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Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5961 
Encouragement 5960 
The divers testing. 5960 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5959 
Test 5959 
To Wind Up Where? 5959 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5959 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5958 
What Next 5958 
The mid-bass laboratory 5957 
It is a different question. 5957 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5951 
Triangular midbass horns 5951 
Suspending Disbelief 5951 
Some practical strategic considerations 5938 
MB Horns Project 5938 
Another consideration – the cable length 5937 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5937 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5935 
The triangle horns in attic 5935 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5935 
About the triangular horns corners… 5935 
4-sided triangle 5935 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5935 
Bass from behind 5935 
K-Horns 5935 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5935 
The wall-loaded horns? 5935 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5935 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5935 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5935 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5934 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5934 
How does this phase work? 5934 
Some very raw numbers 5934 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5933 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5933 
Mid Bass Project 5933 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5932 
How to drive a long cable. 5929 
Personal Bias 5929 
There were no big red flags 5927 
The Swidish 30Hz 5927 
Who world believe! 5927 
Good news! 5926 
Two open questions. 5925 
Transition piece 5925 
About my horn skeleton. 5925 
Transitions 5925 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5925 
Boston wood guy 5925 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5925 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5925 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5925 
Possible option for fabrication 5924 
It is about softness, stupid. 5924 
Transition Zone 5924 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5924 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5923 
A good modeling software? 5923 
CAD software 5922 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5914 
The "maket" time. 5907 
Maket 5907 
! 5907 
OK, it is this Friday! 5907 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5907 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5907 
The wood source is found 5906 
OK, it is started.... 5904 
Dust to Dust 5904 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5904 
2001 Space Odasy 5904 
Interesting space 5903 
The opened up space. 5903 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5903 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5903 
Rear Chamber Access 5903 
California 5903 
Bass time domain 5903 
2001--2010 5903 
Some answers. 5903 
The Iron Rod 5903 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5903 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5902 
It is that I want. 5902 
Working Tolerances 5902 
The back chamber design 5902 
Very good 5902 
It is true, but…. 5902 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5901 
Here is my mouth. 5901 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5901 
The Fs of AKs 5901 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5901 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5901 
Sail 5901 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5900 
You are wrong. 5900 
The material of displacement plug 5900 
And the driver-winner is… 5900 
Pre-Fab 5900 
The horn will be mounted ... 5900 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5899 
4 Sides + 5899 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5898 
The Solution. 5898 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5898 
An US pomposity complex? 5898 
The back chamber predictions 5898 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5898 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5898 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5898 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5898 
Good Vibrations 5898 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5898 
Horn Thickness 5898 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5898 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5898 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5898 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5898 
Parallel what? 5898 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5897 
Sources 5897 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5897 
Damping materials revisited 5897 
How to finish my midbass horn 5897 
Wallpaper adhesion 5896 
Bright idea 5896 
I do like the brickish finish. 5896 
Venetion slats 5896 
The Ventilation subject. 5896 
How long will it take? 5896 
Insulation and horn mouth 5896 
Insulation et al. 5895 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5895 
GOD MACHINE 5895 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5895 
Ice dams - experience 5895 
Horn as "Room" 5895 
Agreed 5895 
Morons vs. Criminals 5895 
The insulation controversy. 5894 
The Conditioned Space 5894 
Ventilation 5894 
R-Value and Damping Options 5894 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5894 
Back To The Stone Age 5894 
Did you just woke up? 5894 
Yes I looked 5894 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5894 
Knocking the horn. 5894 
The current building plans. 5894 
The ideas needed. 5894 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5893 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5893 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5893 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5893 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5893 
The Stressed Skin 5893 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5893 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5893 
I do not know. 5892 
Status report #.... 5892 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5891 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5891 
It will be more clear with time. 5891 
The insulation… 5891 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5890 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5887 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5887 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5887 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5887 
Where? 5887 
From Center Photo: 5886 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5886 
The Third section argument 5886 
The front baffle. 5884 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5884 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5878 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5871 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5870 
What to do with mouth cover? 5869 
What to wear... 5869 
A lot of work.... 5868 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5865 
Cover/no cover 5864 
Red lights 5864 
Whores? 5864 
The Cat-House 5864 
The Red lights in whorns... 5864 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5864 
Dinner 5863 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5863 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5863 
Access to the bolts 5863 
The first test is comming today. 5862 
Sound impressions? 5862 
Some data, impressions and me. 5862 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5861 
A driver of some sort? 5861 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5861 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5860 
MiniDSP 5860 
Got a test croosover. 5860 
My horn trivia 5860 
Steps rather 5860 
The traps. 5859 
Eventually!!! 5859 
My favorite quote in this post: 5859 
Yep, it was me… 5859 
The second horn is rising… 5859 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5859 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5858 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5858 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5858 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5858 
What am I missing? 5858 
How to do my back chamber. 5858 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5858 
Babysitting the foam 5858 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5858 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5858 
Foam Expansion 5858 
Bite into it 5857 
Getting down with impedance 5857 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5857 
Added mass resonance 5857 
Resonance frequency and mass 5857 
La resistance 5857 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5853 
End of the project plan 5851 
Again, too much work… 5850 
Variable resonances 5850 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5850 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5850 
A word of warning and some comments. 5849 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5847 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5847 
Sanding prep for living 5847 
Too late . 5847 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5847 
Ciare car hifi 5846 
Eighteensound 5846 
The Second major milestone. 5846 
Better to be safe 5845 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5845 
Well That You Are Concerned 5845 
Sliding it in 5845 
2 people job? 5845 
The final few inches 5845 
Think Long and Hard 5845 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5845 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5845 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5845 
How to decupled horn from frame 5845 
Decoupling 5845 
Decoupling II 5844 
Pneumatic? 5844 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5844 
Silent blocks? 5844 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5844 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5844 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5844 
Straps and shocks 5844 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5844 
Weenie 5843 
The horn painting job 5843 
Romy the cork 5843 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5843 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5843 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5843 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5843 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5842 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5842 
Getting hectic. 5842 
Quick stuff job 5842 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5842 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5842 
Jessie, this is funny. 5842 
Toxic lube 5842 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5842 
The back chambers are done. 5841 
67Hz ? 5841 
Can you remind us.... 5841 
Nil risk 5841 
Chemical Wasteland 5841 
Sand. 5841 
Not decoupler but damper. 5841 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5841 
This project is on fire! 5841 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5841 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5841 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5840 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5840 
Monument 5840 
Stuning... 5840 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5840 
Reflections (sound) 5839 
Acrylate 5839 
Shaker interface 5839 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5839 
Surround 5839 
Door trim 5839 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5839 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5839 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5838 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5838 
Insulation 5837 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5837 
Condensation is the problem 5837 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5837 
Insulation 5836 
Monitoring moisture. 5836 
Moisture 5836 
Earlier in This Thread 5836 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5836 
Boots on the Ground 5836 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5836 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5834 
The ego time capsule. 5833 
Temptations!!! 5832 
The first shaking test. 5830 
The very right color. 5830 
Steps 5829 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5829 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5829 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5828 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5828 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5828 
Remote controlled LED 5827 
Giant robot halloween lights 5827 
The horns are officially opened. 5827 
School is in session 5827 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5826 
Horn trauma 5826 
About the foam 5826 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5826 
Cone-foam coupling 5826 
Misbehaving horns. 5826 
Wired 5826 
How to localize the problem 5826 
The possible cause 5826 
Impedance test the way you done it 5826 
The another day of midbass. 5825 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5825 
Let get some practical perspective. 5825 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5825 
Good signs 5825 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5824 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5824 
Ouch!... More please! 5824 
The first thing first. 5824 
Upper bass HP filter 5824 
Wipe Out 5824 
The midbass first. 5823 
The fascinating time 5823 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5822 
Midbass nasal sound 5822 
A new good configuration. 5822 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5821 
The Sliding Scale 5821 
A time for ULF... 5821 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5821 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5821 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5821 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5821 
Yup yup yup yup 5820 
Beringer x-overs 5820 
That is what I was hopping. 5818 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5818 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5817 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5817 
The dark side of all notes 5817 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5817 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5817 
AKA, Servo? 5817 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5816 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5816 
Shaping the Imagination 5816 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5816 
The fun time eventually. 5814 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5811 
Something is not right 5811 
A few howevers, as usually. 5811 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5810 
Talking about the midbass…. 5808 
Something is right. 5806 
Verifying the driver choice 5805 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5805 
The final Midbass 5800 
Official end of the midbass project… 5800 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5800 
…and the few Thanks…. 5799 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5796 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5796 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5796 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5796 
How much more can I let it go? 5791 
The next steps of progress. 5789 
Blurred transients? 5788 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5788 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5788 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5788 
Semantics and other stories 5788 
The 2dB battle…. 5785 
Ok, it is done. 5784 
Large vs. small. 5781 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5778 
Modesty 5768 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5757 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5719 
Environmental inspection. 5705 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5657 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5656 
Honk idea... 5653 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5638 
Obstetrician 5637 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5633 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5543 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5452 
To hear my midbass horn? 5389 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5300 
Mahler sound 5300 
Default properly balanced sound. 5300 
Will horns make the difference? 5299 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5299 
Surprising and Interesting development … 5032 
What could I say? 5009 
Dissonant use 5009 
Sell "as is" 5005 
There won't be a need for it 5003 
Congratulations 5003 
A grander scheme in mind… 5003 
The mind boggles ... 5002 
Audio as an interactive subject. 5002 
Selling argument 4996 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4852 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4852 
Simulated suspension evolution 4852 
Humidity 4852 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4851 
Recharging the Alnico 4851 
How nice! 4851 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4851 
Planning and wishing.. 4851 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4851 
What was absolute wonderful… 4851 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4851 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4850 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4849 
It looks like how it works 4849 
The end 3779 
Many share 3779 
A new house --- again 3558 
Vitavox 15/40 3061 
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