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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 5848 
Room to Romy 5848 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 5847 
Midbass options to consider. 5847 
But what will the neighbors think? 5847 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 5847 
Dualing bass 5847 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 5847 
To Do It Right? 5847 
This search might be complicated 5847 
The Mendelsohn approach. 5846 
A pool of ideas for now…. 5846 
The big D 5846 
Raising the roof 5846 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 5846 
Brownstones? 5846 
Suburban home additions for horns 5846 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 5845 
The real-state U-turn? 5845 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 5845 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 5843 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 5843 
Eh, stupid! 5843 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 5842 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 5842 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 5841 
The time alignment scenarios. 5841 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 5841 
More Ideas 5841 
Looks like a good solution 5841 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 5841 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 5838 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 5837 
Consider 5836 
People who do general contracting….. 5836 
The throat considerations. 5836 
Make your own 5836 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 5836 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 5836 
....puzzled with your response.... 5836 
The Great Unknown 5836 
Fourier transform tells the story 5835 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 5835 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 5835 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 5835 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 5835 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 5833 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 5833 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 5833 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 5833 
Two Mouths 5833 
More ideas and drawbacks 5833 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 5833 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 5833 
The CNCing? Interesting… 5832 
Layered construction horn 5832 
CNC Snail Horn 5832 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 5832 
Time alignment how? 5828 
The ceilings height 5823 
High ceilings 5823 
Shortening a High Room 5823 
Using of the “High ceilings” 5822 
Some roomy links 5822 
Sand damping topologies. 5821 
Tubed sand 5821 
Sandbag damping 5821 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 5821 
Automobile solutions 5821 
Auto Former 5820 
The corner loading. 5819 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 5817 
6m Basshorn 5817 
Another basement horn. 5817 
Early firing Midbass horn 5817 
Framed, Raised Floors 5817 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 5816 
It Is Do-able 5816 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 5815 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 5815 
CH Audio Design 5814 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 5814 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 5813 
YL1250 - very interesting! 5813 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 5813 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5812 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5812 
Was it worth it? 5812 
Havering on... 5811 
Main floor pre-load 5810 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5810 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5810 
Concrete horn example 5809 
Options, options, options… 5809 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5809 
Giant litter box 5808 
Sand and Sinagogues 5808 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5808 
Tossing Off a Couple 5808 
The external horns construction ideas 5807 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5807 
13-step program 5807 
Big horn materials 5806 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5798 
Another place to pee? 5798 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5798 
The Afghan Camels 5798 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5798 
Discretion 5798 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5798 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5798 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5796 
Cost/Benefit 5796 
The perfect built room. 5796 
Shape vs Construction 5796 
The harcore approach 5791 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5790 
Another large horn example 5769 
A first interesting find. 5760 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5760 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5759 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5759 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5759 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5759 
Demise of the r2000 home 5759 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5700 
Romy, you can stop searching 5665 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5665 
On a more serious note 5665 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5665 
My troubles with direct radiators 5665 
The first interesting arrangement 5664 
Loading Zone 5664 
An interesting room-loading post 5664 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5664 
The tremendous opportunity. 5663 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5663 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5663 
The second American Revolution? 5663 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5663 
The same problem here 5662 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5662 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5662 
It was fairly simple in my case 5662 
I used planks of wood 5662 
To seal or not to seal? 5661 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5661 
I didn't have to seal 5661 
Proper structure stiffening 5661 
What did you find? 5661 
Roger, the Sistering 5661 
I wish it were easier… 5660 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5660 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5660 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5660 
It's not so bad really. 5660 
I hope it would all work out. 5660 
Words vs. Pictures 5660 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5660 
Too soon now. 5660 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5659 
Vibration induced resonances 5659 
This is an interesting one. 5659 
What would be interesting in this room… 5659 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5659 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5659 
Tapped Out 5659 
How about silent blocks? 5659 
Well TH... 5659 
Differential Movement 5659 
Gain and bass 5658 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5658 
My olde listening room. 5657 
Keep ye olde room! 5657 
Fair Warning 5657 
Who know how it will go. 5657 
Progress 5657 
Wise Warning 5657 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5656 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5655 
The Monofication of the midbass 5655 
The corrected room size. 5655 
What impact do open spaces have? 5655 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5655 
Some idea of what will happen 5654 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5654 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5654 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5654 
My five cents 5653 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5653 
Work in progress, on the right path 5653 
When I am in town next 5653 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5652 
I have a miniature of this room 5652 
Another room case study. 5652 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5652 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5652 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5651 
To hide or not to hide. 5647 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5647 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5635 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5634 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5632 
"Boston, you can have it." 5631 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5628 
The all is not so simple. 5628 
Some clarification 5628 
Debugging the upperbass 5628 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5628 
Riding the horn… 5628 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5625 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5620 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5612 
A possible Midbass horn? 5567 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5567 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5567 
The Real Estate tunes... 5248 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4403 
An interesting project 4099 
Another interesting project 4089 
More here 4088 
ALE, Beryllium. 3615 
Images. 3578 
GOTO horns. 3578 
Horn Mouth. 3573 
About 41Hz 3573 
Thanks. 3573 
It is not difficult 3572 
Just right now! 3572 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3572 
Got it. 3572 
5" and 6" 3488 
These bass compression drivers. 3488 
Now I got. 3488 
Specs. 3488 
Those bass drivers .... 3487 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3487 
"Cost" 3478 
I had got it. 3476 
Hearsay 3475 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3180 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3180 
80Hz compression driver. 3179 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3179 
I do not think so. 3179 
Could be interesting though... 3179 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3138 
Just a youtube video... 3008 
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