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Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5640 
Encouragement 5639 
The divers testing. 5639 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5638 
Test 5638 
To Wind Up Where? 5638 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5638 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5637 
What Next 5637 
The mid-bass laboratory 5636 
It is a different question. 5636 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5630 
Triangular midbass horns 5630 
Suspending Disbelief 5630 
Some practical strategic considerations 5617 
MB Horns Project 5617 
Another consideration – the cable length 5616 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5616 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5614 
The triangle horns in attic 5614 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5614 
About the triangular horns corners… 5614 
4-sided triangle 5614 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5614 
Bass from behind 5614 
K-Horns 5614 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5614 
The wall-loaded horns? 5614 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5614 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5614 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5614 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5613 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5613 
How does this phase work? 5613 
Some very raw numbers 5613 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5612 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5612 
Mid Bass Project 5612 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5611 
How to drive a long cable. 5608 
Personal Bias 5608 
There were no big red flags 5606 
The Swidish 30Hz 5606 
Who world believe! 5606 
Good news! 5605 
Two open questions. 5604 
Transition piece 5604 
About my horn skeleton. 5604 
Transitions 5604 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5604 
Boston wood guy 5604 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5604 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5604 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5604 
Possible option for fabrication 5603 
It is about softness, stupid. 5603 
Transition Zone 5603 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5603 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5602 
A good modeling software? 5602 
CAD software 5601 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5593 
The "maket" time. 5586 
Maket 5586 
! 5586 
OK, it is this Friday! 5586 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5586 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5586 
The wood source is found 5585 
OK, it is started.... 5583 
Dust to Dust 5583 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5583 
2001 Space Odasy 5583 
Interesting space 5582 
The opened up space. 5582 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5582 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5582 
Rear Chamber Access 5582 
California 5582 
Bass time domain 5582 
2001--2010 5582 
Some answers. 5582 
The Iron Rod 5582 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5582 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5581 
It is that I want. 5581 
Working Tolerances 5581 
The back chamber design 5581 
Very good 5581 
It is true, but…. 5581 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5580 
Here is my mouth. 5580 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5580 
The Fs of AKs 5580 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5580 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5580 
Sail 5580 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5579 
You are wrong. 5579 
The material of displacement plug 5579 
And the driver-winner is… 5579 
Pre-Fab 5579 
The horn will be mounted ... 5579 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5578 
4 Sides + 5578 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5577 
The Solution. 5577 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5577 
An US pomposity complex? 5577 
The back chamber predictions 5577 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5577 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5577 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5577 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5577 
Good Vibrations 5577 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5577 
Horn Thickness 5577 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5577 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5577 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5577 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5577 
Parallel what? 5577 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5576 
Sources 5576 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5576 
Damping materials revisited 5576 
How to finish my midbass horn 5576 
Wallpaper adhesion 5575 
Bright idea 5575 
I do like the brickish finish. 5575 
Venetion slats 5575 
The Ventilation subject. 5575 
How long will it take? 5575 
Insulation and horn mouth 5575 
Insulation et al. 5574 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5574 
GOD MACHINE 5574 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5574 
Ice dams - experience 5574 
Horn as "Room" 5574 
Agreed 5574 
Morons vs. Criminals 5574 
The insulation controversy. 5573 
The Conditioned Space 5573 
Ventilation 5573 
R-Value and Damping Options 5573 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5573 
Back To The Stone Age 5573 
Did you just woke up? 5573 
Yes I looked 5573 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5573 
Knocking the horn. 5573 
The current building plans. 5573 
The ideas needed. 5573 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5572 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5572 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5572 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5572 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5572 
The Stressed Skin 5572 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5572 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5572 
I do not know. 5571 
Status report #.... 5571 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5570 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5570 
It will be more clear with time. 5570 
The insulation… 5570 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5569 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5566 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5566 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5566 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5566 
Where? 5566 
From Center Photo: 5565 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5565 
The Third section argument 5565 
The front baffle. 5563 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5563 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5557 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5550 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5549 
What to do with mouth cover? 5548 
What to wear... 5548 
A lot of work.... 5547 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5544 
Cover/no cover 5543 
Red lights 5543 
Whores? 5543 
The Cat-House 5543 
The Red lights in whorns... 5543 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5543 
Dinner 5542 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5542 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5542 
Access to the bolts 5542 
The first test is comming today. 5541 
Sound impressions? 5541 
Some data, impressions and me. 5541 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5540 
A driver of some sort? 5540 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5540 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5539 
MiniDSP 5539 
Got a test croosover. 5539 
My horn trivia 5539 
Steps rather 5539 
The traps. 5538 
Eventually!!! 5538 
My favorite quote in this post: 5538 
Yep, it was me… 5538 
The second horn is rising… 5538 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5538 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5537 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5537 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5537 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5537 
What am I missing? 5537 
How to do my back chamber. 5537 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5537 
Babysitting the foam 5537 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5537 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5537 
Foam Expansion 5537 
Bite into it 5536 
Getting down with impedance 5536 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5536 
Added mass resonance 5536 
Resonance frequency and mass 5536 
La resistance 5536 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5532 
End of the project plan 5530 
Again, too much work… 5529 
Variable resonances 5529 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5529 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5529 
A word of warning and some comments. 5528 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5526 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5526 
Sanding prep for living 5526 
Too late . 5526 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5526 
Ciare car hifi 5525 
Eighteensound 5525 
The Second major milestone. 5525 
Better to be safe 5524 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5524 
Well That You Are Concerned 5524 
Sliding it in 5524 
2 people job? 5524 
The final few inches 5524 
Think Long and Hard 5524 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5524 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5524 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5524 
How to decupled horn from frame 5524 
Decoupling 5524 
Decoupling II 5523 
Pneumatic? 5523 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5523 
Silent blocks? 5523 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5523 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5523 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5523 
Straps and shocks 5523 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5523 
Weenie 5522 
The horn painting job 5522 
Romy the cork 5522 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5522 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5522 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5522 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5522 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5521 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5521 
Getting hectic. 5521 
Quick stuff job 5521 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5521 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5521 
Jessie, this is funny. 5521 
Toxic lube 5521 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5521 
The back chambers are done. 5520 
67Hz ? 5520 
Can you remind us.... 5520 
Nil risk 5520 
Chemical Wasteland 5520 
Sand. 5520 
Not decoupler but damper. 5520 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5520 
This project is on fire! 5520 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5520 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5520 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5519 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5519 
Monument 5519 
Stuning... 5519 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5519 
Reflections (sound) 5518 
Acrylate 5518 
Shaker interface 5518 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5518 
Surround 5518 
Door trim 5518 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5518 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5518 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5517 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5517 
Insulation 5516 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5516 
Condensation is the problem 5516 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5516 
Insulation 5515 
Monitoring moisture. 5515 
Moisture 5515 
Earlier in This Thread 5515 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5515 
Boots on the Ground 5515 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5515 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5513 
The ego time capsule. 5512 
Temptations!!! 5511 
The first shaking test. 5509 
The very right color. 5509 
Steps 5508 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5508 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5508 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5507 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5507 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5507 
Remote controlled LED 5506 
Giant robot halloween lights 5506 
The horns are officially opened. 5506 
School is in session 5506 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5505 
Horn trauma 5505 
About the foam 5505 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5505 
Cone-foam coupling 5505 
Misbehaving horns. 5505 
Wired 5505 
How to localize the problem 5505 
The possible cause 5505 
Impedance test the way you done it 5505 
The another day of midbass. 5504 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5504 
Let get some practical perspective. 5504 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5504 
Good signs 5504 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5503 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5503 
Ouch!... More please! 5503 
The first thing first. 5503 
Upper bass HP filter 5503 
Wipe Out 5503 
The midbass first. 5502 
The fascinating time 5502 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5501 
Midbass nasal sound 5501 
A new good configuration. 5501 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5500 
The Sliding Scale 5500 
A time for ULF... 5500 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5500 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5500 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5500 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5500 
Yup yup yup yup 5499 
Beringer x-overs 5499 
That is what I was hopping. 5497 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5497 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5496 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5496 
The dark side of all notes 5496 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5496 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5496 
AKA, Servo? 5496 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5495 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5495 
Shaping the Imagination 5495 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5495 
The fun time eventually. 5493 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5490 
Something is not right 5490 
A few howevers, as usually. 5490 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5489 
Talking about the midbass…. 5487 
Something is right. 5485 
Verifying the driver choice 5484 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5484 
The final Midbass 5479 
Official end of the midbass project… 5479 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5479 
…and the few Thanks…. 5478 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5475 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5475 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5475 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5475 
How much more can I let it go? 5470 
The next steps of progress. 5468 
Blurred transients? 5467 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5467 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5467 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5467 
Semantics and other stories 5467 
The 2dB battle…. 5464 
Ok, it is done. 5463 
Large vs. small. 5460 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5457 
Modesty 5447 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5436 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5398 
Environmental inspection. 5384 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5336 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5335 
Honk idea... 5332 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5317 
Obstetrician 5316 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5312 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5222 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5131 
To hear my midbass horn? 5068 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4979 
Mahler sound 4979 
Default properly balanced sound. 4979 
Will horns make the difference? 4978 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4978 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4711 
What could I say? 4688 
Dissonant use 4688 
Sell "as is" 4684 
There won't be a need for it 4682 
Congratulations 4682 
A grander scheme in mind… 4682 
The mind boggles ... 4681 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4681 
Selling argument 4675 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4531 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4531 
Simulated suspension evolution 4531 
Humidity 4531 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4530 
Recharging the Alnico 4530 
How nice! 4530 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4530 
Planning and wishing.. 4530 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4530 
What was absolute wonderful… 4530 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4530 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4529 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4528 
It looks like how it works 4528 
The end 3458 
Many share 3458 
A new house --- again 3237 
Vitavox 15/40 2740 
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