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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 5818 
Room to Romy 5818 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 5817 
Midbass options to consider. 5817 
But what will the neighbors think? 5817 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 5817 
Dualing bass 5817 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 5817 
To Do It Right? 5817 
This search might be complicated 5817 
The Mendelsohn approach. 5816 
A pool of ideas for now…. 5816 
The big D 5816 
Raising the roof 5816 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 5816 
Brownstones? 5816 
Suburban home additions for horns 5816 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 5815 
The real-state U-turn? 5815 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 5815 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 5813 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 5813 
Eh, stupid! 5813 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 5812 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 5812 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 5811 
The time alignment scenarios. 5811 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 5811 
More Ideas 5811 
Looks like a good solution 5811 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 5811 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 5808 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 5807 
Consider 5806 
People who do general contracting….. 5806 
The throat considerations. 5806 
Make your own 5806 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 5806 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 5806 
....puzzled with your response.... 5806 
The Great Unknown 5806 
Fourier transform tells the story 5805 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 5805 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 5805 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 5805 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 5805 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 5803 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 5803 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 5803 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 5803 
Two Mouths 5803 
More ideas and drawbacks 5803 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 5803 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 5803 
The CNCing? Interesting… 5802 
Layered construction horn 5802 
CNC Snail Horn 5802 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 5802 
Time alignment how? 5798 
The ceilings height 5793 
High ceilings 5793 
Shortening a High Room 5793 
Using of the “High ceilings” 5792 
Some roomy links 5792 
Sand damping topologies. 5791 
Tubed sand 5791 
Sandbag damping 5791 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 5791 
Automobile solutions 5791 
Auto Former 5790 
The corner loading. 5789 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 5787 
6m Basshorn 5787 
Another basement horn. 5787 
Early firing Midbass horn 5787 
Framed, Raised Floors 5787 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 5786 
It Is Do-able 5786 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 5785 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 5785 
CH Audio Design 5784 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 5784 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 5783 
YL1250 - very interesting! 5783 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 5783 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5782 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5782 
Was it worth it? 5782 
Havering on... 5781 
Main floor pre-load 5780 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5780 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5780 
Concrete horn example 5779 
Options, options, options… 5779 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5779 
Giant litter box 5778 
Sand and Sinagogues 5778 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5778 
Tossing Off a Couple 5778 
The external horns construction ideas 5777 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5777 
13-step program 5777 
Big horn materials 5776 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5768 
Another place to pee? 5768 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5768 
The Afghan Camels 5768 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5768 
Discretion 5768 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5768 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5768 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5766 
Cost/Benefit 5766 
The perfect built room. 5766 
Shape vs Construction 5766 
The harcore approach 5761 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5760 
Another large horn example 5739 
A first interesting find. 5730 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5730 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5729 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5729 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5729 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5729 
Demise of the r2000 home 5729 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5670 
Romy, you can stop searching 5635 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5635 
On a more serious note 5635 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5635 
My troubles with direct radiators 5635 
The first interesting arrangement 5634 
Loading Zone 5634 
An interesting room-loading post 5634 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5634 
The tremendous opportunity. 5633 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5633 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5633 
The second American Revolution? 5633 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5633 
The same problem here 5632 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5632 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5632 
It was fairly simple in my case 5632 
I used planks of wood 5632 
To seal or not to seal? 5631 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5631 
I didn't have to seal 5631 
Proper structure stiffening 5631 
What did you find? 5631 
Roger, the Sistering 5631 
I wish it were easier… 5630 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5630 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5630 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5630 
It's not so bad really. 5630 
I hope it would all work out. 5630 
Words vs. Pictures 5630 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5630 
Too soon now. 5630 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5629 
Vibration induced resonances 5629 
This is an interesting one. 5629 
What would be interesting in this room… 5629 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5629 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5629 
Tapped Out 5629 
How about silent blocks? 5629 
Well TH... 5629 
Differential Movement 5629 
Gain and bass 5628 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5628 
My olde listening room. 5627 
Keep ye olde room! 5627 
Fair Warning 5627 
Who know how it will go. 5627 
Progress 5627 
Wise Warning 5627 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5626 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5625 
The Monofication of the midbass 5625 
The corrected room size. 5625 
What impact do open spaces have? 5625 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5625 
Some idea of what will happen 5624 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5624 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5624 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5624 
My five cents 5623 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5623 
Work in progress, on the right path 5623 
When I am in town next 5623 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5622 
I have a miniature of this room 5622 
Another room case study. 5622 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5622 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5622 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5621 
To hide or not to hide. 5617 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5617 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5605 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5604 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5602 
"Boston, you can have it." 5601 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5598 
The all is not so simple. 5598 
Some clarification 5598 
Debugging the upperbass 5598 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5598 
Riding the horn… 5598 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5595 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5590 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5582 
A possible Midbass horn? 5537 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5537 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5537 
The Real Estate tunes... 5218 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4373 
An interesting project 4069 
Another interesting project 4059 
More here 4058 
ALE, Beryllium. 3585 
Images. 3548 
GOTO horns. 3548 
Horn Mouth. 3543 
About 41Hz 3543 
Thanks. 3543 
It is not difficult 3542 
Just right now! 3542 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3542 
Got it. 3542 
5" and 6" 3458 
These bass compression drivers. 3458 
Now I got. 3458 
Specs. 3458 
Those bass drivers .... 3457 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3457 
"Cost" 3448 
I had got it. 3446 
Hearsay 3445 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3150 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3150 
80Hz compression driver. 3149 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3149 
I do not think so. 3149 
Could be interesting though... 3149 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3108 
Just a youtube video... 2978 
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