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Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 6006 
Encouragement 6005 
The divers testing. 6005 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 6004 
Test 6004 
To Wind Up Where? 6004 
Infinite Baffle Parody 6004 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 6003 
What Next 6003 
The mid-bass laboratory 6002 
It is a different question. 6002 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5996 
Triangular midbass horns 5996 
Suspending Disbelief 5996 
Some practical strategic considerations 5983 
MB Horns Project 5983 
Another consideration – the cable length 5982 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5982 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5980 
The triangle horns in attic 5980 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5980 
About the triangular horns corners… 5980 
4-sided triangle 5980 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5980 
Bass from behind 5980 
K-Horns 5980 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5980 
The wall-loaded horns? 5980 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5980 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5980 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5980 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5979 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5979 
How does this phase work? 5979 
Some very raw numbers 5979 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5978 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5978 
Mid Bass Project 5978 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5977 
How to drive a long cable. 5974 
Personal Bias 5974 
There were no big red flags 5972 
The Swidish 30Hz 5972 
Who world believe! 5972 
Good news! 5971 
Two open questions. 5970 
Transition piece 5970 
About my horn skeleton. 5970 
Transitions 5970 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5970 
Boston wood guy 5970 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5970 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5970 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5970 
Possible option for fabrication 5969 
It is about softness, stupid. 5969 
Transition Zone 5969 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5969 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5968 
A good modeling software? 5968 
CAD software 5967 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5959 
The "maket" time. 5952 
Maket 5952 
! 5952 
OK, it is this Friday! 5952 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5952 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5952 
The wood source is found 5951 
OK, it is started.... 5949 
Dust to Dust 5949 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5949 
2001 Space Odasy 5949 
Interesting space 5948 
The opened up space. 5948 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5948 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5948 
Rear Chamber Access 5948 
California 5948 
Bass time domain 5948 
2001--2010 5948 
Some answers. 5948 
The Iron Rod 5948 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5948 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5947 
It is that I want. 5947 
Working Tolerances 5947 
The back chamber design 5947 
Very good 5947 
It is true, but…. 5947 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5946 
Here is my mouth. 5946 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5946 
The Fs of AKs 5946 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5946 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5946 
Sail 5946 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5945 
You are wrong. 5945 
The material of displacement plug 5945 
And the driver-winner is… 5945 
Pre-Fab 5945 
The horn will be mounted ... 5945 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5944 
4 Sides + 5944 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5943 
The Solution. 5943 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5943 
An US pomposity complex? 5943 
The back chamber predictions 5943 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5943 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5943 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5943 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5943 
Good Vibrations 5943 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5943 
Horn Thickness 5943 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5943 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5943 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5943 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5943 
Parallel what? 5943 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5942 
Sources 5942 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5942 
Damping materials revisited 5942 
How to finish my midbass horn 5942 
Wallpaper adhesion 5941 
Bright idea 5941 
I do like the brickish finish. 5941 
Venetion slats 5941 
The Ventilation subject. 5941 
How long will it take? 5941 
Insulation and horn mouth 5941 
Insulation et al. 5940 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5940 
GOD MACHINE 5940 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5940 
Ice dams - experience 5940 
Horn as "Room" 5940 
Agreed 5940 
Morons vs. Criminals 5940 
The insulation controversy. 5939 
The Conditioned Space 5939 
Ventilation 5939 
R-Value and Damping Options 5939 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5939 
Back To The Stone Age 5939 
Did you just woke up? 5939 
Yes I looked 5939 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5939 
Knocking the horn. 5939 
The current building plans. 5939 
The ideas needed. 5939 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5938 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5938 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5938 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5938 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5938 
The Stressed Skin 5938 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5938 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5938 
I do not know. 5937 
Status report #.... 5937 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5936 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5936 
It will be more clear with time. 5936 
The insulation… 5936 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5935 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5932 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5932 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5932 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5932 
Where? 5932 
From Center Photo: 5931 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5931 
The Third section argument 5931 
The front baffle. 5929 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5929 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5923 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5916 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5915 
What to do with mouth cover? 5914 
What to wear... 5914 
A lot of work.... 5913 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5910 
Cover/no cover 5909 
Red lights 5909 
Whores? 5909 
The Cat-House 5909 
The Red lights in whorns... 5909 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5909 
Dinner 5908 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5908 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5908 
Access to the bolts 5908 
The first test is comming today. 5907 
Sound impressions? 5907 
Some data, impressions and me. 5907 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5906 
A driver of some sort? 5906 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5906 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5905 
MiniDSP 5905 
Got a test croosover. 5905 
My horn trivia 5905 
Steps rather 5905 
The traps. 5904 
Eventually!!! 5904 
My favorite quote in this post: 5904 
Yep, it was me… 5904 
The second horn is rising… 5904 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5904 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5903 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5903 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5903 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5903 
What am I missing? 5903 
How to do my back chamber. 5903 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5903 
Babysitting the foam 5903 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5903 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5903 
Foam Expansion 5903 
Bite into it 5902 
Getting down with impedance 5902 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5902 
Added mass resonance 5902 
Resonance frequency and mass 5902 
La resistance 5902 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5898 
End of the project plan 5896 
Again, too much work… 5895 
Variable resonances 5895 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5895 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5895 
A word of warning and some comments. 5894 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5892 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5892 
Sanding prep for living 5892 
Too late . 5892 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5892 
Ciare car hifi 5891 
Eighteensound 5891 
The Second major milestone. 5891 
Better to be safe 5890 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5890 
Well That You Are Concerned 5890 
Sliding it in 5890 
2 people job? 5890 
The final few inches 5890 
Think Long and Hard 5890 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5890 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5890 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5890 
How to decupled horn from frame 5890 
Decoupling 5890 
Decoupling II 5889 
Pneumatic? 5889 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5889 
Silent blocks? 5889 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5889 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5889 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5889 
Straps and shocks 5889 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5889 
Weenie 5888 
The horn painting job 5888 
Romy the cork 5888 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5888 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5888 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5888 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5888 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5887 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5887 
Getting hectic. 5887 
Quick stuff job 5887 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5887 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5887 
Jessie, this is funny. 5887 
Toxic lube 5887 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5887 
The back chambers are done. 5886 
67Hz ? 5886 
Can you remind us.... 5886 
Nil risk 5886 
Chemical Wasteland 5886 
Sand. 5886 
Not decoupler but damper. 5886 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5886 
This project is on fire! 5886 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5886 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5886 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5885 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5885 
Monument 5885 
Stuning... 5885 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5885 
Reflections (sound) 5884 
Acrylate 5884 
Shaker interface 5884 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5884 
Surround 5884 
Door trim 5884 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5884 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5884 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5883 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5883 
Insulation 5882 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5882 
Condensation is the problem 5882 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5882 
Insulation 5881 
Monitoring moisture. 5881 
Moisture 5881 
Earlier in This Thread 5881 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5881 
Boots on the Ground 5881 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5881 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5879 
The ego time capsule. 5878 
Temptations!!! 5877 
The first shaking test. 5875 
The very right color. 5875 
Steps 5874 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5874 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5874 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5873 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5873 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5873 
Remote controlled LED 5872 
Giant robot halloween lights 5872 
The horns are officially opened. 5872 
School is in session 5872 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5871 
Horn trauma 5871 
About the foam 5871 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5871 
Cone-foam coupling 5871 
Misbehaving horns. 5871 
Wired 5871 
How to localize the problem 5871 
The possible cause 5871 
Impedance test the way you done it 5871 
The another day of midbass. 5870 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5870 
Let get some practical perspective. 5870 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5870 
Good signs 5870 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5869 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5869 
Ouch!... More please! 5869 
The first thing first. 5869 
Upper bass HP filter 5869 
Wipe Out 5869 
The midbass first. 5868 
The fascinating time 5868 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5867 
Midbass nasal sound 5867 
A new good configuration. 5867 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5866 
The Sliding Scale 5866 
A time for ULF... 5866 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5866 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5866 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5866 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5866 
Yup yup yup yup 5865 
Beringer x-overs 5865 
That is what I was hopping. 5863 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5863 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5862 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5862 
The dark side of all notes 5862 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5862 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5862 
AKA, Servo? 5862 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5861 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5861 
Shaping the Imagination 5861 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5861 
The fun time eventually. 5859 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5856 
Something is not right 5856 
A few howevers, as usually. 5856 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5855 
Talking about the midbass…. 5853 
Something is right. 5851 
Verifying the driver choice 5850 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5850 
The final Midbass 5845 
Official end of the midbass project… 5845 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5845 
…and the few Thanks…. 5844 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5841 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5841 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5841 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5841 
How much more can I let it go? 5836 
The next steps of progress. 5834 
Blurred transients? 5833 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5833 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5833 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5833 
Semantics and other stories 5833 
The 2dB battle…. 5830 
Ok, it is done. 5829 
Large vs. small. 5826 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5823 
Modesty 5813 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5802 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5764 
Environmental inspection. 5750 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5702 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5701 
Honk idea... 5698 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5683 
Obstetrician 5682 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5678 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5588 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5497 
To hear my midbass horn? 5434 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5345 
Mahler sound 5345 
Default properly balanced sound. 5345 
Will horns make the difference? 5344 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5344 
Surprising and Interesting development … 5077 
What could I say? 5054 
Dissonant use 5054 
Sell "as is" 5050 
There won't be a need for it 5048 
Congratulations 5048 
A grander scheme in mind… 5048 
The mind boggles ... 5047 
Audio as an interactive subject. 5047 
Selling argument 5041 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4897 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4897 
Simulated suspension evolution 4897 
Humidity 4897 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4896 
Recharging the Alnico 4896 
How nice! 4896 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4896 
Planning and wishing.. 4896 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4896 
What was absolute wonderful… 4896 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4896 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4895 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4894 
It looks like how it works 4894 
The end 3824 
Many share 3824 
A new house --- again 3603 
Vitavox 15/40 3106 
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