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Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5550 
Encouragement 5549 
The divers testing. 5549 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5548 
Test 5548 
To Wind Up Where? 5548 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5548 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5547 
What Next 5547 
The mid-bass laboratory 5546 
It is a different question. 5546 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5540 
Triangular midbass horns 5540 
Suspending Disbelief 5540 
Some practical strategic considerations 5527 
MB Horns Project 5527 
Another consideration – the cable length 5526 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5526 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5524 
The triangle horns in attic 5524 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5524 
About the triangular horns corners… 5524 
4-sided triangle 5524 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5524 
Bass from behind 5524 
K-Horns 5524 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5524 
The wall-loaded horns? 5524 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5524 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5524 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5524 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5523 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5523 
How does this phase work? 5523 
Some very raw numbers 5523 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5522 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5522 
Mid Bass Project 5522 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5521 
How to drive a long cable. 5518 
Personal Bias 5518 
There were no big red flags 5516 
The Swidish 30Hz 5516 
Who world believe! 5516 
Good news! 5515 
Two open questions. 5514 
Transition piece 5514 
About my horn skeleton. 5514 
Transitions 5514 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5514 
Boston wood guy 5514 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5514 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5514 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5514 
Possible option for fabrication 5513 
It is about softness, stupid. 5513 
Transition Zone 5513 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5513 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5512 
A good modeling software? 5512 
CAD software 5511 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5503 
The "maket" time. 5496 
Maket 5496 
! 5496 
OK, it is this Friday! 5496 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5496 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5496 
The wood source is found 5495 
OK, it is started.... 5493 
Dust to Dust 5493 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5493 
2001 Space Odasy 5493 
Interesting space 5492 
The opened up space. 5492 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5492 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5492 
Rear Chamber Access 5492 
California 5492 
Bass time domain 5492 
2001--2010 5492 
Some answers. 5492 
The Iron Rod 5492 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5492 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5491 
It is that I want. 5491 
Working Tolerances 5491 
The back chamber design 5491 
Very good 5491 
It is true, but…. 5491 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5490 
Here is my mouth. 5490 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5490 
The Fs of AKs 5490 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5490 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5490 
Sail 5490 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5489 
You are wrong. 5489 
The material of displacement plug 5489 
And the driver-winner is… 5489 
Pre-Fab 5489 
The horn will be mounted ... 5489 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5488 
4 Sides + 5488 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5487 
The Solution. 5487 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5487 
An US pomposity complex? 5487 
The back chamber predictions 5487 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5487 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5487 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5487 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5487 
Good Vibrations 5487 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5487 
Horn Thickness 5487 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5487 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5487 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5487 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5487 
Parallel what? 5487 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5486 
Sources 5486 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5486 
Damping materials revisited 5486 
How to finish my midbass horn 5486 
Wallpaper adhesion 5485 
Bright idea 5485 
I do like the brickish finish. 5485 
Venetion slats 5485 
The Ventilation subject. 5485 
How long will it take? 5485 
Insulation and horn mouth 5485 
Insulation et al. 5484 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5484 
GOD MACHINE 5484 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5484 
Ice dams - experience 5484 
Horn as "Room" 5484 
Agreed 5484 
Morons vs. Criminals 5484 
The insulation controversy. 5483 
The Conditioned Space 5483 
Ventilation 5483 
R-Value and Damping Options 5483 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5483 
Back To The Stone Age 5483 
Did you just woke up? 5483 
Yes I looked 5483 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5483 
Knocking the horn. 5483 
The current building plans. 5483 
The ideas needed. 5483 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5482 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5482 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5482 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5482 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5482 
The Stressed Skin 5482 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5482 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5482 
I do not know. 5481 
Status report #.... 5481 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5480 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5480 
It will be more clear with time. 5480 
The insulation… 5480 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5479 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5476 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5476 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5476 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5476 
Where? 5476 
From Center Photo: 5475 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5475 
The Third section argument 5475 
The front baffle. 5473 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5473 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5467 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5460 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5459 
What to do with mouth cover? 5458 
What to wear... 5458 
A lot of work.... 5457 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5454 
Cover/no cover 5453 
Red lights 5453 
Whores? 5453 
The Cat-House 5453 
The Red lights in whorns... 5453 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5453 
Dinner 5452 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5452 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5452 
Access to the bolts 5452 
The first test is comming today. 5451 
Sound impressions? 5451 
Some data, impressions and me. 5451 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5450 
A driver of some sort? 5450 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5450 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5449 
MiniDSP 5449 
Got a test croosover. 5449 
My horn trivia 5449 
Steps rather 5449 
The traps. 5448 
Eventually!!! 5448 
My favorite quote in this post: 5448 
Yep, it was me… 5448 
The second horn is rising… 5448 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5448 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5447 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5447 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5447 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5447 
What am I missing? 5447 
How to do my back chamber. 5447 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5447 
Babysitting the foam 5447 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5447 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5447 
Foam Expansion 5447 
Bite into it 5446 
Getting down with impedance 5446 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5446 
Added mass resonance 5446 
Resonance frequency and mass 5446 
La resistance 5446 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5442 
End of the project plan 5440 
Again, too much work… 5439 
Variable resonances 5439 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5439 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5439 
A word of warning and some comments. 5438 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5436 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5436 
Sanding prep for living 5436 
Too late . 5436 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5436 
Ciare car hifi 5435 
Eighteensound 5435 
The Second major milestone. 5435 
Better to be safe 5434 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5434 
Well That You Are Concerned 5434 
Sliding it in 5434 
2 people job? 5434 
The final few inches 5434 
Think Long and Hard 5434 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5434 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5434 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5434 
How to decupled horn from frame 5434 
Decoupling 5434 
Decoupling II 5433 
Pneumatic? 5433 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5433 
Silent blocks? 5433 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5433 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5433 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5433 
Straps and shocks 5433 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5433 
Weenie 5432 
The horn painting job 5432 
Romy the cork 5432 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5432 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5432 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5432 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5432 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5431 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5431 
Getting hectic. 5431 
Quick stuff job 5431 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5431 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5431 
Jessie, this is funny. 5431 
Toxic lube 5431 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5431 
The back chambers are done. 5430 
67Hz ? 5430 
Can you remind us.... 5430 
Nil risk 5430 
Chemical Wasteland 5430 
Sand. 5430 
Not decoupler but damper. 5430 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5430 
This project is on fire! 5430 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5430 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5430 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5429 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5429 
Monument 5429 
Stuning... 5429 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5429 
Reflections (sound) 5428 
Acrylate 5428 
Shaker interface 5428 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5428 
Surround 5428 
Door trim 5428 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5428 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5428 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5427 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5427 
Insulation 5426 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5426 
Condensation is the problem 5426 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5426 
Insulation 5425 
Monitoring moisture. 5425 
Moisture 5425 
Earlier in This Thread 5425 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5425 
Boots on the Ground 5425 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5425 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5423 
The ego time capsule. 5422 
Temptations!!! 5421 
The first shaking test. 5419 
The very right color. 5419 
Steps 5418 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5418 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5418 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5417 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5417 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5417 
Remote controlled LED 5416 
Giant robot halloween lights 5416 
The horns are officially opened. 5416 
School is in session 5416 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5415 
Horn trauma 5415 
About the foam 5415 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5415 
Cone-foam coupling 5415 
Misbehaving horns. 5415 
Wired 5415 
How to localize the problem 5415 
The possible cause 5415 
Impedance test the way you done it 5415 
The another day of midbass. 5414 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5414 
Let get some practical perspective. 5414 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5414 
Good signs 5414 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5413 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5413 
Ouch!... More please! 5413 
The first thing first. 5413 
Upper bass HP filter 5413 
Wipe Out 5413 
The midbass first. 5412 
The fascinating time 5412 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5411 
Midbass nasal sound 5411 
A new good configuration. 5411 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5410 
The Sliding Scale 5410 
A time for ULF... 5410 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5410 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5410 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5410 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5410 
Yup yup yup yup 5409 
Beringer x-overs 5409 
That is what I was hopping. 5407 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5407 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5406 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5406 
The dark side of all notes 5406 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5406 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5406 
AKA, Servo? 5406 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5405 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5405 
Shaping the Imagination 5405 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5405 
The fun time eventually. 5403 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5400 
Something is not right 5400 
A few howevers, as usually. 5400 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5399 
Talking about the midbass…. 5397 
Something is right. 5395 
Verifying the driver choice 5394 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5394 
The final Midbass 5389 
Official end of the midbass project… 5389 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5389 
…and the few Thanks…. 5388 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5385 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5385 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5385 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5385 
How much more can I let it go? 5380 
The next steps of progress. 5378 
Blurred transients? 5377 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5377 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5377 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5377 
Semantics and other stories 5377 
The 2dB battle…. 5374 
Ok, it is done. 5373 
Large vs. small. 5370 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5367 
Modesty 5357 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5346 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5308 
Environmental inspection. 5294 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5246 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5245 
Honk idea... 5242 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5227 
Obstetrician 5226 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5222 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5132 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5041 
To hear my midbass horn? 4978 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 4889 
Mahler sound 4889 
Default properly balanced sound. 4889 
Will horns make the difference? 4888 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 4888 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4621 
What could I say? 4598 
Dissonant use 4598 
Sell "as is" 4594 
There won't be a need for it 4592 
Congratulations 4592 
A grander scheme in mind… 4592 
The mind boggles ... 4591 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4591 
Selling argument 4585 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4441 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4441 
Simulated suspension evolution 4441 
Humidity 4441 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4440 
Recharging the Alnico 4440 
How nice! 4440 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4440 
Planning and wishing.. 4440 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4440 
What was absolute wonderful… 4440 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4440 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4439 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4438 
It looks like how it works 4438 
The end 3368 
Many share 3368 
A new house --- again 3147 
Vitavox 15/40 2650 
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