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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3934 
Big 3934 
Old house? 3934 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3934 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3934 
For a Given Room 3933 
House Inspections & Warranties 3933 
A min Room size.... 3927 
Charging the Large Room 3927 
A bit deeper. 3927 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3926 
Comfort 3926 
Choices 3925 
Value 3925 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3925 
"romantic" illusion... 3925 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3925 
My kids... 3925 
Bingo 3925 
Interesting discussion indeed 3925 
The High Demands System 3924 
Paul S -- 3924 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3924 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3921 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3921 
Happiness 3921 
Various Stages of Young 3921 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3920 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3920 
Using the real estate 3920 
Through the roof 3917 
Sideways 3916 
If not a midbass horn? 3914 
What Comes Naturally 3914 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3914 
In That Case... 3914 
The game is on. 3912 
Mazel Tov! 3912 
Great news 3912 
Wonderful! 3912 
I think it will be better with time. 3912 
Gaddis House 3912 
Congratulations! 3911 
View vs. Practicality 3908 
Multi-Tasking 3908 
Exactly! 3908 
Equipment between speakers... 3908 
Top Gear 3908 
I see no problems with "between". 3908 
Oh well... 3908 
Wall of nature 3908 
Big Window 3908 
Shades and Night Vision 3908 
...they do image wonderfully... 3908 
Another attic project? 3907 
Infinite baffle 3907 
IB 3907 
Mold 3907 
Attic Ventilation 3907 
Possible 3906 
Just strategizing 3906 
Normal orientation 3906 
Confusion. 3906 
Specifics 3906 
Driver Orientation 3906 
That all need to be though out. 3906 
It nigh be a problem 3906 
Ideas 3906 
Opposing woofers 3906 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3906 
Blow hard 3906 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3906 
Couple of things 3906 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3894 
That's not a problem :) 3894 
A LF solution for a new room 3837 
Another midbass?!!? 3834 
Another option to consider 3832 
Room comfort upgrades 3831 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3829 
The color of the listening room. 3815 
This would be nice...... 3812 
That is it. 3802 
Congratulations 3802 
Well, 3802 
The last week of moving... 3793 
We are home! 3789 
Congratulations! 3789 
We found a new room in House.... 3783 
Bass in bass-ment? 3782 
True, but. . . 3782 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3781 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3781 
It took for a while. 3744 
Time/Change 3743 
In regards to chairs... 3743 
This week. 3741 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3741 
The first day. 3739 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3739 
Sounds like a nice time... 3739 
For now.... 3738 
Soft Bass 3738 
Getting somewhere. 3737 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3737 
Diffusion 3736 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3735 
Space behind 3735 
Slowly going back to the business. 3720 
Keep on truckin' 3720 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3718 
Audio vs Video playback. 3715 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3714 
AV 3714 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3714 
A good configuration. 3713 
Injection Channel 3713 
It will come later. 3713 
Going there.... 3711 
Toddler Listeners 3710 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3710 
The honeymoon night. 3708 
Proximity 3708 
A chicken and egg situation 3699 
So far so good. 3694 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3692 
Ok, a first objective look. 3687 
Some room dealing basics 3686 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3685 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3684 
Bass trap 3684 
I will see... 3684 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3684 
Other absorbtion methods 3684 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3683 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3676 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3676 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3674 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3674 
Zarathustra 3670 
Very very nice. 3651 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3651 
Theoretically possible? 3649 
So True 3648 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3637 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3632 
7 moths and one event... 3511 
The next day 3509 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3509 
Choose your poisons 3509 
Thank you 3508 
It is very nice. 3507 
Great day 3506 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3505 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3500 
Macondo listening distance. 3416 
Measured from? 3415 
The Listening Room July 7 3415 
8' all around 3414 
Some comments... 3414 
I am looking for inspiration. 3412 
Vent that woofer 3412 
I do not know yet what to do. 3412 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3411 
Ported 3411 
No port for me, if possible... 3411 
Might...... be.... 3411 
K-Horns? 3411 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3411 
They do appear 3411 
Path length of khorn 3411 
The memory lane. 3411 
Outside 3411 
KHorn facts and truth 3411 
Khorn extension 3411 
The options available.... 3411 
The last night looking… 3410 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3410 
About the use of reading my own site. 3409 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3409 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3409 
Just thinking out loud... 3409 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3409 
Driver? 3409 
Two separate individuals 3409 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3409 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3409 
One more simple idea 3409 
A good thinking. 3407 
A next day. 3407 
Deja vu 3406 
It is all depend of your roo 3406 
What the holly garbage. 3396 
What about at a lower volume... 3396 
I do not know why. 3395 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3342 
SSET ;-) 3341 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3341 
More of the same? 3340 
Yes, this is an option too. 3340 
Actually… 3340 
The Scanspeaks 3340 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3340 
Ah, Winnie... 3340 
Last version 3340 
I wrote about it. 3339 
Layout 3339 
Kind of LF depression… 3336 
The one that got away 3336 
Updated. 3336 
Respect! 3335 
There are plenty things to think about. 3335 
Devil invented the room :) 3335 
The way how I see it… 3335 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3334 
One more theoretical solution 3333 
Almost familiar 3333 
This weekend 3329 
Sum and Difference 3329 
It is in the picture... 3329 
Nice bias 3329 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3329 
The grilling analogy 3329 
Some listening today. 3328 
Back to the drawing table. 3322 
Bring them forward 3322 
Promising.... 3322 
Aligned how? 3321 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3321 
Nice but need more work 3314 
Getting there... 3309 
It all looks very nice... 3309 
It is still all for grabs. 3309 
Great Morning!!! 3308 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3308 
Some thinking required… 3307 
I never done anything like this… 3306 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3305 
Phase and Room Modes 3305 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3304 
I am back. 3303 
I need some volume… 3302 
Line Gain 3302 
What a brilliant idea! 3302 
The full monty 3302 
Yep. I know. 3301 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3301 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3301 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3298 
You know the voices are right... 3298 
Some freaking magic. 3297 
Explanation 3297 
11 feet apart 3296 
Juts a proposal. 3296 
Stronger preamp 3295 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3294 
Sick? No. 3294 
Strong pre 3294 
I think it will be no 312.... 3294 
The new room is officially open. 3281 
A picture… 3267 
What a beautiful set-up! 3267 
Dream place 3266 
Headphones sound from playback 3265 
The headphone analogy 3264 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3264 
Wrong way 3264 
Sounds like an insult to me 3264 
Imaging. 3264 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3258 
Learn to forget 3257 
The infrabass injection. 3147 
The number 20 3147 
Undertones? 3146 
Resonance distortion 3146 
There are many options 3146 
I want it... 3146 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3146 
Clarity in the murk 3146 
The gentle exit 3146 
I understand 3146 
Low frequency dithering 3146 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3146 
Eventually! 2962 
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