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Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5687 
Encouragement 5686 
The divers testing. 5686 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5685 
Test 5685 
To Wind Up Where? 5685 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5685 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5684 
What Next 5684 
The mid-bass laboratory 5683 
It is a different question. 5683 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5677 
Triangular midbass horns 5677 
Suspending Disbelief 5677 
Some practical strategic considerations 5664 
MB Horns Project 5664 
Another consideration – the cable length 5663 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5663 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5661 
The triangle horns in attic 5661 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5661 
About the triangular horns corners… 5661 
4-sided triangle 5661 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5661 
Bass from behind 5661 
K-Horns 5661 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5661 
The wall-loaded horns? 5661 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5661 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5661 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5661 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5660 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5660 
How does this phase work? 5660 
Some very raw numbers 5660 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5659 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5659 
Mid Bass Project 5659 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5658 
How to drive a long cable. 5655 
Personal Bias 5655 
There were no big red flags 5653 
The Swidish 30Hz 5653 
Who world believe! 5653 
Good news! 5652 
Two open questions. 5651 
Transition piece 5651 
About my horn skeleton. 5651 
Transitions 5651 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5651 
Boston wood guy 5651 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5651 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5651 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5651 
Possible option for fabrication 5650 
It is about softness, stupid. 5650 
Transition Zone 5650 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5650 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5649 
A good modeling software? 5649 
CAD software 5648 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5640 
The "maket" time. 5633 
Maket 5633 
! 5633 
OK, it is this Friday! 5633 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5633 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5633 
The wood source is found 5632 
OK, it is started.... 5630 
Dust to Dust 5630 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5630 
2001 Space Odasy 5630 
Interesting space 5629 
The opened up space. 5629 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5629 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5629 
Rear Chamber Access 5629 
California 5629 
Bass time domain 5629 
2001--2010 5629 
Some answers. 5629 
The Iron Rod 5629 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5629 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5628 
It is that I want. 5628 
Working Tolerances 5628 
The back chamber design 5628 
Very good 5628 
It is true, but…. 5628 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5627 
Here is my mouth. 5627 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5627 
The Fs of AKs 5627 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5627 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5627 
Sail 5627 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5626 
You are wrong. 5626 
The material of displacement plug 5626 
And the driver-winner is… 5626 
Pre-Fab 5626 
The horn will be mounted ... 5626 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5625 
4 Sides + 5625 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5624 
The Solution. 5624 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5624 
An US pomposity complex? 5624 
The back chamber predictions 5624 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5624 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5624 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5624 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5624 
Good Vibrations 5624 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5624 
Horn Thickness 5624 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5624 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5624 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5624 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5624 
Parallel what? 5624 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5623 
Sources 5623 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5623 
Damping materials revisited 5623 
How to finish my midbass horn 5623 
Wallpaper adhesion 5622 
Bright idea 5622 
I do like the brickish finish. 5622 
Venetion slats 5622 
The Ventilation subject. 5622 
How long will it take? 5622 
Insulation and horn mouth 5622 
Insulation et al. 5621 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5621 
GOD MACHINE 5621 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5621 
Ice dams - experience 5621 
Horn as "Room" 5621 
Agreed 5621 
Morons vs. Criminals 5621 
The insulation controversy. 5620 
The Conditioned Space 5620 
Ventilation 5620 
R-Value and Damping Options 5620 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5620 
Back To The Stone Age 5620 
Did you just woke up? 5620 
Yes I looked 5620 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5620 
Knocking the horn. 5620 
The current building plans. 5620 
The ideas needed. 5620 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5619 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5619 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5619 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5619 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5619 
The Stressed Skin 5619 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5619 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5619 
I do not know. 5618 
Status report #.... 5618 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5617 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5617 
It will be more clear with time. 5617 
The insulation… 5617 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5616 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5613 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5613 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5613 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5613 
Where? 5613 
From Center Photo: 5612 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5612 
The Third section argument 5612 
The front baffle. 5610 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5610 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5604 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5597 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5596 
What to do with mouth cover? 5595 
What to wear... 5595 
A lot of work.... 5594 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5591 
Cover/no cover 5590 
Red lights 5590 
Whores? 5590 
The Cat-House 5590 
The Red lights in whorns... 5590 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5590 
Dinner 5589 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5589 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5589 
Access to the bolts 5589 
The first test is comming today. 5588 
Sound impressions? 5588 
Some data, impressions and me. 5588 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5587 
A driver of some sort? 5587 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5587 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5586 
MiniDSP 5586 
Got a test croosover. 5586 
My horn trivia 5586 
Steps rather 5586 
The traps. 5585 
Eventually!!! 5585 
My favorite quote in this post: 5585 
Yep, it was me… 5585 
The second horn is rising… 5585 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5585 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5584 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5584 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5584 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5584 
What am I missing? 5584 
How to do my back chamber. 5584 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5584 
Babysitting the foam 5584 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5584 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5584 
Foam Expansion 5584 
Bite into it 5583 
Getting down with impedance 5583 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5583 
Added mass resonance 5583 
Resonance frequency and mass 5583 
La resistance 5583 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5579 
End of the project plan 5577 
Again, too much work… 5576 
Variable resonances 5576 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5576 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5576 
A word of warning and some comments. 5575 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5573 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5573 
Sanding prep for living 5573 
Too late . 5573 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5573 
Ciare car hifi 5572 
Eighteensound 5572 
The Second major milestone. 5572 
Better to be safe 5571 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5571 
Well That You Are Concerned 5571 
Sliding it in 5571 
2 people job? 5571 
The final few inches 5571 
Think Long and Hard 5571 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5571 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5571 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5571 
How to decupled horn from frame 5571 
Decoupling 5571 
Decoupling II 5570 
Pneumatic? 5570 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5570 
Silent blocks? 5570 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5570 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5570 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5570 
Straps and shocks 5570 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5570 
Weenie 5569 
The horn painting job 5569 
Romy the cork 5569 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5569 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5569 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5569 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5569 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5568 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5568 
Getting hectic. 5568 
Quick stuff job 5568 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5568 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5568 
Jessie, this is funny. 5568 
Toxic lube 5568 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5568 
The back chambers are done. 5567 
67Hz ? 5567 
Can you remind us.... 5567 
Nil risk 5567 
Chemical Wasteland 5567 
Sand. 5567 
Not decoupler but damper. 5567 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5567 
This project is on fire! 5567 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5567 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5567 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5566 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5566 
Monument 5566 
Stuning... 5566 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5566 
Reflections (sound) 5565 
Acrylate 5565 
Shaker interface 5565 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5565 
Surround 5565 
Door trim 5565 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5565 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5565 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5564 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5564 
Insulation 5563 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5563 
Condensation is the problem 5563 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5563 
Insulation 5562 
Monitoring moisture. 5562 
Moisture 5562 
Earlier in This Thread 5562 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5562 
Boots on the Ground 5562 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5562 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5560 
The ego time capsule. 5559 
Temptations!!! 5558 
The first shaking test. 5556 
The very right color. 5556 
Steps 5555 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5555 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5555 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5554 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5554 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5554 
Remote controlled LED 5553 
Giant robot halloween lights 5553 
The horns are officially opened. 5553 
School is in session 5553 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5552 
Horn trauma 5552 
About the foam 5552 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5552 
Cone-foam coupling 5552 
Misbehaving horns. 5552 
Wired 5552 
How to localize the problem 5552 
The possible cause 5552 
Impedance test the way you done it 5552 
The another day of midbass. 5551 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5551 
Let get some practical perspective. 5551 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5551 
Good signs 5551 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5550 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5550 
Ouch!... More please! 5550 
The first thing first. 5550 
Upper bass HP filter 5550 
Wipe Out 5550 
The midbass first. 5549 
The fascinating time 5549 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5548 
Midbass nasal sound 5548 
A new good configuration. 5548 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5547 
The Sliding Scale 5547 
A time for ULF... 5547 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5547 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5547 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5547 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5547 
Yup yup yup yup 5546 
Beringer x-overs 5546 
That is what I was hopping. 5544 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5544 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5543 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5543 
The dark side of all notes 5543 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5543 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5543 
AKA, Servo? 5543 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5542 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5542 
Shaping the Imagination 5542 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5542 
The fun time eventually. 5540 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5537 
Something is not right 5537 
A few howevers, as usually. 5537 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5536 
Talking about the midbass…. 5534 
Something is right. 5532 
Verifying the driver choice 5531 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5531 
The final Midbass 5526 
Official end of the midbass project… 5526 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5526 
…and the few Thanks…. 5525 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5522 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5522 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5522 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5522 
How much more can I let it go? 5517 
The next steps of progress. 5515 
Blurred transients? 5514 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5514 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5514 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5514 
Semantics and other stories 5514 
The 2dB battle…. 5511 
Ok, it is done. 5510 
Large vs. small. 5507 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5504 
Modesty 5494 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5483 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5445 
Environmental inspection. 5431 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5383 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5382 
Honk idea... 5379 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5364 
Obstetrician 5363 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5359 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5269 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5178 
To hear my midbass horn? 5115 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5026 
Mahler sound 5026 
Default properly balanced sound. 5026 
Will horns make the difference? 5025 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5025 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4758 
What could I say? 4735 
Dissonant use 4735 
Sell "as is" 4731 
There won't be a need for it 4729 
Congratulations 4729 
A grander scheme in mind… 4729 
The mind boggles ... 4728 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4728 
Selling argument 4722 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4578 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4578 
Simulated suspension evolution 4578 
Humidity 4578 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4577 
Recharging the Alnico 4577 
How nice! 4577 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4577 
Planning and wishing.. 4577 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4577 
What was absolute wonderful… 4577 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4577 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4576 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4575 
It looks like how it works 4575 
The end 3505 
Many share 3505 
A new house --- again 3284 
Vitavox 15/40 2787 
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