822 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5822 
Let get some practical perspective. 5822 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5822 
Good signs 5822 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5821 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5821 
Ouch!... More please! 5821 
The first thing first. 5821 
Upper bass HP filter 5821 
Wipe Out 5821 
The midbass first. 5820 
The fascinating time 5820 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5819 
Midbass nasal sound 5819 
A new good configuration. 5819 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5818 
The Sliding Scale 5818 
A time for ULF... 5818 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5818 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5818 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5818 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5818 
Yup yup yup yup 5817 
Beringer x-overs 5817 
That is what I was hopping. 5815 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5815 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5814 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5814 
The dark side of all notes 5814 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5814 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5814 
AKA, Servo? 5814 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5813 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5813 
Shaping the Imagination 5813 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5813 
The fun time eventually. 5811 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5808 
Something is not right 5808 
A few howevers, as usually. 5808 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5807 
Talking about the midbass…. 5805 
Something is right. 5803 
Verifying the driver choice 5802 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5802 
The final Midbass 5797 
Official end of the midbass project… 5797 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5797 
…and the few Thanks…. 5796 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5793 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5793 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5793 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5793 
How much more can I let it go? 5788 
The next steps of progress. 5786 
Blurred transients? 5785 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5785 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5785 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5785 
Semantics and other stories 5785 
The 2dB battle…. 5782 
Ok, it is done. 5781 
Large vs. small. 5778 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5775 
Modesty 5765 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5754 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5716 
Environmental inspection. 5702 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5654 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5653 
Honk idea... 5650 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5635 
Obstetrician 5634 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5630 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5540 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5449 
To hear my midbass horn? 5386 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5297 
Mahler sound 5297 
Default properly balanced sound. 5297 
Will horns make the difference? 5296 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5296 
Surprising and Interesting development … 5029 
What could I say? 5006 
Dissonant use 5006 
Sell "as is" 5002 
There won't be a need for it 5000 
Congratulations 5000 
A grander scheme in mind… 5000 
The mind boggles ... 4999 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4999 
Selling argument 4993 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4849 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4849 
Simulated suspension evolution 4849 
Humidity 4849 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4848 
Recharging the Alnico 4848 
How nice! 4848 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4848 
Planning and wishing.. 4848 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4848 
What was absolute wonderful… 4848 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4848 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4847 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4846 
It looks like how it works 4846 
The end 3776 
Many share 3776 
A new house --- again 3555 
Vitavox 15/40 3058 
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