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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3849 
Big 3849 
Old house? 3849 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3849 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3849 
For a Given Room 3848 
House Inspections & Warranties 3848 
A min Room size.... 3842 
Charging the Large Room 3842 
A bit deeper. 3842 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3841 
Comfort 3841 
Choices 3840 
Value 3840 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3840 
"romantic" illusion... 3840 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3840 
My kids... 3840 
Bingo 3840 
Interesting discussion indeed 3840 
The High Demands System 3839 
Paul S -- 3839 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3839 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3836 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3836 
Happiness 3836 
Various Stages of Young 3836 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3835 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3835 
Using the real estate 3835 
Through the roof 3832 
Sideways 3831 
If not a midbass horn? 3829 
What Comes Naturally 3829 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3829 
In That Case... 3829 
The game is on. 3827 
Mazel Tov! 3827 
Great news 3827 
Wonderful! 3827 
I think it will be better with time. 3827 
Gaddis House 3827 
Congratulations! 3826 
View vs. Practicality 3823 
Multi-Tasking 3823 
Exactly! 3823 
Equipment between speakers... 3823 
Top Gear 3823 
I see no problems with "between". 3823 
Oh well... 3823 
Wall of nature 3823 
Big Window 3823 
Shades and Night Vision 3823 
...they do image wonderfully... 3823 
Another attic project? 3822 
Infinite baffle 3822 
IB 3822 
Mold 3822 
Attic Ventilation 3822 
Possible 3821 
Just strategizing 3821 
Normal orientation 3821 
Confusion. 3821 
Specifics 3821 
Driver Orientation 3821 
That all need to be though out. 3821 
It nigh be a problem 3821 
Ideas 3821 
Opposing woofers 3821 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3821 
Blow hard 3821 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3821 
Couple of things 3821 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3809 
That's not a problem :) 3809 
A LF solution for a new room 3752 
Another midbass?!!? 3749 
Another option to consider 3747 
Room comfort upgrades 3746 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3744 
The color of the listening room. 3730 
This would be nice...... 3727 
That is it. 3717 
Congratulations 3717 
Well, 3717 
The last week of moving... 3708 
We are home! 3704 
Congratulations! 3704 
We found a new room in House.... 3698 
Bass in bass-ment? 3697 
True, but. . . 3697 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3696 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3696 
It took for a while. 3659 
Time/Change 3658 
In regards to chairs... 3658 
This week. 3656 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3656 
The first day. 3654 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3654 
Sounds like a nice time... 3654 
For now.... 3653 
Soft Bass 3653 
Getting somewhere. 3652 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3652 
Diffusion 3651 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3650 
Space behind 3650 
Slowly going back to the business. 3635 
Keep on truckin' 3635 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3633 
Audio vs Video playback. 3630 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3629 
AV 3629 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3629 
A good configuration. 3628 
Injection Channel 3628 
It will come later. 3628 
Going there.... 3626 
Toddler Listeners 3625 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3625 
The honeymoon night. 3623 
Proximity 3623 
A chicken and egg situation 3614 
So far so good. 3609 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3607 
Ok, a first objective look. 3602 
Some room dealing basics 3601 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3600 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3599 
Bass trap 3599 
I will see... 3599 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3599 
Other absorbtion methods 3599 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3598 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3591 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3591 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3589 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3589 
Zarathustra 3585 
Very very nice. 3566 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3566 
Theoretically possible? 3564 
So True 3563 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3552 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3547 
7 moths and one event... 3426 
The next day 3424 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3424 
Choose your poisons 3424 
Thank you 3423 
It is very nice. 3422 
Great day 3421 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3420 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3415 
Macondo listening distance. 3331 
Measured from? 3330 
The Listening Room July 7 3330 
8' all around 3329 
Some comments... 3329 
I am looking for inspiration. 3327 
Vent that woofer 3327 
I do not know yet what to do. 3327 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3326 
Ported 3326 
No port for me, if possible... 3326 
Might...... be.... 3326 
K-Horns? 3326 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3326 
They do appear 3326 
Path length of khorn 3326 
The memory lane. 3326 
Outside 3326 
KHorn facts and truth 3326 
Khorn extension 3326 
The options available.... 3326 
The last night looking… 3325 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3325 
About the use of reading my own site. 3324 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3324 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3324 
Just thinking out loud... 3324 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3324 
Driver? 3324 
Two separate individuals 3324 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3324 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3324 
One more simple idea 3324 
A good thinking. 3322 
A next day. 3322 
Deja vu 3321 
It is all depend of your roo 3321 
What the holly garbage. 3311 
What about at a lower volume... 3311 
I do not know why. 3310 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3257 
SSET ;-) 3256 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3256 
More of the same? 3255 
Yes, this is an option too. 3255 
Actually… 3255 
The Scanspeaks 3255 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3255 
Ah, Winnie... 3255 
Last version 3255 
I wrote about it. 3254 
Layout 3254 
Kind of LF depression… 3251 
The one that got away 3251 
Updated. 3251 
Respect! 3250 
There are plenty things to think about. 3250 
Devil invented the room :) 3250 
The way how I see it… 3250 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3249 
One more theoretical solution 3248 
Almost familiar 3248 
This weekend 3244 
Sum and Difference 3244 
It is in the picture... 3244 
Nice bias 3244 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3244 
The grilling analogy 3244 
Some listening today. 3243 
Back to the drawing table. 3237 
Bring them forward 3237 
Promising.... 3237 
Aligned how? 3236 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3236 
Nice but need more work 3229 
Getting there... 3224 
It all looks very nice... 3224 
It is still all for grabs. 3224 
Great Morning!!! 3223 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3223 
Some thinking required… 3222 
I never done anything like this… 3221 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3220 
Phase and Room Modes 3220 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3219 
I am back. 3218 
I need some volume… 3217 
Line Gain 3217 
What a brilliant idea! 3217 
The full monty 3217 
Yep. I know. 3216 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3216 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3216 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3213 
You know the voices are right... 3213 
Some freaking magic. 3212 
Explanation 3212 
11 feet apart 3211 
Juts a proposal. 3211 
Stronger preamp 3210 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3209 
Sick? No. 3209 
Strong pre 3209 
I think it will be no 312.... 3209 
The new room is officially open. 3196 
A picture… 3182 
What a beautiful set-up! 3182 
Dream place 3181 
Headphones sound from playback 3180 
The headphone analogy 3179 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3179 
Wrong way 3179 
Sounds like an insult to me 3179 
Imaging. 3179 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3173 
Learn to forget 3172 
The infrabass injection. 3062 
The number 20 3062 
Undertones? 3061 
Resonance distortion 3061 
There are many options 3061 
I want it... 3061 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3061 
Clarity in the murk 3061 
The gentle exit 3061 
I understand 3061 
Low frequency dithering 3061 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3061 
Eventually! 2877 
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