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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6579 
Pilot lamps 6579 
I might be using something similar.... 6579 
Cool running amps 6579 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6579 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6568 
Porting paramaters 6568 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6568 
Ports of Entry 6568 
Port o guess 6568 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6567 
Port-O-Guess 6567 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6567 
Tuning By Ear 6566 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6566 
The ported kitty... 6566 
Not knowing your parameters 6566 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6565 
Playing a music on the ports… 6565 
Well said, haralanov 6565 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6565 
Overly ridicules? 6565 
Port Predicaments 6564 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6564 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6564 
Servo? 6564 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6564 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6564 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6563 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6563 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6562 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6562 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6561 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6561 
MiniMe Material 6560 
Chasing the drivers… 6558 
Serial number ??? 6558 
The Drivers. 6558 
Something like this. 6551 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6550 
The date with a mechanist. 6549 
G10 as Encosure Material 6548 
The Precision Sound Products? 6545 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6545 
Return to the paradigm 6544 
Educational 6544 
It might become not what I initially thought 6544 
As mini evolves... 6544 
4" drivers 6544 
The the same family of sound? 6543 
Almost 4" driver 6543 
Görlich is back 6543 
Some updates with MiniMe 6541 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6541 
MiniMe 3-Way 6540 
There is very little defined as now… 6540 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6538 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6529 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6528 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6527 
Yes, I know those drivers 6527 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6526 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6525 
I know what you mean... 6525 
The new Podszus Görlich 6519 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6519 
An inexpensive option 6519 
The freaking economy! 6505 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6505 
Freaking G10 6505 
The gambling on G10 6505 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6493 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6461 
MiniMe and Machinists 6461 
G10 nightmare & xover 6460 
The MiniMe X-over 6460 
Makes sense to me 6460 
Port Solutions 6460 
The port solution in MiniMe 6459 
Port adjustment 6459 
Unlikely Introductions 6459 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6444 
Heavy Cardboard? 6444 
A mistake with MiniMe 6443 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6438 
What people use 6438 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6438 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6434 
The MiniMe First draft 6433 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6432 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6431 
Ok, it is better now… 6430 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6430 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6430 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6430 
Anti Res driver mounting 6430 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6430 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6430 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6429 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6429 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6429 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6429 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6428 
Pass labs? 6428 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6428 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6428 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6428 
Well known low cost solution 6428 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6424 
New drivers 6423 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6423 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6421 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6421 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6421 
Realtime Options? 6420 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6420 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6420 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6419 
DEQ 2496 sound 6418 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6418 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6417 
You might hit me...but 6416 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6416 
Nearly fits... 6416 
Veravox 5 6416 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6416 
Agree and disagree 6416 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6416 
F120A 6413 
89 dB??? 6413 
Nearfield friendly? 6413 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6413 
More musings around the F120A 6412 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6412 
Another Brain Fart 6412 
In Passing... 6412 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6410 
Cap and Coil 6410 
Non annoying monitors 6410 
Comparing apples to oranges 6409 
Bad apples? 6409 
An olive branch? 6409 
"good luck" means good luck... 6409 
Perception vs reality 6409 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6391 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6383 
My kitchen system 6373 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 6373 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 6372 
What to make of it? 6372 
At this point I have very low expectations. 6372 
Impedance mismatch 6372 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 6371 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 6371 
Take Two Aspirin 6371 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 6362 
F120A -- end of the game? 6361 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 6361 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 6328 
Joyfull? 6327 
I know exactly what you mean 6327 
Macondo's Trim Tab 6327 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 6326 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 6322 
Waay Back 6322 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 6322 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 6321 
Port plugs 6321 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 6270 
SS Amp 6269 
To review the subject after 17 years. 6269 
Denon 6269 
I would like to go V-FET… 6269 
Vince... 6269 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 6269 
Specifics? 6269 
Hot... 6269 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 6268 
Tampax for MiniMe? 6267 
Say What? 6267 
The baby passive radiator. 6266 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 6265 
Will see how it goes… 6265 
Not quite analogous 6265 
Sucks and socks… 6262 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 6262 
Milq from the dead 6262 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 6262 
B-gone B-2 6261 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 6261 
Celebration 6261 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 6261 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 6260 
Bass behaviour of power amps 6260 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 6248 
My apologies... 6248 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 6248 
Gut wrenching... 6248 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 6135 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 6133 
The MiniMe playing loud. 6096 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 6096 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 6096 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 6014 
The end of MiniMe 5847 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5846 
One step forward and two steps back. 4958 
Exploiting the architecture 4957 
How bad do you need it to be? 4957 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 4957 
Directionality 4956 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 4956 
But why do you need another pilot system when 4955 
Injection Pilot? 4948 
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