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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 5941 
Room to Romy 5941 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 5940 
Midbass options to consider. 5940 
But what will the neighbors think? 5940 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 5940 
Dualing bass 5940 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 5940 
To Do It Right? 5940 
This search might be complicated 5940 
The Mendelsohn approach. 5939 
A pool of ideas for now…. 5939 
The big D 5939 
Raising the roof 5939 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 5939 
Brownstones? 5939 
Suburban home additions for horns 5939 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 5938 
The real-state U-turn? 5938 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 5938 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 5936 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 5936 
Eh, stupid! 5936 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 5935 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 5935 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 5934 
The time alignment scenarios. 5934 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 5934 
More Ideas 5934 
Looks like a good solution 5934 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 5934 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 5931 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 5930 
Consider 5929 
People who do general contracting….. 5929 
The throat considerations. 5929 
Make your own 5929 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 5929 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 5929 
....puzzled with your response.... 5929 
The Great Unknown 5929 
Fourier transform tells the story 5928 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 5928 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 5928 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 5928 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 5928 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 5926 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 5926 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 5926 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 5926 
Two Mouths 5926 
More ideas and drawbacks 5926 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 5926 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 5926 
The CNCing? Interesting… 5925 
Layered construction horn 5925 
CNC Snail Horn 5925 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 5925 
Time alignment how? 5921 
The ceilings height 5916 
High ceilings 5916 
Shortening a High Room 5916 
Using of the “High ceilings” 5915 
Some roomy links 5915 
Sand damping topologies. 5914 
Tubed sand 5914 
Sandbag damping 5914 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 5914 
Automobile solutions 5914 
Auto Former 5913 
The corner loading. 5912 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 5910 
6m Basshorn 5910 
Another basement horn. 5910 
Early firing Midbass horn 5910 
Framed, Raised Floors 5910 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 5909 
It Is Do-able 5909 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 5908 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 5908 
CH Audio Design 5907 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 5907 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 5906 
YL1250 - very interesting! 5906 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 5906 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 5905 
Ah, mystery & suspense 5905 
Was it worth it? 5905 
Havering on... 5904 
Main floor pre-load 5903 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 5903 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 5903 
Concrete horn example 5902 
Options, options, options… 5902 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 5902 
Giant litter box 5901 
Sand and Sinagogues 5901 
How to know that floor is the problem? 5901 
Tossing Off a Couple 5901 
The external horns construction ideas 5900 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 5900 
13-step program 5900 
Big horn materials 5899 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 5891 
Another place to pee? 5891 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 5891 
The Afghan Camels 5891 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 5891 
Discretion 5891 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 5891 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 5891 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 5889 
Cost/Benefit 5889 
The perfect built room. 5889 
Shape vs Construction 5889 
The harcore approach 5884 
Another setup with ceiling horns 5883 
Another large horn example 5862 
A first interesting find. 5853 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 5853 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 5852 
Condensation issue's in Boston 5852 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 5852 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 5852 
Demise of the r2000 home 5852 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5793 
Romy, you can stop searching 5758 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5758 
On a more serious note 5758 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5758 
My troubles with direct radiators 5758 
The first interesting arrangement 5757 
Loading Zone 5757 
An interesting room-loading post 5757 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5757 
The tremendous opportunity. 5756 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5756 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5756 
The second American Revolution? 5756 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5756 
The same problem here 5755 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5755 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5755 
It was fairly simple in my case 5755 
I used planks of wood 5755 
To seal or not to seal? 5754 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5754 
I didn't have to seal 5754 
Proper structure stiffening 5754 
What did you find? 5754 
Roger, the Sistering 5754 
I wish it were easier… 5753 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5753 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5753 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5753 
It's not so bad really. 5753 
I hope it would all work out. 5753 
Words vs. Pictures 5753 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5753 
Too soon now. 5753 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5752 
Vibration induced resonances 5752 
This is an interesting one. 5752 
What would be interesting in this room… 5752 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5752 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5752 
Tapped Out 5752 
How about silent blocks? 5752 
Well TH... 5752 
Differential Movement 5752 
Gain and bass 5751 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5751 
My olde listening room. 5750 
Keep ye olde room! 5750 
Fair Warning 5750 
Who know how it will go. 5750 
Progress 5750 
Wise Warning 5750 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5749 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5748 
The Monofication of the midbass 5748 
The corrected room size. 5748 
What impact do open spaces have? 5748 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5748 
Some idea of what will happen 5747 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5747 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5747 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5747 
My five cents 5746 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5746 
Work in progress, on the right path 5746 
When I am in town next 5746 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5745 
I have a miniature of this room 5745 
Another room case study. 5745 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5745 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5745 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5744 
To hide or not to hide. 5740 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5740 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5728 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5727 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5725 
"Boston, you can have it." 5724 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5721 
The all is not so simple. 5721 
Some clarification 5721 
Debugging the upperbass 5721 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5721 
Riding the horn… 5721 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5718 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5713 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5705 
A possible Midbass horn? 5660 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5660 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5660 
The Real Estate tunes... 5341 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4496 
An interesting project 4192 
Another interesting project 4182 
More here 4181 
ALE, Beryllium. 3708 
Images. 3671 
GOTO horns. 3671 
Horn Mouth. 3666 
About 41Hz 3666 
Thanks. 3666 
It is not difficult 3665 
Just right now! 3665 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3665 
Got it. 3665 
5" and 6" 3581 
These bass compression drivers. 3581 
Now I got. 3581 
Specs. 3581 
Those bass drivers .... 3580 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3580 
"Cost" 3571 
I had got it. 3569 
Hearsay 3568 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3273 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3273 
80Hz compression driver. 3272 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3272 
I do not think so. 3272 
Could be interesting though... 3272 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3231 
Just a youtube video... 3101 
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