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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6123 
Room to Romy 6123 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6122 
Midbass options to consider. 6122 
But what will the neighbors think? 6122 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6122 
Dualing bass 6122 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6122 
To Do It Right? 6122 
This search might be complicated 6122 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6121 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6121 
The big D 6121 
Raising the roof 6121 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6121 
Brownstones? 6121 
Suburban home additions for horns 6121 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6120 
The real-state U-turn? 6120 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6120 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6118 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6118 
Eh, stupid! 6118 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6117 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6117 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6116 
The time alignment scenarios. 6116 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6116 
More Ideas 6116 
Looks like a good solution 6116 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6116 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6113 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6112 
Consider 6111 
People who do general contracting….. 6111 
The throat considerations. 6111 
Make your own 6111 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6111 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6111 
....puzzled with your response.... 6111 
The Great Unknown 6111 
Fourier transform tells the story 6110 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6110 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6110 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6110 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6110 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6108 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6108 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6108 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6108 
Two Mouths 6108 
More ideas and drawbacks 6108 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6108 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6108 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6107 
Layered construction horn 6107 
CNC Snail Horn 6107 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6107 
Time alignment how? 6103 
The ceilings height 6098 
High ceilings 6098 
Shortening a High Room 6098 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6097 
Some roomy links 6097 
Sand damping topologies. 6096 
Tubed sand 6096 
Sandbag damping 6096 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6096 
Automobile solutions 6096 
Auto Former 6095 
The corner loading. 6094 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6092 
6m Basshorn 6092 
Another basement horn. 6092 
Early firing Midbass horn 6092 
Framed, Raised Floors 6092 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6091 
It Is Do-able 6091 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6090 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6090 
CH Audio Design 6089 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6089 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6088 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6088 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6088 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 6087 
Ah, mystery & suspense 6087 
Was it worth it? 6087 
Havering on... 6086 
Main floor pre-load 6085 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 6085 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 6085 
Concrete horn example 6084 
Options, options, options… 6084 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 6084 
Giant litter box 6083 
Sand and Sinagogues 6083 
How to know that floor is the problem? 6083 
Tossing Off a Couple 6083 
The external horns construction ideas 6082 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 6082 
13-step program 6082 
Big horn materials 6081 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 6073 
Another place to pee? 6073 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 6073 
The Afghan Camels 6073 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 6073 
Discretion 6073 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 6073 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 6073 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 6071 
Cost/Benefit 6071 
The perfect built room. 6071 
Shape vs Construction 6071 
The harcore approach 6066 
Another setup with ceiling horns 6065 
Another large horn example 6044 
A first interesting find. 6035 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 6035 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 6034 
Condensation issue's in Boston 6034 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 6034 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 6034 
Demise of the r2000 home 6034 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5975 
Romy, you can stop searching 5940 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5940 
On a more serious note 5940 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5940 
My troubles with direct radiators 5940 
The first interesting arrangement 5939 
Loading Zone 5939 
An interesting room-loading post 5939 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5939 
The tremendous opportunity. 5938 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5938 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5938 
The second American Revolution? 5938 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5938 
The same problem here 5937 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5937 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5937 
It was fairly simple in my case 5937 
I used planks of wood 5937 
To seal or not to seal? 5936 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5936 
I didn't have to seal 5936 
Proper structure stiffening 5936 
What did you find? 5936 
Roger, the Sistering 5936 
I wish it were easier… 5935 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5935 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5935 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5935 
It's not so bad really. 5935 
I hope it would all work out. 5935 
Words vs. Pictures 5935 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5935 
Too soon now. 5935 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5934 
Vibration induced resonances 5934 
This is an interesting one. 5934 
What would be interesting in this room… 5934 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5934 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5934 
Tapped Out 5934 
How about silent blocks? 5934 
Well TH... 5934 
Differential Movement 5934 
Gain and bass 5933 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5933 
My olde listening room. 5932 
Keep ye olde room! 5932 
Fair Warning 5932 
Who know how it will go. 5932 
Progress 5932 
Wise Warning 5932 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5931 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5930 
The Monofication of the midbass 5930 
The corrected room size. 5930 
What impact do open spaces have? 5930 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5930 
Some idea of what will happen 5929 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5929 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5929 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5929 
My five cents 5928 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5928 
Work in progress, on the right path 5928 
When I am in town next 5928 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5927 
I have a miniature of this room 5927 
Another room case study. 5927 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5927 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5927 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5926 
To hide or not to hide. 5922 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5922 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5910 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5909 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5907 
"Boston, you can have it." 5906 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5903 
The all is not so simple. 5903 
Some clarification 5903 
Debugging the upperbass 5903 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5903 
Riding the horn… 5903 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5900 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5895 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5887 
A possible Midbass horn? 5842 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5842 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5842 
The Real Estate tunes... 5523 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4678 
An interesting project 4374 
Another interesting project 4364 
More here 4363 
ALE, Beryllium. 3890 
Images. 3853 
GOTO horns. 3853 
Horn Mouth. 3848 
About 41Hz 3848 
Thanks. 3848 
It is not difficult 3847 
Just right now! 3847 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3847 
Got it. 3847 
5" and 6" 3763 
These bass compression drivers. 3763 
Now I got. 3763 
Specs. 3763 
Those bass drivers .... 3762 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3762 
"Cost" 3753 
I had got it. 3751 
Hearsay 3750 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3455 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3455 
80Hz compression driver. 3454 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3454 
I do not think so. 3454 
Could be interesting though... 3454 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3413 
Just a youtube video... 3283 
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