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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6299 
Pilot lamps 6299 
I might be using something similar.... 6299 
Cool running amps 6299 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6299 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6288 
Porting paramaters 6288 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6288 
Ports of Entry 6288 
Port o guess 6288 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6287 
Port-O-Guess 6287 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6287 
Tuning By Ear 6286 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6286 
The ported kitty... 6286 
Not knowing your parameters 6286 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6285 
Playing a music on the ports… 6285 
Well said, haralanov 6285 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6285 
Overly ridicules? 6285 
Port Predicaments 6284 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6284 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6284 
Servo? 6284 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6284 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6284 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6283 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6283 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6282 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6282 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6281 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6281 
MiniMe Material 6280 
Chasing the drivers… 6278 
Serial number ??? 6278 
The Drivers. 6278 
Something like this. 6271 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6270 
The date with a mechanist. 6269 
G10 as Encosure Material 6268 
The Precision Sound Products? 6265 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6265 
Return to the paradigm 6264 
Educational 6264 
It might become not what I initially thought 6264 
As mini evolves... 6264 
4" drivers 6264 
The the same family of sound? 6263 
Almost 4" driver 6263 
Görlich is back 6263 
Some updates with MiniMe 6261 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6261 
MiniMe 3-Way 6260 
There is very little defined as now… 6260 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6258 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6249 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6248 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6247 
Yes, I know those drivers 6247 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6246 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6245 
I know what you mean... 6245 
The new Podszus Görlich 6239 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6239 
An inexpensive option 6239 
The freaking economy! 6225 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6225 
Freaking G10 6225 
The gambling on G10 6225 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6213 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6181 
MiniMe and Machinists 6181 
G10 nightmare & xover 6180 
The MiniMe X-over 6180 
Makes sense to me 6180 
Port Solutions 6180 
The port solution in MiniMe 6179 
Port adjustment 6179 
Unlikely Introductions 6179 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6164 
Heavy Cardboard? 6164 
A mistake with MiniMe 6163 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6158 
What people use 6158 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6158 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6154 
The MiniMe First draft 6153 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6152 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6151 
Ok, it is better now… 6150 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6150 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6150 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6150 
Anti Res driver mounting 6150 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6150 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6150 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6149 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6149 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6149 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6149 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6148 
Pass labs? 6148 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6148 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6148 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6148 
Well known low cost solution 6148 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6144 
New drivers 6143 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6143 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6141 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6141 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6141 
Realtime Options? 6140 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6140 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6140 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6139 
DEQ 2496 sound 6138 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6138 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6137 
You might hit me...but 6136 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6136 
Nearly fits... 6136 
Veravox 5 6136 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6136 
Agree and disagree 6136 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6136 
F120A 6133 
89 dB??? 6133 
Nearfield friendly? 6133 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6133 
More musings around the F120A 6132 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6132 
Another Brain Fart 6132 
In Passing... 6132 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6130 
Cap and Coil 6130 
Non annoying monitors 6130 
Comparing apples to oranges 6129 
Bad apples? 6129 
An olive branch? 6129 
"good luck" means good luck... 6129 
Perception vs reality 6129 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6111 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6103 
My kitchen system 6093 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 6093 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 6092 
What to make of it? 6092 
At this point I have very low expectations. 6092 
Impedance mismatch 6092 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 6091 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 6091 
Take Two Aspirin 6091 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 6082 
F120A -- end of the game? 6081 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 6081 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 6048 
Joyfull? 6047 
I know exactly what you mean 6047 
Macondo's Trim Tab 6047 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 6046 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 6042 
Waay Back 6042 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 6042 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 6041 
Port plugs 6041 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 5990 
SS Amp 5989 
To review the subject after 17 years. 5989 
Denon 5989 
I would like to go V-FET… 5989 
Vince... 5989 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 5989 
Specifics? 5989 
Hot... 5989 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 5988 
Tampax for MiniMe? 5987 
Say What? 5987 
The baby passive radiator. 5986 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 5985 
Will see how it goes… 5985 
Not quite analogous 5985 
Sucks and socks… 5982 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 5982 
Milq from the dead 5982 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 5982 
B-gone B-2 5981 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 5981 
Celebration 5981 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 5981 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 5980 
Bass behaviour of power amps 5980 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 5968 
My apologies... 5968 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 5968 
Gut wrenching... 5968 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 5855 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 5853 
The MiniMe playing loud. 5816 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 5816 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 5816 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 5734 
The end of MiniMe 5567 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5566 
One step forward and two steps back. 4678 
Exploiting the architecture 4677 
How bad do you need it to be? 4677 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 4677 
Directionality 4676 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 4676 
But why do you need another pilot system when 4675 
Injection Pilot? 4668 
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