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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5446 
Encouragement 5445 
The divers testing. 5445 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5444 
Test 5444 
To Wind Up Where? 5444 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5444 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5443 
What Next 5443 
The mid-bass laboratory 5442 
It is a different question. 5442 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5436 
Triangular midbass horns 5436 
Suspending Disbelief 5436 
Some practical strategic considerations 5423 
MB Horns Project 5423 
Another consideration – the cable length 5422 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5422 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5420 
The triangle horns in attic 5420 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5420 
About the triangular horns corners… 5420 
4-sided triangle 5420 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5420 
Bass from behind 5420 
K-Horns 5420 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5420 
The wall-loaded horns? 5420 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5420 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5420 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5420 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5419 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5419 
How does this phase work? 5419 
Some very raw numbers 5419 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5418 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5418 
Mid Bass Project 5418 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5417 
How to drive a long cable. 5414 
Personal Bias 5414 
There were no big red flags 5412 
The Swidish 30Hz 5412 
Who world believe! 5412 
Good news! 5411 
Two open questions. 5410 
Transition piece 5410 
About my horn skeleton. 5410 
Transitions 5410 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5410 
Boston wood guy 5410 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5410 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5410 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5410 
Possible option for fabrication 5409 
It is about softness, stupid. 5409 
Transition Zone 5409 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5409 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5408 
A good modeling software? 5408 
CAD software 5407 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5399 
The "maket" time. 5392 
Maket 5392 
! 5392 
OK, it is this Friday! 5392 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5392 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5392 
The wood source is found 5391 
OK, it is started.... 5389 
Dust to Dust 5389 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5389 
2001 Space Odasy 5389 
Interesting space 5388 
The opened up space. 5388 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5388 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5388 
Rear Chamber Access 5388 
California 5388 
Bass time domain 5388 
2001--2010 5388 
Some answers. 5388 
The Iron Rod 5388 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5388 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5387 
It is that I want. 5387 
Working Tolerances 5387 
The back chamber design 5387 
Very good 5387 
It is true, but…. 5387 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5386 
Here is my mouth. 5386 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5386 
The Fs of AKs 5386 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5386 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5386 
Sail 5386 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5385 
You are wrong. 5385 
The material of displacement plug 5385 
And the driver-winner is… 5385 
Pre-Fab 5385 
The horn will be mounted ... 5385 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5384 
4 Sides + 5384 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5383 
The Solution. 5383 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5383 
An US pomposity complex? 5383 
The back chamber predictions 5383 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5383 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5383 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5383 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5383 
Good Vibrations 5383 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5383 
Horn Thickness 5383 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5383 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5383 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5383 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5383 
Parallel what? 5383 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5382 
Sources 5382 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5382 
Damping materials revisited 5382 
How to finish my midbass horn 5382 
Wallpaper adhesion 5381 
Bright idea 5381 
I do like the brickish finish. 5381 
Venetion slats 5381 
The Ventilation subject. 5381 
How long will it take? 5381 
Insulation and horn mouth 5381 
Insulation et al. 5380 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5380 
GOD MACHINE 5380 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5380 
Ice dams - experience 5380 
Horn as "Room" 5380 
Agreed 5380 
Morons vs. Criminals 5380 
The insulation controversy. 5379 
The Conditioned Space 5379 
Ventilation 5379 
R-Value and Damping Options 5379 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5379 
Back To The Stone Age 5379 
Did you just woke up? 5379 
Yes I looked 5379 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5379 
Knocking the horn. 5379 
The current building plans. 5379 
The ideas needed. 5379 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5378 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5378 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5378 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5378 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5378 
The Stressed Skin 5378 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5378 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5378 
I do not know. 5377 
Status report #.... 5377 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5376 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5376 
It will be more clear with time. 5376 
The insulation… 5376 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5375 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5372 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5372 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5372 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5372 
Where? 5372 
From Center Photo: 5371 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5371 
The Third section argument 5371 
The front baffle. 5369 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5369 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5363 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5356 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5355 
What to do with mouth cover? 5354 
What to wear... 5354 
A lot of work.... 5353 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5350 
Cover/no cover 5349 
Red lights 5349 
Whores? 5349 
The Cat-House 5349 
The Red lights in whorns... 5349 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5349 
Dinner 5348 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5348 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5348 
Access to the bolts 5348 
The first test is comming today. 5347 
Sound impressions? 5347 
Some data, impressions and me. 5347 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5346 
A driver of some sort? 5346 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5346 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5345 
MiniDSP 5345 
Got a test croosover. 5345 
My horn trivia 5345 
Steps rather 5345 
The traps. 5344 
Eventually!!! 5344 
My favorite quote in this post: 5344 
Yep, it was me… 5344 
The second horn is rising… 5344 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5344 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5343 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5343 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5343 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5343 
What am I missing? 5343 
How to do my back chamber. 5343 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5343 
Babysitting the foam 5343 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5343 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5343 
Foam Expansion 5343 
Bite into it 5342 
Getting down with impedance 5342 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5342 
Added mass resonance 5342 
Resonance frequency and mass 5342 
La resistance 5342 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5338 
End of the project plan 5336 
Again, too much work… 5335 
Variable resonances 5335 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5335 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5335 
A word of warning and some comments. 5334 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5332 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5332 
Sanding prep for living 5332 
Too late . 5332 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5332 
Ciare car hifi 5331 
Eighteensound 5331 
The Second major milestone. 5331 
Better to be safe 5330 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5330 
Well That You Are Concerned 5330 
Sliding it in 5330 
2 people job? 5330 
The final few inches 5330 
Think Long and Hard 5330 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5330 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5330 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5330 
How to decupled horn from frame 5330 
Decoupling 5330 
Decoupling II 5329 
Pneumatic? 5329 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5329 
Silent blocks? 5329 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5329 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5329 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5329 
Straps and shocks 5329 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5329 
Weenie 5328 
The horn painting job 5328 
Romy the cork 5328 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5328 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5328 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5328 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5328 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5327 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5327 
Getting hectic. 5327 
Quick stuff job 5327 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5327 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5327 
Jessie, this is funny. 5327 
Toxic lube 5327 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5327 
The back chambers are done. 5326 
67Hz ? 5326 
Can you remind us.... 5326 
Nil risk 5326 
Chemical Wasteland 5326 
Sand. 5326 
Not decoupler but damper. 5326 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5326 
This project is on fire! 5326 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5326 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5326 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5325 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5325 
Monument 5325 
Stuning... 5325 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5325 
Reflections (sound) 5324 
Acrylate 5324 
Shaker interface 5324 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5324 
Surround 5324 
Door trim 5324 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5324 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5324 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5323 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5323 
Insulation 5322 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5322 
Condensation is the problem 5322 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5322 
Insulation 5321 
Monitoring moisture. 5321 
Moisture 5321 
Earlier in This Thread 5321 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5321 
Boots on the Ground 5321 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5321 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5319 
The ego time capsule. 5318 
Temptations!!! 5317 
The first shaking test. 5315 
The very right color. 5315 
Steps 5314 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5314 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5314 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5313 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5313 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5313 
Remote controlled LED 5312 
Giant robot halloween lights 5312 
The horns are officially opened. 5312 
School is in session 5312 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5311 
Horn trauma 5311 
About the foam 5311 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5311 
Cone-foam coupling 5311 
Misbehaving horns. 5311 
Wired 5311 
How to localize the problem 5311 
The possible cause 5311 
Impedance test the way you done it 5311 
The another day of midbass. 5310 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5310 
Let get some practical perspective. 5310 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5310 
Good signs 5310 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5309 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5309 
Ouch!... More please! 5309 
The first thing first. 5309 
Upper bass HP filter 5309 
Wipe Out 5309 
The midbass first. 5308 
The fascinating time 5308 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5307 
Midbass nasal sound 5307 
A new good configuration. 5307 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5306 
The Sliding Scale 5306 
A time for ULF... 5306 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5306 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5306 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5306 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5306 
Yup yup yup yup 5305 
Beringer x-overs 5305 
That is what I was hopping. 5303 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5303 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5302 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5302 
The dark side of all notes 5302 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5302 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5302 
AKA, Servo? 5302 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5301 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5301 
Shaping the Imagination 5301 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5301 
The fun time eventually. 5299 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5296 
Something is not right 5296 
A few howevers, as usually. 5296 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5295 
Talking about the midbass…. 5293 
Something is right. 5291 
Verifying the driver choice 5290 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5290 
The final Midbass 5285 
Official end of the midbass project… 5285 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5285 
…and the few Thanks…. 5284 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5281 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5281 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5281 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5281 
How much more can I let it go? 5276 
The next steps of progress. 5274 
Blurred transients? 5273 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5273 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5273 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5273 
Semantics and other stories 5273 
The 2dB battle…. 5270 
Ok, it is done. 5269 
Large vs. small. 5266 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5263 
Modesty 5253 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5242 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5204 
Environmental inspection. 5190 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5142 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5141 
Honk idea... 5138 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5123 
Obstetrician 5122 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5118 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5028 
The midbass channel. A year later. 4937 
To hear my midbass horn? 4874 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4785 
Mahler sound 4785 
Default properly balanced sound. 4785 
Will horns make the difference? 4784 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4784 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4517 
What could I say? 4494 
Dissonant use 4494 
Sell "as is" 4490 
There won't be a need for it 4488 
Congratulations 4488 
A grander scheme in mind… 4488 
The mind boggles ... 4487 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4487 
Selling argument 4481 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4337 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4337 
Simulated suspension evolution 4337 
Humidity 4337 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4336 
Recharging the Alnico 4336 
How nice! 4336 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4336 
Planning and wishing.. 4336 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4336 
What was absolute wonderful… 4336 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4336 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4335 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4334 
It looks like how it works 4334 
The end 3264 
Many share 3264 
A new house --- again 3043 
Vitavox 15/40 2546 
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