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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5861 
Encouragement 5860 
The divers testing. 5860 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5859 
Test 5859 
To Wind Up Where? 5859 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5859 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5858 
What Next 5858 
The mid-bass laboratory 5857 
It is a different question. 5857 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5851 
Triangular midbass horns 5851 
Suspending Disbelief 5851 
Some practical strategic considerations 5838 
MB Horns Project 5838 
Another consideration – the cable length 5837 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5837 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5835 
The triangle horns in attic 5835 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5835 
About the triangular horns corners… 5835 
4-sided triangle 5835 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5835 
Bass from behind 5835 
K-Horns 5835 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5835 
The wall-loaded horns? 5835 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5835 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5835 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5835 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5834 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5834 
How does this phase work? 5834 
Some very raw numbers 5834 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5833 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5833 
Mid Bass Project 5833 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5832 
How to drive a long cable. 5829 
Personal Bias 5829 
There were no big red flags 5827 
The Swidish 30Hz 5827 
Who world believe! 5827 
Good news! 5826 
Two open questions. 5825 
Transition piece 5825 
About my horn skeleton. 5825 
Transitions 5825 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5825 
Boston wood guy 5825 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5825 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5825 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5825 
Possible option for fabrication 5824 
It is about softness, stupid. 5824 
Transition Zone 5824 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5824 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5823 
A good modeling software? 5823 
CAD software 5822 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5814 
The "maket" time. 5807 
Maket 5807 
! 5807 
OK, it is this Friday! 5807 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5807 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5807 
The wood source is found 5806 
OK, it is started.... 5804 
Dust to Dust 5804 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5804 
2001 Space Odasy 5804 
Interesting space 5803 
The opened up space. 5803 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5803 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5803 
Rear Chamber Access 5803 
California 5803 
Bass time domain 5803 
2001--2010 5803 
Some answers. 5803 
The Iron Rod 5803 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5803 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5802 
It is that I want. 5802 
Working Tolerances 5802 
The back chamber design 5802 
Very good 5802 
It is true, but…. 5802 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5801 
Here is my mouth. 5801 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5801 
The Fs of AKs 5801 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5801 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5801 
Sail 5801 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5800 
You are wrong. 5800 
The material of displacement plug 5800 
And the driver-winner is… 5800 
Pre-Fab 5800 
The horn will be mounted ... 5800 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5799 
4 Sides + 5799 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5798 
The Solution. 5798 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5798 
An US pomposity complex? 5798 
The back chamber predictions 5798 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5798 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5798 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5798 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5798 
Good Vibrations 5798 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5798 
Horn Thickness 5798 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5798 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5798 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5798 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5798 
Parallel what? 5798 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5797 
Sources 5797 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5797 
Damping materials revisited 5797 
How to finish my midbass horn 5797 
Wallpaper adhesion 5796 
Bright idea 5796 
I do like the brickish finish. 5796 
Venetion slats 5796 
The Ventilation subject. 5796 
How long will it take? 5796 
Insulation and horn mouth 5796 
Insulation et al. 5795 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5795 
GOD MACHINE 5795 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5795 
Ice dams - experience 5795 
Horn as "Room" 5795 
Agreed 5795 
Morons vs. Criminals 5795 
The insulation controversy. 5794 
The Conditioned Space 5794 
Ventilation 5794 
R-Value and Damping Options 5794 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5794 
Back To The Stone Age 5794 
Did you just woke up? 5794 
Yes I looked 5794 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5794 
Knocking the horn. 5794 
The current building plans. 5794 
The ideas needed. 5794 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5793 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5793 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5793 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5793 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5793 
The Stressed Skin 5793 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5793 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5793 
I do not know. 5792 
Status report #.... 5792 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5791 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5791 
It will be more clear with time. 5791 
The insulation… 5791 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5790 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5787 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5787 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5787 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5787 
Where? 5787 
From Center Photo: 5786 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5786 
The Third section argument 5786 
The front baffle. 5784 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5784 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5778 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5771 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5770 
What to do with mouth cover? 5769 
What to wear... 5769 
A lot of work.... 5768 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5765 
Cover/no cover 5764 
Red lights 5764 
Whores? 5764 
The Cat-House 5764 
The Red lights in whorns... 5764 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5764 
Dinner 5763 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5763 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5763 
Access to the bolts 5763 
The first test is comming today. 5762 
Sound impressions? 5762 
Some data, impressions and me. 5762 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5761 
A driver of some sort? 5761 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5761 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5760 
MiniDSP 5760 
Got a test croosover. 5760 
My horn trivia 5760 
Steps rather 5760 
The traps. 5759 
Eventually!!! 5759 
My favorite quote in this post: 5759 
Yep, it was me… 5759 
The second horn is rising… 5759 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5759 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5758 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5758 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5758 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5758 
What am I missing? 5758 
How to do my back chamber. 5758 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5758 
Babysitting the foam 5758 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5758 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5758 
Foam Expansion 5758 
Bite into it 5757 
Getting down with impedance 5757 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5757 
Added mass resonance 5757 
Resonance frequency and mass 5757 
La resistance 5757 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5753 
End of the project plan 5751 
Again, too much work… 5750 
Variable resonances 5750 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5750 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5750 
A word of warning and some comments. 5749 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5747 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5747 
Sanding prep for living 5747 
Too late . 5747 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5747 
Ciare car hifi 5746 
Eighteensound 5746 
The Second major milestone. 5746 
Better to be safe 5745 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5745 
Well That You Are Concerned 5745 
Sliding it in 5745 
2 people job? 5745 
The final few inches 5745 
Think Long and Hard 5745 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5745 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5745 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5745 
How to decupled horn from frame 5745 
Decoupling 5745 
Decoupling II 5744 
Pneumatic? 5744 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5744 
Silent blocks? 5744 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5744 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5744 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5744 
Straps and shocks 5744 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5744 
Weenie 5743 
The horn painting job 5743 
Romy the cork 5743 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5743 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5743 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5743 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5743 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5742 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5742 
Getting hectic. 5742 
Quick stuff job 5742 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5742 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5742 
Jessie, this is funny. 5742 
Toxic lube 5742 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5742 
The back chambers are done. 5741 
67Hz ? 5741 
Can you remind us.... 5741 
Nil risk 5741 
Chemical Wasteland 5741 
Sand. 5741 
Not decoupler but damper. 5741 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5741 
This project is on fire! 5741 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5741 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5741 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5740 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5740 
Monument 5740 
Stuning... 5740 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5740 
Reflections (sound) 5739 
Acrylate 5739 
Shaker interface 5739 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5739 
Surround 5739 
Door trim 5739 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5739 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5739 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5738 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5738 
Insulation 5737 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5737 
Condensation is the problem 5737 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5737 
Insulation 5736 
Monitoring moisture. 5736 
Moisture 5736 
Earlier in This Thread 5736 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5736 
Boots on the Ground 5736 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5736 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5734 
The ego time capsule. 5733 
Temptations!!! 5732 
The first shaking test. 5730 
The very right color. 5730 
Steps 5729 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5729 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5729 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5728 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5728 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5728 
Remote controlled LED 5727 
Giant robot halloween lights 5727 
The horns are officially opened. 5727 
School is in session 5727 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5726 
Horn trauma 5726 
About the foam 5726 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5726 
Cone-foam coupling 5726 
Misbehaving horns. 5726 
Wired 5726 
How to localize the problem 5726 
The possible cause 5726 
Impedance test the way you done it 5726 
The another day of midbass. 5725 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5725 
Let get some practical perspective. 5725 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5725 
Good signs 5725 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5724 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5724 
Ouch!... More please! 5724 
The first thing first. 5724 
Upper bass HP filter 5724 
Wipe Out 5724 
The midbass first. 5723 
The fascinating time 5723 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5722 
Midbass nasal sound 5722 
A new good configuration. 5722 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5721 
The Sliding Scale 5721 
A time for ULF... 5721 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5721 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5721 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5721 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5721 
Yup yup yup yup 5720 
Beringer x-overs 5720 
That is what I was hopping. 5718 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5718 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5717 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5717 
The dark side of all notes 5717 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5717 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5717 
AKA, Servo? 5717 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5716 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5716 
Shaping the Imagination 5716 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5716 
The fun time eventually. 5714 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5711 
Something is not right 5711 
A few howevers, as usually. 5711 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5710 
Talking about the midbass…. 5708 
Something is right. 5706 
Verifying the driver choice 5705 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5705 
The final Midbass 5700 
Official end of the midbass project… 5700 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5700 
…and the few Thanks…. 5699 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5696 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5696 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5696 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5696 
How much more can I let it go? 5691 
The next steps of progress. 5689 
Blurred transients? 5688 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5688 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5688 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5688 
Semantics and other stories 5688 
The 2dB battle…. 5685 
Ok, it is done. 5684 
Large vs. small. 5681 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5678 
Modesty 5668 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5657 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5619 
Environmental inspection. 5605 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5557 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5556 
Honk idea... 5553 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5538 
Obstetrician 5537 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5533 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5443 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5352 
To hear my midbass horn? 5289 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5200 
Mahler sound 5200 
Default properly balanced sound. 5200 
Will horns make the difference? 5199 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5199 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4932 
What could I say? 4909 
Dissonant use 4909 
Sell "as is" 4905 
There won't be a need for it 4903 
Congratulations 4903 
A grander scheme in mind… 4903 
The mind boggles ... 4902 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4902 
Selling argument 4896 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4752 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4752 
Simulated suspension evolution 4752 
Humidity 4752 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4751 
Recharging the Alnico 4751 
How nice! 4751 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4751 
Planning and wishing.. 4751 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4751 
What was absolute wonderful… 4751 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4751 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4750 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4749 
It looks like how it works 4749 
The end 3679 
Many share 3679 
A new house --- again 3458 
Vitavox 15/40 2961 
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