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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5777 
Encouragement 5776 
The divers testing. 5776 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5775 
Test 5775 
To Wind Up Where? 5775 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5775 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5774 
What Next 5774 
The mid-bass laboratory 5773 
It is a different question. 5773 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5767 
Triangular midbass horns 5767 
Suspending Disbelief 5767 
Some practical strategic considerations 5754 
MB Horns Project 5754 
Another consideration – the cable length 5753 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5753 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5751 
The triangle horns in attic 5751 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5751 
About the triangular horns corners… 5751 
4-sided triangle 5751 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5751 
Bass from behind 5751 
K-Horns 5751 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5751 
The wall-loaded horns? 5751 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5751 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5751 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5751 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5750 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5750 
How does this phase work? 5750 
Some very raw numbers 5750 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5749 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5749 
Mid Bass Project 5749 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5748 
How to drive a long cable. 5745 
Personal Bias 5745 
There were no big red flags 5743 
The Swidish 30Hz 5743 
Who world believe! 5743 
Good news! 5742 
Two open questions. 5741 
Transition piece 5741 
About my horn skeleton. 5741 
Transitions 5741 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5741 
Boston wood guy 5741 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5741 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5741 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5741 
Possible option for fabrication 5740 
It is about softness, stupid. 5740 
Transition Zone 5740 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5740 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5739 
A good modeling software? 5739 
CAD software 5738 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5730 
The "maket" time. 5723 
Maket 5723 
! 5723 
OK, it is this Friday! 5723 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5723 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5723 
The wood source is found 5722 
OK, it is started.... 5720 
Dust to Dust 5720 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5720 
2001 Space Odasy 5720 
Interesting space 5719 
The opened up space. 5719 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5719 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5719 
Rear Chamber Access 5719 
California 5719 
Bass time domain 5719 
2001--2010 5719 
Some answers. 5719 
The Iron Rod 5719 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5719 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5718 
It is that I want. 5718 
Working Tolerances 5718 
The back chamber design 5718 
Very good 5718 
It is true, but…. 5718 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5717 
Here is my mouth. 5717 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5717 
The Fs of AKs 5717 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5717 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5717 
Sail 5717 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5716 
You are wrong. 5716 
The material of displacement plug 5716 
And the driver-winner is… 5716 
Pre-Fab 5716 
The horn will be mounted ... 5716 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5715 
4 Sides + 5715 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5714 
The Solution. 5714 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5714 
An US pomposity complex? 5714 
The back chamber predictions 5714 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5714 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5714 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5714 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5714 
Good Vibrations 5714 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5714 
Horn Thickness 5714 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5714 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5714 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5714 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5714 
Parallel what? 5714 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5713 
Sources 5713 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5713 
Damping materials revisited 5713 
How to finish my midbass horn 5713 
Wallpaper adhesion 5712 
Bright idea 5712 
I do like the brickish finish. 5712 
Venetion slats 5712 
The Ventilation subject. 5712 
How long will it take? 5712 
Insulation and horn mouth 5712 
Insulation et al. 5711 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5711 
GOD MACHINE 5711 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5711 
Ice dams - experience 5711 
Horn as "Room" 5711 
Agreed 5711 
Morons vs. Criminals 5711 
The insulation controversy. 5710 
The Conditioned Space 5710 
Ventilation 5710 
R-Value and Damping Options 5710 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5710 
Back To The Stone Age 5710 
Did you just woke up? 5710 
Yes I looked 5710 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5710 
Knocking the horn. 5710 
The current building plans. 5710 
The ideas needed. 5710 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5709 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5709 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5709 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5709 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5709 
The Stressed Skin 5709 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5709 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5709 
I do not know. 5708 
Status report #.... 5708 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5707 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5707 
It will be more clear with time. 5707 
The insulation… 5707 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5706 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5703 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5703 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5703 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5703 
Where? 5703 
From Center Photo: 5702 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5702 
The Third section argument 5702 
The front baffle. 5700 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5700 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5694 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5687 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5686 
What to do with mouth cover? 5685 
What to wear... 5685 
A lot of work.... 5684 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5681 
Cover/no cover 5680 
Red lights 5680 
Whores? 5680 
The Cat-House 5680 
The Red lights in whorns... 5680 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5680 
Dinner 5679 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5679 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5679 
Access to the bolts 5679 
The first test is comming today. 5678 
Sound impressions? 5678 
Some data, impressions and me. 5678 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5677 
A driver of some sort? 5677 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5677 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5676 
MiniDSP 5676 
Got a test croosover. 5676 
My horn trivia 5676 
Steps rather 5676 
The traps. 5675 
Eventually!!! 5675 
My favorite quote in this post: 5675 
Yep, it was me… 5675 
The second horn is rising… 5675 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5675 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5674 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5674 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5674 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5674 
What am I missing? 5674 
How to do my back chamber. 5674 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5674 
Babysitting the foam 5674 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5674 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5674 
Foam Expansion 5674 
Bite into it 5673 
Getting down with impedance 5673 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5673 
Added mass resonance 5673 
Resonance frequency and mass 5673 
La resistance 5673 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5669 
End of the project plan 5667 
Again, too much work… 5666 
Variable resonances 5666 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5666 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5666 
A word of warning and some comments. 5665 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5663 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5663 
Sanding prep for living 5663 
Too late . 5663 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5663 
Ciare car hifi 5662 
Eighteensound 5662 
The Second major milestone. 5662 
Better to be safe 5661 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5661 
Well That You Are Concerned 5661 
Sliding it in 5661 
2 people job? 5661 
The final few inches 5661 
Think Long and Hard 5661 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5661 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5661 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5661 
How to decupled horn from frame 5661 
Decoupling 5661 
Decoupling II 5660 
Pneumatic? 5660 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5660 
Silent blocks? 5660 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5660 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5660 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5660 
Straps and shocks 5660 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5660 
Weenie 5659 
The horn painting job 5659 
Romy the cork 5659 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5659 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5659 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5659 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5659 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5658 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5658 
Getting hectic. 5658 
Quick stuff job 5658 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5658 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5658 
Jessie, this is funny. 5658 
Toxic lube 5658 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5658 
The back chambers are done. 5657 
67Hz ? 5657 
Can you remind us.... 5657 
Nil risk 5657 
Chemical Wasteland 5657 
Sand. 5657 
Not decoupler but damper. 5657 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5657 
This project is on fire! 5657 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5657 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5657 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5656 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5656 
Monument 5656 
Stuning... 5656 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5656 
Reflections (sound) 5655 
Acrylate 5655 
Shaker interface 5655 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5655 
Surround 5655 
Door trim 5655 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5655 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5655 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5654 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5654 
Insulation 5653 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5653 
Condensation is the problem 5653 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5653 
Insulation 5652 
Monitoring moisture. 5652 
Moisture 5652 
Earlier in This Thread 5652 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5652 
Boots on the Ground 5652 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5652 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5650 
The ego time capsule. 5649 
Temptations!!! 5648 
The first shaking test. 5646 
The very right color. 5646 
Steps 5645 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5645 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5645 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5644 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5644 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5644 
Remote controlled LED 5643 
Giant robot halloween lights 5643 
The horns are officially opened. 5643 
School is in session 5643 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5642 
Horn trauma 5642 
About the foam 5642 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5642 
Cone-foam coupling 5642 
Misbehaving horns. 5642 
Wired 5642 
How to localize the problem 5642 
The possible cause 5642 
Impedance test the way you done it 5642 
The another day of midbass. 5641 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5641 
Let get some practical perspective. 5641 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5641 
Good signs 5641 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5640 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5640 
Ouch!... More please! 5640 
The first thing first. 5640 
Upper bass HP filter 5640 
Wipe Out 5640 
The midbass first. 5639 
The fascinating time 5639 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5638 
Midbass nasal sound 5638 
A new good configuration. 5638 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5637 
The Sliding Scale 5637 
A time for ULF... 5637 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5637 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5637 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5637 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5637 
Yup yup yup yup 5636 
Beringer x-overs 5636 
That is what I was hopping. 5634 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5634 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5633 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5633 
The dark side of all notes 5633 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5633 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5633 
AKA, Servo? 5633 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5632 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5632 
Shaping the Imagination 5632 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5632 
The fun time eventually. 5630 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5627 
Something is not right 5627 
A few howevers, as usually. 5627 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5626 
Talking about the midbass…. 5624 
Something is right. 5622 
Verifying the driver choice 5621 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5621 
The final Midbass 5616 
Official end of the midbass project… 5616 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5616 
…and the few Thanks…. 5615 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5612 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5612 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5612 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5612 
How much more can I let it go? 5607 
The next steps of progress. 5605 
Blurred transients? 5604 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5604 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5604 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5604 
Semantics and other stories 5604 
The 2dB battle…. 5601 
Ok, it is done. 5600 
Large vs. small. 5597 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5594 
Modesty 5584 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5573 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5535 
Environmental inspection. 5521 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5473 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5472 
Honk idea... 5469 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5454 
Obstetrician 5453 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5449 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5359 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5268 
To hear my midbass horn? 5205 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5116 
Mahler sound 5116 
Default properly balanced sound. 5116 
Will horns make the difference? 5115 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5115 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4848 
What could I say? 4825 
Dissonant use 4825 
Sell "as is" 4821 
There won't be a need for it 4819 
Congratulations 4819 
A grander scheme in mind… 4819 
The mind boggles ... 4818 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4818 
Selling argument 4812 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4668 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4668 
Simulated suspension evolution 4668 
Humidity 4668 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4667 
Recharging the Alnico 4667 
How nice! 4667 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4667 
Planning and wishing.. 4667 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4667 
What was absolute wonderful… 4667 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4667 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4666 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4665 
It looks like how it works 4665 
The end 3595 
Many share 3595 
A new house --- again 3374 
Vitavox 15/40 2877 
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