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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3850 
Big 3850 
Old house? 3850 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3850 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3850 
For a Given Room 3849 
House Inspections & Warranties 3849 
A min Room size.... 3843 
Charging the Large Room 3843 
A bit deeper. 3843 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3842 
Comfort 3842 
Choices 3841 
Value 3841 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3841 
"romantic" illusion... 3841 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3841 
My kids... 3841 
Bingo 3841 
Interesting discussion indeed 3841 
The High Demands System 3840 
Paul S -- 3840 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3840 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3837 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3837 
Happiness 3837 
Various Stages of Young 3837 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3836 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3836 
Using the real estate 3836 
Through the roof 3833 
Sideways 3832 
If not a midbass horn? 3830 
What Comes Naturally 3830 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3830 
In That Case... 3830 
The game is on. 3828 
Mazel Tov! 3828 
Great news 3828 
Wonderful! 3828 
I think it will be better with time. 3828 
Gaddis House 3828 
Congratulations! 3827 
View vs. Practicality 3824 
Multi-Tasking 3824 
Exactly! 3824 
Equipment between speakers... 3824 
Top Gear 3824 
I see no problems with "between". 3824 
Oh well... 3824 
Wall of nature 3824 
Big Window 3824 
Shades and Night Vision 3824 
...they do image wonderfully... 3824 
Another attic project? 3823 
Infinite baffle 3823 
IB 3823 
Mold 3823 
Attic Ventilation 3823 
Possible 3822 
Just strategizing 3822 
Normal orientation 3822 
Confusion. 3822 
Specifics 3822 
Driver Orientation 3822 
That all need to be though out. 3822 
It nigh be a problem 3822 
Ideas 3822 
Opposing woofers 3822 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3822 
Blow hard 3822 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3822 
Couple of things 3822 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3810 
That's not a problem :) 3810 
A LF solution for a new room 3753 
Another midbass?!!? 3750 
Another option to consider 3748 
Room comfort upgrades 3747 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3745 
The color of the listening room. 3731 
This would be nice...... 3728 
That is it. 3718 
Congratulations 3718 
Well, 3718 
The last week of moving... 3709 
We are home! 3705 
Congratulations! 3705 
We found a new room in House.... 3699 
Bass in bass-ment? 3698 
True, but. . . 3698 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3697 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3697 
It took for a while. 3660 
Time/Change 3659 
In regards to chairs... 3659 
This week. 3657 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3657 
The first day. 3655 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3655 
Sounds like a nice time... 3655 
For now.... 3654 
Soft Bass 3654 
Getting somewhere. 3653 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3653 
Diffusion 3652 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3651 
Space behind 3651 
Slowly going back to the business. 3636 
Keep on truckin' 3636 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3634 
Audio vs Video playback. 3631 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3630 
AV 3630 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3630 
A good configuration. 3629 
Injection Channel 3629 
It will come later. 3629 
Going there.... 3627 
Toddler Listeners 3626 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3626 
The honeymoon night. 3624 
Proximity 3624 
A chicken and egg situation 3615 
So far so good. 3610 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3608 
Ok, a first objective look. 3603 
Some room dealing basics 3602 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3601 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3600 
Bass trap 3600 
I will see... 3600 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3600 
Other absorbtion methods 3600 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3599 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3592 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3592 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3590 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3590 
Zarathustra 3586 
Very very nice. 3567 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3567 
Theoretically possible? 3565 
So True 3564 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3553 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3548 
7 moths and one event... 3427 
The next day 3425 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3425 
Choose your poisons 3425 
Thank you 3424 
It is very nice. 3423 
Great day 3422 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3421 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3416 
Macondo listening distance. 3332 
Measured from? 3331 
The Listening Room July 7 3331 
8' all around 3330 
Some comments... 3330 
I am looking for inspiration. 3328 
Vent that woofer 3328 
I do not know yet what to do. 3328 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3327 
Ported 3327 
No port for me, if possible... 3327 
Might...... be.... 3327 
K-Horns? 3327 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3327 
They do appear 3327 
Path length of khorn 3327 
The memory lane. 3327 
Outside 3327 
KHorn facts and truth 3327 
Khorn extension 3327 
The options available.... 3327 
The last night looking… 3326 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3326 
About the use of reading my own site. 3325 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3325 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3325 
Just thinking out loud... 3325 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3325 
Driver? 3325 
Two separate individuals 3325 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3325 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3325 
One more simple idea 3325 
A good thinking. 3323 
A next day. 3323 
Deja vu 3322 
It is all depend of your roo 3322 
What the holly garbage. 3312 
What about at a lower volume... 3312 
I do not know why. 3311 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3258 
SSET ;-) 3257 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3257 
More of the same? 3256 
Yes, this is an option too. 3256 
Actually… 3256 
The Scanspeaks 3256 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3256 
Ah, Winnie... 3256 
Last version 3256 
I wrote about it. 3255 
Layout 3255 
Kind of LF depression… 3252 
The one that got away 3252 
Updated. 3252 
Respect! 3251 
There are plenty things to think about. 3251 
Devil invented the room :) 3251 
The way how I see it… 3251 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3250 
One more theoretical solution 3249 
Almost familiar 3249 
This weekend 3245 
Sum and Difference 3245 
It is in the picture... 3245 
Nice bias 3245 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3245 
The grilling analogy 3245 
Some listening today. 3244 
Back to the drawing table. 3238 
Bring them forward 3238 
Promising.... 3238 
Aligned how? 3237 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3237 
Nice but need more work 3230 
Getting there... 3225 
It all looks very nice... 3225 
It is still all for grabs. 3225 
Great Morning!!! 3224 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3224 
Some thinking required… 3223 
I never done anything like this… 3222 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3221 
Phase and Room Modes 3221 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3220 
I am back. 3219 
I need some volume… 3218 
Line Gain 3218 
What a brilliant idea! 3218 
The full monty 3218 
Yep. I know. 3217 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3217 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3217 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3214 
You know the voices are right... 3214 
Some freaking magic. 3213 
Explanation 3213 
11 feet apart 3212 
Juts a proposal. 3212 
Stronger preamp 3211 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3210 
Sick? No. 3210 
Strong pre 3210 
I think it will be no 312.... 3210 
The new room is officially open. 3197 
A picture… 3183 
What a beautiful set-up! 3183 
Dream place 3182 
Headphones sound from playback 3181 
The headphone analogy 3180 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3180 
Wrong way 3180 
Sounds like an insult to me 3180 
Imaging. 3180 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3174 
Learn to forget 3173 
The infrabass injection. 3063 
The number 20 3063 
Undertones? 3062 
Resonance distortion 3062 
There are many options 3062 
I want it... 3062 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3062 
Clarity in the murk 3062 
The gentle exit 3062 
I understand 3062 
Low frequency dithering 3062 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3062 
Eventually! 2878 
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