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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5501 
Encouragement 5500 
The divers testing. 5500 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5499 
Test 5499 
To Wind Up Where? 5499 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5499 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5498 
What Next 5498 
The mid-bass laboratory 5497 
It is a different question. 5497 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5491 
Triangular midbass horns 5491 
Suspending Disbelief 5491 
Some practical strategic considerations 5478 
MB Horns Project 5478 
Another consideration – the cable length 5477 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5477 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5475 
The triangle horns in attic 5475 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5475 
About the triangular horns corners… 5475 
4-sided triangle 5475 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5475 
Bass from behind 5475 
K-Horns 5475 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5475 
The wall-loaded horns? 5475 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5475 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5475 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5475 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5474 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5474 
How does this phase work? 5474 
Some very raw numbers 5474 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5473 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5473 
Mid Bass Project 5473 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5472 
How to drive a long cable. 5469 
Personal Bias 5469 
There were no big red flags 5467 
The Swidish 30Hz 5467 
Who world believe! 5467 
Good news! 5466 
Two open questions. 5465 
Transition piece 5465 
About my horn skeleton. 5465 
Transitions 5465 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5465 
Boston wood guy 5465 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5465 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5465 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5465 
Possible option for fabrication 5464 
It is about softness, stupid. 5464 
Transition Zone 5464 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5464 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5463 
A good modeling software? 5463 
CAD software 5462 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5454 
The "maket" time. 5447 
Maket 5447 
! 5447 
OK, it is this Friday! 5447 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5447 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5447 
The wood source is found 5446 
OK, it is started.... 5444 
Dust to Dust 5444 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5444 
2001 Space Odasy 5444 
Interesting space 5443 
The opened up space. 5443 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5443 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5443 
Rear Chamber Access 5443 
California 5443 
Bass time domain 5443 
2001--2010 5443 
Some answers. 5443 
The Iron Rod 5443 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5443 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5442 
It is that I want. 5442 
Working Tolerances 5442 
The back chamber design 5442 
Very good 5442 
It is true, but…. 5442 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5441 
Here is my mouth. 5441 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5441 
The Fs of AKs 5441 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5441 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5441 
Sail 5441 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5440 
You are wrong. 5440 
The material of displacement plug 5440 
And the driver-winner is… 5440 
Pre-Fab 5440 
The horn will be mounted ... 5440 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5439 
4 Sides + 5439 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5438 
The Solution. 5438 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5438 
An US pomposity complex? 5438 
The back chamber predictions 5438 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5438 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5438 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5438 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5438 
Good Vibrations 5438 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5438 
Horn Thickness 5438 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5438 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5438 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5438 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5438 
Parallel what? 5438 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5437 
Sources 5437 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5437 
Damping materials revisited 5437 
How to finish my midbass horn 5437 
Wallpaper adhesion 5436 
Bright idea 5436 
I do like the brickish finish. 5436 
Venetion slats 5436 
The Ventilation subject. 5436 
How long will it take? 5436 
Insulation and horn mouth 5436 
Insulation et al. 5435 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5435 
GOD MACHINE 5435 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5435 
Ice dams - experience 5435 
Horn as "Room" 5435 
Agreed 5435 
Morons vs. Criminals 5435 
The insulation controversy. 5434 
The Conditioned Space 5434 
Ventilation 5434 
R-Value and Damping Options 5434 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5434 
Back To The Stone Age 5434 
Did you just woke up? 5434 
Yes I looked 5434 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5434 
Knocking the horn. 5434 
The current building plans. 5434 
The ideas needed. 5434 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5433 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5433 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5433 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5433 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5433 
The Stressed Skin 5433 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5433 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5433 
I do not know. 5432 
Status report #.... 5432 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5431 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5431 
It will be more clear with time. 5431 
The insulation… 5431 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5430 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5427 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5427 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5427 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5427 
Where? 5427 
From Center Photo: 5426 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5426 
The Third section argument 5426 
The front baffle. 5424 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5424 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5418 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5411 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5410 
What to do with mouth cover? 5409 
What to wear... 5409 
A lot of work.... 5408 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5405 
Cover/no cover 5404 
Red lights 5404 
Whores? 5404 
The Cat-House 5404 
The Red lights in whorns... 5404 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5404 
Dinner 5403 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5403 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5403 
Access to the bolts 5403 
The first test is comming today. 5402 
Sound impressions? 5402 
Some data, impressions and me. 5402 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5401 
A driver of some sort? 5401 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5401 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5400 
MiniDSP 5400 
Got a test croosover. 5400 
My horn trivia 5400 
Steps rather 5400 
The traps. 5399 
Eventually!!! 5399 
My favorite quote in this post: 5399 
Yep, it was me… 5399 
The second horn is rising… 5399 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5399 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5398 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5398 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5398 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5398 
What am I missing? 5398 
How to do my back chamber. 5398 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5398 
Babysitting the foam 5398 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5398 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5398 
Foam Expansion 5398 
Bite into it 5397 
Getting down with impedance 5397 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5397 
Added mass resonance 5397 
Resonance frequency and mass 5397 
La resistance 5397 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5393 
End of the project plan 5391 
Again, too much work… 5390 
Variable resonances 5390 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5390 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5390 
A word of warning and some comments. 5389 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5387 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5387 
Sanding prep for living 5387 
Too late . 5387 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5387 
Ciare car hifi 5386 
Eighteensound 5386 
The Second major milestone. 5386 
Better to be safe 5385 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5385 
Well That You Are Concerned 5385 
Sliding it in 5385 
2 people job? 5385 
The final few inches 5385 
Think Long and Hard 5385 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5385 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5385 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5385 
How to decupled horn from frame 5385 
Decoupling 5385 
Decoupling II 5384 
Pneumatic? 5384 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5384 
Silent blocks? 5384 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5384 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5384 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5384 
Straps and shocks 5384 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5384 
Weenie 5383 
The horn painting job 5383 
Romy the cork 5383 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5383 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5383 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5383 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5383 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5382 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5382 
Getting hectic. 5382 
Quick stuff job 5382 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5382 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5382 
Jessie, this is funny. 5382 
Toxic lube 5382 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5382 
The back chambers are done. 5381 
67Hz ? 5381 
Can you remind us.... 5381 
Nil risk 5381 
Chemical Wasteland 5381 
Sand. 5381 
Not decoupler but damper. 5381 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5381 
This project is on fire! 5381 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5381 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5381 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5380 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5380 
Monument 5380 
Stuning... 5380 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5380 
Reflections (sound) 5379 
Acrylate 5379 
Shaker interface 5379 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5379 
Surround 5379 
Door trim 5379 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5379 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5379 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5378 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5378 
Insulation 5377 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5377 
Condensation is the problem 5377 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5377 
Insulation 5376 
Monitoring moisture. 5376 
Moisture 5376 
Earlier in This Thread 5376 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5376 
Boots on the Ground 5376 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5376 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5374 
The ego time capsule. 5373 
Temptations!!! 5372 
The first shaking test. 5370 
The very right color. 5370 
Steps 5369 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5369 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5369 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5368 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5368 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5368 
Remote controlled LED 5367 
Giant robot halloween lights 5367 
The horns are officially opened. 5367 
School is in session 5367 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5366 
Horn trauma 5366 
About the foam 5366 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5366 
Cone-foam coupling 5366 
Misbehaving horns. 5366 
Wired 5366 
How to localize the problem 5366 
The possible cause 5366 
Impedance test the way you done it 5366 
The another day of midbass. 5365 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5365 
Let get some practical perspective. 5365 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5365 
Good signs 5365 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5364 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5364 
Ouch!... More please! 5364 
The first thing first. 5364 
Upper bass HP filter 5364 
Wipe Out 5364 
The midbass first. 5363 
The fascinating time 5363 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5362 
Midbass nasal sound 5362 
A new good configuration. 5362 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5361 
The Sliding Scale 5361 
A time for ULF... 5361 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5361 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5361 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5361 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5361 
Yup yup yup yup 5360 
Beringer x-overs 5360 
That is what I was hopping. 5358 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5358 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5357 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5357 
The dark side of all notes 5357 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5357 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5357 
AKA, Servo? 5357 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5356 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5356 
Shaping the Imagination 5356 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5356 
The fun time eventually. 5354 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5351 
Something is not right 5351 
A few howevers, as usually. 5351 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5350 
Talking about the midbass…. 5348 
Something is right. 5346 
Verifying the driver choice 5345 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5345 
The final Midbass 5340 
Official end of the midbass project… 5340 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5340 
…and the few Thanks…. 5339 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5336 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5336 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5336 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5336 
How much more can I let it go? 5331 
The next steps of progress. 5329 
Blurred transients? 5328 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5328 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5328 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5328 
Semantics and other stories 5328 
The 2dB battle…. 5325 
Ok, it is done. 5324 
Large vs. small. 5321 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5318 
Modesty 5308 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5297 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5259 
Environmental inspection. 5245 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5197 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5196 
Honk idea... 5193 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5178 
Obstetrician 5177 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5173 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5083 
The midbass channel. A year later. 4992 
To hear my midbass horn? 4929 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4840 
Mahler sound 4840 
Default properly balanced sound. 4840 
Will horns make the difference? 4839 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4839 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4572 
What could I say? 4549 
Dissonant use 4549 
Sell "as is" 4545 
There won't be a need for it 4543 
Congratulations 4543 
A grander scheme in mind… 4543 
The mind boggles ... 4542 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4542 
Selling argument 4536 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4392 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4392 
Simulated suspension evolution 4392 
Humidity 4392 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4391 
Recharging the Alnico 4391 
How nice! 4391 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4391 
Planning and wishing.. 4391 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4391 
What was absolute wonderful… 4391 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4391 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4390 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4389 
It looks like how it works 4389 
The end 3319 
Many share 3319 
A new house --- again 3098 
Vitavox 15/40 2601 
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