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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3899 
Big 3899 
Old house? 3899 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3899 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3899 
For a Given Room 3898 
House Inspections & Warranties 3898 
A min Room size.... 3892 
Charging the Large Room 3892 
A bit deeper. 3892 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3891 
Comfort 3891 
Choices 3890 
Value 3890 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3890 
"romantic" illusion... 3890 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3890 
My kids... 3890 
Bingo 3890 
Interesting discussion indeed 3890 
The High Demands System 3889 
Paul S -- 3889 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3889 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3886 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3886 
Happiness 3886 
Various Stages of Young 3886 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3885 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3885 
Using the real estate 3885 
Through the roof 3882 
Sideways 3881 
If not a midbass horn? 3879 
What Comes Naturally 3879 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3879 
In That Case... 3879 
The game is on. 3877 
Mazel Tov! 3877 
Great news 3877 
Wonderful! 3877 
I think it will be better with time. 3877 
Gaddis House 3877 
Congratulations! 3876 
View vs. Practicality 3873 
Multi-Tasking 3873 
Exactly! 3873 
Equipment between speakers... 3873 
Top Gear 3873 
I see no problems with "between". 3873 
Oh well... 3873 
Wall of nature 3873 
Big Window 3873 
Shades and Night Vision 3873 
...they do image wonderfully... 3873 
Another attic project? 3872 
Infinite baffle 3872 
IB 3872 
Mold 3872 
Attic Ventilation 3872 
Possible 3871 
Just strategizing 3871 
Normal orientation 3871 
Confusion. 3871 
Specifics 3871 
Driver Orientation 3871 
That all need to be though out. 3871 
It nigh be a problem 3871 
Ideas 3871 
Opposing woofers 3871 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3871 
Blow hard 3871 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3871 
Couple of things 3871 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3859 
That's not a problem :) 3859 
A LF solution for a new room 3802 
Another midbass?!!? 3799 
Another option to consider 3797 
Room comfort upgrades 3796 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3794 
The color of the listening room. 3780 
This would be nice...... 3777 
That is it. 3767 
Congratulations 3767 
Well, 3767 
The last week of moving... 3758 
We are home! 3754 
Congratulations! 3754 
We found a new room in House.... 3748 
Bass in bass-ment? 3747 
True, but. . . 3747 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3746 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3746 
It took for a while. 3709 
Time/Change 3708 
In regards to chairs... 3708 
This week. 3706 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3706 
The first day. 3704 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3704 
Sounds like a nice time... 3704 
For now.... 3703 
Soft Bass 3703 
Getting somewhere. 3702 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3702 
Diffusion 3701 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3700 
Space behind 3700 
Slowly going back to the business. 3685 
Keep on truckin' 3685 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3683 
Audio vs Video playback. 3680 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3679 
AV 3679 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3679 
A good configuration. 3678 
Injection Channel 3678 
It will come later. 3678 
Going there.... 3676 
Toddler Listeners 3675 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3675 
The honeymoon night. 3673 
Proximity 3673 
A chicken and egg situation 3664 
So far so good. 3659 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3657 
Ok, a first objective look. 3652 
Some room dealing basics 3651 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3650 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3649 
Bass trap 3649 
I will see... 3649 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3649 
Other absorbtion methods 3649 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3648 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3641 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3641 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3639 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3639 
Zarathustra 3635 
Very very nice. 3616 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3616 
Theoretically possible? 3614 
So True 3613 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3602 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3597 
7 moths and one event... 3476 
The next day 3474 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3474 
Choose your poisons 3474 
Thank you 3473 
It is very nice. 3472 
Great day 3471 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3470 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3465 
Macondo listening distance. 3381 
Measured from? 3380 
The Listening Room July 7 3380 
8' all around 3379 
Some comments... 3379 
I am looking for inspiration. 3377 
Vent that woofer 3377 
I do not know yet what to do. 3377 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3376 
Ported 3376 
No port for me, if possible... 3376 
Might...... be.... 3376 
K-Horns? 3376 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3376 
They do appear 3376 
Path length of khorn 3376 
The memory lane. 3376 
Outside 3376 
KHorn facts and truth 3376 
Khorn extension 3376 
The options available.... 3376 
The last night looking… 3375 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3375 
About the use of reading my own site. 3374 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3374 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3374 
Just thinking out loud... 3374 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3374 
Driver? 3374 
Two separate individuals 3374 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3374 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3374 
One more simple idea 3374 
A good thinking. 3372 
A next day. 3372 
Deja vu 3371 
It is all depend of your roo 3371 
What the holly garbage. 3361 
What about at a lower volume... 3361 
I do not know why. 3360 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3307 
SSET ;-) 3306 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3306 
More of the same? 3305 
Yes, this is an option too. 3305 
Actually… 3305 
The Scanspeaks 3305 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3305 
Ah, Winnie... 3305 
Last version 3305 
I wrote about it. 3304 
Layout 3304 
Kind of LF depression… 3301 
The one that got away 3301 
Updated. 3301 
Respect! 3300 
There are plenty things to think about. 3300 
Devil invented the room :) 3300 
The way how I see it… 3300 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3299 
One more theoretical solution 3298 
Almost familiar 3298 
This weekend 3294 
Sum and Difference 3294 
It is in the picture... 3294 
Nice bias 3294 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3294 
The grilling analogy 3294 
Some listening today. 3293 
Back to the drawing table. 3287 
Bring them forward 3287 
Promising.... 3287 
Aligned how? 3286 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3286 
Nice but need more work 3279 
Getting there... 3274 
It all looks very nice... 3274 
It is still all for grabs. 3274 
Great Morning!!! 3273 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3273 
Some thinking required… 3272 
I never done anything like this… 3271 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3270 
Phase and Room Modes 3270 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3269 
I am back. 3268 
I need some volume… 3267 
Line Gain 3267 
What a brilliant idea! 3267 
The full monty 3267 
Yep. I know. 3266 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3266 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3266 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3263 
You know the voices are right... 3263 
Some freaking magic. 3262 
Explanation 3262 
11 feet apart 3261 
Juts a proposal. 3261 
Stronger preamp 3260 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3259 
Sick? No. 3259 
Strong pre 3259 
I think it will be no 312.... 3259 
The new room is officially open. 3246 
A picture… 3232 
What a beautiful set-up! 3232 
Dream place 3231 
Headphones sound from playback 3230 
The headphone analogy 3229 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3229 
Wrong way 3229 
Sounds like an insult to me 3229 
Imaging. 3229 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3223 
Learn to forget 3222 
The infrabass injection. 3112 
The number 20 3112 
Undertones? 3111 
Resonance distortion 3111 
There are many options 3111 
I want it... 3111 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3111 
Clarity in the murk 3111 
The gentle exit 3111 
I understand 3111 
Low frequency dithering 3111 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3111 
Eventually! 2927 
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