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Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5757 
Encouragement 5756 
The divers testing. 5756 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5755 
Test 5755 
To Wind Up Where? 5755 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5755 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5754 
What Next 5754 
The mid-bass laboratory 5753 
It is a different question. 5753 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5747 
Triangular midbass horns 5747 
Suspending Disbelief 5747 
Some practical strategic considerations 5734 
MB Horns Project 5734 
Another consideration – the cable length 5733 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5733 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5731 
The triangle horns in attic 5731 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5731 
About the triangular horns corners… 5731 
4-sided triangle 5731 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5731 
Bass from behind 5731 
K-Horns 5731 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5731 
The wall-loaded horns? 5731 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5731 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5731 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5731 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5730 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5730 
How does this phase work? 5730 
Some very raw numbers 5730 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5729 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5729 
Mid Bass Project 5729 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5728 
How to drive a long cable. 5725 
Personal Bias 5725 
There were no big red flags 5723 
The Swidish 30Hz 5723 
Who world believe! 5723 
Good news! 5722 
Two open questions. 5721 
Transition piece 5721 
About my horn skeleton. 5721 
Transitions 5721 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5721 
Boston wood guy 5721 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5721 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5721 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5721 
Possible option for fabrication 5720 
It is about softness, stupid. 5720 
Transition Zone 5720 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5720 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5719 
A good modeling software? 5719 
CAD software 5718 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5710 
The "maket" time. 5703 
Maket 5703 
! 5703 
OK, it is this Friday! 5703 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5703 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5703 
The wood source is found 5702 
OK, it is started.... 5700 
Dust to Dust 5700 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5700 
2001 Space Odasy 5700 
Interesting space 5699 
The opened up space. 5699 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5699 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5699 
Rear Chamber Access 5699 
California 5699 
Bass time domain 5699 
2001--2010 5699 
Some answers. 5699 
The Iron Rod 5699 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5699 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5698 
It is that I want. 5698 
Working Tolerances 5698 
The back chamber design 5698 
Very good 5698 
It is true, but…. 5698 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5697 
Here is my mouth. 5697 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5697 
The Fs of AKs 5697 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5697 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5697 
Sail 5697 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5696 
You are wrong. 5696 
The material of displacement plug 5696 
And the driver-winner is… 5696 
Pre-Fab 5696 
The horn will be mounted ... 5696 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5695 
4 Sides + 5695 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5694 
The Solution. 5694 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5694 
An US pomposity complex? 5694 
The back chamber predictions 5694 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5694 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5694 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5694 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5694 
Good Vibrations 5694 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5694 
Horn Thickness 5694 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5694 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5694 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5694 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5694 
Parallel what? 5694 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5693 
Sources 5693 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5693 
Damping materials revisited 5693 
How to finish my midbass horn 5693 
Wallpaper adhesion 5692 
Bright idea 5692 
I do like the brickish finish. 5692 
Venetion slats 5692 
The Ventilation subject. 5692 
How long will it take? 5692 
Insulation and horn mouth 5692 
Insulation et al. 5691 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5691 
GOD MACHINE 5691 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5691 
Ice dams - experience 5691 
Horn as "Room" 5691 
Agreed 5691 
Morons vs. Criminals 5691 
The insulation controversy. 5690 
The Conditioned Space 5690 
Ventilation 5690 
R-Value and Damping Options 5690 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5690 
Back To The Stone Age 5690 
Did you just woke up? 5690 
Yes I looked 5690 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5690 
Knocking the horn. 5690 
The current building plans. 5690 
The ideas needed. 5690 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5689 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5689 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5689 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5689 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5689 
The Stressed Skin 5689 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5689 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5689 
I do not know. 5688 
Status report #.... 5688 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5687 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5687 
It will be more clear with time. 5687 
The insulation… 5687 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5686 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5683 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5683 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5683 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5683 
Where? 5683 
From Center Photo: 5682 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5682 
The Third section argument 5682 
The front baffle. 5680 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5680 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5674 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5667 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5666 
What to do with mouth cover? 5665 
What to wear... 5665 
A lot of work.... 5664 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5661 
Cover/no cover 5660 
Red lights 5660 
Whores? 5660 
The Cat-House 5660 
The Red lights in whorns... 5660 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5660 
Dinner 5659 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5659 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5659 
Access to the bolts 5659 
The first test is comming today. 5658 
Sound impressions? 5658 
Some data, impressions and me. 5658 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5657 
A driver of some sort? 5657 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5657 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5656 
MiniDSP 5656 
Got a test croosover. 5656 
My horn trivia 5656 
Steps rather 5656 
The traps. 5655 
Eventually!!! 5655 
My favorite quote in this post: 5655 
Yep, it was me… 5655 
The second horn is rising… 5655 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5655 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5654 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5654 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5654 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5654 
What am I missing? 5654 
How to do my back chamber. 5654 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5654 
Babysitting the foam 5654 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5654 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5654 
Foam Expansion 5654 
Bite into it 5653 
Getting down with impedance 5653 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5653 
Added mass resonance 5653 
Resonance frequency and mass 5653 
La resistance 5653 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5649 
End of the project plan 5647 
Again, too much work… 5646 
Variable resonances 5646 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5646 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5646 
A word of warning and some comments. 5645 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5643 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5643 
Sanding prep for living 5643 
Too late . 5643 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5643 
Ciare car hifi 5642 
Eighteensound 5642 
The Second major milestone. 5642 
Better to be safe 5641 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5641 
Well That You Are Concerned 5641 
Sliding it in 5641 
2 people job? 5641 
The final few inches 5641 
Think Long and Hard 5641 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5641 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5641 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5641 
How to decupled horn from frame 5641 
Decoupling 5641 
Decoupling II 5640 
Pneumatic? 5640 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5640 
Silent blocks? 5640 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5640 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5640 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5640 
Straps and shocks 5640 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5640 
Weenie 5639 
The horn painting job 5639 
Romy the cork 5639 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5639 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5639 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5639 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5639 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5638 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5638 
Getting hectic. 5638 
Quick stuff job 5638 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5638 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5638 
Jessie, this is funny. 5638 
Toxic lube 5638 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5638 
The back chambers are done. 5637 
67Hz ? 5637 
Can you remind us.... 5637 
Nil risk 5637 
Chemical Wasteland 5637 
Sand. 5637 
Not decoupler but damper. 5637 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5637 
This project is on fire! 5637 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5637 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5637 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5636 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5636 
Monument 5636 
Stuning... 5636 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5636 
Reflections (sound) 5635 
Acrylate 5635 
Shaker interface 5635 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5635 
Surround 5635 
Door trim 5635 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5635 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5635 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5634 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5634 
Insulation 5633 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5633 
Condensation is the problem 5633 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5633 
Insulation 5632 
Monitoring moisture. 5632 
Moisture 5632 
Earlier in This Thread 5632 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5632 
Boots on the Ground 5632 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5632 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5630 
The ego time capsule. 5629 
Temptations!!! 5628 
The first shaking test. 5626 
The very right color. 5626 
Steps 5625 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5625 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5625 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5624 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5624 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5624 
Remote controlled LED 5623 
Giant robot halloween lights 5623 
The horns are officially opened. 5623 
School is in session 5623 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5622 
Horn trauma 5622 
About the foam 5622 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5622 
Cone-foam coupling 5622 
Misbehaving horns. 5622 
Wired 5622 
How to localize the problem 5622 
The possible cause 5622 
Impedance test the way you done it 5622 
The another day of midbass. 5621 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5621 
Let get some practical perspective. 5621 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5621 
Good signs 5621 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5620 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5620 
Ouch!... More please! 5620 
The first thing first. 5620 
Upper bass HP filter 5620 
Wipe Out 5620 
The midbass first. 5619 
The fascinating time 5619 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5618 
Midbass nasal sound 5618 
A new good configuration. 5618 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5617 
The Sliding Scale 5617 
A time for ULF... 5617 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5617 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5617 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5617 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5617 
Yup yup yup yup 5616 
Beringer x-overs 5616 
That is what I was hopping. 5614 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5614 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5613 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5613 
The dark side of all notes 5613 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5613 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5613 
AKA, Servo? 5613 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5612 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5612 
Shaping the Imagination 5612 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5612 
The fun time eventually. 5610 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5607 
Something is not right 5607 
A few howevers, as usually. 5607 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5606 
Talking about the midbass…. 5604 
Something is right. 5602 
Verifying the driver choice 5601 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5601 
The final Midbass 5596 
Official end of the midbass project… 5596 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5596 
…and the few Thanks…. 5595 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5592 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5592 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5592 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5592 
How much more can I let it go? 5587 
The next steps of progress. 5585 
Blurred transients? 5584 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5584 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5584 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5584 
Semantics and other stories 5584 
The 2dB battle…. 5581 
Ok, it is done. 5580 
Large vs. small. 5577 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5574 
Modesty 5564 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5553 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5515 
Environmental inspection. 5501 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5453 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5452 
Honk idea... 5449 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5434 
Obstetrician 5433 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5429 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5339 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5248 
To hear my midbass horn? 5185 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5096 
Mahler sound 5096 
Default properly balanced sound. 5096 
Will horns make the difference? 5095 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5095 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4828 
What could I say? 4805 
Dissonant use 4805 
Sell "as is" 4801 
There won't be a need for it 4799 
Congratulations 4799 
A grander scheme in mind… 4799 
The mind boggles ... 4798 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4798 
Selling argument 4792 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4648 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4648 
Simulated suspension evolution 4648 
Humidity 4648 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4647 
Recharging the Alnico 4647 
How nice! 4647 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4647 
Planning and wishing.. 4647 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4647 
What was absolute wonderful… 4647 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4647 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4646 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4645 
It looks like how it works 4645 
The end 3575 
Many share 3575 
A new house --- again 3354 
Vitavox 15/40 2857 
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