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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3748 
Big 3748 
Old house? 3748 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3748 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3748 
For a Given Room 3747 
House Inspections & Warranties 3747 
A min Room size.... 3741 
Charging the Large Room 3741 
A bit deeper. 3741 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3740 
Comfort 3740 
Choices 3739 
Value 3739 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3739 
"romantic" illusion... 3739 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3739 
My kids... 3739 
Bingo 3739 
Interesting discussion indeed 3739 
The High Demands System 3738 
Paul S -- 3738 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3738 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3735 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3735 
Happiness 3735 
Various Stages of Young 3735 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3734 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3734 
Using the real estate 3734 
Through the roof 3731 
Sideways 3730 
If not a midbass horn? 3728 
What Comes Naturally 3728 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3728 
In That Case... 3728 
The game is on. 3726 
Mazel Tov! 3726 
Great news 3726 
Wonderful! 3726 
I think it will be better with time. 3726 
Gaddis House 3726 
Congratulations! 3725 
View vs. Practicality 3722 
Multi-Tasking 3722 
Exactly! 3722 
Equipment between speakers... 3722 
Top Gear 3722 
I see no problems with "between". 3722 
Oh well... 3722 
Wall of nature 3722 
Big Window 3722 
Shades and Night Vision 3722 
...they do image wonderfully... 3722 
Another attic project? 3721 
Infinite baffle 3721 
IB 3721 
Mold 3721 
Attic Ventilation 3721 
Possible 3720 
Just strategizing 3720 
Normal orientation 3720 
Confusion. 3720 
Specifics 3720 
Driver Orientation 3720 
That all need to be though out. 3720 
It nigh be a problem 3720 
Ideas 3720 
Opposing woofers 3720 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3720 
Blow hard 3720 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3720 
Couple of things 3720 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3708 
That's not a problem :) 3708 
A LF solution for a new room 3651 
Another midbass?!!? 3648 
Another option to consider 3646 
Room comfort upgrades 3645 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3643 
The color of the listening room. 3629 
This would be nice...... 3626 
That is it. 3616 
Congratulations 3616 
Well, 3616 
The last week of moving... 3607 
We are home! 3603 
Congratulations! 3603 
We found a new room in House.... 3597 
Bass in bass-ment? 3596 
True, but. . . 3596 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3595 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3595 
It took for a while. 3558 
Time/Change 3557 
In regards to chairs... 3557 
This week. 3555 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3555 
The first day. 3553 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3553 
Sounds like a nice time... 3553 
For now.... 3552 
Soft Bass 3552 
Getting somewhere. 3551 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3551 
Diffusion 3550 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3549 
Space behind 3549 
Slowly going back to the business. 3534 
Keep on truckin' 3534 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3532 
Audio vs Video playback. 3529 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3528 
AV 3528 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3528 
A good configuration. 3527 
Injection Channel 3527 
It will come later. 3527 
Going there.... 3525 
Toddler Listeners 3524 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3524 
The honeymoon night. 3522 
Proximity 3522 
A chicken and egg situation 3513 
So far so good. 3508 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3506 
Ok, a first objective look. 3501 
Some room dealing basics 3500 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3499 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3498 
Bass trap 3498 
I will see... 3498 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3498 
Other absorbtion methods 3498 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3497 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3490 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3490 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3488 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3488 
Zarathustra 3484 
Very very nice. 3465 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3465 
Theoretically possible? 3463 
So True 3462 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3451 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3446 
7 moths and one event... 3325 
The next day 3323 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3323 
Choose your poisons 3323 
Thank you 3322 
It is very nice. 3321 
Great day 3320 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3319 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3314 
Macondo listening distance. 3230 
Measured from? 3229 
The Listening Room July 7 3229 
8' all around 3228 
Some comments... 3228 
I am looking for inspiration. 3226 
Vent that woofer 3226 
I do not know yet what to do. 3226 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3225 
Ported 3225 
No port for me, if possible... 3225 
Might...... be.... 3225 
K-Horns? 3225 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3225 
They do appear 3225 
Path length of khorn 3225 
The memory lane. 3225 
Outside 3225 
KHorn facts and truth 3225 
Khorn extension 3225 
The options available.... 3225 
The last night looking… 3224 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3224 
About the use of reading my own site. 3223 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3223 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3223 
Just thinking out loud... 3223 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3223 
Driver? 3223 
Two separate individuals 3223 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3223 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3223 
One more simple idea 3223 
A good thinking. 3221 
A next day. 3221 
Deja vu 3220 
It is all depend of your roo 3220 
What the holly garbage. 3210 
What about at a lower volume... 3210 
I do not know why. 3209 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3156 
SSET ;-) 3155 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3155 
More of the same? 3154 
Yes, this is an option too. 3154 
Actually… 3154 
The Scanspeaks 3154 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3154 
Ah, Winnie... 3154 
Last version 3154 
I wrote about it. 3153 
Layout 3153 
Kind of LF depression… 3150 
The one that got away 3150 
Updated. 3150 
Respect! 3149 
There are plenty things to think about. 3149 
Devil invented the room :) 3149 
The way how I see it… 3149 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3148 
One more theoretical solution 3147 
Almost familiar 3147 
This weekend 3143 
Sum and Difference 3143 
It is in the picture... 3143 
Nice bias 3143 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3143 
The grilling analogy 3143 
Some listening today. 3142 
Back to the drawing table. 3136 
Bring them forward 3136 
Promising.... 3136 
Aligned how? 3135 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3135 
Nice but need more work 3128 
Getting there... 3123 
It all looks very nice... 3123 
It is still all for grabs. 3123 
Great Morning!!! 3122 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3122 
Some thinking required… 3121 
I never done anything like this… 3120 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3119 
Phase and Room Modes 3119 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3118 
I am back. 3117 
I need some volume… 3116 
Line Gain 3116 
What a brilliant idea! 3116 
The full monty 3116 
Yep. I know. 3115 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3115 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3115 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3112 
You know the voices are right... 3112 
Some freaking magic. 3111 
Explanation 3111 
11 feet apart 3110 
Juts a proposal. 3110 
Stronger preamp 3109 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3108 
Sick? No. 3108 
Strong pre 3108 
I think it will be no 312.... 3108 
The new room is officially open. 3095 
A picture… 3081 
What a beautiful set-up! 3081 
Dream place 3080 
Headphones sound from playback 3079 
The headphone analogy 3078 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3078 
Wrong way 3078 
Sounds like an insult to me 3078 
Imaging. 3078 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3072 
Learn to forget 3071 
The infrabass injection. 2961 
The number 20 2961 
Undertones? 2960 
Resonance distortion 2960 
There are many options 2960 
I want it... 2960 
Music vs, Sound Effects 2960 
Clarity in the murk 2960 
The gentle exit 2960 
I understand 2960 
Low frequency dithering 2960 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 2960 
Eventually! 2776 
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