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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5552 
Encouragement 5551 
The divers testing. 5551 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5550 
Test 5550 
To Wind Up Where? 5550 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5550 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5549 
What Next 5549 
The mid-bass laboratory 5548 
It is a different question. 5548 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5542 
Triangular midbass horns 5542 
Suspending Disbelief 5542 
Some practical strategic considerations 5529 
MB Horns Project 5529 
Another consideration – the cable length 5528 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5528 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5526 
The triangle horns in attic 5526 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5526 
About the triangular horns corners… 5526 
4-sided triangle 5526 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5526 
Bass from behind 5526 
K-Horns 5526 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5526 
The wall-loaded horns? 5526 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5526 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5526 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5526 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5525 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5525 
How does this phase work? 5525 
Some very raw numbers 5525 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5524 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5524 
Mid Bass Project 5524 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5523 
How to drive a long cable. 5520 
Personal Bias 5520 
There were no big red flags 5518 
The Swidish 30Hz 5518 
Who world believe! 5518 
Good news! 5517 
Two open questions. 5516 
Transition piece 5516 
About my horn skeleton. 5516 
Transitions 5516 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5516 
Boston wood guy 5516 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5516 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5516 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5516 
Possible option for fabrication 5515 
It is about softness, stupid. 5515 
Transition Zone 5515 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5515 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5514 
A good modeling software? 5514 
CAD software 5513 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5505 
The "maket" time. 5498 
Maket 5498 
! 5498 
OK, it is this Friday! 5498 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5498 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5498 
The wood source is found 5497 
OK, it is started.... 5495 
Dust to Dust 5495 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5495 
2001 Space Odasy 5495 
Interesting space 5494 
The opened up space. 5494 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5494 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5494 
Rear Chamber Access 5494 
California 5494 
Bass time domain 5494 
2001--2010 5494 
Some answers. 5494 
The Iron Rod 5494 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5494 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5493 
It is that I want. 5493 
Working Tolerances 5493 
The back chamber design 5493 
Very good 5493 
It is true, but…. 5493 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5492 
Here is my mouth. 5492 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5492 
The Fs of AKs 5492 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5492 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5492 
Sail 5492 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5491 
You are wrong. 5491 
The material of displacement plug 5491 
And the driver-winner is… 5491 
Pre-Fab 5491 
The horn will be mounted ... 5491 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5490 
4 Sides + 5490 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5489 
The Solution. 5489 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5489 
An US pomposity complex? 5489 
The back chamber predictions 5489 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5489 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5489 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5489 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5489 
Good Vibrations 5489 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5489 
Horn Thickness 5489 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5489 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5489 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5489 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5489 
Parallel what? 5489 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5488 
Sources 5488 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5488 
Damping materials revisited 5488 
How to finish my midbass horn 5488 
Wallpaper adhesion 5487 
Bright idea 5487 
I do like the brickish finish. 5487 
Venetion slats 5487 
The Ventilation subject. 5487 
How long will it take? 5487 
Insulation and horn mouth 5487 
Insulation et al. 5486 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5486 
GOD MACHINE 5486 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5486 
Ice dams - experience 5486 
Horn as "Room" 5486 
Agreed 5486 
Morons vs. Criminals 5486 
The insulation controversy. 5485 
The Conditioned Space 5485 
Ventilation 5485 
R-Value and Damping Options 5485 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5485 
Back To The Stone Age 5485 
Did you just woke up? 5485 
Yes I looked 5485 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5485 
Knocking the horn. 5485 
The current building plans. 5485 
The ideas needed. 5485 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5484 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5484 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5484 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5484 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5484 
The Stressed Skin 5484 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5484 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5484 
I do not know. 5483 
Status report #.... 5483 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5482 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5482 
It will be more clear with time. 5482 
The insulation… 5482 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5481 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5478 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5478 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5478 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5478 
Where? 5478 
From Center Photo: 5477 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5477 
The Third section argument 5477 
The front baffle. 5475 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5475 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5469 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5462 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5461 
What to do with mouth cover? 5460 
What to wear... 5460 
A lot of work.... 5459 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5456 
Cover/no cover 5455 
Red lights 5455 
Whores? 5455 
The Cat-House 5455 
The Red lights in whorns... 5455 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5455 
Dinner 5454 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5454 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5454 
Access to the bolts 5454 
The first test is comming today. 5453 
Sound impressions? 5453 
Some data, impressions and me. 5453 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5452 
A driver of some sort? 5452 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5452 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5451 
MiniDSP 5451 
Got a test croosover. 5451 
My horn trivia 5451 
Steps rather 5451 
The traps. 5450 
Eventually!!! 5450 
My favorite quote in this post: 5450 
Yep, it was me… 5450 
The second horn is rising… 5450 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5450 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5449 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5449 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5449 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5449 
What am I missing? 5449 
How to do my back chamber. 5449 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5449 
Babysitting the foam 5449 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5449 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5449 
Foam Expansion 5449 
Bite into it 5448 
Getting down with impedance 5448 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5448 
Added mass resonance 5448 
Resonance frequency and mass 5448 
La resistance 5448 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5444 
End of the project plan 5442 
Again, too much work… 5441 
Variable resonances 5441 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5441 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5441 
A word of warning and some comments. 5440 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5438 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5438 
Sanding prep for living 5438 
Too late . 5438 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5438 
Ciare car hifi 5437 
Eighteensound 5437 
The Second major milestone. 5437 
Better to be safe 5436 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5436 
Well That You Are Concerned 5436 
Sliding it in 5436 
2 people job? 5436 
The final few inches 5436 
Think Long and Hard 5436 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5436 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5436 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5436 
How to decupled horn from frame 5436 
Decoupling 5436 
Decoupling II 5435 
Pneumatic? 5435 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5435 
Silent blocks? 5435 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5435 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5435 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5435 
Straps and shocks 5435 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5435 
Weenie 5434 
The horn painting job 5434 
Romy the cork 5434 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5434 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5434 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5434 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5434 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5433 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5433 
Getting hectic. 5433 
Quick stuff job 5433 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5433 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5433 
Jessie, this is funny. 5433 
Toxic lube 5433 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5433 
The back chambers are done. 5432 
67Hz ? 5432 
Can you remind us.... 5432 
Nil risk 5432 
Chemical Wasteland 5432 
Sand. 5432 
Not decoupler but damper. 5432 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5432 
This project is on fire! 5432 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5432 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5432 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5431 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5431 
Monument 5431 
Stuning... 5431 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5431 
Reflections (sound) 5430 
Acrylate 5430 
Shaker interface 5430 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5430 
Surround 5430 
Door trim 5430 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5430 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5430 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5429 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5429 
Insulation 5428 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5428 
Condensation is the problem 5428 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5428 
Insulation 5427 
Monitoring moisture. 5427 
Moisture 5427 
Earlier in This Thread 5427 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5427 
Boots on the Ground 5427 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5427 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5425 
The ego time capsule. 5424 
Temptations!!! 5423 
The first shaking test. 5421 
The very right color. 5421 
Steps 5420 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5420 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5420 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5419 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5419 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5419 
Remote controlled LED 5418 
Giant robot halloween lights 5418 
The horns are officially opened. 5418 
School is in session 5418 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5417 
Horn trauma 5417 
About the foam 5417 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5417 
Cone-foam coupling 5417 
Misbehaving horns. 5417 
Wired 5417 
How to localize the problem 5417 
The possible cause 5417 
Impedance test the way you done it 5417 
The another day of midbass. 5416 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5416 
Let get some practical perspective. 5416 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5416 
Good signs 5416 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5415 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5415 
Ouch!... More please! 5415 
The first thing first. 5415 
Upper bass HP filter 5415 
Wipe Out 5415 
The midbass first. 5414 
The fascinating time 5414 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5413 
Midbass nasal sound 5413 
A new good configuration. 5413 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5412 
The Sliding Scale 5412 
A time for ULF... 5412 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5412 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5412 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5412 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5412 
Yup yup yup yup 5411 
Beringer x-overs 5411 
That is what I was hopping. 5409 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5409 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5408 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5408 
The dark side of all notes 5408 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5408 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5408 
AKA, Servo? 5408 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5407 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5407 
Shaping the Imagination 5407 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5407 
The fun time eventually. 5405 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5402 
Something is not right 5402 
A few howevers, as usually. 5402 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5401 
Talking about the midbass…. 5399 
Something is right. 5397 
Verifying the driver choice 5396 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5396 
The final Midbass 5391 
Official end of the midbass project… 5391 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5391 
…and the few Thanks…. 5390 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5387 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5387 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5387 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5387 
How much more can I let it go? 5382 
The next steps of progress. 5380 
Blurred transients? 5379 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5379 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5379 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5379 
Semantics and other stories 5379 
The 2dB battle…. 5376 
Ok, it is done. 5375 
Large vs. small. 5372 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5369 
Modesty 5359 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5348 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5310 
Environmental inspection. 5296 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5248 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5247 
Honk idea... 5244 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5229 
Obstetrician 5228 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5224 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5134 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5043 
To hear my midbass horn? 4980 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4891 
Mahler sound 4891 
Default properly balanced sound. 4891 
Will horns make the difference? 4890 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4890 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4623 
What could I say? 4600 
Dissonant use 4600 
Sell "as is" 4596 
There won't be a need for it 4594 
Congratulations 4594 
A grander scheme in mind… 4594 
The mind boggles ... 4593 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4593 
Selling argument 4587 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4443 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4443 
Simulated suspension evolution 4443 
Humidity 4443 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4442 
Recharging the Alnico 4442 
How nice! 4442 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4442 
Planning and wishing.. 4442 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4442 
What was absolute wonderful… 4442 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4442 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4441 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4440 
It looks like how it works 4440 
The end 3370 
Many share 3370 
A new house --- again 3149 
Vitavox 15/40 2652 
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