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Midbass Horns and Real Estate. 6125 
Room to Romy 6125 
Underground mid-bass horn and the inverted alternative 6124 
Midbass options to consider. 6124 
But what will the neighbors think? 6124 
Horns and R&E ready to go…. 6124 
Dualing bass 6124 
Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. 6124 
To Do It Right? 6124 
This search might be complicated 6124 
The Mendelsohn approach. 6123 
A pool of ideas for now…. 6123 
The big D 6123 
Raising the roof 6123 
A vertical midbass horn and environment 6123 
Brownstones? 6123 
Suburban home additions for horns 6123 
Ceiling horn ups and downsides 6122 
The real-state U-turn? 6122 
Side-stepping legal issues with added on room 6122 
About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. 6120 
Playing with Johan Dreyer’s idea further. 6120 
Eh, stupid! 6120 
And sometimes I feel so blew that I do not what anything. 6119 
Another renderation of Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s idea 6119 
About time alignment in mid bass horns 6118 
The time alignment scenarios. 6118 
Getting on with it, while keeping options open 6118 
More Ideas 6118 
Looks like a good solution 6118 
My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. 6118 
A proper commercial midbass horn, sort of.... 6115 
Ok, I've found a great home for my left 20Hz bass horn! 6114 
Consider 6113 
People who do general contracting….. 6113 
The throat considerations. 6113 
Make your own 6113 
I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 6113 
Circumferential phasing plug problems 6113 
....puzzled with your response.... 6113 
The Great Unknown 6113 
Fourier transform tells the story 6112 
Midbass Adjustable Horn 6112 
My take about midbass and phase plug. 6112 
The interchangeable backs for midbass? I do not know… 6112 
The "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn. 6112 
The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? 6110 
Straight / J Horn - Why? 6110 
RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? 6110 
Time alignment is a real problem with this kind of horns 6110 
Two Mouths 6110 
More ideas and drawbacks 6110 
How does 40 hz to 200 hz sound like 6110 
40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... 6110 
The CNCing? Interesting… 6109 
Layered construction horn 6109 
CNC Snail Horn 6109 
The construction techniques – that will be the last. 6109 
Time alignment how? 6105 
The ceilings height 6100 
High ceilings 6100 
Shortening a High Room 6100 
Using of the “High ceilings” 6099 
Some roomy links 6099 
Sand damping topologies. 6098 
Tubed sand 6098 
Sandbag damping 6098 
A considerable amount of sand pressure. 6098 
Automobile solutions 6098 
Auto Former 6097 
The corner loading. 6096 
A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… 6094 
6m Basshorn 6094 
Another basement horn. 6094 
Early firing Midbass horn 6094 
Framed, Raised Floors 6094 
Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? 6093 
It Is Do-able 6093 
The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher 6092 
Concrete rooms of hellsound 6092 
CH Audio Design 6091 
I do not understand what CH Audio does. 6091 
Japanese Cone Suspensions. 6090 
YL1250 - very interesting! 6090 
Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? 6090 
The drivers for midbass and…. the mistakes. 6089 
Ah, mystery & suspense 6089 
Was it worth it? 6089 
Havering on... 6088 
Main floor pre-load 6087 
About the Macondo-like systems room dialing. 6087 
Yeah; That's the Ticket 6087 
Concrete horn example 6086 
Options, options, options… 6086 
About the Maturation Shields ™ 6086 
Giant litter box 6085 
Sand and Sinagogues 6085 
How to know that floor is the problem? 6085 
Tossing Off a Couple 6085 
The external horns construction ideas 6084 
In The Swim (and School Fees) 6084 
13-step program 6084 
Big horn materials 6083 
Ignore CH AUDIO ? 6075 
Another place to pee? 6075 
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore 6075 
The Afghan Camels 6075 
Boundaries as an extension of the horn flare. 6075 
Discretion 6075 
…. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls as extensions of the horn flare. 6075 
Considered as a solution for fitting a large bass horn in a normal-size living space, 6075 
A small dedicated room - the build history. 6073 
Cost/Benefit 6073 
The perfect built room. 6073 
Shape vs Construction 6073 
The harcore approach 6068 
Another setup with ceiling horns 6067 
Another large horn example 6046 
A first interesting find. 6037 
Steamships vs. Icebergs 6037 
The absolute minimum dimensions and the 'new' attic ideas. 6036 
Condensation issue's in Boston 6036 
An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? 6036 
Costs, Expectations and Open Space 6036 
Demise of the r2000 home 6036 
External 15” into 4’x6’ from Audio 1954 5977 
Romy, you can stop searching 5942 
I see nothing to be overwhelmed… 5942 
On a more serious note 5942 
By "Careful Arrangement" 5942 
My troubles with direct radiators 5942 
The first interesting arrangement 5941 
Loading Zone 5941 
An interesting room-loading post 5941 
Will the Cat become an “industry professional”? 5941 
The tremendous opportunity. 5940 
Aim direct radiators at ears 5940 
Why call it "Battle Road" 5940 
The second American Revolution? 5940 
Atmospheric Pressure vs Tonal Pressure 5940 
The same problem here 5939 
The suspended floor treatment – some questions. 5939 
Bang for the Buck Approaches 5939 
It was fairly simple in my case 5939 
I used planks of wood 5939 
To seal or not to seal? 5938 
The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. 5938 
I didn't have to seal 5938 
Proper structure stiffening 5938 
What did you find? 5938 
Roger, the Sistering 5938 
I wish it were easier… 5937 
Dig in your heals & make them fit 5937 
I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option 5937 
…. certain value beyond its purchase price. 5937 
It's not so bad really. 5937 
I hope it would all work out. 5937 
Words vs. Pictures 5937 
Here is where the horns advantages bite my by my tail. 5937 
Too soon now. 5937 
Reframing Attic Ceiling 5936 
Vibration induced resonances 5936 
This is an interesting one. 5936 
What would be interesting in this room… 5936 
Decoupling the Horns and Horn Hell 5936 
Bagel Sandwich Roof horn 5936 
Tapped Out 5936 
How about silent blocks? 5936 
Well TH... 5936 
Differential Movement 5936 
Gain and bass 5935 
I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. 5935 
My olde listening room. 5934 
Keep ye olde room! 5934 
Fair Warning 5934 
Who know how it will go. 5934 
Progress 5934 
Wise Warning 5934 
Moving, remodeling, building, etc…. 5933 
Attic horns: L/R Separation 5932 
The Monofication of the midbass 5932 
The corrected room size. 5932 
What impact do open spaces have? 5932 
The "escape" areas of our listening rooms. 5932 
Some idea of what will happen 5931 
Why did you choose such nearfield position? 5931 
The “secret” that no one would tell you… 5931 
I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... 5931 
My five cents 5930 
The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration 5930 
Work in progress, on the right path 5930 
When I am in town next 5930 
Some lessons from Magico Ultima installation. 5929 
I have a miniature of this room 5929 
Another room case study. 5929 
Sometimes too wide speakers drain tonal density 5929 
Speakers angle vs. tonal density. 5929 
Agree on what you say wrt tonal density 5928 
To hide or not to hide. 5924 
Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry 5924 
Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. 5912 
Midbass Horns And Real Estate 5911 
Custom building work and mathematical constructions? 5909 
"Boston, you can have it." 5908 
Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting 5905 
The all is not so simple. 5905 
Some clarification 5905 
Debugging the upperbass 5905 
Preparing for upper-bass sweeps 5905 
Riding the horn… 5905 
The Playback’s last weekend, the Freudian motives. 5902 
Mike Malinowski’s room journey 5897 
Ok, I think my R&E project is over. 5889 
A possible Midbass horn? 5844 
A possible Midbass horn project? 5844 
Might not look like a living room anymore... 5844 
The Real Estate tunes... 5525 
Be my guest.... 25 days left. 4680 
An interesting project 4376 
Another interesting project 4366 
More here 4365 
ALE, Beryllium. 3892 
Images. 3855 
GOTO horns. 3855 
Horn Mouth. 3850 
About 41Hz 3850 
Thanks. 3850 
It is not difficult 3849 
Just right now! 3849 
I might not be the best person to ask... 3849 
Got it. 3849 
5" and 6" 3765 
These bass compression drivers. 3765 
Now I got. 3765 
Specs. 3765 
Those bass drivers .... 3764 
I am not willing to make them myself. 3764 
"Cost" 3755 
I had got it. 3753 
Hearsay 3752 
Does anyone know about this German company that of... 3457 
Using Exotic LF CDs for Bass 3457 
80Hz compression driver. 3456 
Compression drivers are copies of western Electric... 3456 
I do not think so. 3456 
Could be interesting though... 3456 
ALE Loudspeakers. 3415 
Just a youtube video... 3285 
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