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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3571 
Big 3571 
Old house? 3571 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3571 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3571 
For a Given Room 3570 
House Inspections & Warranties 3570 
A min Room size.... 3564 
Charging the Large Room 3564 
A bit deeper. 3564 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3563 
Comfort 3563 
Choices 3562 
Value 3562 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3562 
"romantic" illusion... 3562 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3562 
My kids... 3562 
Bingo 3562 
Interesting discussion indeed 3562 
The High Demands System 3561 
Paul S -- 3561 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3561 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3558 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3558 
Happiness 3558 
Various Stages of Young 3558 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3557 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3557 
Using the real estate 3557 
Through the roof 3554 
Sideways 3553 
If not a midbass horn? 3551 
What Comes Naturally 3551 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3551 
In That Case... 3551 
The game is on. 3549 
Mazel Tov! 3549 
Great news 3549 
Wonderful! 3549 
I think it will be better with time. 3549 
Gaddis House 3549 
Congratulations! 3548 
View vs. Practicality 3545 
Multi-Tasking 3545 
Exactly! 3545 
Equipment between speakers... 3545 
Top Gear 3545 
I see no problems with "between". 3545 
Oh well... 3545 
Wall of nature 3545 
Big Window 3545 
Shades and Night Vision 3545 
...they do image wonderfully... 3545 
Another attic project? 3544 
Infinite baffle 3544 
IB 3544 
Mold 3544 
Attic Ventilation 3544 
Possible 3543 
Just strategizing 3543 
Normal orientation 3543 
Confusion. 3543 
Specifics 3543 
Driver Orientation 3543 
That all need to be though out. 3543 
It nigh be a problem 3543 
Ideas 3543 
Opposing woofers 3543 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3543 
Blow hard 3543 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3543 
Couple of things 3543 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3531 
That's not a problem :) 3531 
A LF solution for a new room 3474 
Another midbass?!!? 3471 
Another option to consider 3469 
Room comfort upgrades 3468 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3466 
The color of the listening room. 3452 
This would be nice...... 3449 
That is it. 3439 
Congratulations 3439 
Well, 3439 
The last week of moving... 3430 
We are home! 3426 
Congratulations! 3426 
We found a new room in House.... 3420 
Bass in bass-ment? 3419 
True, but. . . 3419 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3418 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3418 
It took for a while. 3381 
Time/Change 3380 
In regards to chairs... 3380 
This week. 3378 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3378 
The first day. 3376 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3376 
Sounds like a nice time... 3376 
For now.... 3375 
Soft Bass 3375 
Getting somewhere. 3374 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3374 
Diffusion 3373 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3372 
Space behind 3372 
Slowly going back to the business. 3357 
Keep on truckin' 3357 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3355 
Audio vs Video playback. 3352 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3351 
AV 3351 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3351 
A good configuration. 3350 
Injection Channel 3350 
It will come later. 3350 
Going there.... 3348 
Toddler Listeners 3347 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3347 
The honeymoon night. 3345 
Proximity 3345 
A chicken and egg situation 3336 
So far so good. 3331 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3329 
Ok, a first objective look. 3324 
Some room dealing basics 3323 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3322 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3321 
Bass trap 3321 
I will see... 3321 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3321 
Other absorbtion methods 3321 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3320 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3313 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3313 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3311 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3311 
Zarathustra 3307 
Very very nice. 3288 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3288 
Theoretically possible? 3286 
So True 3285 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3274 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3269 
7 moths and one event... 3148 
The next day 3146 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3146 
Choose your poisons 3146 
Thank you 3145 
It is very nice. 3144 
Great day 3143 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3142 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3137 
Macondo listening distance. 3053 
Measured from? 3052 
The Listening Room July 7 3052 
8' all around 3051 
Some comments... 3051 
I am looking for inspiration. 3049 
Vent that woofer 3049 
I do not know yet what to do. 3049 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3048 
Ported 3048 
No port for me, if possible... 3048 
Might...... be.... 3048 
K-Horns? 3048 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3048 
They do appear 3048 
Path length of khorn 3048 
The memory lane. 3048 
Outside 3048 
KHorn facts and truth 3048 
Khorn extension 3048 
The options available.... 3048 
The last night looking… 3047 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3047 
About the use of reading my own site. 3046 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3046 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3046 
Just thinking out loud... 3046 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3046 
Driver? 3046 
Two separate individuals 3046 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3046 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3046 
One more simple idea 3046 
A good thinking. 3044 
A next day. 3044 
Deja vu 3043 
It is all depend of your roo 3043 
What the holly garbage. 3033 
What about at a lower volume... 3033 
I do not know why. 3032 
Changing Macondo Configuration 2979 
SSET ;-) 2978 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 2978 
More of the same? 2977 
Yes, this is an option too. 2977 
Actually… 2977 
The Scanspeaks 2977 
The Scanspeak woofers. 2977 
Ah, Winnie... 2977 
Last version 2977 
I wrote about it. 2976 
Layout 2976 
Kind of LF depression… 2973 
The one that got away 2973 
Updated. 2973 
Respect! 2972 
There are plenty things to think about. 2972 
Devil invented the room :) 2972 
The way how I see it… 2972 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 2971 
One more theoretical solution 2970 
Almost familiar 2970 
This weekend 2966 
Sum and Difference 2966 
It is in the picture... 2966 
Nice bias 2966 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 2966 
The grilling analogy 2966 
Some listening today. 2965 
Back to the drawing table. 2959 
Bring them forward 2959 
Promising.... 2959 
Aligned how? 2958 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 2958 
Nice but need more work 2951 
Getting there... 2946 
It all looks very nice... 2946 
It is still all for grabs. 2946 
Great Morning!!! 2945 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 2945 
Some thinking required… 2944 
I never done anything like this… 2943 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 2942 
Phase and Room Modes 2942 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 2941 
I am back. 2940 
I need some volume… 2939 
Line Gain 2939 
What a brilliant idea! 2939 
The full monty 2939 
Yep. I know. 2938 
Just like a clockwork!!! 2938 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 2938 
I do not like it this arguing ... 2935 
You know the voices are right... 2935 
Some freaking magic. 2934 
Explanation 2934 
11 feet apart 2933 
Juts a proposal. 2933 
Stronger preamp 2932 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 2931 
Sick? No. 2931 
Strong pre 2931 
I think it will be no 312.... 2931 
The new room is officially open. 2918 
A picture… 2904 
What a beautiful set-up! 2904 
Dream place 2903 
Headphones sound from playback 2902 
The headphone analogy 2901 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 2901 
Wrong way 2901 
Sounds like an insult to me 2901 
Imaging. 2901 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 2895 
Learn to forget 2894 
The infrabass injection. 2784 
The number 20 2784 
Undertones? 2783 
Resonance distortion 2783 
There are many options 2783 
I want it... 2783 
Music vs, Sound Effects 2783 
Clarity in the murk 2783 
The gentle exit 2783 
I understand 2783 
Low frequency dithering 2783 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 2783 
Eventually! 2599 
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