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Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5867 
Encouragement 5866 
The divers testing. 5866 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5865 
Test 5865 
To Wind Up Where? 5865 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5865 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5864 
What Next 5864 
The mid-bass laboratory 5863 
It is a different question. 5863 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5857 
Triangular midbass horns 5857 
Suspending Disbelief 5857 
Some practical strategic considerations 5844 
MB Horns Project 5844 
Another consideration – the cable length 5843 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5843 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5841 
The triangle horns in attic 5841 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5841 
About the triangular horns corners… 5841 
4-sided triangle 5841 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5841 
Bass from behind 5841 
K-Horns 5841 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5841 
The wall-loaded horns? 5841 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5841 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5841 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5841 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5840 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5840 
How does this phase work? 5840 
Some very raw numbers 5840 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5839 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5839 
Mid Bass Project 5839 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5838 
How to drive a long cable. 5835 
Personal Bias 5835 
There were no big red flags 5833 
The Swidish 30Hz 5833 
Who world believe! 5833 
Good news! 5832 
Two open questions. 5831 
Transition piece 5831 
About my horn skeleton. 5831 
Transitions 5831 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5831 
Boston wood guy 5831 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5831 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5831 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5831 
Possible option for fabrication 5830 
It is about softness, stupid. 5830 
Transition Zone 5830 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5830 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5829 
A good modeling software? 5829 
CAD software 5828 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5820 
The "maket" time. 5813 
Maket 5813 
! 5813 
OK, it is this Friday! 5813 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5813 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5813 
The wood source is found 5812 
OK, it is started.... 5810 
Dust to Dust 5810 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5810 
2001 Space Odasy 5810 
Interesting space 5809 
The opened up space. 5809 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5809 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5809 
Rear Chamber Access 5809 
California 5809 
Bass time domain 5809 
2001--2010 5809 
Some answers. 5809 
The Iron Rod 5809 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5809 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5808 
It is that I want. 5808 
Working Tolerances 5808 
The back chamber design 5808 
Very good 5808 
It is true, but…. 5808 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5807 
Here is my mouth. 5807 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5807 
The Fs of AKs 5807 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5807 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5807 
Sail 5807 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5806 
You are wrong. 5806 
The material of displacement plug 5806 
And the driver-winner is… 5806 
Pre-Fab 5806 
The horn will be mounted ... 5806 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5805 
4 Sides + 5805 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5804 
The Solution. 5804 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5804 
An US pomposity complex? 5804 
The back chamber predictions 5804 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5804 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5804 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5804 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5804 
Good Vibrations 5804 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5804 
Horn Thickness 5804 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5804 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5804 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5804 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5804 
Parallel what? 5804 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5803 
Sources 5803 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5803 
Damping materials revisited 5803 
How to finish my midbass horn 5803 
Wallpaper adhesion 5802 
Bright idea 5802 
I do like the brickish finish. 5802 
Venetion slats 5802 
The Ventilation subject. 5802 
How long will it take? 5802 
Insulation and horn mouth 5802 
Insulation et al. 5801 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5801 
GOD MACHINE 5801 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5801 
Ice dams - experience 5801 
Horn as "Room" 5801 
Agreed 5801 
Morons vs. Criminals 5801 
The insulation controversy. 5800 
The Conditioned Space 5800 
Ventilation 5800 
R-Value and Damping Options 5800 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5800 
Back To The Stone Age 5800 
Did you just woke up? 5800 
Yes I looked 5800 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5800 
Knocking the horn. 5800 
The current building plans. 5800 
The ideas needed. 5800 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5799 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5799 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5799 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5799 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5799 
The Stressed Skin 5799 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5799 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5799 
I do not know. 5798 
Status report #.... 5798 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5797 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5797 
It will be more clear with time. 5797 
The insulation… 5797 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5796 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5793 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5793 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5793 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5793 
Where? 5793 
From Center Photo: 5792 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5792 
The Third section argument 5792 
The front baffle. 5790 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5790 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5784 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5777 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5776 
What to do with mouth cover? 5775 
What to wear... 5775 
A lot of work.... 5774 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5771 
Cover/no cover 5770 
Red lights 5770 
Whores? 5770 
The Cat-House 5770 
The Red lights in whorns... 5770 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5770 
Dinner 5769 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5769 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5769 
Access to the bolts 5769 
The first test is comming today. 5768 
Sound impressions? 5768 
Some data, impressions and me. 5768 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5767 
A driver of some sort? 5767 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5767 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5766 
MiniDSP 5766 
Got a test croosover. 5766 
My horn trivia 5766 
Steps rather 5766 
The traps. 5765 
Eventually!!! 5765 
My favorite quote in this post: 5765 
Yep, it was me… 5765 
The second horn is rising… 5765 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5765 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5764 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5764 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5764 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5764 
What am I missing? 5764 
How to do my back chamber. 5764 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5764 
Babysitting the foam 5764 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5764 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5764 
Foam Expansion 5764 
Bite into it 5763 
Getting down with impedance 5763 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5763 
Added mass resonance 5763 
Resonance frequency and mass 5763 
La resistance 5763 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5759 
End of the project plan 5757 
Again, too much work… 5756 
Variable resonances 5756 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5756 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5756 
A word of warning and some comments. 5755 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5753 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5753 
Sanding prep for living 5753 
Too late . 5753 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5753 
Ciare car hifi 5752 
Eighteensound 5752 
The Second major milestone. 5752 
Better to be safe 5751 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5751 
Well That You Are Concerned 5751 
Sliding it in 5751 
2 people job? 5751 
The final few inches 5751 
Think Long and Hard 5751 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5751 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5751 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5751 
How to decupled horn from frame 5751 
Decoupling 5751 
Decoupling II 5750 
Pneumatic? 5750 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5750 
Silent blocks? 5750 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5750 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5750 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5750 
Straps and shocks 5750 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5750 
Weenie 5749 
The horn painting job 5749 
Romy the cork 5749 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5749 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5749 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5749 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5749 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5748 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5748 
Getting hectic. 5748 
Quick stuff job 5748 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5748 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5748 
Jessie, this is funny. 5748 
Toxic lube 5748 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5748 
The back chambers are done. 5747 
67Hz ? 5747 
Can you remind us.... 5747 
Nil risk 5747 
Chemical Wasteland 5747 
Sand. 5747 
Not decoupler but damper. 5747 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5747 
This project is on fire! 5747 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5747 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5747 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5746 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5746 
Monument 5746 
Stuning... 5746 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5746 
Reflections (sound) 5745 
Acrylate 5745 
Shaker interface 5745 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5745 
Surround 5745 
Door trim 5745 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5745 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5745 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5744 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5744 
Insulation 5743 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5743 
Condensation is the problem 5743 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5743 
Insulation 5742 
Monitoring moisture. 5742 
Moisture 5742 
Earlier in This Thread 5742 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5742 
Boots on the Ground 5742 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5742 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5740 
The ego time capsule. 5739 
Temptations!!! 5738 
The first shaking test. 5736 
The very right color. 5736 
Steps 5735 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5735 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5735 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5734 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5734 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5734 
Remote controlled LED 5733 
Giant robot halloween lights 5733 
The horns are officially opened. 5733 
School is in session 5733 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5732 
Horn trauma 5732 
About the foam 5732 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5732 
Cone-foam coupling 5732 
Misbehaving horns. 5732 
Wired 5732 
How to localize the problem 5732 
The possible cause 5732 
Impedance test the way you done it 5732 
The another day of midbass. 5731 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5731 
Let get some practical perspective. 5731 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5731 
Good signs 5731 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5730 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5730 
Ouch!... More please! 5730 
The first thing first. 5730 
Upper bass HP filter 5730 
Wipe Out 5730 
The midbass first. 5729 
The fascinating time 5729 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5728 
Midbass nasal sound 5728 
A new good configuration. 5728 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5727 
The Sliding Scale 5727 
A time for ULF... 5727 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5727 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5727 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5727 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5727 
Yup yup yup yup 5726 
Beringer x-overs 5726 
That is what I was hopping. 5724 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5724 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5723 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5723 
The dark side of all notes 5723 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5723 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5723 
AKA, Servo? 5723 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5722 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5722 
Shaping the Imagination 5722 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5722 
The fun time eventually. 5720 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5717 
Something is not right 5717 
A few howevers, as usually. 5717 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5716 
Talking about the midbass…. 5714 
Something is right. 5712 
Verifying the driver choice 5711 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5711 
The final Midbass 5706 
Official end of the midbass project… 5706 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5706 
…and the few Thanks…. 5705 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5702 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5702 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5702 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5702 
How much more can I let it go? 5697 
The next steps of progress. 5695 
Blurred transients? 5694 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5694 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5694 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5694 
Semantics and other stories 5694 
The 2dB battle…. 5691 
Ok, it is done. 5690 
Large vs. small. 5687 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5684 
Modesty 5674 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5663 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5625 
Environmental inspection. 5611 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5563 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5562 
Honk idea... 5559 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5544 
Obstetrician 5543 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5539 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5449 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5358 
To hear my midbass horn? 5295 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5206 
Mahler sound 5206 
Default properly balanced sound. 5206 
Will horns make the difference? 5205 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5205 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4938 
What could I say? 4915 
Dissonant use 4915 
Sell "as is" 4911 
There won't be a need for it 4909 
Congratulations 4909 
A grander scheme in mind… 4909 
The mind boggles ... 4908 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4908 
Selling argument 4902 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4758 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4758 
Simulated suspension evolution 4758 
Humidity 4758 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4757 
Recharging the Alnico 4757 
How nice! 4757 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4757 
Planning and wishing.. 4757 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4757 
What was absolute wonderful… 4757 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4757 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4756 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4755 
It looks like how it works 4755 
The end 3685 
Many share 3685 
A new house --- again 3464 
Vitavox 15/40 2967 
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