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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5597 
Encouragement 5596 
The divers testing. 5596 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5595 
Test 5595 
To Wind Up Where? 5595 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5595 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5594 
What Next 5594 
The mid-bass laboratory 5593 
It is a different question. 5593 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5587 
Triangular midbass horns 5587 
Suspending Disbelief 5587 
Some practical strategic considerations 5574 
MB Horns Project 5574 
Another consideration – the cable length 5573 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5573 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5571 
The triangle horns in attic 5571 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5571 
About the triangular horns corners… 5571 
4-sided triangle 5571 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5571 
Bass from behind 5571 
K-Horns 5571 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5571 
The wall-loaded horns? 5571 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5571 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5571 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5571 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5570 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5570 
How does this phase work? 5570 
Some very raw numbers 5570 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5569 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5569 
Mid Bass Project 5569 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5568 
How to drive a long cable. 5565 
Personal Bias 5565 
There were no big red flags 5563 
The Swidish 30Hz 5563 
Who world believe! 5563 
Good news! 5562 
Two open questions. 5561 
Transition piece 5561 
About my horn skeleton. 5561 
Transitions 5561 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5561 
Boston wood guy 5561 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5561 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5561 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5561 
Possible option for fabrication 5560 
It is about softness, stupid. 5560 
Transition Zone 5560 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5560 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5559 
A good modeling software? 5559 
CAD software 5558 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5550 
The "maket" time. 5543 
Maket 5543 
! 5543 
OK, it is this Friday! 5543 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5543 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5543 
The wood source is found 5542 
OK, it is started.... 5540 
Dust to Dust 5540 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5540 
2001 Space Odasy 5540 
Interesting space 5539 
The opened up space. 5539 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5539 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5539 
Rear Chamber Access 5539 
California 5539 
Bass time domain 5539 
2001--2010 5539 
Some answers. 5539 
The Iron Rod 5539 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5539 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5538 
It is that I want. 5538 
Working Tolerances 5538 
The back chamber design 5538 
Very good 5538 
It is true, but…. 5538 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5537 
Here is my mouth. 5537 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5537 
The Fs of AKs 5537 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5537 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5537 
Sail 5537 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5536 
You are wrong. 5536 
The material of displacement plug 5536 
And the driver-winner is… 5536 
Pre-Fab 5536 
The horn will be mounted ... 5536 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5535 
4 Sides + 5535 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5534 
The Solution. 5534 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5534 
An US pomposity complex? 5534 
The back chamber predictions 5534 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5534 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5534 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5534 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5534 
Good Vibrations 5534 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5534 
Horn Thickness 5534 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5534 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5534 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5534 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5534 
Parallel what? 5534 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5533 
Sources 5533 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5533 
Damping materials revisited 5533 
How to finish my midbass horn 5533 
Wallpaper adhesion 5532 
Bright idea 5532 
I do like the brickish finish. 5532 
Venetion slats 5532 
The Ventilation subject. 5532 
How long will it take? 5532 
Insulation and horn mouth 5532 
Insulation et al. 5531 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5531 
GOD MACHINE 5531 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5531 
Ice dams - experience 5531 
Horn as "Room" 5531 
Agreed 5531 
Morons vs. Criminals 5531 
The insulation controversy. 5530 
The Conditioned Space 5530 
Ventilation 5530 
R-Value and Damping Options 5530 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5530 
Back To The Stone Age 5530 
Did you just woke up? 5530 
Yes I looked 5530 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5530 
Knocking the horn. 5530 
The current building plans. 5530 
The ideas needed. 5530 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5529 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5529 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5529 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5529 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5529 
The Stressed Skin 5529 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5529 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5529 
I do not know. 5528 
Status report #.... 5528 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5527 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5527 
It will be more clear with time. 5527 
The insulation… 5527 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5526 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5523 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5523 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5523 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5523 
Where? 5523 
From Center Photo: 5522 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5522 
The Third section argument 5522 
The front baffle. 5520 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5520 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5514 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5507 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5506 
What to do with mouth cover? 5505 
What to wear... 5505 
A lot of work.... 5504 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5501 
Cover/no cover 5500 
Red lights 5500 
Whores? 5500 
The Cat-House 5500 
The Red lights in whorns... 5500 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5500 
Dinner 5499 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5499 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5499 
Access to the bolts 5499 
The first test is comming today. 5498 
Sound impressions? 5498 
Some data, impressions and me. 5498 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5497 
A driver of some sort? 5497 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5497 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5496 
MiniDSP 5496 
Got a test croosover. 5496 
My horn trivia 5496 
Steps rather 5496 
The traps. 5495 
Eventually!!! 5495 
My favorite quote in this post: 5495 
Yep, it was me… 5495 
The second horn is rising… 5495 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5495 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5494 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5494 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5494 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5494 
What am I missing? 5494 
How to do my back chamber. 5494 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5494 
Babysitting the foam 5494 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5494 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5494 
Foam Expansion 5494 
Bite into it 5493 
Getting down with impedance 5493 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5493 
Added mass resonance 5493 
Resonance frequency and mass 5493 
La resistance 5493 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5489 
End of the project plan 5487 
Again, too much work… 5486 
Variable resonances 5486 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5486 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5486 
A word of warning and some comments. 5485 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5483 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5483 
Sanding prep for living 5483 
Too late . 5483 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5483 
Ciare car hifi 5482 
Eighteensound 5482 
The Second major milestone. 5482 
Better to be safe 5481 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5481 
Well That You Are Concerned 5481 
Sliding it in 5481 
2 people job? 5481 
The final few inches 5481 
Think Long and Hard 5481 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5481 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5481 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5481 
How to decupled horn from frame 5481 
Decoupling 5481 
Decoupling II 5480 
Pneumatic? 5480 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5480 
Silent blocks? 5480 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5480 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5480 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5480 
Straps and shocks 5480 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5480 
Weenie 5479 
The horn painting job 5479 
Romy the cork 5479 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5479 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5479 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5479 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5479 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5478 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5478 
Getting hectic. 5478 
Quick stuff job 5478 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5478 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5478 
Jessie, this is funny. 5478 
Toxic lube 5478 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5478 
The back chambers are done. 5477 
67Hz ? 5477 
Can you remind us.... 5477 
Nil risk 5477 
Chemical Wasteland 5477 
Sand. 5477 
Not decoupler but damper. 5477 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5477 
This project is on fire! 5477 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5477 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5477 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5476 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5476 
Monument 5476 
Stuning... 5476 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5476 
Reflections (sound) 5475 
Acrylate 5475 
Shaker interface 5475 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5475 
Surround 5475 
Door trim 5475 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5475 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5475 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5474 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5474 
Insulation 5473 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5473 
Condensation is the problem 5473 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5473 
Insulation 5472 
Monitoring moisture. 5472 
Moisture 5472 
Earlier in This Thread 5472 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5472 
Boots on the Ground 5472 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5472 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5470 
The ego time capsule. 5469 
Temptations!!! 5468 
The first shaking test. 5466 
The very right color. 5466 
Steps 5465 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5465 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5465 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5464 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5464 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5464 
Remote controlled LED 5463 
Giant robot halloween lights 5463 
The horns are officially opened. 5463 
School is in session 5463 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5462 
Horn trauma 5462 
About the foam 5462 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5462 
Cone-foam coupling 5462 
Misbehaving horns. 5462 
Wired 5462 
How to localize the problem 5462 
The possible cause 5462 
Impedance test the way you done it 5462 
The another day of midbass. 5461 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5461 
Let get some practical perspective. 5461 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5461 
Good signs 5461 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5460 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5460 
Ouch!... More please! 5460 
The first thing first. 5460 
Upper bass HP filter 5460 
Wipe Out 5460 
The midbass first. 5459 
The fascinating time 5459 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5458 
Midbass nasal sound 5458 
A new good configuration. 5458 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5457 
The Sliding Scale 5457 
A time for ULF... 5457 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5457 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5457 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5457 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5457 
Yup yup yup yup 5456 
Beringer x-overs 5456 
That is what I was hopping. 5454 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5454 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5453 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5453 
The dark side of all notes 5453 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5453 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5453 
AKA, Servo? 5453 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5452 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5452 
Shaping the Imagination 5452 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5452 
The fun time eventually. 5450 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5447 
Something is not right 5447 
A few howevers, as usually. 5447 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5446 
Talking about the midbass…. 5444 
Something is right. 5442 
Verifying the driver choice 5441 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5441 
The final Midbass 5436 
Official end of the midbass project… 5436 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5436 
…and the few Thanks…. 5435 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5432 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5432 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5432 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5432 
How much more can I let it go? 5427 
The next steps of progress. 5425 
Blurred transients? 5424 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5424 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5424 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5424 
Semantics and other stories 5424 
The 2dB battle…. 5421 
Ok, it is done. 5420 
Large vs. small. 5417 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5414 
Modesty 5404 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5393 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5355 
Environmental inspection. 5341 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5293 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5292 
Honk idea... 5289 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5274 
Obstetrician 5273 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5269 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5179 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5088 
To hear my midbass horn? 5025 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4936 
Mahler sound 4936 
Default properly balanced sound. 4936 
Will horns make the difference? 4935 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4935 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4668 
What could I say? 4645 
Dissonant use 4645 
Sell "as is" 4641 
There won't be a need for it 4639 
Congratulations 4639 
A grander scheme in mind… 4639 
The mind boggles ... 4638 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4638 
Selling argument 4632 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4488 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4488 
Simulated suspension evolution 4488 
Humidity 4488 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4487 
Recharging the Alnico 4487 
How nice! 4487 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4487 
Planning and wishing.. 4487 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4487 
What was absolute wonderful… 4487 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4487 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4486 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4485 
It looks like how it works 4485 
The end 3415 
Many share 3415 
A new house --- again 3194 
Vitavox 15/40 2697 
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