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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. 5871 
Encouragement 5870 
The divers testing. 5870 
The Midbass drivers testing framework. 5869 
Test 5869 
To Wind Up Where? 5869 
Infinite Baffle Parody 5869 
The drivers: first “hm…”. 5868 
What Next 5868 
The mid-bass laboratory 5867 
It is a different question. 5867 
A triangular midbass almost-tapped horn? 5861 
Triangular midbass horns 5861 
Suspending Disbelief 5861 
Some practical strategic considerations 5848 
MB Horns Project 5848 
Another consideration – the cable length 5847 
Buffer as Much as You Can 5847 
Options: Driver location & orientation of flare 5845 
The triangle horns in attic 5845 
Cost/Benefit of Clean Slate Approach? 5845 
About the triangular horns corners… 5845 
4-sided triangle 5845 
"This Mid Bass Project has turned into a Joke" 5845 
Bass from behind 5845 
K-Horns 5845 
I hope that good news will come later this week. 5845 
The wall-loaded horns? 5845 
Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? 5845 
Not proving anything but a challenge. 5845 
Basic's In Recording Techniques 5845 
It has nothing to do with Recording Techniques. 5844 
Mid-bass horn; thoughts on materials 5844 
How does this phase work? 5844 
Some very raw numbers 5844 
Full-time quarter-space environment 5843 
To know how I can “cheat”. 5843 
Mid Bass Project 5843 
My midbass project: what I do not like. 5842 
How to drive a long cable. 5839 
Personal Bias 5839 
There were no big red flags 5837 
The Swidish 30Hz 5837 
Who world believe! 5837 
Good news! 5836 
Two open questions. 5835 
Transition piece 5835 
About my horn skeleton. 5835 
Transitions 5835 
The Baltic Burch pricing 5835 
Boston wood guy 5835 
Nude Descending a Staircase 5835 
Dealing with an optimistic carpenter. 5835 
"...the wall where horns will be sliding into..." 5835 
Possible option for fabrication 5834 
It is about softness, stupid. 5834 
Transition Zone 5834 
Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. 5834 
Resolution of a pixelated flare 5833 
A good modeling software? 5833 
CAD software 5832 
A second opinion on the reframing. 5824 
The "maket" time. 5817 
Maket 5817 
! 5817 
OK, it is this Friday! 5817 
How to predict Back Chamber. 5817 
Smart, Simple and Direct 5817 
The wood source is found 5816 
OK, it is started.... 5814 
Dust to Dust 5814 
The day is over.... now there is no way back. 5814 
2001 Space Odasy 5814 
Interesting space 5813 
The opened up space. 5813 
The space to be used: colliding roofs. 5813 
What A Cluster Fuc=k 5813 
Rear Chamber Access 5813 
California 5813 
Bass time domain 5813 
2001--2010 5813 
Some answers. 5813 
The Iron Rod 5813 
Just sent to my Carpenter a first draft of Back Chamber. 5813 
Load Distribution & Rear Chambers 5812 
It is that I want. 5812 
Working Tolerances 5812 
The back chamber design 5812 
Very good 5812 
It is true, but…. 5812 
The Nuclear Back Chamber ™ and beyond. 5811 
Here is my mouth. 5811 
Begin to clear up space for the horns.... 5811 
The Fs of AKs 5811 
The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. 5811 
Why the ”the grown up time”? 5811 
Sail 5811 
Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal 5810 
You are wrong. 5810 
The material of displacement plug 5810 
And the driver-winner is… 5810 
Pre-Fab 5810 
The horn will be mounted ... 5810 
The Midbass horn Maquette 5809 
4 Sides + 5809 
The first blow: the horn’s skin too thin. 5808 
The Solution. 5808 
Over Blown Horn Concept. 5808 
An US pomposity complex? 5808 
The back chamber predictions 5808 
Thickness Of Horn Shin 5808 
You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 5808 
Slinging 2 Much Bullshit 5808 
Equipment Required To Build Horns 5808 
Good Vibrations 5808 
Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... 5808 
Horn Thickness 5808 
The thickness and horns and the sickness of a person. 5808 
What is important in Midbass Horn? 5808 
Super Softness Mid Bass 5808 
The Near-Parallel Sides 5808 
Parallel what? 5808 
A heavy-mass elastomeric coating needed. 5807 
Sources 5807 
Materials for Mass Loading Wooden Structures 5807 
Damping materials revisited 5807 
How to finish my midbass horn 5807 
Wallpaper adhesion 5806 
Bright idea 5806 
I do like the brickish finish. 5806 
Venetion slats 5806 
The Ventilation subject. 5806 
How long will it take? 5806 
Insulation and horn mouth 5806 
Insulation et al. 5805 
The voice of God machine and.... insulation-insmalation. 5805 
GOD MACHINE 5805 
Insulation, Ventilation and "Conditioning" 5805 
Ice dams - experience 5805 
Horn as "Room" 5805 
Agreed 5805 
Morons vs. Criminals 5805 
The insulation controversy. 5804 
The Conditioned Space 5804 
Ventilation 5804 
R-Value and Damping Options 5804 
...to confirm the 3D consept. 5804 
Back To The Stone Age 5804 
Did you just woke up? 5804 
Yes I looked 5804 
It was the last disciplinarian post 5804 
Knocking the horn. 5804 
The current building plans. 5804 
The ideas needed. 5804 
Knocking and Raising the Horn 5803 
Genie Superlift SLC-24? 5803 
Egypt - tubes and ramps 5803 
The screws subject and the sections join subject. 5803 
Crane and Rolling Scaffold 5803 
The Stressed Skin 5803 
The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" 5803 
Landscape and tree cutting service 5803 
I do not know. 5802 
Status report #.... 5802 
Amplification for Midbass Channel 5801 
From Maquette to Full Scale 5801 
It will be more clear with time. 5801 
The insulation… 5801 
She is turning out to be a beauty. 5800 
Ok, the 7th sections are almost done. 5797 
As Opposed to the Usual Spherical 5797 
Debating: to redo it or not? 5797 
Being a Stick in the Mud 5797 
Where? 5797 
From Center Photo: 5796 
Why we pre-assemble the things. 5796 
The Third section argument 5796 
The front baffle. 5794 
Too Europeanized carpenter? 5794 
Delays gradual self-regulation? 5788 
One mounth is glued, not mine mounth... 5781 
Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. 5780 
What to do with mouth cover? 5779 
What to wear... 5779 
A lot of work.... 5778 
The horny light or the lighted horns. 5775 
Cover/no cover 5774 
Red lights 5774 
Whores? 5774 
The Cat-House 5774 
The Red lights in whorns... 5774 
The connection between first and second section is done. 5774 
Dinner 5773 
Nuts & bolts of assembly 5773 
The type of the flange and some plans. 5773 
Access to the bolts 5773 
The first test is comming today. 5772 
Sound impressions? 5772 
Some data, impressions and me. 5772 
While we are all waiting for the final sound check. 5771 
A driver of some sort? 5771 
Digital crossover…. Wanted. 5771 
Listening different drives with midbass horn 5770 
MiniDSP 5770 
Got a test croosover. 5770 
My horn trivia 5770 
Steps rather 5770 
The traps. 5769 
Eventually!!! 5769 
My favorite quote in this post: 5769 
Yep, it was me… 5769 
The second horn is rising… 5769 
Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) 5769 
Another way of rising the resonance frequency 5768 
Relationship of rear chamber volume to Fs 5768 
The new Back chamber and the back-wiping compressi... 5768 
Hard rear chamber/basket cover 5768 
What am I missing? 5768 
How to do my back chamber. 5768 
Compressibility of rear chamber "stuffing&quo... 5768 
Babysitting the foam 5768 
I hope that this week the second horn will be complete, it is alredy glued. 5768 
Writing midbass-horn encyclopedia.... 5768 
Foam Expansion 5768 
Bite into it 5767 
Getting down with impedance 5767 
They are very simplistic and primitive things but... 5767 
Added mass resonance 5767 
Resonance frequency and mass 5767 
La resistance 5767 
Koshka behaves like sparrow? 5763 
End of the project plan 5761 
Again, too much work… 5760 
Variable resonances 5760 
The smart reasons for my stupid hope. 5760 
Progress: back chambers are started and the light windows are done 5760 
A word of warning and some comments. 5759 
Ok, the main built phase is over. 5757 
Another looks like wasted weekend 5757 
Sanding prep for living 5757 
Too late . 5757 
There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. 5757 
Ciare car hifi 5756 
Eighteensound 5756 
The Second major milestone. 5756 
Better to be safe 5755 
How to handle horizontal movement in air? 5755 
Well That You Are Concerned 5755 
Sliding it in 5755 
2 people job? 5755 
The final few inches 5755 
Think Long and Hard 5755 
Consider a pivoted ramp instead of dead-lift 5755 
The 5th and 6th section are permanently connected 5755 
Revisiting the "Temporary Harness" Idea 5755 
How to decupled horn from frame 5755 
Decoupling 5755 
Decoupling II 5754 
Pneumatic? 5754 
A dubious benefit of suspended floor. 5754 
Silent blocks? 5754 
Spreading, Dissipating and Grounding Vibration 5754 
Decoupling: It takes balls 5754 
I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. 5754 
Straps and shocks 5754 
This is as idiotic as it I could be. 5754 
Weenie 5753 
The horn painting job 5753 
Romy the cork 5753 
Stairway to throat heaven. 5753 
Weight bearing decoupling inches back from mouth end of horn 5753 
A horn like a snow plow all the way down. 5753 
How "smartly" to displace air from the back chamber. 5753 
Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End 5752 
If everything goes as I planed.... 5752 
Getting hectic. 5752 
Quick stuff job 5752 
Quick stuff; option II (better) 5752 
I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drivers) where possible 5752 
Jessie, this is funny. 5752 
Toxic lube 5752 
The first final coat of paint is applied. 5752 
The back chambers are done. 5751 
67Hz ? 5751 
Can you remind us.... 5751 
Nil risk 5751 
Chemical Wasteland 5751 
Sand. 5751 
Not decoupler but damper. 5751 
Almost ready, so far the tampons sound good. 5751 
This project is on fire! 5751 
Sarcophagusing the driver… 5751 
OK, they are ready to fly tomorrow. 5751 
Midbass horns: “Ready for Liftoff” 5750 
The midbass hoisting ceremony: just pictures. 5750 
Monument 5750 
Stuning... 5750 
The sheetrock-horn interface. 5750 
Reflections (sound) 5749 
Acrylate 5749 
Shaker interface 5749 
The overlap between drywall and horns and no Sound. 5749 
Surround 5749 
Door trim 5749 
Bravo Romy & carpenter … as for the joints 5749 
The drywall and horn conflict. 5749 
Cosmetology minor screw up. 5748 
I do have a great access to back chambers on attic. 5748 
Insulation 5747 
I will see it myself during the winter… 5747 
Condensation is the problem 5747 
I'm kind of new to all of this…. 5747 
Insulation 5746 
Monitoring moisture. 5746 
Moisture 5746 
Earlier in This Thread 5746 
I think I will be fine with insulation. 5746 
Boots on the Ground 5746 
The triangle wall is dressing up. 5746 
OK, now it left just finishing work. 5744 
The ego time capsule. 5743 
Temptations!!! 5742 
The first shaking test. 5740 
The very right color. 5740 
Steps 5739 
The invisible Cheshire horns. 5739 
Under normal light. Some religious aspects. 5739 
A second minor screw up: the horno-lights 5738 
Another "Mood Enhancer"? 5738 
I would not do the horno-lights if I knew. 5738 
Remote controlled LED 5737 
Giant robot halloween lights 5737 
The horns are officially opened. 5737 
School is in session 5737 
The Completion. Sad for far. 5736 
Horn trauma 5736 
About the foam 5736 
“Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture.” 5736 
Cone-foam coupling 5736 
Misbehaving horns. 5736 
Wired 5736 
How to localize the problem 5736 
The possible cause 5736 
Impedance test the way you done it 5736 
The another day of midbass. 5735 
Closed box mass is agaisnt the horn load mass 5735 
Let get some practical perspective. 5735 
In search of Midbass crossover. 5735 
Good signs 5735 
The problems with Velodyne SMS. 5734 
The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels 5734 
Ouch!... More please! 5734 
The first thing first. 5734 
Upper bass HP filter 5734 
Wipe Out 5734 
The midbass first. 5733 
The fascinating time 5733 
The Primary Resonance dilemma. 5732 
Midbass nasal sound 5732 
A new good configuration. 5732 
Lowpass crossover: to be or not to be. 5731 
The Sliding Scale 5731 
A time for ULF... 5731 
Stumbling around in inductorville 5731 
Ch, Ch, Ch Changes... 5731 
The sound of frying bacon.... on your forehead, under the tin cap.....danger 5731 
T-I-M-E (having your cake and...) 5731 
Yup yup yup yup 5730 
Beringer x-overs 5730 
That is what I was hopping. 5728 
A time to gather stones: listening and thinking about midbass horn. 5728 
The most important thing: dark side of the bass 5727 
Why elephants don't jump rope 5727 
The dark side of all notes 5727 
Look from a perspective of abstract ultimate playback. 5727 
Similies and Analogies, Old and New 5727 
AKA, Servo? 5727 
Bumps & springs & exciting things 5726 
Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. 5726 
Shaping the Imagination 5726 
This assumption is a tactical mistake. 5726 
The fun time eventually. 5724 
I think you would be happier with low dcR air coils at the speaker 5721 
Something is not right 5721 
A few howevers, as usually. 5721 
The “Amused to Death” efect 5720 
Talking about the midbass…. 5718 
Something is right. 5716 
Verifying the driver choice 5715 
The driver choose is always a quandary 5715 
The final Midbass 5710 
Official end of the midbass project… 5710 
The evolution of the colloidal loudspeaker 5710 
…and the few Thanks…. 5709 
Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. 5706 
Take a Look at Power Requirements 5706 
I do not want to lose the “too idle” mode on 6C33C 5706 
Plate Dissipation; Current Thinking 5706 
How much more can I let it go? 5701 
The next steps of progress. 5699 
Blurred transients? 5698 
Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance 5698 
One has to consider the roll-off charcacteristic of the horn's themselves 5698 
Perfections and compromises are bogus notions. 5698 
Semantics and other stories 5698 
The 2dB battle…. 5695 
Ok, it is done. 5694 
Large vs. small. 5691 
Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior 5688 
Modesty 5678 
Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… 5667 
Here is where Melquiades pays off. 5629 
Environmental inspection. 5615 
Help me to fuck up my midbass horns! 5567 
My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. 5566 
Honk idea... 5563 
My midbass horns are pregnant. 5548 
Obstetrician 5547 
The midbass horns and older recordings. 5543 
The new seasonal observation about my Midbass horns 5453 
The midbass channel. A year later. 5362 
To hear my midbass horn? 5299 
Macondo Bruckner Midbass horns. 5210 
Mahler sound 5210 
Default properly balanced sound. 5210 
Will horns make the difference? 5209 
Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at home 5209 
Surprising and Interesting development … 4942 
What could I say? 4919 
Dissonant use 4919 
Sell "as is" 4915 
There won't be a need for it 4913 
Congratulations 4913 
A grander scheme in mind… 4913 
The mind boggles ... 4912 
Audio as an interactive subject. 4912 
Selling argument 4906 
Midbass horns, latest story. 4762 
Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare 4762 
Simulated suspension evolution 4762 
Humidity 4762 
Trying to do it with less blood. 4761 
Recharging the Alnico 4761 
How nice! 4761 
Certainly not an expert (as you know) but ... 4761 
Planning and wishing.. 4761 
Well, if anyone could ever do this ... 4761 
What was absolute wonderful… 4761 
There is much to be learned from listening to one driver within its range and ... 4761 
God, what a remarkable idiot I am!!! 4760 
I have noticed a similar phenomenon 4759 
It looks like how it works 4759 
The end 3689 
Many share 3689 
A new house --- again 3468 
Vitavox 15/40 2971 
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