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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3874 
Big 3874 
Old house? 3874 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3874 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3874 
For a Given Room 3873 
House Inspections & Warranties 3873 
A min Room size.... 3867 
Charging the Large Room 3867 
A bit deeper. 3867 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3866 
Comfort 3866 
Choices 3865 
Value 3865 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3865 
"romantic" illusion... 3865 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3865 
My kids... 3865 
Bingo 3865 
Interesting discussion indeed 3865 
The High Demands System 3864 
Paul S -- 3864 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3864 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3861 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3861 
Happiness 3861 
Various Stages of Young 3861 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3860 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3860 
Using the real estate 3860 
Through the roof 3857 
Sideways 3856 
If not a midbass horn? 3854 
What Comes Naturally 3854 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3854 
In That Case... 3854 
The game is on. 3852 
Mazel Tov! 3852 
Great news 3852 
Wonderful! 3852 
I think it will be better with time. 3852 
Gaddis House 3852 
Congratulations! 3851 
View vs. Practicality 3848 
Multi-Tasking 3848 
Exactly! 3848 
Equipment between speakers... 3848 
Top Gear 3848 
I see no problems with "between". 3848 
Oh well... 3848 
Wall of nature 3848 
Big Window 3848 
Shades and Night Vision 3848 
...they do image wonderfully... 3848 
Another attic project? 3847 
Infinite baffle 3847 
IB 3847 
Mold 3847 
Attic Ventilation 3847 
Possible 3846 
Just strategizing 3846 
Normal orientation 3846 
Confusion. 3846 
Specifics 3846 
Driver Orientation 3846 
That all need to be though out. 3846 
It nigh be a problem 3846 
Ideas 3846 
Opposing woofers 3846 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3846 
Blow hard 3846 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3846 
Couple of things 3846 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3834 
That's not a problem :) 3834 
A LF solution for a new room 3777 
Another midbass?!!? 3774 
Another option to consider 3772 
Room comfort upgrades 3771 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3769 
The color of the listening room. 3755 
This would be nice...... 3752 
That is it. 3742 
Congratulations 3742 
Well, 3742 
The last week of moving... 3733 
We are home! 3729 
Congratulations! 3729 
We found a new room in House.... 3723 
Bass in bass-ment? 3722 
True, but. . . 3722 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3721 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3721 
It took for a while. 3684 
Time/Change 3683 
In regards to chairs... 3683 
This week. 3681 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3681 
The first day. 3679 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3679 
Sounds like a nice time... 3679 
For now.... 3678 
Soft Bass 3678 
Getting somewhere. 3677 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3677 
Diffusion 3676 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3675 
Space behind 3675 
Slowly going back to the business. 3660 
Keep on truckin' 3660 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3658 
Audio vs Video playback. 3655 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3654 
AV 3654 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3654 
A good configuration. 3653 
Injection Channel 3653 
It will come later. 3653 
Going there.... 3651 
Toddler Listeners 3650 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3650 
The honeymoon night. 3648 
Proximity 3648 
A chicken and egg situation 3639 
So far so good. 3634 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3632 
Ok, a first objective look. 3627 
Some room dealing basics 3626 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3625 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3624 
Bass trap 3624 
I will see... 3624 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3624 
Other absorbtion methods 3624 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3623 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3616 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3616 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3614 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3614 
Zarathustra 3610 
Very very nice. 3591 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3591 
Theoretically possible? 3589 
So True 3588 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3577 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3572 
7 moths and one event... 3451 
The next day 3449 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3449 
Choose your poisons 3449 
Thank you 3448 
It is very nice. 3447 
Great day 3446 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3445 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3440 
Macondo listening distance. 3356 
Measured from? 3355 
The Listening Room July 7 3355 
8' all around 3354 
Some comments... 3354 
I am looking for inspiration. 3352 
Vent that woofer 3352 
I do not know yet what to do. 3352 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3351 
Ported 3351 
No port for me, if possible... 3351 
Might...... be.... 3351 
K-Horns? 3351 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3351 
They do appear 3351 
Path length of khorn 3351 
The memory lane. 3351 
Outside 3351 
KHorn facts and truth 3351 
Khorn extension 3351 
The options available.... 3351 
The last night looking… 3350 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3350 
About the use of reading my own site. 3349 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3349 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3349 
Just thinking out loud... 3349 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3349 
Driver? 3349 
Two separate individuals 3349 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3349 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3349 
One more simple idea 3349 
A good thinking. 3347 
A next day. 3347 
Deja vu 3346 
It is all depend of your roo 3346 
What the holly garbage. 3336 
What about at a lower volume... 3336 
I do not know why. 3335 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3282 
SSET ;-) 3281 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3281 
More of the same? 3280 
Yes, this is an option too. 3280 
Actually… 3280 
The Scanspeaks 3280 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3280 
Ah, Winnie... 3280 
Last version 3280 
I wrote about it. 3279 
Layout 3279 
Kind of LF depression… 3276 
The one that got away 3276 
Updated. 3276 
Respect! 3275 
There are plenty things to think about. 3275 
Devil invented the room :) 3275 
The way how I see it… 3275 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3274 
One more theoretical solution 3273 
Almost familiar 3273 
This weekend 3269 
Sum and Difference 3269 
It is in the picture... 3269 
Nice bias 3269 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3269 
The grilling analogy 3269 
Some listening today. 3268 
Back to the drawing table. 3262 
Bring them forward 3262 
Promising.... 3262 
Aligned how? 3261 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3261 
Nice but need more work 3254 
Getting there... 3249 
It all looks very nice... 3249 
It is still all for grabs. 3249 
Great Morning!!! 3248 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3248 
Some thinking required… 3247 
I never done anything like this… 3246 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3245 
Phase and Room Modes 3245 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3244 
I am back. 3243 
I need some volume… 3242 
Line Gain 3242 
What a brilliant idea! 3242 
The full monty 3242 
Yep. I know. 3241 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3241 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3241 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3238 
You know the voices are right... 3238 
Some freaking magic. 3237 
Explanation 3237 
11 feet apart 3236 
Juts a proposal. 3236 
Stronger preamp 3235 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3234 
Sick? No. 3234 
Strong pre 3234 
I think it will be no 312.... 3234 
The new room is officially open. 3221 
A picture… 3207 
What a beautiful set-up! 3207 
Dream place 3206 
Headphones sound from playback 3205 
The headphone analogy 3204 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3204 
Wrong way 3204 
Sounds like an insult to me 3204 
Imaging. 3204 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3198 
Learn to forget 3197 
The infrabass injection. 3087 
The number 20 3087 
Undertones? 3086 
Resonance distortion 3086 
There are many options 3086 
I want it... 3086 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3086 
Clarity in the murk 3086 
The gentle exit 3086 
I understand 3086 
Low frequency dithering 3086 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3086 
Eventually! 2902 
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