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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5645 
Encouragement 5644 
The divers testing. 5644 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5643 
Test 5643 
To Wind Up Where? 5643 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5643 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5642 
What Next 5642 
The mid-bass laboratory 5641 
It is a different question. 5641 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5635 
Triangular midbass horns 5635 
Suspending Disbelief 5635 
Some practical strategic considerations 5622 
MB Horns Project 5622 
Another consideration – the cable length 5621 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5621 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5619 
The triangle horns in attic 5619 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5619 
About the triangular horns corners… 5619 
4-sided triangle 5619 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5619 
Bass from behind 5619 
K-Horns 5619 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5619 
The wall-loaded horns? 5619 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5619 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5619 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5619 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5618 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5618 
How does this phase work? 5618 
Some very raw numbers 5618 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5617 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5617 
Mid Bass Project 5617 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5616 
How to drive a long cable. 5613 
Personal Bias 5613 
There were no big red flags 5611 
The Swidish 30Hz 5611 
Who world believe! 5611 
Good news! 5610 
Two open questions. 5609 
Transition piece 5609 
About my horn skeleton. 5609 
Transitions 5609 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5609 
Boston wood guy 5609 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5609 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5609 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5609 
Possible option for fabrication 5608 
It is about softness, stupid. 5608 
Transition Zone 5608 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5608 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5607 
A good modeling software? 5607 
CAD software 5606 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5598 
The "maket" time. 5591 
Maket 5591 
! 5591 
OK, it is this Friday! 5591 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5591 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5591 
The wood source is found 5590 
OK, it is started.... 5588 
Dust to Dust 5588 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5588 
2001 Space Odasy 5588 
Interesting space 5587 
The opened up space. 5587 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5587 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5587 
Rear Chamber Access 5587 
California 5587 
Bass time domain 5587 
2001--2010 5587 
Some answers. 5587 
The Iron Rod 5587 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5587 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5586 
It is that I want. 5586 
Working Tolerances 5586 
The back chamber design 5586 
Very good 5586 
It is true, but…. 5586 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5585 
Here is my mouth. 5585 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5585 
The Fs of AKs 5585 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5585 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5585 
Sail 5585 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5584 
You are wrong. 5584 
The material of displacement plug 5584 
And the driver-winner is… 5584 
Pre-Fab 5584 
The horn will be mounted ... 5584 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5583 
4 Sides + 5583 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5582 
The Solution. 5582 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5582 
An US pomposity complex? 5582 
The back chamber predictions 5582 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5582 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5582 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5582 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5582 
Good Vibrations 5582 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5582 
Horn Thickness 5582 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5582 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5582 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5582 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5582 
Parallel what? 5582 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5581 
Sources 5581 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5581 
Damping materials revisited 5581 
How to finish my midbass horn 5581 
Wallpaper adhesion 5580 
Bright idea 5580 
I do like the brickish finish. 5580 
Venetion slats 5580 
The Ventilation subject. 5580 
How long will it take? 5580 
Insulation and horn mouth 5580 
Insulation et al. 5579 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5579 
GOD MACHINE 5579 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5579 
Ice dams - experience 5579 
Horn as "Room" 5579 
Agreed 5579 
Morons vs. Criminals 5579 
The insulation controversy. 5578 
The Conditioned Space 5578 
Ventilation 5578 
R-Value and Damping Options 5578 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5578 
Back To The Stone Age 5578 
Did you just woke up? 5578 
Yes I looked 5578 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5578 
Knocking the horn. 5578 
The current building plans. 5578 
The ideas needed. 5578 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5577 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5577 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5577 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5577 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5577 
The Stressed Skin 5577 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5577 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5577 
I do not know. 5576 
Status report #.... 5576 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5575 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5575 
It will be more clear with time. 5575 
The insulation… 5575 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5574 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5571 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5571 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5571 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5571 
Where? 5571 
From Center Photo: 5570 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5570 
The Third section argument 5570 
The front baffle. 5568 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5568 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5562 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5555 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5554 
What to do with mouth cover? 5553 
What to wear... 5553 
A lot of work.... 5552 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5549 
Cover/no cover 5548 
Red lights 5548 
Whores? 5548 
The Cat-House 5548 
The Red lights in whorns... 5548 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5548 
Dinner 5547 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5547 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5547 
Access to the bolts 5547 
The first test is comming today. 5546 
Sound impressions? 5546 
Some data, impressions and me. 5546 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5545 
A driver of some sort? 5545 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5545 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5544 
MiniDSP 5544 
Got a test croosover. 5544 
My horn trivia 5544 
Steps rather 5544 
The traps. 5543 
Eventually!!! 5543 
My favorite quote in this post: 5543 
Yep, it was me… 5543 
The second horn is rising… 5543 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5543 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5542 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5542 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5542 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5542 
What am I missing? 5542 
How to do my back chamber. 5542 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5542 
Babysitting the foam 5542 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5542 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5542 
Foam Expansion 5542 
Bite into it 5541 
Getting down with impedance 5541 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5541 
Added mass resonance 5541 
Resonance frequency and mass 5541 
La resistance 5541 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5537 
End of the project plan 5535 
Again, too much work… 5534 
Variable resonances 5534 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5534 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5534 
A word of warning and some comments. 5533 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5531 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5531 
Sanding prep for living 5531 
Too late . 5531 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5531 
Ciare car hifi 5530 
Eighteensound 5530 
The Second major milestone. 5530 
Better to be safe 5529 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5529 
Well That You Are Concerned 5529 
Sliding it in 5529 
2 people job? 5529 
The final few inches 5529 
Think Long and Hard 5529 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5529 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5529 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5529 
How to decupled horn from frame 5529 
Decoupling 5529 
Decoupling II 5528 
Pneumatic? 5528 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5528 
Silent blocks? 5528 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5528 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5528 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5528 
Straps and shocks 5528 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5528 
Weenie 5527 
The horn painting job 5527 
Romy the cork 5527 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5527 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5527 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5527 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5527 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5526 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5526 
Getting hectic. 5526 
Quick stuff job 5526 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5526 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5526 
Jessie, this is funny. 5526 
Toxic lube 5526 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5526 
The back chambers are done. 5525 
67Hz ? 5525 
Can you remind us.... 5525 
Nil risk 5525 
Chemical Wasteland 5525 
Sand. 5525 
Not decoupler but damper. 5525 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5525 
This project is on fire! 5525 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5525 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5525 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5524 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5524 
Monument 5524 
Stuning... 5524 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5524 
Reflections (sound) 5523 
Acrylate 5523 
Shaker interface 5523 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5523 
Surround 5523 
Door trim 5523 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5523 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5523 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5522 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5522 
Insulation 5521 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5521 
Condensation is the problem 5521 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5521 
Insulation 5520 
Monitoring moisture. 5520 
Moisture 5520 
Earlier in This Thread 5520 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5520 
Boots on the Ground 5520 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5520 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5518 
The ego time capsule. 5517 
Temptations!!! 5516 
The first shaking test. 5514 
The very right color. 5514 
Steps 5513 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5513 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5513 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5512 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5512 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5512 
Remote controlled LED 5511 
Giant robot halloween lights 5511 
The horns are officially opened. 5511 
School is in session 5511 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5510 
Horn trauma 5510 
About the foam 5510 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5510 
Cone-foam coupling 5510 
Misbehaving horns. 5510 
Wired 5510 
How to localize the problem 5510 
The possible cause 5510 
Impedance test the way you done it 5510 
The another day of midbass. 5509 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5509 
Let get some practical perspective. 5509 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5509 
Good signs 5509 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5508 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5508 
Ouch!... More please! 5508 
The first thing first. 5508 
Upper bass HP filter 5508 
Wipe Out 5508 
The midbass first. 5507 
The fascinating time 5507 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5506 
Midbass nasal sound 5506 
A new good configuration. 5506 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5505 
The Sliding Scale 5505 
A time for ULF... 5505 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5505 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5505 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5505 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5505 
Yup yup yup yup 5504 
Beringer x-overs 5504 
That is what I was hopping. 5502 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5502 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5501 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5501 
The dark side of all notes 5501 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5501 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5501 
AKA, Servo? 5501 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5500 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5500 
Shaping the Imagination 5500 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5500 
The fun time eventually. 5498 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5495 
Something is not right 5495 
A few howevers, as usually. 5495 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5494 
Talking about the midbass…. 5492 
Something is right. 5490 
Verifying the driver choice 5489 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5489 
The final Midbass 5484 
Official end of the midbass project… 5484 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5484 
…and the few Thanks…. 5483 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5480 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5480 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5480 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5480 
How much more can I let it go? 5475 
The next steps of progress. 5473 
Blurred transients? 5472 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5472 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5472 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5472 
Semantics and other stories 5472 
The 2dB battle…. 5469 
Ok, it is done. 5468 
Large vs. small. 5465 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5462 
Modesty 5452 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5441 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5403 
Environmental inspection. 5389 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5341 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5340 
Honk idea... 5337 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5322 
Obstetrician 5321 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5317 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5227 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5136 
To hear my midbass horn? 5073 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4984 
Mahler sound 4984 
Default properly balanced sound. 4984 
Will horns make the difference? 4983 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4983 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4716 
What could I say? 4693 
Dissonant use 4693 
Sell "as is" 4689 
There won't be a need for it 4687 
Congratulations 4687 
A grander scheme in mind… 4687 
The mind boggles ... 4686 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4686 
Selling argument 4680 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4536 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4536 
Simulated suspension evolution 4536 
Humidity 4536 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4535 
Recharging the Alnico 4535 
How nice! 4535 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4535 
Planning and wishing.. 4535 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4535 
What was absolute wonderful… 4535 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4535 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4534 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4533 
It looks like how it works 4533 
The end 3463 
Many share 3463 
A new house --- again 3242 
Vitavox 15/40 2745 
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