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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6625 
Pilot lamps 6625 
I might be using something similar.... 6625 
Cool running amps 6625 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6625 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6614 
Porting paramaters 6614 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6614 
Ports of Entry 6614 
Port o guess 6614 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6613 
Port-O-Guess 6613 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6613 
Tuning By Ear 6612 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6612 
The ported kitty... 6612 
Not knowing your parameters 6612 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6611 
Playing a music on the ports… 6611 
Well said, haralanov 6611 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6611 
Overly ridicules? 6611 
Port Predicaments 6610 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6610 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6610 
Servo? 6610 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6610 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6610 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6609 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6609 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6608 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6608 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6607 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6607 
MiniMe Material 6606 
Chasing the drivers… 6604 
Serial number ??? 6604 
The Drivers. 6604 
Something like this. 6597 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6596 
The date with a mechanist. 6595 
G10 as Encosure Material 6594 
The Precision Sound Products? 6591 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6591 
Return to the paradigm 6590 
Educational 6590 
It might become not what I initially thought 6590 
As mini evolves... 6590 
4" drivers 6590 
The the same family of sound? 6589 
Almost 4" driver 6589 
Görlich is back 6589 
Some updates with MiniMe 6587 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6587 
MiniMe 3-Way 6586 
There is very little defined as now… 6586 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6584 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6575 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6574 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6573 
Yes, I know those drivers 6573 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6572 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6571 
I know what you mean... 6571 
The new Podszus Görlich 6565 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6565 
An inexpensive option 6565 
The freaking economy! 6551 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6551 
Freaking G10 6551 
The gambling on G10 6551 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6539 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6507 
MiniMe and Machinists 6507 
G10 nightmare & xover 6506 
The MiniMe X-over 6506 
Makes sense to me 6506 
Port Solutions 6506 
The port solution in MiniMe 6505 
Port adjustment 6505 
Unlikely Introductions 6505 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6490 
Heavy Cardboard? 6490 
A mistake with MiniMe 6489 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6484 
What people use 6484 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6484 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6480 
The MiniMe First draft 6479 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6478 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6477 
Ok, it is better now… 6476 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6476 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6476 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6476 
Anti Res driver mounting 6476 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6476 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6476 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6475 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6475 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6475 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6475 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6474 
Pass labs? 6474 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6474 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6474 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6474 
Well known low cost solution 6474 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6470 
New drivers 6469 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6469 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6467 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6467 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6467 
Realtime Options? 6466 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6466 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6466 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6465 
DEQ 2496 sound 6464 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6464 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6463 
You might hit me...but 6462 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6462 
Nearly fits... 6462 
Veravox 5 6462 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6462 
Agree and disagree 6462 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6462 
F120A 6459 
89 dB??? 6459 
Nearfield friendly? 6459 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6459 
More musings around the F120A 6458 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6458 
Another Brain Fart 6458 
In Passing... 6458 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6456 
Cap and Coil 6456 
Non annoying monitors 6456 
Comparing apples to oranges 6455 
Bad apples? 6455 
An olive branch? 6455 
"good luck" means good luck... 6455 
Perception vs reality 6455 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6437 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6429 
My kitchen system 6419 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 6419 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 6418 
What to make of it? 6418 
At this point I have very low expectations. 6418 
Impedance mismatch 6418 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 6417 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 6417 
Take Two Aspirin 6417 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 6408 
F120A -- end of the game? 6407 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 6407 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 6374 
Joyfull? 6373 
I know exactly what you mean 6373 
Macondo's Trim Tab 6373 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 6372 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 6368 
Waay Back 6368 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 6368 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 6367 
Port plugs 6367 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 6316 
SS Amp 6315 
To review the subject after 17 years. 6315 
Denon 6315 
I would like to go V-FET… 6315 
Vince... 6315 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 6315 
Specifics? 6315 
Hot... 6315 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 6314 
Tampax for MiniMe? 6313 
Say What? 6313 
The baby passive radiator. 6312 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 6311 
Will see how it goes… 6311 
Not quite analogous 6311 
Sucks and socks… 6308 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 6308 
Milq from the dead 6308 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 6308 
B-gone B-2 6307 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 6307 
Celebration 6307 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 6307 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 6306 
Bass behaviour of power amps 6306 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 6294 
My apologies... 6294 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 6294 
Gut wrenching... 6294 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 6181 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 6179 
The MiniMe playing loud. 6142 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 6142 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 6142 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 6060 
The end of MiniMe 5893 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5892 
One step forward and two steps back. 5004 
Exploiting the architecture 5003 
How bad do you need it to be? 5003 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 5003 
Directionality 5002 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 5002 
But why do you need another pilot system when 5001 
Injection Pilot? 4994 
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