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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3761 
Big 3761 
Old house? 3761 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3761 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3761 
For a Given Room 3760 
House Inspections & Warranties 3760 
A min Room size.... 3754 
Charging the Large Room 3754 
A bit deeper. 3754 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3753 
Comfort 3753 
Choices 3752 
Value 3752 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3752 
"romantic" illusion... 3752 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3752 
My kids... 3752 
Bingo 3752 
Interesting discussion indeed 3752 
The High Demands System 3751 
Paul S -- 3751 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3751 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3748 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3748 
Happiness 3748 
Various Stages of Young 3748 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3747 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3747 
Using the real estate 3747 
Through the roof 3744 
Sideways 3743 
If not a midbass horn? 3741 
What Comes Naturally 3741 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3741 
In That Case... 3741 
The game is on. 3739 
Mazel Tov! 3739 
Great news 3739 
Wonderful! 3739 
I think it will be better with time. 3739 
Gaddis House 3739 
Congratulations! 3738 
View vs. Practicality 3735 
Multi-Tasking 3735 
Exactly! 3735 
Equipment between speakers... 3735 
Top Gear 3735 
I see no problems with "between". 3735 
Oh well... 3735 
Wall of nature 3735 
Big Window 3735 
Shades and Night Vision 3735 
...they do image wonderfully... 3735 
Another attic project? 3734 
Infinite baffle 3734 
IB 3734 
Mold 3734 
Attic Ventilation 3734 
Possible 3733 
Just strategizing 3733 
Normal orientation 3733 
Confusion. 3733 
Specifics 3733 
Driver Orientation 3733 
That all need to be though out. 3733 
It nigh be a problem 3733 
Ideas 3733 
Opposing woofers 3733 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3733 
Blow hard 3733 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3733 
Couple of things 3733 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3721 
That's not a problem :) 3721 
A LF solution for a new room 3664 
Another midbass?!!? 3661 
Another option to consider 3659 
Room comfort upgrades 3658 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3656 
The color of the listening room. 3642 
This would be nice...... 3639 
That is it. 3629 
Congratulations 3629 
Well, 3629 
The last week of moving... 3620 
We are home! 3616 
Congratulations! 3616 
We found a new room in House.... 3610 
Bass in bass-ment? 3609 
True, but. . . 3609 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3608 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3608 
It took for a while. 3571 
Time/Change 3570 
In regards to chairs... 3570 
This week. 3568 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3568 
The first day. 3566 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3566 
Sounds like a nice time... 3566 
For now.... 3565 
Soft Bass 3565 
Getting somewhere. 3564 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3564 
Diffusion 3563 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3562 
Space behind 3562 
Slowly going back to the business. 3547 
Keep on truckin' 3547 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3545 
Audio vs Video playback. 3542 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3541 
AV 3541 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3541 
A good configuration. 3540 
Injection Channel 3540 
It will come later. 3540 
Going there.... 3538 
Toddler Listeners 3537 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3537 
The honeymoon night. 3535 
Proximity 3535 
A chicken and egg situation 3526 
So far so good. 3521 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3519 
Ok, a first objective look. 3514 
Some room dealing basics 3513 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3512 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3511 
Bass trap 3511 
I will see... 3511 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3511 
Other absorbtion methods 3511 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3510 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3503 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3503 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3501 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3501 
Zarathustra 3497 
Very very nice. 3478 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3478 
Theoretically possible? 3476 
So True 3475 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3464 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3459 
7 moths and one event... 3338 
The next day 3336 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3336 
Choose your poisons 3336 
Thank you 3335 
It is very nice. 3334 
Great day 3333 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3332 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3327 
Macondo listening distance. 3243 
Measured from? 3242 
The Listening Room July 7 3242 
8' all around 3241 
Some comments... 3241 
I am looking for inspiration. 3239 
Vent that woofer 3239 
I do not know yet what to do. 3239 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3238 
Ported 3238 
No port for me, if possible... 3238 
Might...... be.... 3238 
K-Horns? 3238 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3238 
They do appear 3238 
Path length of khorn 3238 
The memory lane. 3238 
Outside 3238 
KHorn facts and truth 3238 
Khorn extension 3238 
The options available.... 3238 
The last night looking… 3237 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3237 
About the use of reading my own site. 3236 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3236 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3236 
Just thinking out loud... 3236 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3236 
Driver? 3236 
Two separate individuals 3236 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3236 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3236 
One more simple idea 3236 
A good thinking. 3234 
A next day. 3234 
Deja vu 3233 
It is all depend of your roo 3233 
What the holly garbage. 3223 
What about at a lower volume... 3223 
I do not know why. 3222 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3169 
SSET ;-) 3168 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3168 
More of the same? 3167 
Yes, this is an option too. 3167 
Actually… 3167 
The Scanspeaks 3167 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3167 
Ah, Winnie... 3167 
Last version 3167 
I wrote about it. 3166 
Layout 3166 
Kind of LF depression… 3163 
The one that got away 3163 
Updated. 3163 
Respect! 3162 
There are plenty things to think about. 3162 
Devil invented the room :) 3162 
The way how I see it… 3162 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3161 
One more theoretical solution 3160 
Almost familiar 3160 
This weekend 3156 
Sum and Difference 3156 
It is in the picture... 3156 
Nice bias 3156 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3156 
The grilling analogy 3156 
Some listening today. 3155 
Back to the drawing table. 3149 
Bring them forward 3149 
Promising.... 3149 
Aligned how? 3148 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3148 
Nice but need more work 3141 
Getting there... 3136 
It all looks very nice... 3136 
It is still all for grabs. 3136 
Great Morning!!! 3135 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3135 
Some thinking required… 3134 
I never done anything like this… 3133 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3132 
Phase and Room Modes 3132 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3131 
I am back. 3130 
I need some volume… 3129 
Line Gain 3129 
What a brilliant idea! 3129 
The full monty 3129 
Yep. I know. 3128 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3128 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3128 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3125 
You know the voices are right... 3125 
Some freaking magic. 3124 
Explanation 3124 
11 feet apart 3123 
Juts a proposal. 3123 
Stronger preamp 3122 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3121 
Sick? No. 3121 
Strong pre 3121 
I think it will be no 312.... 3121 
The new room is officially open. 3108 
A picture… 3094 
What a beautiful set-up! 3094 
Dream place 3093 
Headphones sound from playback 3092 
The headphone analogy 3091 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3091 
Wrong way 3091 
Sounds like an insult to me 3091 
Imaging. 3091 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3085 
Learn to forget 3084 
The infrabass injection. 2974 
The number 20 2974 
Undertones? 2973 
Resonance distortion 2973 
There are many options 2973 
I want it... 2973 
Music vs, Sound Effects 2973 
Clarity in the murk 2973 
The gentle exit 2973 
I understand 2973 
Low frequency dithering 2973 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 2973 
Eventually! 2789 
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