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Another time aligned 5-way horn project 3830 
Tapped Horn and frame surface. 3830 
Space; The Final Frontier 3830 
Front-baffle configuration 3829 
Be careful.... 3829 
Any alternative to tapped horn ? 3829 
Welcome to the club.... 3829 
Too subtle on DSP & some suggestions for preliminary LF testing 3829 
Powerful tube for LF 3829 
I am not sure that 18W is enough for 20Hz and reasonable room. 3829 
Do I need another pair of TH ? 3829 
The bass conundrum 3829 
DBA vs TH 3828 
DBH is difficult 3828 
109db and 3.5mm is good! 3828 
Not so simple though... 3828 
Bass as an alien force. 3828 
Those aliens 3828 
DBA approach interesting for expermintation and learning purposes 3828 
Fundamental range ? 3827 
Driver Comfort Zone 3827 
I have other projects... 3827 
Why 250-4000 range as a whole! 3827 
No DSP for sure 3827 
New render without TH 3827 
Numbers Game 3827 
Desagree. 3827 
Crossover frequency between Fundamental and upper mid 3826 
Sorry it is not what you are looking for, 3826 
Drivers first ? 3826 
Add into a mix and few drivers and you have a project for 6 month 3826 
Location, Location, Location 3826 
2m is just too big 3826 
I think I have an orchesta in my head 3826 
I think it is a bit too early. 3825 
Right drivers first 3825 
Once you find it, stick to the path... 3825 
Why not ET-703 3824 
204Hz LeCleac'h can be smaller ? 3823 
Don't drop it 3823 
Don't forget the phantom image! 3822 
"curl" or not ? 3822 
Which big horn? 3821 
You could make a monster... 3821 
6th channel in case 3821 
It is very wrong. 3821 
I agree 3820 
300 hz 3819 
Which driver for 300hz ? 3819 
Low pass and wattage 3818 
GPA 288 + JBL 2453 3816 
One from left of field... 3816 
Frequnecy response 3816 
8" up to 2kHz ? 3816 
Not your normal cone driver 3816 
Supravox vs JBL 2169H 3816 
You don't have to go there... 3815 
Throat reactance 3815 
Supravox modified 3814 
Supravox 285 with adjustable magnetic field 3814 
2490 found! 3814 
Do not rush. 3813 
Sealed bass arrays below 110 horn 3813 
300-500Hz range 3813 
Sealed bass array again ? 3813 
Sealed vs traped 3813 
Not 10" but 12" arrays 3813 
Response of supravox 285-2000 in 110cf 3813 
110cf tractrix for 150hz ? 3813 
Tapped Horn + Bass Array 3812 
Half octave above 3811 
288 doesn't work well for me 3802 
Time alignment of TH 3800 
TH is under examination 3800 
The time alignment of tapped horn 3800 
Drivers and horns 3799 
1601b implementation 3799 
20% done 3798 
42Hz upper bass horn 3798 
Plastic suspension 3798 
Tad 1601b 3797 
Other drivers: TAD or Vitavox 3797 
500-1200Hz range 3797 
Upper bass or lower mids ? 3797 
RAAL Lazy Ribbon 9 3775 
Try the 3rd order. 3774 
Merge or separate ? 3774 
Titanium 3773 
Speed and details are 1st priority 3772 
4 way ? 3772 
First trial 3772 
3-way under 1khz 3770 
42Hz horn arriving tomorrow! 3770 
42Hz horn arrived 3767 
Intermediate summary 3767 
Forgot to post photo :) 3767 
Problem with driver, or??? 3767 
Horn equalization 3766 
Three octaves only 3766 
46Hz, not 42 3766 
GOTO SG-146LD-4 3766 
Romy, take your head off :) 3766 
I would advise to slow down. 3765 
What we have after month 3765 
GOTO in 42Hz horn 3765 
Some comments. 3764 
Good hobby :) 3764 
What kind of horn to make for GOTO ? 3764 
Frequency response of GOTO 3764 
Throat cancellations? 3764 
Do not panic... 3763 
Adding length to reach 4" throat 3763 
Not more than 2m long horn needed 3763 
There are many options available. 3763 
Push the boundaries! 3763 
DATS 3763 
Please no T/S talk again. 3763 
3D modeling 3762 
2nd experiment with GOTO 3762 
Reinhard 3762 
Photo of experiment N2 3762 
Make up your mind. 3762 
What?!!! 3762 
I agree 100% 3762 
Mid-bass aligned or not ? 3762 
GOTO for upper bass ? 3762 
This is not a bug! 3762 
Hm.... OK.... 3762 
Any interest to help ? 3761 
Ok, get serious. 3761 
Bass compression driver is all I need 3761 
ALE 126 3761 
To break through my arrogance 3761 
Mid-bass horn integration 3760 
I would not go there. 3760 
Still don't understand what is wrong with low fs f... 3760 
You do not see any explanation 3760 
Horn theory 3759 
And now we know why you are not making progress...... 3759 
Pretend you are a diaphragm. 3759 
Too low resonance problem of the upper bass horn 3755 
Horn theory 3755 
Incorrect 3755 
6+ channels is the only "right" for me 3754 
Hold your horses! 3754 
1st priority: Upperbass and MF 3754 
OK, good luck. 3754 
Finally...my MidBass horn! 3742 
GOTO in 200Hz LeCleach 3742 
I do not think so. 3742 
Ok 3742 
The RAAL 3742 
RAAL is off now 3742 
Maybe talk to RAAL about changing the transformer 3742 
Good idea, thank you! 3742 
It will be misevaluated anyhow. 3742 
Even I do not believe in psychologists 3742 
Have you had any experience ? 3741 
Ok :) 3741 
OK. 3741 
I am a freaking Nostradamus... and Dr. House.... 3741 
Time alignment 3740 
Delay for midbass 3740 
Very funny :) 3740 
OK, good luck. 3740 
A hallucinations? 3740 
You are my hero! 3740 
Evaluation 3739 
Thank you again for suggestion! 3739 
A false alert. 3739 
No problem 3739 
GOTO 146: Quite accurate prediction. 3641 
Only 146 is outstanding 3392 
Great, thanks! 3392 
Told you so, or, maybe not? 3311 
Show must go on :) 3311 
And result is audible 3311 
This all just a terrible non-consequential waste. 3311 
Maybe we'll agree to disagree 3311 
My way 3311 
Murat 2017 (Martch) 3234 
Why yellow driver and horns only for bass 3234 
Your 15 seconds were up long time ago. 3234 
What do you want from me ? 3234 
Kids need to be learning. 3233 
? 3233 
It is time to you to get a new hobby. 3233 
No need your "valuable" opinion 3233 
So...... 2864 
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