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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5500 
Encouragement 5499 
The divers testing. 5499 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5498 
Test 5498 
To Wind Up Where? 5498 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5498 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5497 
What Next 5497 
The mid-bass laboratory 5496 
It is a different question. 5496 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5490 
Triangular midbass horns 5490 
Suspending Disbelief 5490 
Some practical strategic considerations 5477 
MB Horns Project 5477 
Another consideration – the cable length 5476 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5476 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5474 
The triangle horns in attic 5474 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5474 
About the triangular horns corners… 5474 
4-sided triangle 5474 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5474 
Bass from behind 5474 
K-Horns 5474 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5474 
The wall-loaded horns? 5474 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5474 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5474 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5474 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5473 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5473 
How does this phase work? 5473 
Some very raw numbers 5473 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5472 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5472 
Mid Bass Project 5472 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5471 
How to drive a long cable. 5468 
Personal Bias 5468 
There were no big red flags 5466 
The Swidish 30Hz 5466 
Who world believe! 5466 
Good news! 5465 
Two open questions. 5464 
Transition piece 5464 
About my horn skeleton. 5464 
Transitions 5464 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5464 
Boston wood guy 5464 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5464 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5464 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5464 
Possible option for fabrication 5463 
It is about softness, stupid. 5463 
Transition Zone 5463 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5463 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5462 
A good modeling software? 5462 
CAD software 5461 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5453 
The "maket" time. 5446 
Maket 5446 
! 5446 
OK, it is this Friday! 5446 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5446 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5446 
The wood source is found 5445 
OK, it is started.... 5443 
Dust to Dust 5443 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5443 
2001 Space Odasy 5443 
Interesting space 5442 
The opened up space. 5442 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5442 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5442 
Rear Chamber Access 5442 
California 5442 
Bass time domain 5442 
2001--2010 5442 
Some answers. 5442 
The Iron Rod 5442 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5442 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5441 
It is that I want. 5441 
Working Tolerances 5441 
The back chamber design 5441 
Very good 5441 
It is true, but…. 5441 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5440 
Here is my mouth. 5440 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5440 
The Fs of AKs 5440 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5440 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5440 
Sail 5440 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5439 
You are wrong. 5439 
The material of displacement plug 5439 
And the driver-winner is… 5439 
Pre-Fab 5439 
The horn will be mounted ... 5439 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5438 
4 Sides + 5438 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5437 
The Solution. 5437 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5437 
An US pomposity complex? 5437 
The back chamber predictions 5437 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5437 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5437 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5437 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5437 
Good Vibrations 5437 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5437 
Horn Thickness 5437 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5437 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5437 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5437 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5437 
Parallel what? 5437 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5436 
Sources 5436 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5436 
Damping materials revisited 5436 
How to finish my midbass horn 5436 
Wallpaper adhesion 5435 
Bright idea 5435 
I do like the brickish finish. 5435 
Venetion slats 5435 
The Ventilation subject. 5435 
How long will it take? 5435 
Insulation and horn mouth 5435 
Insulation et al. 5434 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5434 
GOD MACHINE 5434 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5434 
Ice dams - experience 5434 
Horn as "Room" 5434 
Agreed 5434 
Morons vs. Criminals 5434 
The insulation controversy. 5433 
The Conditioned Space 5433 
Ventilation 5433 
R-Value and Damping Options 5433 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5433 
Back To The Stone Age 5433 
Did you just woke up? 5433 
Yes I looked 5433 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5433 
Knocking the horn. 5433 
The current building plans. 5433 
The ideas needed. 5433 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5432 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5432 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5432 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5432 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5432 
The Stressed Skin 5432 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5432 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5432 
I do not know. 5431 
Status report #.... 5431 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5430 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5430 
It will be more clear with time. 5430 
The insulation… 5430 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5429 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5426 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5426 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5426 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5426 
Where? 5426 
From Center Photo: 5425 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5425 
The Third section argument 5425 
The front baffle. 5423 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5423 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5417 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5410 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5409 
What to do with mouth cover? 5408 
What to wear... 5408 
A lot of work.... 5407 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5404 
Cover/no cover 5403 
Red lights 5403 
Whores? 5403 
The Cat-House 5403 
The Red lights in whorns... 5403 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5403 
Dinner 5402 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5402 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5402 
Access to the bolts 5402 
The first test is comming today. 5401 
Sound impressions? 5401 
Some data, impressions and me. 5401 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5400 
A driver of some sort? 5400 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5400 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5399 
MiniDSP 5399 
Got a test croosover. 5399 
My horn trivia 5399 
Steps rather 5399 
The traps. 5398 
Eventually!!! 5398 
My favorite quote in this post: 5398 
Yep, it was me… 5398 
The second horn is rising… 5398 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5398 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5397 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5397 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5397 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5397 
What am I missing? 5397 
How to do my back chamber. 5397 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5397 
Babysitting the foam 5397 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5397 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5397 
Foam Expansion 5397 
Bite into it 5396 
Getting down with impedance 5396 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5396 
Added mass resonance 5396 
Resonance frequency and mass 5396 
La resistance 5396 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5392 
End of the project plan 5390 
Again, too much work… 5389 
Variable resonances 5389 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5389 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5389 
A word of warning and some comments. 5388 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5386 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5386 
Sanding prep for living 5386 
Too late . 5386 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5386 
Ciare car hifi 5385 
Eighteensound 5385 
The Second major milestone. 5385 
Better to be safe 5384 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5384 
Well That You Are Concerned 5384 
Sliding it in 5384 
2 people job? 5384 
The final few inches 5384 
Think Long and Hard 5384 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5384 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5384 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5384 
How to decupled horn from frame 5384 
Decoupling 5384 
Decoupling II 5383 
Pneumatic? 5383 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5383 
Silent blocks? 5383 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5383 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5383 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5383 
Straps and shocks 5383 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5383 
Weenie 5382 
The horn painting job 5382 
Romy the cork 5382 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5382 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5382 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5382 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5382 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5381 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5381 
Getting hectic. 5381 
Quick stuff job 5381 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5381 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5381 
Jessie, this is funny. 5381 
Toxic lube 5381 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5381 
The back chambers are done. 5380 
67Hz ? 5380 
Can you remind us.... 5380 
Nil risk 5380 
Chemical Wasteland 5380 
Sand. 5380 
Not decoupler but damper. 5380 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5380 
This project is on fire! 5380 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5380 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5380 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5379 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5379 
Monument 5379 
Stuning... 5379 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5379 
Reflections (sound) 5378 
Acrylate 5378 
Shaker interface 5378 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5378 
Surround 5378 
Door trim 5378 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5378 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5378 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5377 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5377 
Insulation 5376 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5376 
Condensation is the problem 5376 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5376 
Insulation 5375 
Monitoring moisture. 5375 
Moisture 5375 
Earlier in This Thread 5375 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5375 
Boots on the Ground 5375 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5375 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5373 
The ego time capsule. 5372 
Temptations!!! 5371 
The first shaking test. 5369 
The very right color. 5369 
Steps 5368 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5368 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5368 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5367 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5367 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5367 
Remote controlled LED 5366 
Giant robot halloween lights 5366 
The horns are officially opened. 5366 
School is in session 5366 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5365 
Horn trauma 5365 
About the foam 5365 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5365 
Cone-foam coupling 5365 
Misbehaving horns. 5365 
Wired 5365 
How to localize the problem 5365 
The possible cause 5365 
Impedance test the way you done it 5365 
The another day of midbass. 5364 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5364 
Let get some practical perspective. 5364 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5364 
Good signs 5364 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5363 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5363 
Ouch!... More please! 5363 
The first thing first. 5363 
Upper bass HP filter 5363 
Wipe Out 5363 
The midbass first. 5362 
The fascinating time 5362 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5361 
Midbass nasal sound 5361 
A new good configuration. 5361 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5360 
The Sliding Scale 5360 
A time for ULF... 5360 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5360 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5360 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5360 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5360 
Yup yup yup yup 5359 
Beringer x-overs 5359 
That is what I was hopping. 5357 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5357 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5356 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5356 
The dark side of all notes 5356 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5356 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5356 
AKA, Servo? 5356 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5355 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5355 
Shaping the Imagination 5355 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5355 
The fun time eventually. 5353 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5350 
Something is not right 5350 
A few howevers, as usually. 5350 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5349 
Talking about the midbass…. 5347 
Something is right. 5345 
Verifying the driver choice 5344 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5344 
The final Midbass 5339 
Official end of the midbass project… 5339 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5339 
…and the few Thanks…. 5338 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5335 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5335 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5335 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5335 
How much more can I let it go? 5330 
The next steps of progress. 5328 
Blurred transients? 5327 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5327 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5327 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5327 
Semantics and other stories 5327 
The 2dB battle…. 5324 
Ok, it is done. 5323 
Large vs. small. 5320 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5317 
Modesty 5307 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5296 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5258 
Environmental inspection. 5244 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5196 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5195 
Honk idea... 5192 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5177 
Obstetrician 5176 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5172 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5082 
The midbass channel. A year later. 4991 
To hear my midbass horn? 4928 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4839 
Mahler sound 4839 
Default properly balanced sound. 4839 
Will horns make the difference? 4838 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4838 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4571 
What could I say? 4548 
Dissonant use 4548 
Sell "as is" 4544 
There won't be a need for it 4542 
Congratulations 4542 
A grander scheme in mind… 4542 
The mind boggles ... 4541 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4541 
Selling argument 4535 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4391 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4391 
Simulated suspension evolution 4391 
Humidity 4391 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4390 
Recharging the Alnico 4390 
How nice! 4390 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4390 
Planning and wishing.. 4390 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4390 
What was absolute wonderful… 4390 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4390 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4389 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4388 
It looks like how it works 4388 
The end 3318 
Many share 3318 
A new house --- again 3097 
Vitavox 15/40 2600 
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