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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3900 
Big 3900 
Old house? 3900 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3900 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3900 
For a Given Room 3899 
House Inspections & Warranties 3899 
A min Room size.... 3893 
Charging the Large Room 3893 
A bit deeper. 3893 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3892 
Comfort 3892 
Choices 3891 
Value 3891 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3891 
"romantic" illusion... 3891 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3891 
My kids... 3891 
Bingo 3891 
Interesting discussion indeed 3891 
The High Demands System 3890 
Paul S -- 3890 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3890 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3887 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3887 
Happiness 3887 
Various Stages of Young 3887 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3886 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3886 
Using the real estate 3886 
Through the roof 3883 
Sideways 3882 
If not a midbass horn? 3880 
What Comes Naturally 3880 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3880 
In That Case... 3880 
The game is on. 3878 
Mazel Tov! 3878 
Great news 3878 
Wonderful! 3878 
I think it will be better with time. 3878 
Gaddis House 3878 
Congratulations! 3877 
View vs. Practicality 3874 
Multi-Tasking 3874 
Exactly! 3874 
Equipment between speakers... 3874 
Top Gear 3874 
I see no problems with "between". 3874 
Oh well... 3874 
Wall of nature 3874 
Big Window 3874 
Shades and Night Vision 3874 
...they do image wonderfully... 3874 
Another attic project? 3873 
Infinite baffle 3873 
IB 3873 
Mold 3873 
Attic Ventilation 3873 
Possible 3872 
Just strategizing 3872 
Normal orientation 3872 
Confusion. 3872 
Specifics 3872 
Driver Orientation 3872 
That all need to be though out. 3872 
It nigh be a problem 3872 
Ideas 3872 
Opposing woofers 3872 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3872 
Blow hard 3872 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3872 
Couple of things 3872 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3860 
That's not a problem :) 3860 
A LF solution for a new room 3803 
Another midbass?!!? 3800 
Another option to consider 3798 
Room comfort upgrades 3797 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3795 
The color of the listening room. 3781 
This would be nice...... 3778 
That is it. 3768 
Congratulations 3768 
Well, 3768 
The last week of moving... 3759 
We are home! 3755 
Congratulations! 3755 
We found a new room in House.... 3749 
Bass in bass-ment? 3748 
True, but. . . 3748 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3747 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3747 
It took for a while. 3710 
Time/Change 3709 
In regards to chairs... 3709 
This week. 3707 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3707 
The first day. 3705 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3705 
Sounds like a nice time... 3705 
For now.... 3704 
Soft Bass 3704 
Getting somewhere. 3703 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3703 
Diffusion 3702 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3701 
Space behind 3701 
Slowly going back to the business. 3686 
Keep on truckin' 3686 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3684 
Audio vs Video playback. 3681 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3680 
AV 3680 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3680 
A good configuration. 3679 
Injection Channel 3679 
It will come later. 3679 
Going there.... 3677 
Toddler Listeners 3676 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3676 
The honeymoon night. 3674 
Proximity 3674 
A chicken and egg situation 3665 
So far so good. 3660 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3658 
Ok, a first objective look. 3653 
Some room dealing basics 3652 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3651 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3650 
Bass trap 3650 
I will see... 3650 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3650 
Other absorbtion methods 3650 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3649 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3642 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3642 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3640 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3640 
Zarathustra 3636 
Very very nice. 3617 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3617 
Theoretically possible? 3615 
So True 3614 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3603 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3598 
7 moths and one event... 3477 
The next day 3475 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3475 
Choose your poisons 3475 
Thank you 3474 
It is very nice. 3473 
Great day 3472 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3471 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3466 
Macondo listening distance. 3382 
Measured from? 3381 
The Listening Room July 7 3381 
8' all around 3380 
Some comments... 3380 
I am looking for inspiration. 3378 
Vent that woofer 3378 
I do not know yet what to do. 3378 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3377 
Ported 3377 
No port for me, if possible... 3377 
Might...... be.... 3377 
K-Horns? 3377 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3377 
They do appear 3377 
Path length of khorn 3377 
The memory lane. 3377 
Outside 3377 
KHorn facts and truth 3377 
Khorn extension 3377 
The options available.... 3377 
The last night looking… 3376 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3376 
About the use of reading my own site. 3375 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3375 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3375 
Just thinking out loud... 3375 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3375 
Driver? 3375 
Two separate individuals 3375 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3375 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3375 
One more simple idea 3375 
A good thinking. 3373 
A next day. 3373 
Deja vu 3372 
It is all depend of your roo 3372 
What the holly garbage. 3362 
What about at a lower volume... 3362 
I do not know why. 3361 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3308 
SSET ;-) 3307 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3307 
More of the same? 3306 
Yes, this is an option too. 3306 
Actually… 3306 
The Scanspeaks 3306 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3306 
Ah, Winnie... 3306 
Last version 3306 
I wrote about it. 3305 
Layout 3305 
Kind of LF depression… 3302 
The one that got away 3302 
Updated. 3302 
Respect! 3301 
There are plenty things to think about. 3301 
Devil invented the room :) 3301 
The way how I see it… 3301 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3300 
One more theoretical solution 3299 
Almost familiar 3299 
This weekend 3295 
Sum and Difference 3295 
It is in the picture... 3295 
Nice bias 3295 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3295 
The grilling analogy 3295 
Some listening today. 3294 
Back to the drawing table. 3288 
Bring them forward 3288 
Promising.... 3288 
Aligned how? 3287 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3287 
Nice but need more work 3280 
Getting there... 3275 
It all looks very nice... 3275 
It is still all for grabs. 3275 
Great Morning!!! 3274 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3274 
Some thinking required… 3273 
I never done anything like this… 3272 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3271 
Phase and Room Modes 3271 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3270 
I am back. 3269 
I need some volume… 3268 
Line Gain 3268 
What a brilliant idea! 3268 
The full monty 3268 
Yep. I know. 3267 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3267 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3267 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3264 
You know the voices are right... 3264 
Some freaking magic. 3263 
Explanation 3263 
11 feet apart 3262 
Juts a proposal. 3262 
Stronger preamp 3261 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3260 
Sick? No. 3260 
Strong pre 3260 
I think it will be no 312.... 3260 
The new room is officially open. 3247 
A picture… 3233 
What a beautiful set-up! 3233 
Dream place 3232 
Headphones sound from playback 3231 
The headphone analogy 3230 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3230 
Wrong way 3230 
Sounds like an insult to me 3230 
Imaging. 3230 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3224 
Learn to forget 3223 
The infrabass injection. 3113 
The number 20 3113 
Undertones? 3112 
Resonance distortion 3112 
There are many options 3112 
I want it... 3112 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3112 
Clarity in the murk 3112 
The gentle exit 3112 
I understand 3112 
Low frequency dithering 3112 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3112 
Eventually! 2928 
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