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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6258 
Room to Romy 6258 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6257 
Midbass options to consider. 6257 
But what will the neighbors think? 6257 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6257 
Dualing bass 6257 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6257 
To Do It Right? 6257 
This search might be complicated 6257 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6256 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6256 
The big D 6256 
Raising the roof 6256 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6256 
Brownstones? 6256 
Suburban home additions for horns 6256 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6255 
The real-state U-turn? 6255 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6255 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6253 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6253 
Eh, stupid! 6253 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6252 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6252 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6251 
The time alignment scenarios. 6251 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6251 
More Ideas 6251 
Looks like a good solution 6251 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6251 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6248 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6247 
Consider 6246 
People who do general contracting….. 6246 
The throat considerations. 6246 
Make your own 6246 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6246 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6246 
....puzzled with your response.... 6246 
The Great Unknown 6246 
Fourier transform tells the story 6245 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6245 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6245 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6245 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6245 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6243 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6243 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6243 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6243 
Two Mouths 6243 
More ideas and drawbacks 6243 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6243 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6243 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6242 
Layered construction horn 6242 
CNC Snail Horn 6242 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6242 
Time alignment how? 6238 
The ceilings height 6233 
High ceilings 6233 
Shortening a High Room 6233 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6232 
Some roomy links 6232 
Sand damping topologies. 6231 
Tubed sand 6231 
Sandbag damping 6231 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6231 
Automobile solutions 6231 
Auto Former 6230 
The corner loading. 6229 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6227 
6m Basshorn 6227 
Another basement horn. 6227 
Early firing Midbass horn 6227 
Framed, Raised Floors 6227 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6226 
It Is Do-able 6226 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6225 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6225 
CH Audio Design 6224 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6224 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6223 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6223 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6223 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 6222 
Ah, mystery & suspense 6222 
Was it worth it? 6222 
Havering on... 6221 
Main floor pre-load 6220 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 6220 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 6220 
Concrete horn example 6219 
Options, options, options… 6219 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 6219 
Giant litter box 6218 
Sand and Sinagogues 6218 
How to know that floor is the problem? 6218 
Tossing Off a Couple 6218 
The external horns construction ideas 6217 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 6217 
13-step program 6217 
Big horn materials 6216 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 6208 
Another place to pee? 6208 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 6208 
The Afghan Camels 6208 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 6208 
Discretion 6208 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 6208 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 6208 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 6206 
Cost/Benefit 6206 
The perfect built room. 6206 
Shape vs Construction 6206 
The harcore approach 6201 
Another setup with ceiling horns 6200 
Another large horn example 6179 
A first interesting find. 6170 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 6170 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 6169 
Condensation issue's in Boston 6169 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 6169 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 6169 
Demise of the r2000 home 6169 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 6110 
Romy, you can stop searching 6075 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 6075 
On a more serious note 6075 
By "Careful Arrangement" 6075 
My troubles with direct radiators 6075 
The first interesting arrangement 6074 
Loading Zone 6074 
An interesting room-loading post 6074 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 6074 
The tremendous opportunity. 6073 
Aim direct radiators at ears 6073 
Why call it "Battle Road" 6073 
The second American Revolution? 6073 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 6073 
The same problem here 6072 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 6072 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 6072 
It was fairly simple in my case 6072 
I used planks of wood 6072 
To seal or not to seal? 6071 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 6071 
I didn't have to seal 6071 
Proper structure stiffening 6071 
What did you find? 6071 
Roger, the Sistering 6071 
I wish it were easier… 6070 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 6070 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 6070 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 6070 
It's not so bad really. 6070 
I hope it would all work out. 6070 
Words vs. Pictures 6070 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 6070 
Too soon now. 6070 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 6069 
Vibration induced resonances 6069 
This is an interesting one. 6069 
What would be interesting in this room… 6069 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 6069 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 6069 
Tapped Out 6069 
How about silent blocks? 6069 
Well TH... 6069 
Differential Movement 6069 
Gain and bass 6068 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 6068 
My olde listening room. 6067 
Keep ye olde room! 6067 
Fair Warning 6067 
Who know how it will go. 6067 
Progress 6067 
Wise Warning 6067 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 6066 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 6065 
The Monofication of the midbass 6065 
The corrected room size. 6065 
What impact do open spaces have? 6065 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 6065 
Some idea of what will happen 6064 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 6064 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 6064 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 6064 
My five cents 6063 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 6063 
Work in progress, on the right path 6063 
When I am in town next 6063 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 6062 
I have a miniature of this room 6062 
Another room case study. 6062 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 6062 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 6062 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 6061 
To hide or not to hide. 6057 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 6057 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 6045 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 6044 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 6042 
"Boston, you can have it." 6041 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 6038 
The all is not so simple. 6038 
Some clarification 6038 
Debugging the upperbass 6038 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 6038 
Riding the horn… 6038 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 6035 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 6030 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 6022 
A possible Midbass horn? 5977 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5977 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5977 
The Real Estate tunes... 5658 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4813 
An interesting project 4509 
Another interesting project 4499 
More here 4498 
ALE, Beryllium. 4025 
Images. 3988 
GOTO horns. 3988 
Horn Mouth. 3983 
About 41Hz 3983 
Thanks. 3983 
It is not difficult 3982 
Just right now! 3982 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3982 
Got it. 3982 
5" and 6" 3898 
These bass compression drivers. 3898 
Now I got. 3898 
Specs. 3898 
Those bass drivers .... 3897 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3897 
"Cost" 3888 
I had got it. 3886 
Hearsay 3885 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3590 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3590 
80Hz compression driver. 3589 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3589 
I do not think so. 3589 
Could be interesting though... 3589 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3548 
Just a youtube video... 3418 
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