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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3830 
Big 3830 
Old house? 3830 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3830 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3830 
For a Given Room 3829 
House Inspections & Warranties 3829 
A min Room size.... 3823 
Charging the Large Room 3823 
A bit deeper. 3823 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3822 
Comfort 3822 
Choices 3821 
Value 3821 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3821 
"romantic" illusion... 3821 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3821 
My kids... 3821 
Bingo 3821 
Interesting discussion indeed 3821 
The High Demands System 3820 
Paul S -- 3820 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3820 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3817 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3817 
Happiness 3817 
Various Stages of Young 3817 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3816 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3816 
Using the real estate 3816 
Through the roof 3813 
Sideways 3812 
If not a midbass horn? 3810 
What Comes Naturally 3810 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3810 
In That Case... 3810 
The game is on. 3808 
Mazel Tov! 3808 
Great news 3808 
Wonderful! 3808 
I think it will be better with time. 3808 
Gaddis House 3808 
Congratulations! 3807 
View vs. Practicality 3804 
Multi-Tasking 3804 
Exactly! 3804 
Equipment between speakers... 3804 
Top Gear 3804 
I see no problems with "between". 3804 
Oh well... 3804 
Wall of nature 3804 
Big Window 3804 
Shades and Night Vision 3804 
...they do image wonderfully... 3804 
Another attic project? 3803 
Infinite baffle 3803 
IB 3803 
Mold 3803 
Attic Ventilation 3803 
Possible 3802 
Just strategizing 3802 
Normal orientation 3802 
Confusion. 3802 
Specifics 3802 
Driver Orientation 3802 
That all need to be though out. 3802 
It nigh be a problem 3802 
Ideas 3802 
Opposing woofers 3802 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3802 
Blow hard 3802 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3802 
Couple of things 3802 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3790 
That's not a problem :) 3790 
A LF solution for a new room 3733 
Another midbass?!!? 3730 
Another option to consider 3728 
Room comfort upgrades 3727 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3725 
The color of the listening room. 3711 
This would be nice...... 3708 
That is it. 3698 
Congratulations 3698 
Well, 3698 
The last week of moving... 3689 
We are home! 3685 
Congratulations! 3685 
We found a new room in House.... 3679 
Bass in bass-ment? 3678 
True, but. . . 3678 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3677 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3677 
It took for a while. 3640 
Time/Change 3639 
In regards to chairs... 3639 
This week. 3637 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3637 
The first day. 3635 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3635 
Sounds like a nice time... 3635 
For now.... 3634 
Soft Bass 3634 
Getting somewhere. 3633 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3633 
Diffusion 3632 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3631 
Space behind 3631 
Slowly going back to the business. 3616 
Keep on truckin' 3616 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3614 
Audio vs Video playback. 3611 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3610 
AV 3610 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3610 
A good configuration. 3609 
Injection Channel 3609 
It will come later. 3609 
Going there.... 3607 
Toddler Listeners 3606 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3606 
The honeymoon night. 3604 
Proximity 3604 
A chicken and egg situation 3595 
So far so good. 3590 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3588 
Ok, a first objective look. 3583 
Some room dealing basics 3582 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3581 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3580 
Bass trap 3580 
I will see... 3580 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3580 
Other absorbtion methods 3580 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3579 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3572 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3572 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3570 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3570 
Zarathustra 3566 
Very very nice. 3547 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3547 
Theoretically possible? 3545 
So True 3544 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3533 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3528 
7 moths and one event... 3407 
The next day 3405 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3405 
Choose your poisons 3405 
Thank you 3404 
It is very nice. 3403 
Great day 3402 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3401 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3396 
Macondo listening distance. 3312 
Measured from? 3311 
The Listening Room July 7 3311 
8' all around 3310 
Some comments... 3310 
I am looking for inspiration. 3308 
Vent that woofer 3308 
I do not know yet what to do. 3308 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3307 
Ported 3307 
No port for me, if possible... 3307 
Might...... be.... 3307 
K-Horns? 3307 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3307 
They do appear 3307 
Path length of khorn 3307 
The memory lane. 3307 
Outside 3307 
KHorn facts and truth 3307 
Khorn extension 3307 
The options available.... 3307 
The last night looking… 3306 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3306 
About the use of reading my own site. 3305 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3305 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3305 
Just thinking out loud... 3305 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3305 
Driver? 3305 
Two separate individuals 3305 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3305 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3305 
One more simple idea 3305 
A good thinking. 3303 
A next day. 3303 
Deja vu 3302 
It is all depend of your roo 3302 
What the holly garbage. 3292 
What about at a lower volume... 3292 
I do not know why. 3291 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3238 
SSET ;-) 3237 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3237 
More of the same? 3236 
Yes, this is an option too. 3236 
Actually… 3236 
The Scanspeaks 3236 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3236 
Ah, Winnie... 3236 
Last version 3236 
I wrote about it. 3235 
Layout 3235 
Kind of LF depression… 3232 
The one that got away 3232 
Updated. 3232 
Respect! 3231 
There are plenty things to think about. 3231 
Devil invented the room :) 3231 
The way how I see it… 3231 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3230 
One more theoretical solution 3229 
Almost familiar 3229 
This weekend 3225 
Sum and Difference 3225 
It is in the picture... 3225 
Nice bias 3225 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3225 
The grilling analogy 3225 
Some listening today. 3224 
Back to the drawing table. 3218 
Bring them forward 3218 
Promising.... 3218 
Aligned how? 3217 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3217 
Nice but need more work 3210 
Getting there... 3205 
It all looks very nice... 3205 
It is still all for grabs. 3205 
Great Morning!!! 3204 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3204 
Some thinking required… 3203 
I never done anything like this… 3202 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3201 
Phase and Room Modes 3201 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3200 
I am back. 3199 
I need some volume… 3198 
Line Gain 3198 
What a brilliant idea! 3198 
The full monty 3198 
Yep. I know. 3197 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3197 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3197 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3194 
You know the voices are right... 3194 
Some freaking magic. 3193 
Explanation 3193 
11 feet apart 3192 
Juts a proposal. 3192 
Stronger preamp 3191 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3190 
Sick? No. 3190 
Strong pre 3190 
I think it will be no 312.... 3190 
The new room is officially open. 3177 
A picture… 3163 
What a beautiful set-up! 3163 
Dream place 3162 
Headphones sound from playback 3161 
The headphone analogy 3160 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3160 
Wrong way 3160 
Sounds like an insult to me 3160 
Imaging. 3160 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3154 
Learn to forget 3153 
The infrabass injection. 3043 
The number 20 3043 
Undertones? 3042 
Resonance distortion 3042 
There are many options 3042 
I want it... 3042 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3042 
Clarity in the murk 3042 
The gentle exit 3042 
I understand 3042 
Low frequency dithering 3042 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3042 
Eventually! 2858 
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