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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5823 
Encouragement 5822 
The divers testing. 5822 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5821 
Test 5821 
To Wind Up Where? 5821 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5821 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5820 
What Next 5820 
The mid-bass laboratory 5819 
It is a different question. 5819 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5813 
Triangular midbass horns 5813 
Suspending Disbelief 5813 
Some practical strategic considerations 5800 
MB Horns Project 5800 
Another consideration – the cable length 5799 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5799 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5797 
The triangle horns in attic 5797 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5797 
About the triangular horns corners… 5797 
4-sided triangle 5797 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5797 
Bass from behind 5797 
K-Horns 5797 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5797 
The wall-loaded horns? 5797 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5797 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5797 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5797 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5796 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5796 
How does this phase work? 5796 
Some very raw numbers 5796 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5795 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5795 
Mid Bass Project 5795 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5794 
How to drive a long cable. 5791 
Personal Bias 5791 
There were no big red flags 5789 
The Swidish 30Hz 5789 
Who world believe! 5789 
Good news! 5788 
Two open questions. 5787 
Transition piece 5787 
About my horn skeleton. 5787 
Transitions 5787 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5787 
Boston wood guy 5787 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5787 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5787 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5787 
Possible option for fabrication 5786 
It is about softness, stupid. 5786 
Transition Zone 5786 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5786 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5785 
A good modeling software? 5785 
CAD software 5784 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5776 
The "maket" time. 5769 
Maket 5769 
! 5769 
OK, it is this Friday! 5769 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5769 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5769 
The wood source is found 5768 
OK, it is started.... 5766 
Dust to Dust 5766 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5766 
2001 Space Odasy 5766 
Interesting space 5765 
The opened up space. 5765 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5765 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5765 
Rear Chamber Access 5765 
California 5765 
Bass time domain 5765 
2001--2010 5765 
Some answers. 5765 
The Iron Rod 5765 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5765 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5764 
It is that I want. 5764 
Working Tolerances 5764 
The back chamber design 5764 
Very good 5764 
It is true, but…. 5764 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5763 
Here is my mouth. 5763 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5763 
The Fs of AKs 5763 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5763 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5763 
Sail 5763 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5762 
You are wrong. 5762 
The material of displacement plug 5762 
And the driver-winner is… 5762 
Pre-Fab 5762 
The horn will be mounted ... 5762 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5761 
4 Sides + 5761 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5760 
The Solution. 5760 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5760 
An US pomposity complex? 5760 
The back chamber predictions 5760 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5760 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5760 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5760 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5760 
Good Vibrations 5760 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5760 
Horn Thickness 5760 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5760 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5760 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5760 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5760 
Parallel what? 5760 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5759 
Sources 5759 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5759 
Damping materials revisited 5759 
How to finish my midbass horn 5759 
Wallpaper adhesion 5758 
Bright idea 5758 
I do like the brickish finish. 5758 
Venetion slats 5758 
The Ventilation subject. 5758 
How long will it take? 5758 
Insulation and horn mouth 5758 
Insulation et al. 5757 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5757 
GOD MACHINE 5757 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5757 
Ice dams - experience 5757 
Horn as "Room" 5757 
Agreed 5757 
Morons vs. Criminals 5757 
The insulation controversy. 5756 
The Conditioned Space 5756 
Ventilation 5756 
R-Value and Damping Options 5756 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5756 
Back To The Stone Age 5756 
Did you just woke up? 5756 
Yes I looked 5756 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5756 
Knocking the horn. 5756 
The current building plans. 5756 
The ideas needed. 5756 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5755 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5755 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5755 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5755 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5755 
The Stressed Skin 5755 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5755 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5755 
I do not know. 5754 
Status report #.... 5754 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5753 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5753 
It will be more clear with time. 5753 
The insulation… 5753 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5752 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5749 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5749 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5749 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5749 
Where? 5749 
From Center Photo: 5748 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5748 
The Third section argument 5748 
The front baffle. 5746 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5746 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5740 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5733 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5732 
What to do with mouth cover? 5731 
What to wear... 5731 
A lot of work.... 5730 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5727 
Cover/no cover 5726 
Red lights 5726 
Whores? 5726 
The Cat-House 5726 
The Red lights in whorns... 5726 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5726 
Dinner 5725 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5725 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5725 
Access to the bolts 5725 
The first test is comming today. 5724 
Sound impressions? 5724 
Some data, impressions and me. 5724 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5723 
A driver of some sort? 5723 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5723 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5722 
MiniDSP 5722 
Got a test croosover. 5722 
My horn trivia 5722 
Steps rather 5722 
The traps. 5721 
Eventually!!! 5721 
My favorite quote in this post: 5721 
Yep, it was me… 5721 
The second horn is rising… 5721 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5721 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5720 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5720 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5720 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5720 
What am I missing? 5720 
How to do my back chamber. 5720 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5720 
Babysitting the foam 5720 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5720 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5720 
Foam Expansion 5720 
Bite into it 5719 
Getting down with impedance 5719 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5719 
Added mass resonance 5719 
Resonance frequency and mass 5719 
La resistance 5719 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5715 
End of the project plan 5713 
Again, too much work… 5712 
Variable resonances 5712 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5712 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5712 
A word of warning and some comments. 5711 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5709 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5709 
Sanding prep for living 5709 
Too late . 5709 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5709 
Ciare car hifi 5708 
Eighteensound 5708 
The Second major milestone. 5708 
Better to be safe 5707 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5707 
Well That You Are Concerned 5707 
Sliding it in 5707 
2 people job? 5707 
The final few inches 5707 
Think Long and Hard 5707 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5707 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5707 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5707 
How to decupled horn from frame 5707 
Decoupling 5707 
Decoupling II 5706 
Pneumatic? 5706 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5706 
Silent blocks? 5706 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5706 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5706 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5706 
Straps and shocks 5706 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5706 
Weenie 5705 
The horn painting job 5705 
Romy the cork 5705 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5705 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5705 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5705 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5705 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5704 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5704 
Getting hectic. 5704 
Quick stuff job 5704 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5704 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5704 
Jessie, this is funny. 5704 
Toxic lube 5704 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5704 
The back chambers are done. 5703 
67Hz ? 5703 
Can you remind us.... 5703 
Nil risk 5703 
Chemical Wasteland 5703 
Sand. 5703 
Not decoupler but damper. 5703 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5703 
This project is on fire! 5703 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5703 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5703 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5702 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5702 
Monument 5702 
Stuning... 5702 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5702 
Reflections (sound) 5701 
Acrylate 5701 
Shaker interface 5701 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5701 
Surround 5701 
Door trim 5701 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5701 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5701 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5700 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5700 
Insulation 5699 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5699 
Condensation is the problem 5699 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5699 
Insulation 5698 
Monitoring moisture. 5698 
Moisture 5698 
Earlier in This Thread 5698 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5698 
Boots on the Ground 5698 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5698 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5696 
The ego time capsule. 5695 
Temptations!!! 5694 
The first shaking test. 5692 
The very right color. 5692 
Steps 5691 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5691 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5691 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5690 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5690 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5690 
Remote controlled LED 5689 
Giant robot halloween lights 5689 
The horns are officially opened. 5689 
School is in session 5689 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5688 
Horn trauma 5688 
About the foam 5688 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5688 
Cone-foam coupling 5688 
Misbehaving horns. 5688 
Wired 5688 
How to localize the problem 5688 
The possible cause 5688 
Impedance test the way you done it 5688 
The another day of midbass. 5687 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5687 
Let get some practical perspective. 5687 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5687 
Good signs 5687 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5686 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5686 
Ouch!... More please! 5686 
The first thing first. 5686 
Upper bass HP filter 5686 
Wipe Out 5686 
The midbass first. 5685 
The fascinating time 5685 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5684 
Midbass nasal sound 5684 
A new good configuration. 5684 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5683 
The Sliding Scale 5683 
A time for ULF... 5683 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5683 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5683 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5683 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5683 
Yup yup yup yup 5682 
Beringer x-overs 5682 
That is what I was hopping. 5680 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5680 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5679 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5679 
The dark side of all notes 5679 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5679 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5679 
AKA, Servo? 5679 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5678 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5678 
Shaping the Imagination 5678 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5678 
The fun time eventually. 5676 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5673 
Something is not right 5673 
A few howevers, as usually. 5673 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5672 
Talking about the midbass…. 5670 
Something is right. 5668 
Verifying the driver choice 5667 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5667 
The final Midbass 5662 
Official end of the midbass project… 5662 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5662 
…and the few Thanks…. 5661 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5658 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5658 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5658 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5658 
How much more can I let it go? 5653 
The next steps of progress. 5651 
Blurred transients? 5650 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5650 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5650 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5650 
Semantics and other stories 5650 
The 2dB battle…. 5647 
Ok, it is done. 5646 
Large vs. small. 5643 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5640 
Modesty 5630 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5619 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5581 
Environmental inspection. 5567 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5519 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5518 
Honk idea... 5515 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5500 
Obstetrician 5499 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5495 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5405 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5314 
To hear my midbass horn? 5251 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5162 
Mahler sound 5162 
Default properly balanced sound. 5162 
Will horns make the difference? 5161 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5161 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4894 
What could I say? 4871 
Dissonant use 4871 
Sell "as is" 4867 
There won't be a need for it 4865 
Congratulations 4865 
A grander scheme in mind… 4865 
The mind boggles ... 4864 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4864 
Selling argument 4858 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4714 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4714 
Simulated suspension evolution 4714 
Humidity 4714 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4713 
Recharging the Alnico 4713 
How nice! 4713 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4713 
Planning and wishing.. 4713 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4713 
What was absolute wonderful… 4713 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4713 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4712 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4711 
It looks like how it works 4711 
The end 3641 
Many share 3641 
A new house --- again 3420 
Vitavox 15/40 2923 
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