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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 5935 
Room to Romy 5935 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 5934 
Midbass options to consider. 5934 
But what will the neighbors think? 5934 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 5934 
Dualing bass 5934 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 5934 
To Do It Right? 5934 
This search might be complicated 5934 
The Mendelsohn approach. 5933 
A pool of ideas for now…. 5933 
The big D 5933 
Raising the roof 5933 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 5933 
Brownstones? 5933 
Suburban home additions for horns 5933 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 5932 
The real-state U-turn? 5932 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 5932 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 5930 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 5930 
Eh, stupid! 5930 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 5929 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 5929 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 5928 
The time alignment scenarios. 5928 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 5928 
More Ideas 5928 
Looks like a good solution 5928 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 5928 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 5925 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 5924 
Consider 5923 
People who do general contracting….. 5923 
The throat considerations. 5923 
Make your own 5923 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 5923 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 5923 
....puzzled with your response.... 5923 
The Great Unknown 5923 
Fourier transform tells the story 5922 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 5922 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 5922 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 5922 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 5922 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 5920 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 5920 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 5920 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 5920 
Two Mouths 5920 
More ideas and drawbacks 5920 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 5920 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 5920 
The CNCing? Interesting… 5919 
Layered construction horn 5919 
CNC Snail Horn 5919 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 5919 
Time alignment how? 5915 
The ceilings height 5910 
High ceilings 5910 
Shortening a High Room 5910 
Using of the “High ceilings” 5909 
Some roomy links 5909 
Sand damping topologies. 5908 
Tubed sand 5908 
Sandbag damping 5908 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 5908 
Automobile solutions 5908 
Auto Former 5907 
The corner loading. 5906 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 5904 
6m Basshorn 5904 
Another basement horn. 5904 
Early firing Midbass horn 5904 
Framed, Raised Floors 5904 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 5903 
It Is Do-able 5903 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 5902 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 5902 
CH Audio Design 5901 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 5901 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 5900 
YL1250 - very interesting! 5900 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 5900 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5899 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5899 
Was it worth it? 5899 
Havering on... 5898 
Main floor pre-load 5897 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5897 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5897 
Concrete horn example 5896 
Options, options, options… 5896 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5896 
Giant litter box 5895 
Sand and Sinagogues 5895 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5895 
Tossing Off a Couple 5895 
The external horns construction ideas 5894 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5894 
13-step program 5894 
Big horn materials 5893 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5885 
Another place to pee? 5885 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5885 
The Afghan Camels 5885 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5885 
Discretion 5885 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5885 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5885 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5883 
Cost/Benefit 5883 
The perfect built room. 5883 
Shape vs Construction 5883 
The harcore approach 5878 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5877 
Another large horn example 5856 
A first interesting find. 5847 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5847 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5846 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5846 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5846 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5846 
Demise of the r2000 home 5846 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5787 
Romy, you can stop searching 5752 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5752 
On a more serious note 5752 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5752 
My troubles with direct radiators 5752 
The first interesting arrangement 5751 
Loading Zone 5751 
An interesting room-loading post 5751 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5751 
The tremendous opportunity. 5750 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5750 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5750 
The second American Revolution? 5750 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5750 
The same problem here 5749 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5749 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5749 
It was fairly simple in my case 5749 
I used planks of wood 5749 
To seal or not to seal? 5748 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5748 
I didn't have to seal 5748 
Proper structure stiffening 5748 
What did you find? 5748 
Roger, the Sistering 5748 
I wish it were easier… 5747 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5747 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5747 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5747 
It's not so bad really. 5747 
I hope it would all work out. 5747 
Words vs. Pictures 5747 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5747 
Too soon now. 5747 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5746 
Vibration induced resonances 5746 
This is an interesting one. 5746 
What would be interesting in this room… 5746 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5746 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5746 
Tapped Out 5746 
How about silent blocks? 5746 
Well TH... 5746 
Differential Movement 5746 
Gain and bass 5745 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5745 
My olde listening room. 5744 
Keep ye olde room! 5744 
Fair Warning 5744 
Who know how it will go. 5744 
Progress 5744 
Wise Warning 5744 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5743 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5742 
The Monofication of the midbass 5742 
The corrected room size. 5742 
What impact do open spaces have? 5742 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5742 
Some idea of what will happen 5741 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5741 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5741 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5741 
My five cents 5740 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5740 
Work in progress, on the right path 5740 
When I am in town next 5740 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5739 
I have a miniature of this room 5739 
Another room case study. 5739 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5739 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5739 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5738 
To hide or not to hide. 5734 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5734 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5722 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5721 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5719 
"Boston, you can have it." 5718 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5715 
The all is not so simple. 5715 
Some clarification 5715 
Debugging the upperbass 5715 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5715 
Riding the horn… 5715 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5712 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5707 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5699 
A possible Midbass horn? 5654 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5654 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5654 
The Real Estate tunes... 5335 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4490 
An interesting project 4186 
Another interesting project 4176 
More here 4175 
ALE, Beryllium. 3702 
Images. 3665 
GOTO horns. 3665 
Horn Mouth. 3660 
About 41Hz 3660 
Thanks. 3660 
It is not difficult 3659 
Just right now! 3659 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3659 
Got it. 3659 
5" and 6" 3575 
These bass compression drivers. 3575 
Now I got. 3575 
Specs. 3575 
Those bass drivers .... 3574 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3574 
"Cost" 3565 
I had got it. 3563 
Hearsay 3562 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3267 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3267 
80Hz compression driver. 3266 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3266 
I do not think so. 3266 
Could be interesting though... 3266 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3225 
Just a youtube video... 3095 
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