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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3840 
Big 3840 
Old house? 3840 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3840 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3840 
For a Given Room 3839 
House Inspections & Warranties 3839 
A min Room size.... 3833 
Charging the Large Room 3833 
A bit deeper. 3833 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3832 
Comfort 3832 
Choices 3831 
Value 3831 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3831 
"romantic" illusion... 3831 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3831 
My kids... 3831 
Bingo 3831 
Interesting discussion indeed 3831 
The High Demands System 3830 
Paul S -- 3830 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3830 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3827 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3827 
Happiness 3827 
Various Stages of Young 3827 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3826 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3826 
Using the real estate 3826 
Through the roof 3823 
Sideways 3822 
If not a midbass horn? 3820 
What Comes Naturally 3820 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3820 
In That Case... 3820 
The game is on. 3818 
Mazel Tov! 3818 
Great news 3818 
Wonderful! 3818 
I think it will be better with time. 3818 
Gaddis House 3818 
Congratulations! 3817 
View vs. Practicality 3814 
Multi-Tasking 3814 
Exactly! 3814 
Equipment between speakers... 3814 
Top Gear 3814 
I see no problems with "between". 3814 
Oh well... 3814 
Wall of nature 3814 
Big Window 3814 
Shades and Night Vision 3814 
...they do image wonderfully... 3814 
Another attic project? 3813 
Infinite baffle 3813 
IB 3813 
Mold 3813 
Attic Ventilation 3813 
Possible 3812 
Just strategizing 3812 
Normal orientation 3812 
Confusion. 3812 
Specifics 3812 
Driver Orientation 3812 
That all need to be though out. 3812 
It nigh be a problem 3812 
Ideas 3812 
Opposing woofers 3812 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3812 
Blow hard 3812 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3812 
Couple of things 3812 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3800 
That's not a problem :) 3800 
A LF solution for a new room 3743 
Another midbass?!!? 3740 
Another option to consider 3738 
Room comfort upgrades 3737 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3735 
The color of the listening room. 3721 
This would be nice...... 3718 
That is it. 3708 
Congratulations 3708 
Well, 3708 
The last week of moving... 3699 
We are home! 3695 
Congratulations! 3695 
We found a new room in House.... 3689 
Bass in bass-ment? 3688 
True, but. . . 3688 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3687 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3687 
It took for a while. 3650 
Time/Change 3649 
In regards to chairs... 3649 
This week. 3647 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3647 
The first day. 3645 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3645 
Sounds like a nice time... 3645 
For now.... 3644 
Soft Bass 3644 
Getting somewhere. 3643 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3643 
Diffusion 3642 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3641 
Space behind 3641 
Slowly going back to the business. 3626 
Keep on truckin' 3626 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3624 
Audio vs Video playback. 3621 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3620 
AV 3620 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3620 
A good configuration. 3619 
Injection Channel 3619 
It will come later. 3619 
Going there.... 3617 
Toddler Listeners 3616 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3616 
The honeymoon night. 3614 
Proximity 3614 
A chicken and egg situation 3605 
So far so good. 3600 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3598 
Ok, a first objective look. 3593 
Some room dealing basics 3592 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3591 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3590 
Bass trap 3590 
I will see... 3590 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3590 
Other absorbtion methods 3590 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3589 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3582 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3582 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3580 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3580 
Zarathustra 3576 
Very very nice. 3557 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3557 
Theoretically possible? 3555 
So True 3554 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3543 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3538 
7 moths and one event... 3417 
The next day 3415 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3415 
Choose your poisons 3415 
Thank you 3414 
It is very nice. 3413 
Great day 3412 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3411 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3406 
Macondo listening distance. 3322 
Measured from? 3321 
The Listening Room July 7 3321 
8' all around 3320 
Some comments... 3320 
I am looking for inspiration. 3318 
Vent that woofer 3318 
I do not know yet what to do. 3318 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3317 
Ported 3317 
No port for me, if possible... 3317 
Might...... be.... 3317 
K-Horns? 3317 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3317 
They do appear 3317 
Path length of khorn 3317 
The memory lane. 3317 
Outside 3317 
KHorn facts and truth 3317 
Khorn extension 3317 
The options available.... 3317 
The last night looking… 3316 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3316 
About the use of reading my own site. 3315 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3315 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3315 
Just thinking out loud... 3315 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3315 
Driver? 3315 
Two separate individuals 3315 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3315 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3315 
One more simple idea 3315 
A good thinking. 3313 
A next day. 3313 
Deja vu 3312 
It is all depend of your roo 3312 
What the holly garbage. 3302 
What about at a lower volume... 3302 
I do not know why. 3301 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3248 
SSET ;-) 3247 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3247 
More of the same? 3246 
Yes, this is an option too. 3246 
Actually… 3246 
The Scanspeaks 3246 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3246 
Ah, Winnie... 3246 
Last version 3246 
I wrote about it. 3245 
Layout 3245 
Kind of LF depression… 3242 
The one that got away 3242 
Updated. 3242 
Respect! 3241 
There are plenty things to think about. 3241 
Devil invented the room :) 3241 
The way how I see it… 3241 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3240 
One more theoretical solution 3239 
Almost familiar 3239 
This weekend 3235 
Sum and Difference 3235 
It is in the picture... 3235 
Nice bias 3235 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3235 
The grilling analogy 3235 
Some listening today. 3234 
Back to the drawing table. 3228 
Bring them forward 3228 
Promising.... 3228 
Aligned how? 3227 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3227 
Nice but need more work 3220 
Getting there... 3215 
It all looks very nice... 3215 
It is still all for grabs. 3215 
Great Morning!!! 3214 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3214 
Some thinking required… 3213 
I never done anything like this… 3212 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3211 
Phase and Room Modes 3211 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3210 
I am back. 3209 
I need some volume… 3208 
Line Gain 3208 
What a brilliant idea! 3208 
The full monty 3208 
Yep. I know. 3207 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3207 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3207 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3204 
You know the voices are right... 3204 
Some freaking magic. 3203 
Explanation 3203 
11 feet apart 3202 
Juts a proposal. 3202 
Stronger preamp 3201 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3200 
Sick? No. 3200 
Strong pre 3200 
I think it will be no 312.... 3200 
The new room is officially open. 3187 
A picture… 3173 
What a beautiful set-up! 3173 
Dream place 3172 
Headphones sound from playback 3171 
The headphone analogy 3170 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3170 
Wrong way 3170 
Sounds like an insult to me 3170 
Imaging. 3170 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3164 
Learn to forget 3163 
The infrabass injection. 3053 
The number 20 3053 
Undertones? 3052 
Resonance distortion 3052 
There are many options 3052 
I want it... 3052 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3052 
Clarity in the murk 3052 
The gentle exit 3052 
I understand 3052 
Low frequency dithering 3052 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3052 
Eventually! 2868 
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