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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6217 
Room to Romy 6217 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6216 
Midbass options to consider. 6216 
But what will the neighbors think? 6216 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6216 
Dualing bass 6216 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6216 
To Do It Right? 6216 
This search might be complicated 6216 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6215 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6215 
The big D 6215 
Raising the roof 6215 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6215 
Brownstones? 6215 
Suburban home additions for horns 6215 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6214 
The real-state U-turn? 6214 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6214 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6212 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6212 
Eh, stupid! 6212 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6211 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6211 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6210 
The time alignment scenarios. 6210 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6210 
More Ideas 6210 
Looks like a good solution 6210 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6210 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6207 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6206 
Consider 6205 
People who do general contracting….. 6205 
The throat considerations. 6205 
Make your own 6205 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6205 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6205 
....puzzled with your response.... 6205 
The Great Unknown 6205 
Fourier transform tells the story 6204 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6204 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6204 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6204 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6204 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6202 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6202 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6202 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6202 
Two Mouths 6202 
More ideas and drawbacks 6202 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6202 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6202 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6201 
Layered construction horn 6201 
CNC Snail Horn 6201 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6201 
Time alignment how? 6197 
The ceilings height 6192 
High ceilings 6192 
Shortening a High Room 6192 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6191 
Some roomy links 6191 
Sand damping topologies. 6190 
Tubed sand 6190 
Sandbag damping 6190 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6190 
Automobile solutions 6190 
Auto Former 6189 
The corner loading. 6188 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6186 
6m Basshorn 6186 
Another basement horn. 6186 
Early firing Midbass horn 6186 
Framed, Raised Floors 6186 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6185 
It Is Do-able 6185 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6184 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6184 
CH Audio Design 6183 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6183 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6182 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6182 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6182 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 6181 
Ah, mystery & suspense 6181 
Was it worth it? 6181 
Havering on... 6180 
Main floor pre-load 6179 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 6179 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 6179 
Concrete horn example 6178 
Options, options, options… 6178 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 6178 
Giant litter box 6177 
Sand and Sinagogues 6177 
How to know that floor is the problem? 6177 
Tossing Off a Couple 6177 
The external horns construction ideas 6176 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 6176 
13-step program 6176 
Big horn materials 6175 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 6167 
Another place to pee? 6167 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 6167 
The Afghan Camels 6167 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 6167 
Discretion 6167 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 6167 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 6167 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 6165 
Cost/Benefit 6165 
The perfect built room. 6165 
Shape vs Construction 6165 
The harcore approach 6160 
Another setup with ceiling horns 6159 
Another large horn example 6138 
A first interesting find. 6129 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 6129 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 6128 
Condensation issue's in Boston 6128 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 6128 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 6128 
Demise of the r2000 home 6128 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 6069 
Romy, you can stop searching 6034 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 6034 
On a more serious note 6034 
By "Careful Arrangement" 6034 
My troubles with direct radiators 6034 
The first interesting arrangement 6033 
Loading Zone 6033 
An interesting room-loading post 6033 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 6033 
The tremendous opportunity. 6032 
Aim direct radiators at ears 6032 
Why call it "Battle Road" 6032 
The second American Revolution? 6032 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 6032 
The same problem here 6031 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 6031 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 6031 
It was fairly simple in my case 6031 
I used planks of wood 6031 
To seal or not to seal? 6030 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 6030 
I didn't have to seal 6030 
Proper structure stiffening 6030 
What did you find? 6030 
Roger, the Sistering 6030 
I wish it were easier… 6029 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 6029 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 6029 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 6029 
It's not so bad really. 6029 
I hope it would all work out. 6029 
Words vs. Pictures 6029 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 6029 
Too soon now. 6029 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 6028 
Vibration induced resonances 6028 
This is an interesting one. 6028 
What would be interesting in this room… 6028 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 6028 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 6028 
Tapped Out 6028 
How about silent blocks? 6028 
Well TH... 6028 
Differential Movement 6028 
Gain and bass 6027 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 6027 
My olde listening room. 6026 
Keep ye olde room! 6026 
Fair Warning 6026 
Who know how it will go. 6026 
Progress 6026 
Wise Warning 6026 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 6025 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 6024 
The Monofication of the midbass 6024 
The corrected room size. 6024 
What impact do open spaces have? 6024 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 6024 
Some idea of what will happen 6023 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 6023 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 6023 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 6023 
My five cents 6022 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 6022 
Work in progress, on the right path 6022 
When I am in town next 6022 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 6021 
I have a miniature of this room 6021 
Another room case study. 6021 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 6021 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 6021 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 6020 
To hide or not to hide. 6016 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 6016 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 6004 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 6003 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 6001 
"Boston, you can have it." 6000 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5997 
The all is not so simple. 5997 
Some clarification 5997 
Debugging the upperbass 5997 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5997 
Riding the horn… 5997 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5994 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5989 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5981 
A possible Midbass horn? 5936 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5936 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5936 
The Real Estate tunes... 5617 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4772 
An interesting project 4468 
Another interesting project 4458 
More here 4457 
ALE, Beryllium. 3984 
Images. 3947 
GOTO horns. 3947 
Horn Mouth. 3942 
About 41Hz 3942 
Thanks. 3942 
It is not difficult 3941 
Just right now! 3941 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3941 
Got it. 3941 
5" and 6" 3857 
These bass compression drivers. 3857 
Now I got. 3857 
Specs. 3857 
Those bass drivers .... 3856 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3856 
"Cost" 3847 
I had got it. 3845 
Hearsay 3844 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3549 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3549 
80Hz compression driver. 3548 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3548 
I do not think so. 3548 
Could be interesting though... 3548 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3507 
Just a youtube video... 3377 
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