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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6262 
Room to Romy 6262 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6261 
Midbass options to consider. 6261 
But what will the neighbors think? 6261 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6261 
Dualing bass 6261 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6261 
To Do It Right? 6261 
This search might be complicated 6261 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6260 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6260 
The big D 6260 
Raising the roof 6260 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6260 
Brownstones? 6260 
Suburban home additions for horns 6260 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6259 
The real-state U-turn? 6259 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6259 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6257 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6257 
Eh, stupid! 6257 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6256 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6256 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6255 
The time alignment scenarios. 6255 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6255 
More Ideas 6255 
Looks like a good solution 6255 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6255 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6252 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6251 
Consider 6250 
People who do general contracting….. 6250 
The throat considerations. 6250 
Make your own 6250 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6250 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6250 
....puzzled with your response.... 6250 
The Great Unknown 6250 
Fourier transform tells the story 6249 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6249 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6249 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6249 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6249 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6247 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6247 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6247 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6247 
Two Mouths 6247 
More ideas and drawbacks 6247 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6247 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6247 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6246 
Layered construction horn 6246 
CNC Snail Horn 6246 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6246 
Time alignment how? 6242 
The ceilings height 6237 
High ceilings 6237 
Shortening a High Room 6237 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6236 
Some roomy links 6236 
Sand damping topologies. 6235 
Tubed sand 6235 
Sandbag damping 6235 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6235 
Automobile solutions 6235 
Auto Former 6234 
The corner loading. 6233 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6231 
6m Basshorn 6231 
Another basement horn. 6231 
Early firing Midbass horn 6231 
Framed, Raised Floors 6231 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6230 
It Is Do-able 6230 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6229 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6229 
CH Audio Design 6228 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6228 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6227 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6227 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6227 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 6226 
Ah, mystery & suspense 6226 
Was it worth it? 6226 
Havering on... 6225 
Main floor pre-load 6224 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 6224 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 6224 
Concrete horn example 6223 
Options, options, options… 6223 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 6223 
Giant litter box 6222 
Sand and Sinagogues 6222 
How to know that floor is the problem? 6222 
Tossing Off a Couple 6222 
The external horns construction ideas 6221 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 6221 
13-step program 6221 
Big horn materials 6220 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 6212 
Another place to pee? 6212 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 6212 
The Afghan Camels 6212 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 6212 
Discretion 6212 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 6212 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 6212 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 6210 
Cost/Benefit 6210 
The perfect built room. 6210 
Shape vs Construction 6210 
The harcore approach 6205 
Another setup with ceiling horns 6204 
Another large horn example 6183 
A first interesting find. 6174 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 6174 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 6173 
Condensation issue's in Boston 6173 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 6173 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 6173 
Demise of the r2000 home 6173 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 6114 
Romy, you can stop searching 6079 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 6079 
On a more serious note 6079 
By "Careful Arrangement" 6079 
My troubles with direct radiators 6079 
The first interesting arrangement 6078 
Loading Zone 6078 
An interesting room-loading post 6078 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 6078 
The tremendous opportunity. 6077 
Aim direct radiators at ears 6077 
Why call it "Battle Road" 6077 
The second American Revolution? 6077 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 6077 
The same problem here 6076 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 6076 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 6076 
It was fairly simple in my case 6076 
I used planks of wood 6076 
To seal or not to seal? 6075 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 6075 
I didn't have to seal 6075 
Proper structure stiffening 6075 
What did you find? 6075 
Roger, the Sistering 6075 
I wish it were easier… 6074 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 6074 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 6074 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 6074 
It's not so bad really. 6074 
I hope it would all work out. 6074 
Words vs. Pictures 6074 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 6074 
Too soon now. 6074 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 6073 
Vibration induced resonances 6073 
This is an interesting one. 6073 
What would be interesting in this room… 6073 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 6073 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 6073 
Tapped Out 6073 
How about silent blocks? 6073 
Well TH... 6073 
Differential Movement 6073 
Gain and bass 6072 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 6072 
My olde listening room. 6071 
Keep ye olde room! 6071 
Fair Warning 6071 
Who know how it will go. 6071 
Progress 6071 
Wise Warning 6071 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 6070 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 6069 
The Monofication of the midbass 6069 
The corrected room size. 6069 
What impact do open spaces have? 6069 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 6069 
Some idea of what will happen 6068 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 6068 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 6068 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 6068 
My five cents 6067 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 6067 
Work in progress, on the right path 6067 
When I am in town next 6067 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 6066 
I have a miniature of this room 6066 
Another room case study. 6066 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 6066 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 6066 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 6065 
To hide or not to hide. 6061 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 6061 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 6049 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 6048 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 6046 
"Boston, you can have it." 6045 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 6042 
The all is not so simple. 6042 
Some clarification 6042 
Debugging the upperbass 6042 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 6042 
Riding the horn… 6042 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 6039 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 6034 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 6026 
A possible Midbass horn? 5981 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5981 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5981 
The Real Estate tunes... 5662 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4817 
An interesting project 4513 
Another interesting project 4503 
More here 4502 
ALE, Beryllium. 4029 
Images. 3992 
GOTO horns. 3992 
Horn Mouth. 3987 
About 41Hz 3987 
Thanks. 3987 
It is not difficult 3986 
Just right now! 3986 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3986 
Got it. 3986 
5" and 6" 3902 
These bass compression drivers. 3902 
Now I got. 3902 
Specs. 3902 
Those bass drivers .... 3901 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3901 
"Cost" 3892 
I had got it. 3890 
Hearsay 3889 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3594 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3594 
80Hz compression driver. 3593 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3593 
I do not think so. 3593 
Could be interesting though... 3593 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3552 
Just a youtube video... 3422 
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