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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5862 
Encouragement 5861 
The divers testing. 5861 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5860 
Test 5860 
To Wind Up Where? 5860 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5860 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5859 
What Next 5859 
The mid-bass laboratory 5858 
It is a different question. 5858 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5852 
Triangular midbass horns 5852 
Suspending Disbelief 5852 
Some practical strategic considerations 5839 
MB Horns Project 5839 
Another consideration – the cable length 5838 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5838 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5836 
The triangle horns in attic 5836 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5836 
About the triangular horns corners… 5836 
4-sided triangle 5836 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5836 
Bass from behind 5836 
K-Horns 5836 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5836 
The wall-loaded horns? 5836 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5836 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5836 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5836 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5835 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5835 
How does this phase work? 5835 
Some very raw numbers 5835 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5834 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5834 
Mid Bass Project 5834 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5833 
How to drive a long cable. 5830 
Personal Bias 5830 
There were no big red flags 5828 
The Swidish 30Hz 5828 
Who world believe! 5828 
Good news! 5827 
Two open questions. 5826 
Transition piece 5826 
About my horn skeleton. 5826 
Transitions 5826 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5826 
Boston wood guy 5826 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5826 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5826 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5826 
Possible option for fabrication 5825 
It is about softness, stupid. 5825 
Transition Zone 5825 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5825 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5824 
A good modeling software? 5824 
CAD software 5823 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5815 
The "maket" time. 5808 
Maket 5808 
! 5808 
OK, it is this Friday! 5808 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5808 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5808 
The wood source is found 5807 
OK, it is started.... 5805 
Dust to Dust 5805 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5805 
2001 Space Odasy 5805 
Interesting space 5804 
The opened up space. 5804 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5804 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5804 
Rear Chamber Access 5804 
California 5804 
Bass time domain 5804 
2001--2010 5804 
Some answers. 5804 
The Iron Rod 5804 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5804 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5803 
It is that I want. 5803 
Working Tolerances 5803 
The back chamber design 5803 
Very good 5803 
It is true, but…. 5803 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5802 
Here is my mouth. 5802 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5802 
The Fs of AKs 5802 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5802 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5802 
Sail 5802 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5801 
You are wrong. 5801 
The material of displacement plug 5801 
And the driver-winner is… 5801 
Pre-Fab 5801 
The horn will be mounted ... 5801 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5800 
4 Sides + 5800 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5799 
The Solution. 5799 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5799 
An US pomposity complex? 5799 
The back chamber predictions 5799 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5799 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5799 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5799 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5799 
Good Vibrations 5799 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5799 
Horn Thickness 5799 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5799 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5799 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5799 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5799 
Parallel what? 5799 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5798 
Sources 5798 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5798 
Damping materials revisited 5798 
How to finish my midbass horn 5798 
Wallpaper adhesion 5797 
Bright idea 5797 
I do like the brickish finish. 5797 
Venetion slats 5797 
The Ventilation subject. 5797 
How long will it take? 5797 
Insulation and horn mouth 5797 
Insulation et al. 5796 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5796 
GOD MACHINE 5796 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5796 
Ice dams - experience 5796 
Horn as "Room" 5796 
Agreed 5796 
Morons vs. Criminals 5796 
The insulation controversy. 5795 
The Conditioned Space 5795 
Ventilation 5795 
R-Value and Damping Options 5795 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5795 
Back To The Stone Age 5795 
Did you just woke up? 5795 
Yes I looked 5795 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5795 
Knocking the horn. 5795 
The current building plans. 5795 
The ideas needed. 5795 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5794 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5794 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5794 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5794 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5794 
The Stressed Skin 5794 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5794 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5794 
I do not know. 5793 
Status report #.... 5793 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5792 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5792 
It will be more clear with time. 5792 
The insulation… 5792 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5791 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5788 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5788 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5788 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5788 
Where? 5788 
From Center Photo: 5787 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5787 
The Third section argument 5787 
The front baffle. 5785 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5785 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5779 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5772 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5771 
What to do with mouth cover? 5770 
What to wear... 5770 
A lot of work.... 5769 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5766 
Cover/no cover 5765 
Red lights 5765 
Whores? 5765 
The Cat-House 5765 
The Red lights in whorns... 5765 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5765 
Dinner 5764 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5764 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5764 
Access to the bolts 5764 
The first test is comming today. 5763 
Sound impressions? 5763 
Some data, impressions and me. 5763 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5762 
A driver of some sort? 5762 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5762 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5761 
MiniDSP 5761 
Got a test croosover. 5761 
My horn trivia 5761 
Steps rather 5761 
The traps. 5760 
Eventually!!! 5760 
My favorite quote in this post: 5760 
Yep, it was me… 5760 
The second horn is rising… 5760 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5760 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5759 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5759 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5759 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5759 
What am I missing? 5759 
How to do my back chamber. 5759 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5759 
Babysitting the foam 5759 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5759 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5759 
Foam Expansion 5759 
Bite into it 5758 
Getting down with impedance 5758 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5758 
Added mass resonance 5758 
Resonance frequency and mass 5758 
La resistance 5758 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5754 
End of the project plan 5752 
Again, too much work… 5751 
Variable resonances 5751 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5751 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5751 
A word of warning and some comments. 5750 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5748 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5748 
Sanding prep for living 5748 
Too late . 5748 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5748 
Ciare car hifi 5747 
Eighteensound 5747 
The Second major milestone. 5747 
Better to be safe 5746 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5746 
Well That You Are Concerned 5746 
Sliding it in 5746 
2 people job? 5746 
The final few inches 5746 
Think Long and Hard 5746 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5746 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5746 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5746 
How to decupled horn from frame 5746 
Decoupling 5746 
Decoupling II 5745 
Pneumatic? 5745 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5745 
Silent blocks? 5745 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5745 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5745 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5745 
Straps and shocks 5745 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5745 
Weenie 5744 
The horn painting job 5744 
Romy the cork 5744 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5744 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5744 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5744 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5744 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5743 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5743 
Getting hectic. 5743 
Quick stuff job 5743 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5743 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5743 
Jessie, this is funny. 5743 
Toxic lube 5743 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5743 
The back chambers are done. 5742 
67Hz ? 5742 
Can you remind us.... 5742 
Nil risk 5742 
Chemical Wasteland 5742 
Sand. 5742 
Not decoupler but damper. 5742 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5742 
This project is on fire! 5742 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5742 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5742 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5741 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5741 
Monument 5741 
Stuning... 5741 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5741 
Reflections (sound) 5740 
Acrylate 5740 
Shaker interface 5740 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5740 
Surround 5740 
Door trim 5740 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5740 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5740 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5739 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5739 
Insulation 5738 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5738 
Condensation is the problem 5738 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5738 
Insulation 5737 
Monitoring moisture. 5737 
Moisture 5737 
Earlier in This Thread 5737 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5737 
Boots on the Ground 5737 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5737 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5735 
The ego time capsule. 5734 
Temptations!!! 5733 
The first shaking test. 5731 
The very right color. 5731 
Steps 5730 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5730 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5730 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5729 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5729 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5729 
Remote controlled LED 5728 
Giant robot halloween lights 5728 
The horns are officially opened. 5728 
School is in session 5728 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5727 
Horn trauma 5727 
About the foam 5727 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5727 
Cone-foam coupling 5727 
Misbehaving horns. 5727 
Wired 5727 
How to localize the problem 5727 
The possible cause 5727 
Impedance test the way you done it 5727 
The another day of midbass. 5726 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5726 
Let get some practical perspective. 5726 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5726 
Good signs 5726 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5725 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5725 
Ouch!... More please! 5725 
The first thing first. 5725 
Upper bass HP filter 5725 
Wipe Out 5725 
The midbass first. 5724 
The fascinating time 5724 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5723 
Midbass nasal sound 5723 
A new good configuration. 5723 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5722 
The Sliding Scale 5722 
A time for ULF... 5722 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5722 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5722 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5722 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5722 
Yup yup yup yup 5721 
Beringer x-overs 5721 
That is what I was hopping. 5719 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5719 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5718 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5718 
The dark side of all notes 5718 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5718 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5718 
AKA, Servo? 5718 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5717 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5717 
Shaping the Imagination 5717 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5717 
The fun time eventually. 5715 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5712 
Something is not right 5712 
A few howevers, as usually. 5712 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5711 
Talking about the midbass…. 5709 
Something is right. 5707 
Verifying the driver choice 5706 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5706 
The final Midbass 5701 
Official end of the midbass project… 5701 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5701 
…and the few Thanks…. 5700 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5697 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5697 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5697 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5697 
How much more can I let it go? 5692 
The next steps of progress. 5690 
Blurred transients? 5689 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5689 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5689 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5689 
Semantics and other stories 5689 
The 2dB battle…. 5686 
Ok, it is done. 5685 
Large vs. small. 5682 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5679 
Modesty 5669 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5658 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5620 
Environmental inspection. 5606 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5558 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5557 
Honk idea... 5554 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5539 
Obstetrician 5538 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5534 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5444 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5353 
To hear my midbass horn? 5290 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5201 
Mahler sound 5201 
Default properly balanced sound. 5201 
Will horns make the difference? 5200 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5200 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4933 
What could I say? 4910 
Dissonant use 4910 
Sell "as is" 4906 
There won't be a need for it 4904 
Congratulations 4904 
A grander scheme in mind… 4904 
The mind boggles ... 4903 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4903 
Selling argument 4897 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4753 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4753 
Simulated suspension evolution 4753 
Humidity 4753 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4752 
Recharging the Alnico 4752 
How nice! 4752 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4752 
Planning and wishing.. 4752 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4752 
What was absolute wonderful… 4752 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4752 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4751 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4750 
It looks like how it works 4750 
The end 3680 
Many share 3680 
A new house --- again 3459 
Vitavox 15/40 2962 
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