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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5963 
Encouragement 5962 
The divers testing. 5962 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5961 
Test 5961 
To Wind Up Where? 5961 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5961 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5960 
What Next 5960 
The mid-bass laboratory 5959 
It is a different question. 5959 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5953 
Triangular midbass horns 5953 
Suspending Disbelief 5953 
Some practical strategic considerations 5940 
MB Horns Project 5940 
Another consideration – the cable length 5939 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5939 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5937 
The triangle horns in attic 5937 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5937 
About the triangular horns corners… 5937 
4-sided triangle 5937 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5937 
Bass from behind 5937 
K-Horns 5937 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5937 
The wall-loaded horns? 5937 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5937 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5937 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5937 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5936 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5936 
How does this phase work? 5936 
Some very raw numbers 5936 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5935 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5935 
Mid Bass Project 5935 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5934 
How to drive a long cable. 5931 
Personal Bias 5931 
There were no big red flags 5929 
The Swidish 30Hz 5929 
Who world believe! 5929 
Good news! 5928 
Two open questions. 5927 
Transition piece 5927 
About my horn skeleton. 5927 
Transitions 5927 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5927 
Boston wood guy 5927 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5927 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5927 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5927 
Possible option for fabrication 5926 
It is about softness, stupid. 5926 
Transition Zone 5926 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5926 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5925 
A good modeling software? 5925 
CAD software 5924 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5916 
The "maket" time. 5909 
Maket 5909 
! 5909 
OK, it is this Friday! 5909 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5909 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5909 
The wood source is found 5908 
OK, it is started.... 5906 
Dust to Dust 5906 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5906 
2001 Space Odasy 5906 
Interesting space 5905 
The opened up space. 5905 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5905 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5905 
Rear Chamber Access 5905 
California 5905 
Bass time domain 5905 
2001--2010 5905 
Some answers. 5905 
The Iron Rod 5905 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5905 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5904 
It is that I want. 5904 
Working Tolerances 5904 
The back chamber design 5904 
Very good 5904 
It is true, but…. 5904 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5903 
Here is my mouth. 5903 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5903 
The Fs of AKs 5903 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5903 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5903 
Sail 5903 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5902 
You are wrong. 5902 
The material of displacement plug 5902 
And the driver-winner is… 5902 
Pre-Fab 5902 
The horn will be mounted ... 5902 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5901 
4 Sides + 5901 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5900 
The Solution. 5900 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5900 
An US pomposity complex? 5900 
The back chamber predictions 5900 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5900 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5900 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5900 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5900 
Good Vibrations 5900 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5900 
Horn Thickness 5900 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5900 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5900 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5900 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5900 
Parallel what? 5900 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5899 
Sources 5899 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5899 
Damping materials revisited 5899 
How to finish my midbass horn 5899 
Wallpaper adhesion 5898 
Bright idea 5898 
I do like the brickish finish. 5898 
Venetion slats 5898 
The Ventilation subject. 5898 
How long will it take? 5898 
Insulation and horn mouth 5898 
Insulation et al. 5897 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5897 
GOD MACHINE 5897 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5897 
Ice dams - experience 5897 
Horn as "Room" 5897 
Agreed 5897 
Morons vs. Criminals 5897 
The insulation controversy. 5896 
The Conditioned Space 5896 
Ventilation 5896 
R-Value and Damping Options 5896 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5896 
Back To The Stone Age 5896 
Did you just woke up? 5896 
Yes I looked 5896 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5896 
Knocking the horn. 5896 
The current building plans. 5896 
The ideas needed. 5896 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5895 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5895 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5895 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5895 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5895 
The Stressed Skin 5895 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5895 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5895 
I do not know. 5894 
Status report #.... 5894 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5893 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5893 
It will be more clear with time. 5893 
The insulation… 5893 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5892 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5889 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5889 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5889 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5889 
Where? 5889 
From Center Photo: 5888 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5888 
The Third section argument 5888 
The front baffle. 5886 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5886 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5880 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5873 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5872 
What to do with mouth cover? 5871 
What to wear... 5871 
A lot of work.... 5870 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5867 
Cover/no cover 5866 
Red lights 5866 
Whores? 5866 
The Cat-House 5866 
The Red lights in whorns... 5866 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5866 
Dinner 5865 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5865 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5865 
Access to the bolts 5865 
The first test is comming today. 5864 
Sound impressions? 5864 
Some data, impressions and me. 5864 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5863 
A driver of some sort? 5863 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5863 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5862 
MiniDSP 5862 
Got a test croosover. 5862 
My horn trivia 5862 
Steps rather 5862 
The traps. 5861 
Eventually!!! 5861 
My favorite quote in this post: 5861 
Yep, it was me… 5861 
The second horn is rising… 5861 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5861 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5860 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5860 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5860 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5860 
What am I missing? 5860 
How to do my back chamber. 5860 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5860 
Babysitting the foam 5860 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5860 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5860 
Foam Expansion 5860 
Bite into it 5859 
Getting down with impedance 5859 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5859 
Added mass resonance 5859 
Resonance frequency and mass 5859 
La resistance 5859 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5855 
End of the project plan 5853 
Again, too much work… 5852 
Variable resonances 5852 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5852 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5852 
A word of warning and some comments. 5851 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5849 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5849 
Sanding prep for living 5849 
Too late . 5849 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5849 
Ciare car hifi 5848 
Eighteensound 5848 
The Second major milestone. 5848 
Better to be safe 5847 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5847 
Well That You Are Concerned 5847 
Sliding it in 5847 
2 people job? 5847 
The final few inches 5847 
Think Long and Hard 5847 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5847 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5847 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5847 
How to decupled horn from frame 5847 
Decoupling 5847 
Decoupling II 5846 
Pneumatic? 5846 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5846 
Silent blocks? 5846 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5846 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5846 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5846 
Straps and shocks 5846 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5846 
Weenie 5845 
The horn painting job 5845 
Romy the cork 5845 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5845 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5845 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5845 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5845 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5844 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5844 
Getting hectic. 5844 
Quick stuff job 5844 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5844 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5844 
Jessie, this is funny. 5844 
Toxic lube 5844 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5844 
The back chambers are done. 5843 
67Hz ? 5843 
Can you remind us.... 5843 
Nil risk 5843 
Chemical Wasteland 5843 
Sand. 5843 
Not decoupler but damper. 5843 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5843 
This project is on fire! 5843 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5843 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5843 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5842 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5842 
Monument 5842 
Stuning... 5842 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5842 
Reflections (sound) 5841 
Acrylate 5841 
Shaker interface 5841 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5841 
Surround 5841 
Door trim 5841 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5841 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5841 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5840 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5840 
Insulation 5839 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5839 
Condensation is the problem 5839 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5839 
Insulation 5838 
Monitoring moisture. 5838 
Moisture 5838 
Earlier in This Thread 5838 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5838 
Boots on the Ground 5838 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5838 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5836 
The ego time capsule. 5835 
Temptations!!! 5834 
The first shaking test. 5832 
The very right color. 5832 
Steps 5831 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5831 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5831 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5830 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5830 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5830 
Remote controlled LED 5829 
Giant robot halloween lights 5829 
The horns are officially opened. 5829 
School is in session 5829 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5828 
Horn trauma 5828 
About the foam 5828 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5828 
Cone-foam coupling 5828 
Misbehaving horns. 5828 
Wired 5828 
How to localize the problem 5828 
The possible cause 5828 
Impedance test the way you done it 5828 
The another day of midbass. 5827 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5827 
Let get some practical perspective. 5827 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5827 
Good signs 5827 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5826 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5826 
Ouch!... More please! 5826 
The first thing first. 5826 
Upper bass HP filter 5826 
Wipe Out 5826 
The midbass first. 5825 
The fascinating time 5825 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5824 
Midbass nasal sound 5824 
A new good configuration. 5824 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5823 
The Sliding Scale 5823 
A time for ULF... 5823 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5823 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5823 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5823 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5823 
Yup yup yup yup 5822 
Beringer x-overs 5822 
That is what I was hopping. 5820 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5820 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5819 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5819 
The dark side of all notes 5819 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5819 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5819 
AKA, Servo? 5819 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5818 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5818 
Shaping the Imagination 5818 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5818 
The fun time eventually. 5816 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5813 
Something is not right 5813 
A few howevers, as usually. 5813 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5812 
Talking about the midbass…. 5810 
Something is right. 5808 
Verifying the driver choice 5807 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5807 
The final Midbass 5802 
Official end of the midbass project… 5802 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5802 
…and the few Thanks…. 5801 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5798 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5798 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5798 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5798 
How much more can I let it go? 5793 
The next steps of progress. 5791 
Blurred transients? 5790 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5790 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5790 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5790 
Semantics and other stories 5790 
The 2dB battle…. 5787 
Ok, it is done. 5786 
Large vs. small. 5783 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5780 
Modesty 5770 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5759 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5721 
Environmental inspection. 5707 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5659 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5658 
Honk idea... 5655 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5640 
Obstetrician 5639 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5635 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5545 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5454 
To hear my midbass horn? 5391 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5302 
Mahler sound 5302 
Default properly balanced sound. 5302 
Will horns make the difference? 5301 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5301 
Surprising and Interesting development … 5034 
What could I say? 5011 
Dissonant use 5011 
Sell "as is" 5007 
There won't be a need for it 5005 
Congratulations 5005 
A grander scheme in mind… 5005 
The mind boggles ... 5004 
Audio as an interactive subject. 5004 
Selling argument 4998 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4854 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4854 
Simulated suspension evolution 4854 
Humidity 4854 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4853 
Recharging the Alnico 4853 
How nice! 4853 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4853 
Planning and wishing.. 4853 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4853 
What was absolute wonderful… 4853 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4853 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4852 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4851 
It looks like how it works 4851 
The end 3781 
Many share 3781 
A new house --- again 3560 
Vitavox 15/40 3063 
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