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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3882 
Big 3882 
Old house? 3882 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3882 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3882 
For a Given Room 3881 
House Inspections & Warranties 3881 
A min Room size.... 3875 
Charging the Large Room 3875 
A bit deeper. 3875 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3874 
Comfort 3874 
Choices 3873 
Value 3873 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3873 
"romantic" illusion... 3873 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3873 
My kids... 3873 
Bingo 3873 
Interesting discussion indeed 3873 
The High Demands System 3872 
Paul S -- 3872 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3872 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3869 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3869 
Happiness 3869 
Various Stages of Young 3869 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3868 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3868 
Using the real estate 3868 
Through the roof 3865 
Sideways 3864 
If not a midbass horn? 3862 
What Comes Naturally 3862 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3862 
In That Case... 3862 
The game is on. 3860 
Mazel Tov! 3860 
Great news 3860 
Wonderful! 3860 
I think it will be better with time. 3860 
Gaddis House 3860 
Congratulations! 3859 
View vs. Practicality 3856 
Multi-Tasking 3856 
Exactly! 3856 
Equipment between speakers... 3856 
Top Gear 3856 
I see no problems with "between". 3856 
Oh well... 3856 
Wall of nature 3856 
Big Window 3856 
Shades and Night Vision 3856 
...they do image wonderfully... 3856 
Another attic project? 3855 
Infinite baffle 3855 
IB 3855 
Mold 3855 
Attic Ventilation 3855 
Possible 3854 
Just strategizing 3854 
Normal orientation 3854 
Confusion. 3854 
Specifics 3854 
Driver Orientation 3854 
That all need to be though out. 3854 
It nigh be a problem 3854 
Ideas 3854 
Opposing woofers 3854 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3854 
Blow hard 3854 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3854 
Couple of things 3854 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3842 
That's not a problem :) 3842 
A LF solution for a new room 3785 
Another midbass?!!? 3782 
Another option to consider 3780 
Room comfort upgrades 3779 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3777 
The color of the listening room. 3763 
This would be nice...... 3760 
That is it. 3750 
Congratulations 3750 
Well, 3750 
The last week of moving... 3741 
We are home! 3737 
Congratulations! 3737 
We found a new room in House.... 3731 
Bass in bass-ment? 3730 
True, but. . . 3730 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3729 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3729 
It took for a while. 3692 
Time/Change 3691 
In regards to chairs... 3691 
This week. 3689 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3689 
The first day. 3687 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3687 
Sounds like a nice time... 3687 
For now.... 3686 
Soft Bass 3686 
Getting somewhere. 3685 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3685 
Diffusion 3684 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3683 
Space behind 3683 
Slowly going back to the business. 3668 
Keep on truckin' 3668 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3666 
Audio vs Video playback. 3663 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3662 
AV 3662 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3662 
A good configuration. 3661 
Injection Channel 3661 
It will come later. 3661 
Going there.... 3659 
Toddler Listeners 3658 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3658 
The honeymoon night. 3656 
Proximity 3656 
A chicken and egg situation 3647 
So far so good. 3642 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3640 
Ok, a first objective look. 3635 
Some room dealing basics 3634 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3633 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3632 
Bass trap 3632 
I will see... 3632 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3632 
Other absorbtion methods 3632 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3631 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3624 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3624 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3622 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3622 
Zarathustra 3618 
Very very nice. 3599 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3599 
Theoretically possible? 3597 
So True 3596 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3585 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3580 
7 moths and one event... 3459 
The next day 3457 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3457 
Choose your poisons 3457 
Thank you 3456 
It is very nice. 3455 
Great day 3454 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3453 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3448 
Macondo listening distance. 3364 
Measured from? 3363 
The Listening Room July 7 3363 
8' all around 3362 
Some comments... 3362 
I am looking for inspiration. 3360 
Vent that woofer 3360 
I do not know yet what to do. 3360 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3359 
Ported 3359 
No port for me, if possible... 3359 
Might...... be.... 3359 
K-Horns? 3359 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3359 
They do appear 3359 
Path length of khorn 3359 
The memory lane. 3359 
Outside 3359 
KHorn facts and truth 3359 
Khorn extension 3359 
The options available.... 3359 
The last night looking… 3358 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3358 
About the use of reading my own site. 3357 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3357 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3357 
Just thinking out loud... 3357 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3357 
Driver? 3357 
Two separate individuals 3357 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3357 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3357 
One more simple idea 3357 
A good thinking. 3355 
A next day. 3355 
Deja vu 3354 
It is all depend of your roo 3354 
What the holly garbage. 3344 
What about at a lower volume... 3344 
I do not know why. 3343 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3290 
SSET ;-) 3289 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3289 
More of the same? 3288 
Yes, this is an option too. 3288 
Actually… 3288 
The Scanspeaks 3288 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3288 
Ah, Winnie... 3288 
Last version 3288 
I wrote about it. 3287 
Layout 3287 
Kind of LF depression… 3284 
The one that got away 3284 
Updated. 3284 
Respect! 3283 
There are plenty things to think about. 3283 
Devil invented the room :) 3283 
The way how I see it… 3283 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3282 
One more theoretical solution 3281 
Almost familiar 3281 
This weekend 3277 
Sum and Difference 3277 
It is in the picture... 3277 
Nice bias 3277 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3277 
The grilling analogy 3277 
Some listening today. 3276 
Back to the drawing table. 3270 
Bring them forward 3270 
Promising.... 3270 
Aligned how? 3269 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3269 
Nice but need more work 3262 
Getting there... 3257 
It all looks very nice... 3257 
It is still all for grabs. 3257 
Great Morning!!! 3256 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3256 
Some thinking required… 3255 
I never done anything like this… 3254 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3253 
Phase and Room Modes 3253 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3252 
I am back. 3251 
I need some volume… 3250 
Line Gain 3250 
What a brilliant idea! 3250 
The full monty 3250 
Yep. I know. 3249 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3249 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3249 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3246 
You know the voices are right... 3246 
Some freaking magic. 3245 
Explanation 3245 
11 feet apart 3244 
Juts a proposal. 3244 
Stronger preamp 3243 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3242 
Sick? No. 3242 
Strong pre 3242 
I think it will be no 312.... 3242 
The new room is officially open. 3229 
A picture… 3215 
What a beautiful set-up! 3215 
Dream place 3214 
Headphones sound from playback 3213 
The headphone analogy 3212 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3212 
Wrong way 3212 
Sounds like an insult to me 3212 
Imaging. 3212 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3206 
Learn to forget 3205 
The infrabass injection. 3095 
The number 20 3095 
Undertones? 3094 
Resonance distortion 3094 
There are many options 3094 
I want it... 3094 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3094 
Clarity in the murk 3094 
The gentle exit 3094 
I understand 3094 
Low frequency dithering 3094 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3094 
Eventually! 2910 
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