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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5755 
Encouragement 5754 
The divers testing. 5754 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5753 
Test 5753 
To Wind Up Where? 5753 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5753 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5752 
What Next 5752 
The mid-bass laboratory 5751 
It is a different question. 5751 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5745 
Triangular midbass horns 5745 
Suspending Disbelief 5745 
Some practical strategic considerations 5732 
MB Horns Project 5732 
Another consideration – the cable length 5731 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5731 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5729 
The triangle horns in attic 5729 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5729 
About the triangular horns corners… 5729 
4-sided triangle 5729 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5729 
Bass from behind 5729 
K-Horns 5729 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5729 
The wall-loaded horns? 5729 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5729 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5729 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5729 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5728 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5728 
How does this phase work? 5728 
Some very raw numbers 5728 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5727 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5727 
Mid Bass Project 5727 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5726 
How to drive a long cable. 5723 
Personal Bias 5723 
There were no big red flags 5721 
The Swidish 30Hz 5721 
Who world believe! 5721 
Good news! 5720 
Two open questions. 5719 
Transition piece 5719 
About my horn skeleton. 5719 
Transitions 5719 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5719 
Boston wood guy 5719 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5719 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5719 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5719 
Possible option for fabrication 5718 
It is about softness, stupid. 5718 
Transition Zone 5718 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5718 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5717 
A good modeling software? 5717 
CAD software 5716 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5708 
The "maket" time. 5701 
Maket 5701 
! 5701 
OK, it is this Friday! 5701 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5701 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5701 
The wood source is found 5700 
OK, it is started.... 5698 
Dust to Dust 5698 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5698 
2001 Space Odasy 5698 
Interesting space 5697 
The opened up space. 5697 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5697 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5697 
Rear Chamber Access 5697 
California 5697 
Bass time domain 5697 
2001--2010 5697 
Some answers. 5697 
The Iron Rod 5697 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5697 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5696 
It is that I want. 5696 
Working Tolerances 5696 
The back chamber design 5696 
Very good 5696 
It is true, but…. 5696 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5695 
Here is my mouth. 5695 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5695 
The Fs of AKs 5695 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5695 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5695 
Sail 5695 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5694 
You are wrong. 5694 
The material of displacement plug 5694 
And the driver-winner is… 5694 
Pre-Fab 5694 
The horn will be mounted ... 5694 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5693 
4 Sides + 5693 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5692 
The Solution. 5692 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5692 
An US pomposity complex? 5692 
The back chamber predictions 5692 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5692 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5692 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5692 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5692 
Good Vibrations 5692 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5692 
Horn Thickness 5692 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5692 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5692 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5692 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5692 
Parallel what? 5692 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5691 
Sources 5691 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5691 
Damping materials revisited 5691 
How to finish my midbass horn 5691 
Wallpaper adhesion 5690 
Bright idea 5690 
I do like the brickish finish. 5690 
Venetion slats 5690 
The Ventilation subject. 5690 
How long will it take? 5690 
Insulation and horn mouth 5690 
Insulation et al. 5689 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5689 
GOD MACHINE 5689 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5689 
Ice dams - experience 5689 
Horn as "Room" 5689 
Agreed 5689 
Morons vs. Criminals 5689 
The insulation controversy. 5688 
The Conditioned Space 5688 
Ventilation 5688 
R-Value and Damping Options 5688 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5688 
Back To The Stone Age 5688 
Did you just woke up? 5688 
Yes I looked 5688 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5688 
Knocking the horn. 5688 
The current building plans. 5688 
The ideas needed. 5688 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5687 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5687 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5687 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5687 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5687 
The Stressed Skin 5687 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5687 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5687 
I do not know. 5686 
Status report #.... 5686 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5685 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5685 
It will be more clear with time. 5685 
The insulation… 5685 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5684 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5681 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5681 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5681 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5681 
Where? 5681 
From Center Photo: 5680 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5680 
The Third section argument 5680 
The front baffle. 5678 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5678 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5672 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5665 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5664 
What to do with mouth cover? 5663 
What to wear... 5663 
A lot of work.... 5662 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5659 
Cover/no cover 5658 
Red lights 5658 
Whores? 5658 
The Cat-House 5658 
The Red lights in whorns... 5658 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5658 
Dinner 5657 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5657 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5657 
Access to the bolts 5657 
The first test is comming today. 5656 
Sound impressions? 5656 
Some data, impressions and me. 5656 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5655 
A driver of some sort? 5655 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5655 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5654 
MiniDSP 5654 
Got a test croosover. 5654 
My horn trivia 5654 
Steps rather 5654 
The traps. 5653 
Eventually!!! 5653 
My favorite quote in this post: 5653 
Yep, it was me… 5653 
The second horn is rising… 5653 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5653 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5652 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5652 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5652 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5652 
What am I missing? 5652 
How to do my back chamber. 5652 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5652 
Babysitting the foam 5652 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5652 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5652 
Foam Expansion 5652 
Bite into it 5651 
Getting down with impedance 5651 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5651 
Added mass resonance 5651 
Resonance frequency and mass 5651 
La resistance 5651 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5647 
End of the project plan 5645 
Again, too much work… 5644 
Variable resonances 5644 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5644 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5644 
A word of warning and some comments. 5643 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5641 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5641 
Sanding prep for living 5641 
Too late . 5641 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5641 
Ciare car hifi 5640 
Eighteensound 5640 
The Second major milestone. 5640 
Better to be safe 5639 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5639 
Well That You Are Concerned 5639 
Sliding it in 5639 
2 people job? 5639 
The final few inches 5639 
Think Long and Hard 5639 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5639 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5639 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5639 
How to decupled horn from frame 5639 
Decoupling 5639 
Decoupling II 5638 
Pneumatic? 5638 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5638 
Silent blocks? 5638 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5638 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5638 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5638 
Straps and shocks 5638 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5638 
Weenie 5637 
The horn painting job 5637 
Romy the cork 5637 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5637 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5637 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5637 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5637 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5636 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5636 
Getting hectic. 5636 
Quick stuff job 5636 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5636 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5636 
Jessie, this is funny. 5636 
Toxic lube 5636 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5636 
The back chambers are done. 5635 
67Hz ? 5635 
Can you remind us.... 5635 
Nil risk 5635 
Chemical Wasteland 5635 
Sand. 5635 
Not decoupler but damper. 5635 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5635 
This project is on fire! 5635 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5635 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5635 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5634 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5634 
Monument 5634 
Stuning... 5634 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5634 
Reflections (sound) 5633 
Acrylate 5633 
Shaker interface 5633 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5633 
Surround 5633 
Door trim 5633 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5633 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5633 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5632 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5632 
Insulation 5631 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5631 
Condensation is the problem 5631 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5631 
Insulation 5630 
Monitoring moisture. 5630 
Moisture 5630 
Earlier in This Thread 5630 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5630 
Boots on the Ground 5630 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5630 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5628 
The ego time capsule. 5627 
Temptations!!! 5626 
The first shaking test. 5624 
The very right color. 5624 
Steps 5623 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5623 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5623 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5622 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5622 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5622 
Remote controlled LED 5621 
Giant robot halloween lights 5621 
The horns are officially opened. 5621 
School is in session 5621 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5620 
Horn trauma 5620 
About the foam 5620 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5620 
Cone-foam coupling 5620 
Misbehaving horns. 5620 
Wired 5620 
How to localize the problem 5620 
The possible cause 5620 
Impedance test the way you done it 5620 
The another day of midbass. 5619 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5619 
Let get some practical perspective. 5619 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5619 
Good signs 5619 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5618 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5618 
Ouch!... More please! 5618 
The first thing first. 5618 
Upper bass HP filter 5618 
Wipe Out 5618 
The midbass first. 5617 
The fascinating time 5617 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5616 
Midbass nasal sound 5616 
A new good configuration. 5616 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5615 
The Sliding Scale 5615 
A time for ULF... 5615 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5615 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5615 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5615 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5615 
Yup yup yup yup 5614 
Beringer x-overs 5614 
That is what I was hopping. 5612 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5612 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5611 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5611 
The dark side of all notes 5611 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5611 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5611 
AKA, Servo? 5611 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5610 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5610 
Shaping the Imagination 5610 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5610 
The fun time eventually. 5608 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5605 
Something is not right 5605 
A few howevers, as usually. 5605 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5604 
Talking about the midbass…. 5602 
Something is right. 5600 
Verifying the driver choice 5599 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5599 
The final Midbass 5594 
Official end of the midbass project… 5594 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5594 
…and the few Thanks…. 5593 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5590 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5590 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5590 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5590 
How much more can I let it go? 5585 
The next steps of progress. 5583 
Blurred transients? 5582 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5582 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5582 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5582 
Semantics and other stories 5582 
The 2dB battle…. 5579 
Ok, it is done. 5578 
Large vs. small. 5575 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5572 
Modesty 5562 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5551 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5513 
Environmental inspection. 5499 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5451 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5450 
Honk idea... 5447 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5432 
Obstetrician 5431 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5427 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5337 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5246 
To hear my midbass horn? 5183 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5094 
Mahler sound 5094 
Default properly balanced sound. 5094 
Will horns make the difference? 5093 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5093 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4826 
What could I say? 4803 
Dissonant use 4803 
Sell "as is" 4799 
There won't be a need for it 4797 
Congratulations 4797 
A grander scheme in mind… 4797 
The mind boggles ... 4796 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4796 
Selling argument 4790 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4646 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4646 
Simulated suspension evolution 4646 
Humidity 4646 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4645 
Recharging the Alnico 4645 
How nice! 4645 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4645 
Planning and wishing.. 4645 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4645 
What was absolute wonderful… 4645 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4645 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4644 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4643 
It looks like how it works 4643 
The end 3573 
Many share 3573 
A new house --- again 3352 
Vitavox 15/40 2855 
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