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Another time aligned 5-way horn project 4086 
Tapped Horn and frame surface. 4086 
Space; The Final Frontier 4086 
Front-baffle configuration 4085 
Be careful.... 4085 
Any alternative to tapped horn ? 4085 
Welcome to the club.... 4085 
Too subtle on DSP & some suggestions for preliminary LF testing 4085 
Powerful tube for LF 4085 
I am not sure that 18W is enough for 20Hz and reasonable room. 4085 
Do I need another pair of TH ? 4085 
The bass conundrum 4085 
DBA vs TH 4084 
DBH is difficult 4084 
109db and 3.5mm is good! 4084 
Not so simple though... 4084 
Bass as an alien force. 4084 
Those aliens 4084 
DBA approach interesting for expermintation and learning purposes 4084 
Fundamental range ? 4083 
Driver Comfort Zone 4083 
I have other projects... 4083 
Why 250-4000 range as a whole! 4083 
No DSP for sure 4083 
New render without TH 4083 
Numbers Game 4083 
Desagree. 4083 
Crossover frequency between Fundamental and upper mid 4082 
Sorry it is not what you are looking for, 4082 
Drivers first ? 4082 
Add into a mix and few drivers and you have a project for 6 month 4082 
Location, Location, Location 4082 
2m is just too big 4082 
I think I have an orchesta in my head 4082 
I think it is a bit too early. 4081 
Right drivers first 4081 
Once you find it, stick to the path... 4081 
Why not ET-703 4080 
204Hz LeCleac'h can be smaller ? 4079 
Don't drop it 4079 
Don't forget the phantom image! 4078 
"curl" or not ? 4078 
Which big horn? 4077 
You could make a monster... 4077 
6th channel in case 4077 
It is very wrong. 4077 
I agree 4076 
300 hz 4075 
Which driver for 300hz ? 4075 
Low pass and wattage 4074 
GPA 288 + JBL 2453 4072 
One from left of field... 4072 
Frequnecy response 4072 
8" up to 2kHz ? 4072 
Not your normal cone driver 4072 
Supravox vs JBL 2169H 4072 
You don't have to go there... 4071 
Throat reactance 4071 
Supravox modified 4070 
Supravox 285 with adjustable magnetic field 4070 
2490 found! 4070 
Do not rush. 4069 
Sealed bass arrays below 110 horn 4069 
300-500Hz range 4069 
Sealed bass array again ? 4069 
Sealed vs traped 4069 
Not 10" but 12" arrays 4069 
Response of supravox 285-2000 in 110cf 4069 
110cf tractrix for 150hz ? 4069 
Tapped Horn + Bass Array 4068 
Half octave above 4067 
288 doesn't work well for me 4058 
Time alignment of TH 4056 
TH is under examination 4056 
The time alignment of tapped horn 4056 
Drivers and horns 4055 
1601b implementation 4055 
20% done 4054 
42Hz upper bass horn 4054 
Plastic suspension 4054 
Tad 1601b 4053 
Other drivers: TAD or Vitavox 4053 
500-1200Hz range 4053 
Upper bass or lower mids ? 4053 
RAAL Lazy Ribbon 9 4031 
Try the 3rd order. 4030 
Merge or separate ? 4030 
Titanium 4029 
Speed and details are 1st priority 4028 
4 way ? 4028 
First trial 4028 
3-way under 1khz 4026 
42Hz horn arriving tomorrow! 4026 
42Hz horn arrived 4023 
Intermediate summary 4023 
Forgot to post photo :) 4023 
Problem with driver, or??? 4023 
Horn equalization 4022 
Three octaves only 4022 
46Hz, not 42 4022 
GOTO SG-146LD-4 4022 
Romy, take your head off :) 4022 
I would advise to slow down. 4021 
What we have after month 4021 
GOTO in 42Hz horn 4021 
Some comments. 4020 
Good hobby :) 4020 
What kind of horn to make for GOTO ? 4020 
Frequency response of GOTO 4020 
Throat cancellations? 4020 
Do not panic... 4019 
Adding length to reach 4" throat 4019 
Not more than 2m long horn needed 4019 
There are many options available. 4019 
Push the boundaries! 4019 
DATS 4019 
Please no T/S talk again. 4019 
3D modeling 4018 
2nd experiment with GOTO 4018 
Reinhard 4018 
Photo of experiment N2 4018 
Make up your mind. 4018 
What?!!! 4018 
I agree 100% 4018 
Mid-bass aligned or not ? 4018 
GOTO for upper bass ? 4018 
This is not a bug! 4018 
Hm.... OK.... 4018 
Any interest to help ? 4017 
Ok, get serious. 4017 
Bass compression driver is all I need 4017 
ALE 126 4017 
To break through my arrogance 4017 
Mid-bass horn integration 4016 
I would not go there. 4016 
Still don't understand what is wrong with low fs f... 4016 
You do not see any explanation 4016 
Horn theory 4015 
And now we know why you are not making progress...... 4015 
Pretend you are a diaphragm. 4015 
Too low resonance problem of the upper bass horn 4011 
Horn theory 4011 
Incorrect 4011 
6+ channels is the only "right" for me 4010 
Hold your horses! 4010 
1st priority: Upperbass and MF 4010 
OK, good luck. 4010 
Finally...my MidBass horn! 3998 
GOTO in 200Hz LeCleach 3998 
I do not think so. 3998 
Ok 3998 
The RAAL 3998 
RAAL is off now 3998 
Maybe talk to RAAL about changing the transformer 3998 
Good idea, thank you! 3998 
It will be misevaluated anyhow. 3998 
Even I do not believe in psychologists 3998 
Have you had any experience ? 3997 
Ok :) 3997 
OK. 3997 
I am a freaking Nostradamus... and Dr. House.... 3997 
Time alignment 3996 
Delay for midbass 3996 
Very funny :) 3996 
OK, good luck. 3996 
A hallucinations? 3996 
You are my hero! 3996 
Evaluation 3995 
Thank you again for suggestion! 3995 
A false alert. 3995 
No problem 3995 
GOTO 146: Quite accurate prediction. 3897 
Only 146 is outstanding 3648 
Great, thanks! 3648 
Told you so, or, maybe not? 3567 
Show must go on :) 3567 
And result is audible 3567 
This all just a terrible non-consequential waste. 3567 
Maybe we'll agree to disagree 3567 
My way 3567 
Murat 2017 (Martch) 3490 
Why yellow driver and horns only for bass 3490 
Your 15 seconds were up long time ago. 3490 
What do you want from me ? 3490 
Kids need to be learning. 3489 
? 3489 
It is time to you to get a new hobby. 3489 
No need your "valuable" opinion 3489 
So...... 3120 
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