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Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5543 
Encouragement 5542 
The divers testing. 5542 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5541 
Test 5541 
To Wind Up Where? 5541 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5541 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5540 
What Next 5540 
The mid-bass laboratory 5539 
It is a different question. 5539 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5533 
Triangular midbass horns 5533 
Suspending Disbelief 5533 
Some practical strategic considerations 5520 
MB Horns Project 5520 
Another consideration – the cable length 5519 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5519 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5517 
The triangle horns in attic 5517 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5517 
About the triangular horns corners… 5517 
4-sided triangle 5517 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5517 
Bass from behind 5517 
K-Horns 5517 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5517 
The wall-loaded horns? 5517 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5517 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5517 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5517 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5516 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5516 
How does this phase work? 5516 
Some very raw numbers 5516 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5515 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5515 
Mid Bass Project 5515 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5514 
How to drive a long cable. 5511 
Personal Bias 5511 
There were no big red flags 5509 
The Swidish 30Hz 5509 
Who world believe! 5509 
Good news! 5508 
Two open questions. 5507 
Transition piece 5507 
About my horn skeleton. 5507 
Transitions 5507 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5507 
Boston wood guy 5507 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5507 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5507 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5507 
Possible option for fabrication 5506 
It is about softness, stupid. 5506 
Transition Zone 5506 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5506 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5505 
A good modeling software? 5505 
CAD software 5504 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5496 
The "maket" time. 5489 
Maket 5489 
! 5489 
OK, it is this Friday! 5489 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5489 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5489 
The wood source is found 5488 
OK, it is started.... 5486 
Dust to Dust 5486 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5486 
2001 Space Odasy 5486 
Interesting space 5485 
The opened up space. 5485 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5485 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5485 
Rear Chamber Access 5485 
California 5485 
Bass time domain 5485 
2001--2010 5485 
Some answers. 5485 
The Iron Rod 5485 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5485 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5484 
It is that I want. 5484 
Working Tolerances 5484 
The back chamber design 5484 
Very good 5484 
It is true, but…. 5484 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5483 
Here is my mouth. 5483 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5483 
The Fs of AKs 5483 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5483 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5483 
Sail 5483 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5482 
You are wrong. 5482 
The material of displacement plug 5482 
And the driver-winner is… 5482 
Pre-Fab 5482 
The horn will be mounted ... 5482 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5481 
4 Sides + 5481 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5480 
The Solution. 5480 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5480 
An US pomposity complex? 5480 
The back chamber predictions 5480 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5480 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5480 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5480 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5480 
Good Vibrations 5480 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5480 
Horn Thickness 5480 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5480 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5480 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5480 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5480 
Parallel what? 5480 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5479 
Sources 5479 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5479 
Damping materials revisited 5479 
How to finish my midbass horn 5479 
Wallpaper adhesion 5478 
Bright idea 5478 
I do like the brickish finish. 5478 
Venetion slats 5478 
The Ventilation subject. 5478 
How long will it take? 5478 
Insulation and horn mouth 5478 
Insulation et al. 5477 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5477 
GOD MACHINE 5477 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5477 
Ice dams - experience 5477 
Horn as "Room" 5477 
Agreed 5477 
Morons vs. Criminals 5477 
The insulation controversy. 5476 
The Conditioned Space 5476 
Ventilation 5476 
R-Value and Damping Options 5476 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5476 
Back To The Stone Age 5476 
Did you just woke up? 5476 
Yes I looked 5476 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5476 
Knocking the horn. 5476 
The current building plans. 5476 
The ideas needed. 5476 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5475 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5475 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5475 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5475 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5475 
The Stressed Skin 5475 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5475 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5475 
I do not know. 5474 
Status report #.... 5474 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5473 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5473 
It will be more clear with time. 5473 
The insulation… 5473 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5472 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5469 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5469 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5469 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5469 
Where? 5469 
From Center Photo: 5468 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5468 
The Third section argument 5468 
The front baffle. 5466 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5466 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5460 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5453 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5452 
What to do with mouth cover? 5451 
What to wear... 5451 
A lot of work.... 5450 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5447 
Cover/no cover 5446 
Red lights 5446 
Whores? 5446 
The Cat-House 5446 
The Red lights in whorns... 5446 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5446 
Dinner 5445 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5445 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5445 
Access to the bolts 5445 
The first test is comming today. 5444 
Sound impressions? 5444 
Some data, impressions and me. 5444 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5443 
A driver of some sort? 5443 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5443 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5442 
MiniDSP 5442 
Got a test croosover. 5442 
My horn trivia 5442 
Steps rather 5442 
The traps. 5441 
Eventually!!! 5441 
My favorite quote in this post: 5441 
Yep, it was me… 5441 
The second horn is rising… 5441 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5441 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5440 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5440 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5440 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5440 
What am I missing? 5440 
How to do my back chamber. 5440 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5440 
Babysitting the foam 5440 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5440 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5440 
Foam Expansion 5440 
Bite into it 5439 
Getting down with impedance 5439 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5439 
Added mass resonance 5439 
Resonance frequency and mass 5439 
La resistance 5439 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5435 
End of the project plan 5433 
Again, too much work… 5432 
Variable resonances 5432 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5432 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5432 
A word of warning and some comments. 5431 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5429 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5429 
Sanding prep for living 5429 
Too late . 5429 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5429 
Ciare car hifi 5428 
Eighteensound 5428 
The Second major milestone. 5428 
Better to be safe 5427 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5427 
Well That You Are Concerned 5427 
Sliding it in 5427 
2 people job? 5427 
The final few inches 5427 
Think Long and Hard 5427 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5427 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5427 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5427 
How to decupled horn from frame 5427 
Decoupling 5427 
Decoupling II 5426 
Pneumatic? 5426 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5426 
Silent blocks? 5426 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5426 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5426 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5426 
Straps and shocks 5426 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5426 
Weenie 5425 
The horn painting job 5425 
Romy the cork 5425 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5425 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5425 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5425 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5425 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5424 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5424 
Getting hectic. 5424 
Quick stuff job 5424 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5424 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5424 
Jessie, this is funny. 5424 
Toxic lube 5424 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5424 
The back chambers are done. 5423 
67Hz ? 5423 
Can you remind us.... 5423 
Nil risk 5423 
Chemical Wasteland 5423 
Sand. 5423 
Not decoupler but damper. 5423 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5423 
This project is on fire! 5423 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5423 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5423 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5422 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5422 
Monument 5422 
Stuning... 5422 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5422 
Reflections (sound) 5421 
Acrylate 5421 
Shaker interface 5421 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5421 
Surround 5421 
Door trim 5421 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5421 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5421 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5420 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5420 
Insulation 5419 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5419 
Condensation is the problem 5419 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5419 
Insulation 5418 
Monitoring moisture. 5418 
Moisture 5418 
Earlier in This Thread 5418 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5418 
Boots on the Ground 5418 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5418 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5416 
The ego time capsule. 5415 
Temptations!!! 5414 
The first shaking test. 5412 
The very right color. 5412 
Steps 5411 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5411 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5411 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5410 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5410 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5410 
Remote controlled LED 5409 
Giant robot halloween lights 5409 
The horns are officially opened. 5409 
School is in session 5409 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5408 
Horn trauma 5408 
About the foam 5408 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5408 
Cone-foam coupling 5408 
Misbehaving horns. 5408 
Wired 5408 
How to localize the problem 5408 
The possible cause 5408 
Impedance test the way you done it 5408 
The another day of midbass. 5407 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5407 
Let get some practical perspective. 5407 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5407 
Good signs 5407 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5406 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5406 
Ouch!... More please! 5406 
The first thing first. 5406 
Upper bass HP filter 5406 
Wipe Out 5406 
The midbass first. 5405 
The fascinating time 5405 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5404 
Midbass nasal sound 5404 
A new good configuration. 5404 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5403 
The Sliding Scale 5403 
A time for ULF... 5403 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5403 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5403 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5403 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5403 
Yup yup yup yup 5402 
Beringer x-overs 5402 
That is what I was hopping. 5400 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5400 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5399 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5399 
The dark side of all notes 5399 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5399 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5399 
AKA, Servo? 5399 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5398 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5398 
Shaping the Imagination 5398 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5398 
The fun time eventually. 5396 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5393 
Something is not right 5393 
A few howevers, as usually. 5393 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5392 
Talking about the midbass…. 5390 
Something is right. 5388 
Verifying the driver choice 5387 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5387 
The final Midbass 5382 
Official end of the midbass project… 5382 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5382 
…and the few Thanks…. 5381 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5378 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5378 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5378 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5378 
How much more can I let it go? 5373 
The next steps of progress. 5371 
Blurred transients? 5370 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5370 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5370 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5370 
Semantics and other stories 5370 
The 2dB battle…. 5367 
Ok, it is done. 5366 
Large vs. small. 5363 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5360 
Modesty 5350 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5339 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5301 
Environmental inspection. 5287 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5239 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5238 
Honk idea... 5235 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5220 
Obstetrician 5219 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5215 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5125 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5034 
To hear my midbass horn? 4971 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4882 
Mahler sound 4882 
Default properly balanced sound. 4882 
Will horns make the difference? 4881 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4881 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4614 
What could I say? 4591 
Dissonant use 4591 
Sell "as is" 4587 
There won't be a need for it 4585 
Congratulations 4585 
A grander scheme in mind… 4585 
The mind boggles ... 4584 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4584 
Selling argument 4578 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4434 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4434 
Simulated suspension evolution 4434 
Humidity 4434 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4433 
Recharging the Alnico 4433 
How nice! 4433 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4433 
Planning and wishing.. 4433 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4433 
What was absolute wonderful… 4433 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4433 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4432 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4431 
It looks like how it works 4431 
The end 3361 
Many share 3361 
A new house --- again 3140 
Vitavox 15/40 2643 
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