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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5595 
Encouragement 5594 
The divers testing. 5594 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5593 
Test 5593 
To Wind Up Where? 5593 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5593 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5592 
What Next 5592 
The mid-bass laboratory 5591 
It is a different question. 5591 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5585 
Triangular midbass horns 5585 
Suspending Disbelief 5585 
Some practical strategic considerations 5572 
MB Horns Project 5572 
Another consideration – the cable length 5571 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5571 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5569 
The triangle horns in attic 5569 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5569 
About the triangular horns corners… 5569 
4-sided triangle 5569 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5569 
Bass from behind 5569 
K-Horns 5569 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5569 
The wall-loaded horns? 5569 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5569 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5569 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5569 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5568 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5568 
How does this phase work? 5568 
Some very raw numbers 5568 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5567 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5567 
Mid Bass Project 5567 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5566 
How to drive a long cable. 5563 
Personal Bias 5563 
There were no big red flags 5561 
The Swidish 30Hz 5561 
Who world believe! 5561 
Good news! 5560 
Two open questions. 5559 
Transition piece 5559 
About my horn skeleton. 5559 
Transitions 5559 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5559 
Boston wood guy 5559 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5559 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5559 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5559 
Possible option for fabrication 5558 
It is about softness, stupid. 5558 
Transition Zone 5558 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5558 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5557 
A good modeling software? 5557 
CAD software 5556 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5548 
The "maket" time. 5541 
Maket 5541 
! 5541 
OK, it is this Friday! 5541 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5541 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5541 
The wood source is found 5540 
OK, it is started.... 5538 
Dust to Dust 5538 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5538 
2001 Space Odasy 5538 
Interesting space 5537 
The opened up space. 5537 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5537 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5537 
Rear Chamber Access 5537 
California 5537 
Bass time domain 5537 
2001--2010 5537 
Some answers. 5537 
The Iron Rod 5537 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5537 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5536 
It is that I want. 5536 
Working Tolerances 5536 
The back chamber design 5536 
Very good 5536 
It is true, but…. 5536 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5535 
Here is my mouth. 5535 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5535 
The Fs of AKs 5535 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5535 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5535 
Sail 5535 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5534 
You are wrong. 5534 
The material of displacement plug 5534 
And the driver-winner is… 5534 
Pre-Fab 5534 
The horn will be mounted ... 5534 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5533 
4 Sides + 5533 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5532 
The Solution. 5532 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5532 
An US pomposity complex? 5532 
The back chamber predictions 5532 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5532 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5532 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5532 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5532 
Good Vibrations 5532 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5532 
Horn Thickness 5532 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5532 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5532 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5532 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5532 
Parallel what? 5532 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5531 
Sources 5531 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5531 
Damping materials revisited 5531 
How to finish my midbass horn 5531 
Wallpaper adhesion 5530 
Bright idea 5530 
I do like the brickish finish. 5530 
Venetion slats 5530 
The Ventilation subject. 5530 
How long will it take? 5530 
Insulation and horn mouth 5530 
Insulation et al. 5529 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5529 
GOD MACHINE 5529 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5529 
Ice dams - experience 5529 
Horn as "Room" 5529 
Agreed 5529 
Morons vs. Criminals 5529 
The insulation controversy. 5528 
The Conditioned Space 5528 
Ventilation 5528 
R-Value and Damping Options 5528 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5528 
Back To The Stone Age 5528 
Did you just woke up? 5528 
Yes I looked 5528 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5528 
Knocking the horn. 5528 
The current building plans. 5528 
The ideas needed. 5528 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5527 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5527 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5527 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5527 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5527 
The Stressed Skin 5527 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5527 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5527 
I do not know. 5526 
Status report #.... 5526 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5525 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5525 
It will be more clear with time. 5525 
The insulation… 5525 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5524 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5521 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5521 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5521 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5521 
Where? 5521 
From Center Photo: 5520 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5520 
The Third section argument 5520 
The front baffle. 5518 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5518 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5512 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5505 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5504 
What to do with mouth cover? 5503 
What to wear... 5503 
A lot of work.... 5502 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5499 
Cover/no cover 5498 
Red lights 5498 
Whores? 5498 
The Cat-House 5498 
The Red lights in whorns... 5498 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5498 
Dinner 5497 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5497 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5497 
Access to the bolts 5497 
The first test is comming today. 5496 
Sound impressions? 5496 
Some data, impressions and me. 5496 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5495 
A driver of some sort? 5495 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5495 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5494 
MiniDSP 5494 
Got a test croosover. 5494 
My horn trivia 5494 
Steps rather 5494 
The traps. 5493 
Eventually!!! 5493 
My favorite quote in this post: 5493 
Yep, it was me… 5493 
The second horn is rising… 5493 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5493 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5492 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5492 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5492 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5492 
What am I missing? 5492 
How to do my back chamber. 5492 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5492 
Babysitting the foam 5492 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5492 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5492 
Foam Expansion 5492 
Bite into it 5491 
Getting down with impedance 5491 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5491 
Added mass resonance 5491 
Resonance frequency and mass 5491 
La resistance 5491 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5487 
End of the project plan 5485 
Again, too much work… 5484 
Variable resonances 5484 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5484 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5484 
A word of warning and some comments. 5483 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5481 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5481 
Sanding prep for living 5481 
Too late . 5481 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5481 
Ciare car hifi 5480 
Eighteensound 5480 
The Second major milestone. 5480 
Better to be safe 5479 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5479 
Well That You Are Concerned 5479 
Sliding it in 5479 
2 people job? 5479 
The final few inches 5479 
Think Long and Hard 5479 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5479 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5479 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5479 
How to decupled horn from frame 5479 
Decoupling 5479 
Decoupling II 5478 
Pneumatic? 5478 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5478 
Silent blocks? 5478 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5478 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5478 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5478 
Straps and shocks 5478 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5478 
Weenie 5477 
The horn painting job 5477 
Romy the cork 5477 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5477 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5477 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5477 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5477 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5476 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5476 
Getting hectic. 5476 
Quick stuff job 5476 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5476 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5476 
Jessie, this is funny. 5476 
Toxic lube 5476 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5476 
The back chambers are done. 5475 
67Hz ? 5475 
Can you remind us.... 5475 
Nil risk 5475 
Chemical Wasteland 5475 
Sand. 5475 
Not decoupler but damper. 5475 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5475 
This project is on fire! 5475 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5475 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5475 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5474 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5474 
Monument 5474 
Stuning... 5474 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5474 
Reflections (sound) 5473 
Acrylate 5473 
Shaker interface 5473 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5473 
Surround 5473 
Door trim 5473 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5473 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5473 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5472 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5472 
Insulation 5471 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5471 
Condensation is the problem 5471 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5471 
Insulation 5470 
Monitoring moisture. 5470 
Moisture 5470 
Earlier in This Thread 5470 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5470 
Boots on the Ground 5470 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5470 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5468 
The ego time capsule. 5467 
Temptations!!! 5466 
The first shaking test. 5464 
The very right color. 5464 
Steps 5463 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5463 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5463 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5462 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5462 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5462 
Remote controlled LED 5461 
Giant robot halloween lights 5461 
The horns are officially opened. 5461 
School is in session 5461 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5460 
Horn trauma 5460 
About the foam 5460 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5460 
Cone-foam coupling 5460 
Misbehaving horns. 5460 
Wired 5460 
How to localize the problem 5460 
The possible cause 5460 
Impedance test the way you done it 5460 
The another day of midbass. 5459 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5459 
Let get some practical perspective. 5459 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5459 
Good signs 5459 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5458 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5458 
Ouch!... More please! 5458 
The first thing first. 5458 
Upper bass HP filter 5458 
Wipe Out 5458 
The midbass first. 5457 
The fascinating time 5457 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5456 
Midbass nasal sound 5456 
A new good configuration. 5456 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5455 
The Sliding Scale 5455 
A time for ULF... 5455 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5455 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5455 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5455 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5455 
Yup yup yup yup 5454 
Beringer x-overs 5454 
That is what I was hopping. 5452 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5452 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5451 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5451 
The dark side of all notes 5451 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5451 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5451 
AKA, Servo? 5451 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5450 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5450 
Shaping the Imagination 5450 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5450 
The fun time eventually. 5448 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5445 
Something is not right 5445 
A few howevers, as usually. 5445 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5444 
Talking about the midbass…. 5442 
Something is right. 5440 
Verifying the driver choice 5439 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5439 
The final Midbass 5434 
Official end of the midbass project… 5434 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5434 
…and the few Thanks…. 5433 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5430 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5430 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5430 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5430 
How much more can I let it go? 5425 
The next steps of progress. 5423 
Blurred transients? 5422 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5422 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5422 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5422 
Semantics and other stories 5422 
The 2dB battle…. 5419 
Ok, it is done. 5418 
Large vs. small. 5415 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5412 
Modesty 5402 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5391 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5353 
Environmental inspection. 5339 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5291 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5290 
Honk idea... 5287 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5272 
Obstetrician 5271 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5267 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5177 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5086 
To hear my midbass horn? 5023 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4934 
Mahler sound 4934 
Default properly balanced sound. 4934 
Will horns make the difference? 4933 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4933 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4666 
What could I say? 4643 
Dissonant use 4643 
Sell "as is" 4639 
There won't be a need for it 4637 
Congratulations 4637 
A grander scheme in mind… 4637 
The mind boggles ... 4636 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4636 
Selling argument 4630 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4486 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4486 
Simulated suspension evolution 4486 
Humidity 4486 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4485 
Recharging the Alnico 4485 
How nice! 4485 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4485 
Planning and wishing.. 4485 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4485 
What was absolute wonderful… 4485 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4485 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4484 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4483 
It looks like how it works 4483 
The end 3413 
Many share 3413 
A new house --- again 3192 
Vitavox 15/40 2695 
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