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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 5794 
Room to Romy 5794 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 5793 
Midbass options to consider. 5793 
But what will the neighbors think? 5793 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 5793 
Dualing bass 5793 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 5793 
To Do It Right? 5793 
This search might be complicated 5793 
The Mendelsohn approach. 5792 
A pool of ideas for now…. 5792 
The big D 5792 
Raising the roof 5792 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 5792 
Brownstones? 5792 
Suburban home additions for horns 5792 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 5791 
The real-state U-turn? 5791 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 5791 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 5789 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 5789 
Eh, stupid! 5789 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 5788 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 5788 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 5787 
The time alignment scenarios. 5787 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 5787 
More Ideas 5787 
Looks like a good solution 5787 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 5787 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 5784 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 5783 
Consider 5782 
People who do general contracting….. 5782 
The throat considerations. 5782 
Make your own 5782 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 5782 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 5782 
....puzzled with your response.... 5782 
The Great Unknown 5782 
Fourier transform tells the story 5781 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 5781 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 5781 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 5781 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 5781 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 5779 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 5779 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 5779 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 5779 
Two Mouths 5779 
More ideas and drawbacks 5779 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 5779 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 5779 
The CNCing? Interesting… 5778 
Layered construction horn 5778 
CNC Snail Horn 5778 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 5778 
Time alignment how? 5774 
The ceilings height 5769 
High ceilings 5769 
Shortening a High Room 5769 
Using of the “High ceilings” 5768 
Some roomy links 5768 
Sand damping topologies. 5767 
Tubed sand 5767 
Sandbag damping 5767 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 5767 
Automobile solutions 5767 
Auto Former 5766 
The corner loading. 5765 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 5763 
6m Basshorn 5763 
Another basement horn. 5763 
Early firing Midbass horn 5763 
Framed, Raised Floors 5763 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 5762 
It Is Do-able 5762 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 5761 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 5761 
CH Audio Design 5760 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 5760 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 5759 
YL1250 - very interesting! 5759 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 5759 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5758 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5758 
Was it worth it? 5758 
Havering on... 5757 
Main floor pre-load 5756 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5756 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5756 
Concrete horn example 5755 
Options, options, options… 5755 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5755 
Giant litter box 5754 
Sand and Sinagogues 5754 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5754 
Tossing Off a Couple 5754 
The external horns construction ideas 5753 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5753 
13-step program 5753 
Big horn materials 5752 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5744 
Another place to pee? 5744 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5744 
The Afghan Camels 5744 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5744 
Discretion 5744 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5744 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5744 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5742 
Cost/Benefit 5742 
The perfect built room. 5742 
Shape vs Construction 5742 
The harcore approach 5737 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5736 
Another large horn example 5715 
A first interesting find. 5706 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5706 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5705 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5705 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5705 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5705 
Demise of the r2000 home 5705 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5646 
Romy, you can stop searching 5611 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5611 
On a more serious note 5611 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5611 
My troubles with direct radiators 5611 
The first interesting arrangement 5610 
Loading Zone 5610 
An interesting room-loading post 5610 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5610 
The tremendous opportunity. 5609 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5609 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5609 
The second American Revolution? 5609 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5609 
The same problem here 5608 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5608 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5608 
It was fairly simple in my case 5608 
I used planks of wood 5608 
To seal or not to seal? 5607 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5607 
I didn't have to seal 5607 
Proper structure stiffening 5607 
What did you find? 5607 
Roger, the Sistering 5607 
I wish it were easier… 5606 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5606 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5606 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5606 
It's not so bad really. 5606 
I hope it would all work out. 5606 
Words vs. Pictures 5606 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5606 
Too soon now. 5606 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5605 
Vibration induced resonances 5605 
This is an interesting one. 5605 
What would be interesting in this room… 5605 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5605 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5605 
Tapped Out 5605 
How about silent blocks? 5605 
Well TH... 5605 
Differential Movement 5605 
Gain and bass 5604 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5604 
My olde listening room. 5603 
Keep ye olde room! 5603 
Fair Warning 5603 
Who know how it will go. 5603 
Progress 5603 
Wise Warning 5603 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5602 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5601 
The Monofication of the midbass 5601 
The corrected room size. 5601 
What impact do open spaces have? 5601 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5601 
Some idea of what will happen 5600 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5600 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5600 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5600 
My five cents 5599 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5599 
Work in progress, on the right path 5599 
When I am in town next 5599 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5598 
I have a miniature of this room 5598 
Another room case study. 5598 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5598 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5598 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5597 
To hide or not to hide. 5593 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5593 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5581 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5580 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5578 
"Boston, you can have it." 5577 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5574 
The all is not so simple. 5574 
Some clarification 5574 
Debugging the upperbass 5574 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5574 
Riding the horn… 5574 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5571 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5566 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5558 
A possible Midbass horn? 5513 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5513 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5513 
The Real Estate tunes... 5194 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4349 
An interesting project 4045 
Another interesting project 4035 
More here 4034 
ALE, Beryllium. 3561 
Images. 3524 
GOTO horns. 3524 
Horn Mouth. 3519 
About 41Hz 3519 
Thanks. 3519 
It is not difficult 3518 
Just right now! 3518 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3518 
Got it. 3518 
5" and 6" 3434 
These bass compression drivers. 3434 
Now I got. 3434 
Specs. 3434 
Those bass drivers .... 3433 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3433 
"Cost" 3424 
I had got it. 3422 
Hearsay 3421 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3126 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3126 
80Hz compression driver. 3125 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3125 
I do not think so. 3125 
Could be interesting though... 3125 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3084 
Just a youtube video... 2954 
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