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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3662 
Big 3662 
Old house? 3662 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3662 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3662 
For a Given Room 3661 
House Inspections & Warranties 3661 
A min Room size.... 3655 
Charging the Large Room 3655 
A bit deeper. 3655 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3654 
Comfort 3654 
Choices 3653 
Value 3653 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3653 
"romantic" illusion... 3653 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3653 
My kids... 3653 
Bingo 3653 
Interesting discussion indeed 3653 
The High Demands System 3652 
Paul S -- 3652 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3652 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3649 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3649 
Happiness 3649 
Various Stages of Young 3649 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3648 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3648 
Using the real estate 3648 
Through the roof 3645 
Sideways 3644 
If not a midbass horn? 3642 
What Comes Naturally 3642 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3642 
In That Case... 3642 
The game is on. 3640 
Mazel Tov! 3640 
Great news 3640 
Wonderful! 3640 
I think it will be better with time. 3640 
Gaddis House 3640 
Congratulations! 3639 
View vs. Practicality 3636 
Multi-Tasking 3636 
Exactly! 3636 
Equipment between speakers... 3636 
Top Gear 3636 
I see no problems with "between". 3636 
Oh well... 3636 
Wall of nature 3636 
Big Window 3636 
Shades and Night Vision 3636 
...they do image wonderfully... 3636 
Another attic project? 3635 
Infinite baffle 3635 
IB 3635 
Mold 3635 
Attic Ventilation 3635 
Possible 3634 
Just strategizing 3634 
Normal orientation 3634 
Confusion. 3634 
Specifics 3634 
Driver Orientation 3634 
That all need to be though out. 3634 
It nigh be a problem 3634 
Ideas 3634 
Opposing woofers 3634 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3634 
Blow hard 3634 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3634 
Couple of things 3634 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3622 
That's not a problem :) 3622 
A LF solution for a new room 3565 
Another midbass?!!? 3562 
Another option to consider 3560 
Room comfort upgrades 3559 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3557 
The color of the listening room. 3543 
This would be nice...... 3540 
That is it. 3530 
Congratulations 3530 
Well, 3530 
The last week of moving... 3521 
We are home! 3517 
Congratulations! 3517 
We found a new room in House.... 3511 
Bass in bass-ment? 3510 
True, but. . . 3510 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3509 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3509 
It took for a while. 3472 
Time/Change 3471 
In regards to chairs... 3471 
This week. 3469 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3469 
The first day. 3467 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3467 
Sounds like a nice time... 3467 
For now.... 3466 
Soft Bass 3466 
Getting somewhere. 3465 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3465 
Diffusion 3464 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3463 
Space behind 3463 
Slowly going back to the business. 3448 
Keep on truckin' 3448 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3446 
Audio vs Video playback. 3443 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3442 
AV 3442 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3442 
A good configuration. 3441 
Injection Channel 3441 
It will come later. 3441 
Going there.... 3439 
Toddler Listeners 3438 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3438 
The honeymoon night. 3436 
Proximity 3436 
A chicken and egg situation 3427 
So far so good. 3422 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3420 
Ok, a first objective look. 3415 
Some room dealing basics 3414 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3413 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3412 
Bass trap 3412 
I will see... 3412 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3412 
Other absorbtion methods 3412 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3411 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3404 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3404 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3402 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3402 
Zarathustra 3398 
Very very nice. 3379 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3379 
Theoretically possible? 3377 
So True 3376 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3365 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3360 
7 moths and one event... 3239 
The next day 3237 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3237 
Choose your poisons 3237 
Thank you 3236 
It is very nice. 3235 
Great day 3234 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3233 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3228 
Macondo listening distance. 3144 
Measured from? 3143 
The Listening Room July 7 3143 
8' all around 3142 
Some comments... 3142 
I am looking for inspiration. 3140 
Vent that woofer 3140 
I do not know yet what to do. 3140 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3139 
Ported 3139 
No port for me, if possible... 3139 
Might...... be.... 3139 
K-Horns? 3139 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3139 
They do appear 3139 
Path length of khorn 3139 
The memory lane. 3139 
Outside 3139 
KHorn facts and truth 3139 
Khorn extension 3139 
The options available.... 3139 
The last night looking… 3138 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3138 
About the use of reading my own site. 3137 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3137 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3137 
Just thinking out loud... 3137 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3137 
Driver? 3137 
Two separate individuals 3137 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3137 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3137 
One more simple idea 3137 
A good thinking. 3135 
A next day. 3135 
Deja vu 3134 
It is all depend of your roo 3134 
What the holly garbage. 3124 
What about at a lower volume... 3124 
I do not know why. 3123 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3070 
SSET ;-) 3069 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3069 
More of the same? 3068 
Yes, this is an option too. 3068 
Actually… 3068 
The Scanspeaks 3068 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3068 
Ah, Winnie... 3068 
Last version 3068 
I wrote about it. 3067 
Layout 3067 
Kind of LF depression… 3064 
The one that got away 3064 
Updated. 3064 
Respect! 3063 
There are plenty things to think about. 3063 
Devil invented the room :) 3063 
The way how I see it… 3063 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3062 
One more theoretical solution 3061 
Almost familiar 3061 
This weekend 3057 
Sum and Difference 3057 
It is in the picture... 3057 
Nice bias 3057 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3057 
The grilling analogy 3057 
Some listening today. 3056 
Back to the drawing table. 3050 
Bring them forward 3050 
Promising.... 3050 
Aligned how? 3049 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3049 
Nice but need more work 3042 
Getting there... 3037 
It all looks very nice... 3037 
It is still all for grabs. 3037 
Great Morning!!! 3036 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3036 
Some thinking required… 3035 
I never done anything like this… 3034 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3033 
Phase and Room Modes 3033 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3032 
I am back. 3031 
I need some volume… 3030 
Line Gain 3030 
What a brilliant idea! 3030 
The full monty 3030 
Yep. I know. 3029 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3029 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3029 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3026 
You know the voices are right... 3026 
Some freaking magic. 3025 
Explanation 3025 
11 feet apart 3024 
Juts a proposal. 3024 
Stronger preamp 3023 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3022 
Sick? No. 3022 
Strong pre 3022 
I think it will be no 312.... 3022 
The new room is officially open. 3009 
A picture… 2995 
What a beautiful set-up! 2995 
Dream place 2994 
Headphones sound from playback 2993 
The headphone analogy 2992 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 2992 
Wrong way 2992 
Sounds like an insult to me 2992 
Imaging. 2992 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 2986 
Learn to forget 2985 
The infrabass injection. 2875 
The number 20 2875 
Undertones? 2874 
Resonance distortion 2874 
There are many options 2874 
I want it... 2874 
Music vs, Sound Effects 2874 
Clarity in the murk 2874 
The gentle exit 2874 
I understand 2874 
Low frequency dithering 2874 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 2874 
Eventually! 2690 
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