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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6171 
Room to Romy 6171 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6170 
Midbass options to consider. 6170 
But what will the neighbors think? 6170 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6170 
Dualing bass 6170 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6170 
To Do It Right? 6170 
This search might be complicated 6170 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6169 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6169 
The big D 6169 
Raising the roof 6169 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6169 
Brownstones? 6169 
Suburban home additions for horns 6169 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6168 
The real-state U-turn? 6168 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6168 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6166 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6166 
Eh, stupid! 6166 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6165 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6165 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6164 
The time alignment scenarios. 6164 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6164 
More Ideas 6164 
Looks like a good solution 6164 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6164 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6161 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6160 
Consider 6159 
People who do general contracting….. 6159 
The throat considerations. 6159 
Make your own 6159 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6159 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6159 
....puzzled with your response.... 6159 
The Great Unknown 6159 
Fourier transform tells the story 6158 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6158 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6158 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6158 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6158 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6156 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6156 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6156 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6156 
Two Mouths 6156 
More ideas and drawbacks 6156 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6156 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6156 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6155 
Layered construction horn 6155 
CNC Snail Horn 6155 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6155 
Time alignment how? 6151 
The ceilings height 6146 
High ceilings 6146 
Shortening a High Room 6146 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6145 
Some roomy links 6145 
Sand damping topologies. 6144 
Tubed sand 6144 
Sandbag damping 6144 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6144 
Automobile solutions 6144 
Auto Former 6143 
The corner loading. 6142 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6140 
6m Basshorn 6140 
Another basement horn. 6140 
Early firing Midbass horn 6140 
Framed, Raised Floors 6140 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6139 
It Is Do-able 6139 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6138 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6138 
CH Audio Design 6137 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6137 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6136 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6136 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6136 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 6135 
Ah, mystery & suspense 6135 
Was it worth it? 6135 
Havering on... 6134 
Main floor pre-load 6133 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 6133 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 6133 
Concrete horn example 6132 
Options, options, options… 6132 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 6132 
Giant litter box 6131 
Sand and Sinagogues 6131 
How to know that floor is the problem? 6131 
Tossing Off a Couple 6131 
The external horns construction ideas 6130 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 6130 
13-step program 6130 
Big horn materials 6129 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 6121 
Another place to pee? 6121 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 6121 
The Afghan Camels 6121 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 6121 
Discretion 6121 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 6121 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 6121 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 6119 
Cost/Benefit 6119 
The perfect built room. 6119 
Shape vs Construction 6119 
The harcore approach 6114 
Another setup with ceiling horns 6113 
Another large horn example 6092 
A first interesting find. 6083 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 6083 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 6082 
Condensation issue's in Boston 6082 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 6082 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 6082 
Demise of the r2000 home 6082 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 6023 
Romy, you can stop searching 5988 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5988 
On a more serious note 5988 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5988 
My troubles with direct radiators 5988 
The first interesting arrangement 5987 
Loading Zone 5987 
An interesting room-loading post 5987 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5987 
The tremendous opportunity. 5986 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5986 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5986 
The second American Revolution? 5986 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5986 
The same problem here 5985 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5985 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5985 
It was fairly simple in my case 5985 
I used planks of wood 5985 
To seal or not to seal? 5984 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5984 
I didn't have to seal 5984 
Proper structure stiffening 5984 
What did you find? 5984 
Roger, the Sistering 5984 
I wish it were easier… 5983 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5983 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5983 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5983 
It's not so bad really. 5983 
I hope it would all work out. 5983 
Words vs. Pictures 5983 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5983 
Too soon now. 5983 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5982 
Vibration induced resonances 5982 
This is an interesting one. 5982 
What would be interesting in this room… 5982 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5982 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5982 
Tapped Out 5982 
How about silent blocks? 5982 
Well TH... 5982 
Differential Movement 5982 
Gain and bass 5981 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5981 
My olde listening room. 5980 
Keep ye olde room! 5980 
Fair Warning 5980 
Who know how it will go. 5980 
Progress 5980 
Wise Warning 5980 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5979 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5978 
The Monofication of the midbass 5978 
The corrected room size. 5978 
What impact do open spaces have? 5978 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5978 
Some idea of what will happen 5977 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5977 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5977 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5977 
My five cents 5976 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5976 
Work in progress, on the right path 5976 
When I am in town next 5976 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5975 
I have a miniature of this room 5975 
Another room case study. 5975 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5975 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5975 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5974 
To hide or not to hide. 5970 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5970 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5958 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5957 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5955 
"Boston, you can have it." 5954 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5951 
The all is not so simple. 5951 
Some clarification 5951 
Debugging the upperbass 5951 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5951 
Riding the horn… 5951 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5948 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5943 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5935 
A possible Midbass horn? 5890 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5890 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5890 
The Real Estate tunes... 5571 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4726 
An interesting project 4422 
Another interesting project 4412 
More here 4411 
ALE, Beryllium. 3938 
Images. 3901 
GOTO horns. 3901 
Horn Mouth. 3896 
About 41Hz 3896 
Thanks. 3896 
It is not difficult 3895 
Just right now! 3895 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3895 
Got it. 3895 
5" and 6" 3811 
These bass compression drivers. 3811 
Now I got. 3811 
Specs. 3811 
Those bass drivers .... 3810 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3810 
"Cost" 3801 
I had got it. 3799 
Hearsay 3798 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3503 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3503 
80Hz compression driver. 3502 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3502 
I do not think so. 3502 
Could be interesting though... 3502 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3461 
Just a youtube video... 3331 
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