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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5505 
Encouragement 5504 
The divers testing. 5504 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5503 
Test 5503 
To Wind Up Where? 5503 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5503 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5502 
What Next 5502 
The mid-bass laboratory 5501 
It is a different question. 5501 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5495 
Triangular midbass horns 5495 
Suspending Disbelief 5495 
Some practical strategic considerations 5482 
MB Horns Project 5482 
Another consideration – the cable length 5481 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5481 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5479 
The triangle horns in attic 5479 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5479 
About the triangular horns corners… 5479 
4-sided triangle 5479 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5479 
Bass from behind 5479 
K-Horns 5479 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5479 
The wall-loaded horns? 5479 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5479 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5479 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5479 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5478 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5478 
How does this phase work? 5478 
Some very raw numbers 5478 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5477 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5477 
Mid Bass Project 5477 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5476 
How to drive a long cable. 5473 
Personal Bias 5473 
There were no big red flags 5471 
The Swidish 30Hz 5471 
Who world believe! 5471 
Good news! 5470 
Two open questions. 5469 
Transition piece 5469 
About my horn skeleton. 5469 
Transitions 5469 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5469 
Boston wood guy 5469 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5469 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5469 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5469 
Possible option for fabrication 5468 
It is about softness, stupid. 5468 
Transition Zone 5468 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5468 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5467 
A good modeling software? 5467 
CAD software 5466 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5458 
The "maket" time. 5451 
Maket 5451 
! 5451 
OK, it is this Friday! 5451 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5451 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5451 
The wood source is found 5450 
OK, it is started.... 5448 
Dust to Dust 5448 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5448 
2001 Space Odasy 5448 
Interesting space 5447 
The opened up space. 5447 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5447 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5447 
Rear Chamber Access 5447 
California 5447 
Bass time domain 5447 
2001--2010 5447 
Some answers. 5447 
The Iron Rod 5447 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5447 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5446 
It is that I want. 5446 
Working Tolerances 5446 
The back chamber design 5446 
Very good 5446 
It is true, but…. 5446 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5445 
Here is my mouth. 5445 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5445 
The Fs of AKs 5445 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5445 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5445 
Sail 5445 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5444 
You are wrong. 5444 
The material of displacement plug 5444 
And the driver-winner is… 5444 
Pre-Fab 5444 
The horn will be mounted ... 5444 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5443 
4 Sides + 5443 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5442 
The Solution. 5442 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5442 
An US pomposity complex? 5442 
The back chamber predictions 5442 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5442 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5442 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5442 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5442 
Good Vibrations 5442 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5442 
Horn Thickness 5442 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5442 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5442 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5442 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5442 
Parallel what? 5442 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5441 
Sources 5441 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5441 
Damping materials revisited 5441 
How to finish my midbass horn 5441 
Wallpaper adhesion 5440 
Bright idea 5440 
I do like the brickish finish. 5440 
Venetion slats 5440 
The Ventilation subject. 5440 
How long will it take? 5440 
Insulation and horn mouth 5440 
Insulation et al. 5439 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5439 
GOD MACHINE 5439 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5439 
Ice dams - experience 5439 
Horn as "Room" 5439 
Agreed 5439 
Morons vs. Criminals 5439 
The insulation controversy. 5438 
The Conditioned Space 5438 
Ventilation 5438 
R-Value and Damping Options 5438 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5438 
Back To The Stone Age 5438 
Did you just woke up? 5438 
Yes I looked 5438 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5438 
Knocking the horn. 5438 
The current building plans. 5438 
The ideas needed. 5438 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5437 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5437 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5437 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5437 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5437 
The Stressed Skin 5437 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5437 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5437 
I do not know. 5436 
Status report #.... 5436 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5435 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5435 
It will be more clear with time. 5435 
The insulation… 5435 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5434 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5431 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5431 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5431 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5431 
Where? 5431 
From Center Photo: 5430 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5430 
The Third section argument 5430 
The front baffle. 5428 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5428 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5422 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5415 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5414 
What to do with mouth cover? 5413 
What to wear... 5413 
A lot of work.... 5412 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5409 
Cover/no cover 5408 
Red lights 5408 
Whores? 5408 
The Cat-House 5408 
The Red lights in whorns... 5408 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5408 
Dinner 5407 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5407 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5407 
Access to the bolts 5407 
The first test is comming today. 5406 
Sound impressions? 5406 
Some data, impressions and me. 5406 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5405 
A driver of some sort? 5405 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5405 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5404 
MiniDSP 5404 
Got a test croosover. 5404 
My horn trivia 5404 
Steps rather 5404 
The traps. 5403 
Eventually!!! 5403 
My favorite quote in this post: 5403 
Yep, it was me… 5403 
The second horn is rising… 5403 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5403 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5402 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5402 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5402 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5402 
What am I missing? 5402 
How to do my back chamber. 5402 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5402 
Babysitting the foam 5402 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5402 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5402 
Foam Expansion 5402 
Bite into it 5401 
Getting down with impedance 5401 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5401 
Added mass resonance 5401 
Resonance frequency and mass 5401 
La resistance 5401 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5397 
End of the project plan 5395 
Again, too much work… 5394 
Variable resonances 5394 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5394 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5394 
A word of warning and some comments. 5393 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5391 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5391 
Sanding prep for living 5391 
Too late . 5391 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5391 
Ciare car hifi 5390 
Eighteensound 5390 
The Second major milestone. 5390 
Better to be safe 5389 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5389 
Well That You Are Concerned 5389 
Sliding it in 5389 
2 people job? 5389 
The final few inches 5389 
Think Long and Hard 5389 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5389 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5389 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5389 
How to decupled horn from frame 5389 
Decoupling 5389 
Decoupling II 5388 
Pneumatic? 5388 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5388 
Silent blocks? 5388 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5388 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5388 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5388 
Straps and shocks 5388 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5388 
Weenie 5387 
The horn painting job 5387 
Romy the cork 5387 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5387 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5387 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5387 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5387 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5386 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5386 
Getting hectic. 5386 
Quick stuff job 5386 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5386 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5386 
Jessie, this is funny. 5386 
Toxic lube 5386 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5386 
The back chambers are done. 5385 
67Hz ? 5385 
Can you remind us.... 5385 
Nil risk 5385 
Chemical Wasteland 5385 
Sand. 5385 
Not decoupler but damper. 5385 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5385 
This project is on fire! 5385 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5385 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5385 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5384 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5384 
Monument 5384 
Stuning... 5384 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5384 
Reflections (sound) 5383 
Acrylate 5383 
Shaker interface 5383 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5383 
Surround 5383 
Door trim 5383 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5383 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5383 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5382 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5382 
Insulation 5381 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5381 
Condensation is the problem 5381 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5381 
Insulation 5380 
Monitoring moisture. 5380 
Moisture 5380 
Earlier in This Thread 5380 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5380 
Boots on the Ground 5380 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5380 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5378 
The ego time capsule. 5377 
Temptations!!! 5376 
The first shaking test. 5374 
The very right color. 5374 
Steps 5373 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5373 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5373 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5372 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5372 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5372 
Remote controlled LED 5371 
Giant robot halloween lights 5371 
The horns are officially opened. 5371 
School is in session 5371 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5370 
Horn trauma 5370 
About the foam 5370 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5370 
Cone-foam coupling 5370 
Misbehaving horns. 5370 
Wired 5370 
How to localize the problem 5370 
The possible cause 5370 
Impedance test the way you done it 5370 
The another day of midbass. 5369 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5369 
Let get some practical perspective. 5369 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5369 
Good signs 5369 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5368 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5368 
Ouch!... More please! 5368 
The first thing first. 5368 
Upper bass HP filter 5368 
Wipe Out 5368 
The midbass first. 5367 
The fascinating time 5367 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5366 
Midbass nasal sound 5366 
A new good configuration. 5366 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5365 
The Sliding Scale 5365 
A time for ULF... 5365 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5365 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5365 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5365 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5365 
Yup yup yup yup 5364 
Beringer x-overs 5364 
That is what I was hopping. 5362 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5362 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5361 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5361 
The dark side of all notes 5361 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5361 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5361 
AKA, Servo? 5361 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5360 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5360 
Shaping the Imagination 5360 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5360 
The fun time eventually. 5358 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5355 
Something is not right 5355 
A few howevers, as usually. 5355 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5354 
Talking about the midbass…. 5352 
Something is right. 5350 
Verifying the driver choice 5349 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5349 
The final Midbass 5344 
Official end of the midbass project… 5344 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5344 
…and the few Thanks…. 5343 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5340 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5340 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5340 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5340 
How much more can I let it go? 5335 
The next steps of progress. 5333 
Blurred transients? 5332 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5332 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5332 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5332 
Semantics and other stories 5332 
The 2dB battle…. 5329 
Ok, it is done. 5328 
Large vs. small. 5325 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5322 
Modesty 5312 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5301 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5263 
Environmental inspection. 5249 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5201 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5200 
Honk idea... 5197 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5182 
Obstetrician 5181 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5177 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5087 
The midbass channel. A year later. 4996 
To hear my midbass horn? 4933 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4844 
Mahler sound 4844 
Default properly balanced sound. 4844 
Will horns make the difference? 4843 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4843 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4576 
What could I say? 4553 
Dissonant use 4553 
Sell "as is" 4549 
There won't be a need for it 4547 
Congratulations 4547 
A grander scheme in mind… 4547 
The mind boggles ... 4546 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4546 
Selling argument 4540 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4396 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4396 
Simulated suspension evolution 4396 
Humidity 4396 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4395 
Recharging the Alnico 4395 
How nice! 4395 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4395 
Planning and wishing.. 4395 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4395 
What was absolute wonderful… 4395 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4395 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4394 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4393 
It looks like how it works 4393 
The end 3323 
Many share 3323 
A new house --- again 3102 
Vitavox 15/40 2605 
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