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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5600 
Encouragement 5599 
The divers testing. 5599 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5598 
Test 5598 
To Wind Up Where? 5598 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5598 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5597 
What Next 5597 
The mid-bass laboratory 5596 
It is a different question. 5596 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5590 
Triangular midbass horns 5590 
Suspending Disbelief 5590 
Some practical strategic considerations 5577 
MB Horns Project 5577 
Another consideration – the cable length 5576 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5576 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5574 
The triangle horns in attic 5574 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5574 
About the triangular horns corners… 5574 
4-sided triangle 5574 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5574 
Bass from behind 5574 
K-Horns 5574 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5574 
The wall-loaded horns? 5574 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5574 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5574 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5574 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5573 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5573 
How does this phase work? 5573 
Some very raw numbers 5573 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5572 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5572 
Mid Bass Project 5572 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5571 
How to drive a long cable. 5568 
Personal Bias 5568 
There were no big red flags 5566 
The Swidish 30Hz 5566 
Who world believe! 5566 
Good news! 5565 
Two open questions. 5564 
Transition piece 5564 
About my horn skeleton. 5564 
Transitions 5564 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5564 
Boston wood guy 5564 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5564 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5564 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5564 
Possible option for fabrication 5563 
It is about softness, stupid. 5563 
Transition Zone 5563 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5563 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5562 
A good modeling software? 5562 
CAD software 5561 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5553 
The "maket" time. 5546 
Maket 5546 
! 5546 
OK, it is this Friday! 5546 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5546 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5546 
The wood source is found 5545 
OK, it is started.... 5543 
Dust to Dust 5543 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5543 
2001 Space Odasy 5543 
Interesting space 5542 
The opened up space. 5542 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5542 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5542 
Rear Chamber Access 5542 
California 5542 
Bass time domain 5542 
2001--2010 5542 
Some answers. 5542 
The Iron Rod 5542 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5542 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5541 
It is that I want. 5541 
Working Tolerances 5541 
The back chamber design 5541 
Very good 5541 
It is true, but…. 5541 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5540 
Here is my mouth. 5540 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5540 
The Fs of AKs 5540 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5540 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5540 
Sail 5540 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5539 
You are wrong. 5539 
The material of displacement plug 5539 
And the driver-winner is… 5539 
Pre-Fab 5539 
The horn will be mounted ... 5539 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5538 
4 Sides + 5538 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5537 
The Solution. 5537 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5537 
An US pomposity complex? 5537 
The back chamber predictions 5537 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5537 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5537 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5537 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5537 
Good Vibrations 5537 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5537 
Horn Thickness 5537 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5537 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5537 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5537 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5537 
Parallel what? 5537 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5536 
Sources 5536 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5536 
Damping materials revisited 5536 
How to finish my midbass horn 5536 
Wallpaper adhesion 5535 
Bright idea 5535 
I do like the brickish finish. 5535 
Venetion slats 5535 
The Ventilation subject. 5535 
How long will it take? 5535 
Insulation and horn mouth 5535 
Insulation et al. 5534 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5534 
GOD MACHINE 5534 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5534 
Ice dams - experience 5534 
Horn as "Room" 5534 
Agreed 5534 
Morons vs. Criminals 5534 
The insulation controversy. 5533 
The Conditioned Space 5533 
Ventilation 5533 
R-Value and Damping Options 5533 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5533 
Back To The Stone Age 5533 
Did you just woke up? 5533 
Yes I looked 5533 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5533 
Knocking the horn. 5533 
The current building plans. 5533 
The ideas needed. 5533 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5532 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5532 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5532 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5532 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5532 
The Stressed Skin 5532 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5532 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5532 
I do not know. 5531 
Status report #.... 5531 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5530 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5530 
It will be more clear with time. 5530 
The insulation… 5530 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5529 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5526 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5526 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5526 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5526 
Where? 5526 
From Center Photo: 5525 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5525 
The Third section argument 5525 
The front baffle. 5523 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5523 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5517 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5510 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5509 
What to do with mouth cover? 5508 
What to wear... 5508 
A lot of work.... 5507 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5504 
Cover/no cover 5503 
Red lights 5503 
Whores? 5503 
The Cat-House 5503 
The Red lights in whorns... 5503 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5503 
Dinner 5502 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5502 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5502 
Access to the bolts 5502 
The first test is comming today. 5501 
Sound impressions? 5501 
Some data, impressions and me. 5501 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5500 
A driver of some sort? 5500 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5500 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5499 
MiniDSP 5499 
Got a test croosover. 5499 
My horn trivia 5499 
Steps rather 5499 
The traps. 5498 
Eventually!!! 5498 
My favorite quote in this post: 5498 
Yep, it was me… 5498 
The second horn is rising… 5498 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5498 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5497 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5497 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5497 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5497 
What am I missing? 5497 
How to do my back chamber. 5497 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5497 
Babysitting the foam 5497 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5497 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5497 
Foam Expansion 5497 
Bite into it 5496 
Getting down with impedance 5496 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5496 
Added mass resonance 5496 
Resonance frequency and mass 5496 
La resistance 5496 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5492 
End of the project plan 5490 
Again, too much work… 5489 
Variable resonances 5489 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5489 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5489 
A word of warning and some comments. 5488 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5486 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5486 
Sanding prep for living 5486 
Too late . 5486 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5486 
Ciare car hifi 5485 
Eighteensound 5485 
The Second major milestone. 5485 
Better to be safe 5484 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5484 
Well That You Are Concerned 5484 
Sliding it in 5484 
2 people job? 5484 
The final few inches 5484 
Think Long and Hard 5484 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5484 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5484 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5484 
How to decupled horn from frame 5484 
Decoupling 5484 
Decoupling II 5483 
Pneumatic? 5483 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5483 
Silent blocks? 5483 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5483 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5483 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5483 
Straps and shocks 5483 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5483 
Weenie 5482 
The horn painting job 5482 
Romy the cork 5482 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5482 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5482 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5482 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5482 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5481 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5481 
Getting hectic. 5481 
Quick stuff job 5481 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5481 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5481 
Jessie, this is funny. 5481 
Toxic lube 5481 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5481 
The back chambers are done. 5480 
67Hz ? 5480 
Can you remind us.... 5480 
Nil risk 5480 
Chemical Wasteland 5480 
Sand. 5480 
Not decoupler but damper. 5480 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5480 
This project is on fire! 5480 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5480 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5480 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5479 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5479 
Monument 5479 
Stuning... 5479 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5479 
Reflections (sound) 5478 
Acrylate 5478 
Shaker interface 5478 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5478 
Surround 5478 
Door trim 5478 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5478 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5478 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5477 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5477 
Insulation 5476 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5476 
Condensation is the problem 5476 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5476 
Insulation 5475 
Monitoring moisture. 5475 
Moisture 5475 
Earlier in This Thread 5475 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5475 
Boots on the Ground 5475 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5475 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5473 
The ego time capsule. 5472 
Temptations!!! 5471 
The first shaking test. 5469 
The very right color. 5469 
Steps 5468 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5468 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5468 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5467 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5467 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5467 
Remote controlled LED 5466 
Giant robot halloween lights 5466 
The horns are officially opened. 5466 
School is in session 5466 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5465 
Horn trauma 5465 
About the foam 5465 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5465 
Cone-foam coupling 5465 
Misbehaving horns. 5465 
Wired 5465 
How to localize the problem 5465 
The possible cause 5465 
Impedance test the way you done it 5465 
The another day of midbass. 5464 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5464 
Let get some practical perspective. 5464 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5464 
Good signs 5464 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5463 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5463 
Ouch!... More please! 5463 
The first thing first. 5463 
Upper bass HP filter 5463 
Wipe Out 5463 
The midbass first. 5462 
The fascinating time 5462 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5461 
Midbass nasal sound 5461 
A new good configuration. 5461 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5460 
The Sliding Scale 5460 
A time for ULF... 5460 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5460 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5460 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5460 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5460 
Yup yup yup yup 5459 
Beringer x-overs 5459 
That is what I was hopping. 5457 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5457 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5456 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5456 
The dark side of all notes 5456 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5456 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5456 
AKA, Servo? 5456 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5455 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5455 
Shaping the Imagination 5455 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5455 
The fun time eventually. 5453 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5450 
Something is not right 5450 
A few howevers, as usually. 5450 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5449 
Talking about the midbass…. 5447 
Something is right. 5445 
Verifying the driver choice 5444 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5444 
The final Midbass 5439 
Official end of the midbass project… 5439 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5439 
…and the few Thanks…. 5438 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5435 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5435 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5435 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5435 
How much more can I let it go? 5430 
The next steps of progress. 5428 
Blurred transients? 5427 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5427 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5427 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5427 
Semantics and other stories 5427 
The 2dB battle…. 5424 
Ok, it is done. 5423 
Large vs. small. 5420 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5417 
Modesty 5407 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5396 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5358 
Environmental inspection. 5344 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5296 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5295 
Honk idea... 5292 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5277 
Obstetrician 5276 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5272 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5182 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5091 
To hear my midbass horn? 5028 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4939 
Mahler sound 4939 
Default properly balanced sound. 4939 
Will horns make the difference? 4938 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4938 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4671 
What could I say? 4648 
Dissonant use 4648 
Sell "as is" 4644 
There won't be a need for it 4642 
Congratulations 4642 
A grander scheme in mind… 4642 
The mind boggles ... 4641 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4641 
Selling argument 4635 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4491 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4491 
Simulated suspension evolution 4491 
Humidity 4491 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4490 
Recharging the Alnico 4490 
How nice! 4490 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4490 
Planning and wishing.. 4490 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4490 
What was absolute wonderful… 4490 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4490 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4489 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4488 
It looks like how it works 4488 
The end 3418 
Many share 3418 
A new house --- again 3197 
Vitavox 15/40 2700 
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