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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3780 
Big 3780 
Old house? 3780 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3780 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3780 
For a Given Room 3779 
House Inspections & Warranties 3779 
A min Room size.... 3773 
Charging the Large Room 3773 
A bit deeper. 3773 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3772 
Comfort 3772 
Choices 3771 
Value 3771 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3771 
"romantic" illusion... 3771 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3771 
My kids... 3771 
Bingo 3771 
Interesting discussion indeed 3771 
The High Demands System 3770 
Paul S -- 3770 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3770 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3767 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3767 
Happiness 3767 
Various Stages of Young 3767 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3766 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3766 
Using the real estate 3766 
Through the roof 3763 
Sideways 3762 
If not a midbass horn? 3760 
What Comes Naturally 3760 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3760 
In That Case... 3760 
The game is on. 3758 
Mazel Tov! 3758 
Great news 3758 
Wonderful! 3758 
I think it will be better with time. 3758 
Gaddis House 3758 
Congratulations! 3757 
View vs. Practicality 3754 
Multi-Tasking 3754 
Exactly! 3754 
Equipment between speakers... 3754 
Top Gear 3754 
I see no problems with "between". 3754 
Oh well... 3754 
Wall of nature 3754 
Big Window 3754 
Shades and Night Vision 3754 
...they do image wonderfully... 3754 
Another attic project? 3753 
Infinite baffle 3753 
IB 3753 
Mold 3753 
Attic Ventilation 3753 
Possible 3752 
Just strategizing 3752 
Normal orientation 3752 
Confusion. 3752 
Specifics 3752 
Driver Orientation 3752 
That all need to be though out. 3752 
It nigh be a problem 3752 
Ideas 3752 
Opposing woofers 3752 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3752 
Blow hard 3752 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3752 
Couple of things 3752 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3740 
That's not a problem :) 3740 
A LF solution for a new room 3683 
Another midbass?!!? 3680 
Another option to consider 3678 
Room comfort upgrades 3677 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3675 
The color of the listening room. 3661 
This would be nice...... 3658 
That is it. 3648 
Congratulations 3648 
Well, 3648 
The last week of moving... 3639 
We are home! 3635 
Congratulations! 3635 
We found a new room in House.... 3629 
Bass in bass-ment? 3628 
True, but. . . 3628 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3627 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3627 
It took for a while. 3590 
Time/Change 3589 
In regards to chairs... 3589 
This week. 3587 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3587 
The first day. 3585 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3585 
Sounds like a nice time... 3585 
For now.... 3584 
Soft Bass 3584 
Getting somewhere. 3583 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3583 
Diffusion 3582 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3581 
Space behind 3581 
Slowly going back to the business. 3566 
Keep on truckin' 3566 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3564 
Audio vs Video playback. 3561 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3560 
AV 3560 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3560 
A good configuration. 3559 
Injection Channel 3559 
It will come later. 3559 
Going there.... 3557 
Toddler Listeners 3556 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3556 
The honeymoon night. 3554 
Proximity 3554 
A chicken and egg situation 3545 
So far so good. 3540 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3538 
Ok, a first objective look. 3533 
Some room dealing basics 3532 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3531 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3530 
Bass trap 3530 
I will see... 3530 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3530 
Other absorbtion methods 3530 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3529 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3522 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3522 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3520 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3520 
Zarathustra 3516 
Very very nice. 3497 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3497 
Theoretically possible? 3495 
So True 3494 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3483 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3478 
7 moths and one event... 3357 
The next day 3355 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3355 
Choose your poisons 3355 
Thank you 3354 
It is very nice. 3353 
Great day 3352 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3351 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3346 
Macondo listening distance. 3262 
Measured from? 3261 
The Listening Room July 7 3261 
8' all around 3260 
Some comments... 3260 
I am looking for inspiration. 3258 
Vent that woofer 3258 
I do not know yet what to do. 3258 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3257 
Ported 3257 
No port for me, if possible... 3257 
Might...... be.... 3257 
K-Horns? 3257 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3257 
They do appear 3257 
Path length of khorn 3257 
The memory lane. 3257 
Outside 3257 
KHorn facts and truth 3257 
Khorn extension 3257 
The options available.... 3257 
The last night looking… 3256 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3256 
About the use of reading my own site. 3255 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3255 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3255 
Just thinking out loud... 3255 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3255 
Driver? 3255 
Two separate individuals 3255 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3255 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3255 
One more simple idea 3255 
A good thinking. 3253 
A next day. 3253 
Deja vu 3252 
It is all depend of your roo 3252 
What the holly garbage. 3242 
What about at a lower volume... 3242 
I do not know why. 3241 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3188 
SSET ;-) 3187 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3187 
More of the same? 3186 
Yes, this is an option too. 3186 
Actually… 3186 
The Scanspeaks 3186 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3186 
Ah, Winnie... 3186 
Last version 3186 
I wrote about it. 3185 
Layout 3185 
Kind of LF depression… 3182 
The one that got away 3182 
Updated. 3182 
Respect! 3181 
There are plenty things to think about. 3181 
Devil invented the room :) 3181 
The way how I see it… 3181 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3180 
One more theoretical solution 3179 
Almost familiar 3179 
This weekend 3175 
Sum and Difference 3175 
It is in the picture... 3175 
Nice bias 3175 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3175 
The grilling analogy 3175 
Some listening today. 3174 
Back to the drawing table. 3168 
Bring them forward 3168 
Promising.... 3168 
Aligned how? 3167 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3167 
Nice but need more work 3160 
Getting there... 3155 
It all looks very nice... 3155 
It is still all for grabs. 3155 
Great Morning!!! 3154 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3154 
Some thinking required… 3153 
I never done anything like this… 3152 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3151 
Phase and Room Modes 3151 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3150 
I am back. 3149 
I need some volume… 3148 
Line Gain 3148 
What a brilliant idea! 3148 
The full monty 3148 
Yep. I know. 3147 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3147 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3147 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3144 
You know the voices are right... 3144 
Some freaking magic. 3143 
Explanation 3143 
11 feet apart 3142 
Juts a proposal. 3142 
Stronger preamp 3141 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3140 
Sick? No. 3140 
Strong pre 3140 
I think it will be no 312.... 3140 
The new room is officially open. 3127 
A picture… 3113 
What a beautiful set-up! 3113 
Dream place 3112 
Headphones sound from playback 3111 
The headphone analogy 3110 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3110 
Wrong way 3110 
Sounds like an insult to me 3110 
Imaging. 3110 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3104 
Learn to forget 3103 
The infrabass injection. 2993 
The number 20 2993 
Undertones? 2992 
Resonance distortion 2992 
There are many options 2992 
I want it... 2992 
Music vs, Sound Effects 2992 
Clarity in the murk 2992 
The gentle exit 2992 
I understand 2992 
Low frequency dithering 2992 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 2992 
Eventually! 2808 
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