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Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5778 
Encouragement 5777 
The divers testing. 5777 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5776 
Test 5776 
To Wind Up Where? 5776 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5776 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5775 
What Next 5775 
The mid-bass laboratory 5774 
It is a different question. 5774 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5768 
Triangular midbass horns 5768 
Suspending Disbelief 5768 
Some practical strategic considerations 5755 
MB Horns Project 5755 
Another consideration – the cable length 5754 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5754 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5752 
The triangle horns in attic 5752 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5752 
About the triangular horns corners… 5752 
4-sided triangle 5752 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5752 
Bass from behind 5752 
K-Horns 5752 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5752 
The wall-loaded horns? 5752 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5752 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5752 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5752 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5751 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5751 
How does this phase work? 5751 
Some very raw numbers 5751 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5750 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5750 
Mid Bass Project 5750 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5749 
How to drive a long cable. 5746 
Personal Bias 5746 
There were no big red flags 5744 
The Swidish 30Hz 5744 
Who world believe! 5744 
Good news! 5743 
Two open questions. 5742 
Transition piece 5742 
About my horn skeleton. 5742 
Transitions 5742 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5742 
Boston wood guy 5742 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5742 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5742 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5742 
Possible option for fabrication 5741 
It is about softness, stupid. 5741 
Transition Zone 5741 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5741 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5740 
A good modeling software? 5740 
CAD software 5739 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5731 
The "maket" time. 5724 
Maket 5724 
! 5724 
OK, it is this Friday! 5724 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5724 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5724 
The wood source is found 5723 
OK, it is started.... 5721 
Dust to Dust 5721 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5721 
2001 Space Odasy 5721 
Interesting space 5720 
The opened up space. 5720 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5720 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5720 
Rear Chamber Access 5720 
California 5720 
Bass time domain 5720 
2001--2010 5720 
Some answers. 5720 
The Iron Rod 5720 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5720 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5719 
It is that I want. 5719 
Working Tolerances 5719 
The back chamber design 5719 
Very good 5719 
It is true, but…. 5719 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5718 
Here is my mouth. 5718 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5718 
The Fs of AKs 5718 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5718 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5718 
Sail 5718 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5717 
You are wrong. 5717 
The material of displacement plug 5717 
And the driver-winner is… 5717 
Pre-Fab 5717 
The horn will be mounted ... 5717 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5716 
4 Sides + 5716 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5715 
The Solution. 5715 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5715 
An US pomposity complex? 5715 
The back chamber predictions 5715 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5715 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5715 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5715 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5715 
Good Vibrations 5715 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5715 
Horn Thickness 5715 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5715 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5715 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5715 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5715 
Parallel what? 5715 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5714 
Sources 5714 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5714 
Damping materials revisited 5714 
How to finish my midbass horn 5714 
Wallpaper adhesion 5713 
Bright idea 5713 
I do like the brickish finish. 5713 
Venetion slats 5713 
The Ventilation subject. 5713 
How long will it take? 5713 
Insulation and horn mouth 5713 
Insulation et al. 5712 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5712 
GOD MACHINE 5712 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5712 
Ice dams - experience 5712 
Horn as "Room" 5712 
Agreed 5712 
Morons vs. Criminals 5712 
The insulation controversy. 5711 
The Conditioned Space 5711 
Ventilation 5711 
R-Value and Damping Options 5711 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5711 
Back To The Stone Age 5711 
Did you just woke up? 5711 
Yes I looked 5711 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5711 
Knocking the horn. 5711 
The current building plans. 5711 
The ideas needed. 5711 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5710 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5710 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5710 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5710 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5710 
The Stressed Skin 5710 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5710 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5710 
I do not know. 5709 
Status report #.... 5709 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5708 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5708 
It will be more clear with time. 5708 
The insulation… 5708 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5707 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5704 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5704 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5704 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5704 
Where? 5704 
From Center Photo: 5703 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5703 
The Third section argument 5703 
The front baffle. 5701 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5701 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5695 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5688 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5687 
What to do with mouth cover? 5686 
What to wear... 5686 
A lot of work.... 5685 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5682 
Cover/no cover 5681 
Red lights 5681 
Whores? 5681 
The Cat-House 5681 
The Red lights in whorns... 5681 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5681 
Dinner 5680 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5680 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5680 
Access to the bolts 5680 
The first test is comming today. 5679 
Sound impressions? 5679 
Some data, impressions and me. 5679 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5678 
A driver of some sort? 5678 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5678 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5677 
MiniDSP 5677 
Got a test croosover. 5677 
My horn trivia 5677 
Steps rather 5677 
The traps. 5676 
Eventually!!! 5676 
My favorite quote in this post: 5676 
Yep, it was me… 5676 
The second horn is rising… 5676 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5676 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5675 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5675 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5675 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5675 
What am I missing? 5675 
How to do my back chamber. 5675 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5675 
Babysitting the foam 5675 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5675 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5675 
Foam Expansion 5675 
Bite into it 5674 
Getting down with impedance 5674 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5674 
Added mass resonance 5674 
Resonance frequency and mass 5674 
La resistance 5674 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5670 
End of the project plan 5668 
Again, too much work… 5667 
Variable resonances 5667 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5667 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5667 
A word of warning and some comments. 5666 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5664 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5664 
Sanding prep for living 5664 
Too late . 5664 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5664 
Ciare car hifi 5663 
Eighteensound 5663 
The Second major milestone. 5663 
Better to be safe 5662 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5662 
Well That You Are Concerned 5662 
Sliding it in 5662 
2 people job? 5662 
The final few inches 5662 
Think Long and Hard 5662 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5662 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5662 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5662 
How to decupled horn from frame 5662 
Decoupling 5662 
Decoupling II 5661 
Pneumatic? 5661 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5661 
Silent blocks? 5661 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5661 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5661 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5661 
Straps and shocks 5661 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5661 
Weenie 5660 
The horn painting job 5660 
Romy the cork 5660 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5660 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5660 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5660 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5660 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5659 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5659 
Getting hectic. 5659 
Quick stuff job 5659 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5659 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5659 
Jessie, this is funny. 5659 
Toxic lube 5659 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5659 
The back chambers are done. 5658 
67Hz ? 5658 
Can you remind us.... 5658 
Nil risk 5658 
Chemical Wasteland 5658 
Sand. 5658 
Not decoupler but damper. 5658 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5658 
This project is on fire! 5658 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5658 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5658 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5657 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5657 
Monument 5657 
Stuning... 5657 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5657 
Reflections (sound) 5656 
Acrylate 5656 
Shaker interface 5656 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5656 
Surround 5656 
Door trim 5656 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5656 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5656 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5655 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5655 
Insulation 5654 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5654 
Condensation is the problem 5654 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5654 
Insulation 5653 
Monitoring moisture. 5653 
Moisture 5653 
Earlier in This Thread 5653 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5653 
Boots on the Ground 5653 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5653 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5651 
The ego time capsule. 5650 
Temptations!!! 5649 
The first shaking test. 5647 
The very right color. 5647 
Steps 5646 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5646 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5646 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5645 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5645 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5645 
Remote controlled LED 5644 
Giant robot halloween lights 5644 
The horns are officially opened. 5644 
School is in session 5644 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5643 
Horn trauma 5643 
About the foam 5643 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5643 
Cone-foam coupling 5643 
Misbehaving horns. 5643 
Wired 5643 
How to localize the problem 5643 
The possible cause 5643 
Impedance test the way you done it 5643 
The another day of midbass. 5642 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5642 
Let get some practical perspective. 5642 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5642 
Good signs 5642 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5641 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5641 
Ouch!... More please! 5641 
The first thing first. 5641 
Upper bass HP filter 5641 
Wipe Out 5641 
The midbass first. 5640 
The fascinating time 5640 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5639 
Midbass nasal sound 5639 
A new good configuration. 5639 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5638 
The Sliding Scale 5638 
A time for ULF... 5638 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5638 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5638 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5638 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5638 
Yup yup yup yup 5637 
Beringer x-overs 5637 
That is what I was hopping. 5635 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5635 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5634 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5634 
The dark side of all notes 5634 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5634 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5634 
AKA, Servo? 5634 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5633 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5633 
Shaping the Imagination 5633 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5633 
The fun time eventually. 5631 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5628 
Something is not right 5628 
A few howevers, as usually. 5628 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5627 
Talking about the midbass…. 5625 
Something is right. 5623 
Verifying the driver choice 5622 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5622 
The final Midbass 5617 
Official end of the midbass project… 5617 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5617 
…and the few Thanks…. 5616 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5613 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5613 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5613 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5613 
How much more can I let it go? 5608 
The next steps of progress. 5606 
Blurred transients? 5605 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5605 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5605 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5605 
Semantics and other stories 5605 
The 2dB battle…. 5602 
Ok, it is done. 5601 
Large vs. small. 5598 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5595 
Modesty 5585 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5574 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5536 
Environmental inspection. 5522 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5474 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5473 
Honk idea... 5470 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5455 
Obstetrician 5454 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5450 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5360 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5269 
To hear my midbass horn? 5206 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5117 
Mahler sound 5117 
Default properly balanced sound. 5117 
Will horns make the difference? 5116 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5116 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4849 
What could I say? 4826 
Dissonant use 4826 
Sell "as is" 4822 
There won't be a need for it 4820 
Congratulations 4820 
A grander scheme in mind… 4820 
The mind boggles ... 4819 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4819 
Selling argument 4813 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4669 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4669 
Simulated suspension evolution 4669 
Humidity 4669 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4668 
Recharging the Alnico 4668 
How nice! 4668 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4668 
Planning and wishing.. 4668 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4668 
What was absolute wonderful… 4668 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4668 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4667 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4666 
It looks like how it works 4666 
The end 3596 
Many share 3596 
A new house --- again 3375 
Vitavox 15/40 2878 
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