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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6080 
Room to Romy 6080 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6079 
Midbass options to consider. 6079 
But what will the neighbors think? 6079 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6079 
Dualing bass 6079 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6079 
To Do It Right? 6079 
This search might be complicated 6079 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6078 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6078 
The big D 6078 
Raising the roof 6078 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6078 
Brownstones? 6078 
Suburban home additions for horns 6078 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6077 
The real-state U-turn? 6077 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6077 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6075 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6075 
Eh, stupid! 6075 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6074 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6074 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6073 
The time alignment scenarios. 6073 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6073 
More Ideas 6073 
Looks like a good solution 6073 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6073 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6070 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6069 
Consider 6068 
People who do general contracting….. 6068 
The throat considerations. 6068 
Make your own 6068 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6068 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6068 
....puzzled with your response.... 6068 
The Great Unknown 6068 
Fourier transform tells the story 6067 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6067 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6067 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6067 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6067 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6065 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6065 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6065 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6065 
Two Mouths 6065 
More ideas and drawbacks 6065 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6065 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6065 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6064 
Layered construction horn 6064 
CNC Snail Horn 6064 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6064 
Time alignment how? 6060 
The ceilings height 6055 
High ceilings 6055 
Shortening a High Room 6055 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6054 
Some roomy links 6054 
Sand damping topologies. 6053 
Tubed sand 6053 
Sandbag damping 6053 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6053 
Automobile solutions 6053 
Auto Former 6052 
The corner loading. 6051 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6049 
6m Basshorn 6049 
Another basement horn. 6049 
Early firing Midbass horn 6049 
Framed, Raised Floors 6049 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6048 
It Is Do-able 6048 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6047 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6047 
CH Audio Design 6046 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6046 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6045 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6045 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6045 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 6044 
Ah, mystery & suspense 6044 
Was it worth it? 6044 
Havering on... 6043 
Main floor pre-load 6042 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 6042 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 6042 
Concrete horn example 6041 
Options, options, options… 6041 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 6041 
Giant litter box 6040 
Sand and Sinagogues 6040 
How to know that floor is the problem? 6040 
Tossing Off a Couple 6040 
The external horns construction ideas 6039 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 6039 
13-step program 6039 
Big horn materials 6038 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 6030 
Another place to pee? 6030 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 6030 
The Afghan Camels 6030 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 6030 
Discretion 6030 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 6030 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 6030 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 6028 
Cost/Benefit 6028 
The perfect built room. 6028 
Shape vs Construction 6028 
The harcore approach 6023 
Another setup with ceiling horns 6022 
Another large horn example 6001 
A first interesting find. 5992 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5992 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5991 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5991 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5991 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5991 
Demise of the r2000 home 5991 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5932 
Romy, you can stop searching 5897 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5897 
On a more serious note 5897 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5897 
My troubles with direct radiators 5897 
The first interesting arrangement 5896 
Loading Zone 5896 
An interesting room-loading post 5896 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5896 
The tremendous opportunity. 5895 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5895 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5895 
The second American Revolution? 5895 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5895 
The same problem here 5894 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5894 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5894 
It was fairly simple in my case 5894 
I used planks of wood 5894 
To seal or not to seal? 5893 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5893 
I didn't have to seal 5893 
Proper structure stiffening 5893 
What did you find? 5893 
Roger, the Sistering 5893 
I wish it were easier… 5892 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5892 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5892 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5892 
It's not so bad really. 5892 
I hope it would all work out. 5892 
Words vs. Pictures 5892 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5892 
Too soon now. 5892 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5891 
Vibration induced resonances 5891 
This is an interesting one. 5891 
What would be interesting in this room… 5891 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5891 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5891 
Tapped Out 5891 
How about silent blocks? 5891 
Well TH... 5891 
Differential Movement 5891 
Gain and bass 5890 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5890 
My olde listening room. 5889 
Keep ye olde room! 5889 
Fair Warning 5889 
Who know how it will go. 5889 
Progress 5889 
Wise Warning 5889 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5888 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5887 
The Monofication of the midbass 5887 
The corrected room size. 5887 
What impact do open spaces have? 5887 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5887 
Some idea of what will happen 5886 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5886 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5886 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5886 
My five cents 5885 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5885 
Work in progress, on the right path 5885 
When I am in town next 5885 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5884 
I have a miniature of this room 5884 
Another room case study. 5884 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5884 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5884 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5883 
To hide or not to hide. 5879 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5879 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5867 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5866 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5864 
"Boston, you can have it." 5863 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5860 
The all is not so simple. 5860 
Some clarification 5860 
Debugging the upperbass 5860 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5860 
Riding the horn… 5860 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5857 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5852 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5844 
A possible Midbass horn? 5799 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5799 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5799 
The Real Estate tunes... 5480 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4635 
An interesting project 4331 
Another interesting project 4321 
More here 4320 
ALE, Beryllium. 3847 
Images. 3810 
GOTO horns. 3810 
Horn Mouth. 3805 
About 41Hz 3805 
Thanks. 3805 
It is not difficult 3804 
Just right now! 3804 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3804 
Got it. 3804 
5" and 6" 3720 
These bass compression drivers. 3720 
Now I got. 3720 
Specs. 3720 
Those bass drivers .... 3719 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3719 
"Cost" 3710 
I had got it. 3708 
Hearsay 3707 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3412 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3412 
80Hz compression driver. 3411 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3411 
I do not think so. 3411 
Could be interesting though... 3411 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3370 
Just a youtube video... 3240 
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