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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3912 
Big 3912 
Old house? 3912 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3912 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3912 
For a Given Room 3911 
House Inspections & Warranties 3911 
A min Room size.... 3905 
Charging the Large Room 3905 
A bit deeper. 3905 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3904 
Comfort 3904 
Choices 3903 
Value 3903 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3903 
"romantic" illusion... 3903 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3903 
My kids... 3903 
Bingo 3903 
Interesting discussion indeed 3903 
The High Demands System 3902 
Paul S -- 3902 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3902 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3899 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3899 
Happiness 3899 
Various Stages of Young 3899 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3898 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3898 
Using the real estate 3898 
Through the roof 3895 
Sideways 3894 
If not a midbass horn? 3892 
What Comes Naturally 3892 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3892 
In That Case... 3892 
The game is on. 3890 
Mazel Tov! 3890 
Great news 3890 
Wonderful! 3890 
I think it will be better with time. 3890 
Gaddis House 3890 
Congratulations! 3889 
View vs. Practicality 3886 
Multi-Tasking 3886 
Exactly! 3886 
Equipment between speakers... 3886 
Top Gear 3886 
I see no problems with "between". 3886 
Oh well... 3886 
Wall of nature 3886 
Big Window 3886 
Shades and Night Vision 3886 
...they do image wonderfully... 3886 
Another attic project? 3885 
Infinite baffle 3885 
IB 3885 
Mold 3885 
Attic Ventilation 3885 
Possible 3884 
Just strategizing 3884 
Normal orientation 3884 
Confusion. 3884 
Specifics 3884 
Driver Orientation 3884 
That all need to be though out. 3884 
It nigh be a problem 3884 
Ideas 3884 
Opposing woofers 3884 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3884 
Blow hard 3884 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3884 
Couple of things 3884 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3872 
That's not a problem :) 3872 
A LF solution for a new room 3815 
Another midbass?!!? 3812 
Another option to consider 3810 
Room comfort upgrades 3809 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3807 
The color of the listening room. 3793 
This would be nice...... 3790 
That is it. 3780 
Congratulations 3780 
Well, 3780 
The last week of moving... 3771 
We are home! 3767 
Congratulations! 3767 
We found a new room in House.... 3761 
Bass in bass-ment? 3760 
True, but. . . 3760 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3759 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3759 
It took for a while. 3722 
Time/Change 3721 
In regards to chairs... 3721 
This week. 3719 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3719 
The first day. 3717 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3717 
Sounds like a nice time... 3717 
For now.... 3716 
Soft Bass 3716 
Getting somewhere. 3715 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3715 
Diffusion 3714 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3713 
Space behind 3713 
Slowly going back to the business. 3698 
Keep on truckin' 3698 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3696 
Audio vs Video playback. 3693 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3692 
AV 3692 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3692 
A good configuration. 3691 
Injection Channel 3691 
It will come later. 3691 
Going there.... 3689 
Toddler Listeners 3688 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3688 
The honeymoon night. 3686 
Proximity 3686 
A chicken and egg situation 3677 
So far so good. 3672 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3670 
Ok, a first objective look. 3665 
Some room dealing basics 3664 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3663 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3662 
Bass trap 3662 
I will see... 3662 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3662 
Other absorbtion methods 3662 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3661 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3654 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3654 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3652 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3652 
Zarathustra 3648 
Very very nice. 3629 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3629 
Theoretically possible? 3627 
So True 3626 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3615 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3610 
7 moths and one event... 3489 
The next day 3487 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3487 
Choose your poisons 3487 
Thank you 3486 
It is very nice. 3485 
Great day 3484 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3483 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3478 
Macondo listening distance. 3394 
Measured from? 3393 
The Listening Room July 7 3393 
8' all around 3392 
Some comments... 3392 
I am looking for inspiration. 3390 
Vent that woofer 3390 
I do not know yet what to do. 3390 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3389 
Ported 3389 
No port for me, if possible... 3389 
Might...... be.... 3389 
K-Horns? 3389 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3389 
They do appear 3389 
Path length of khorn 3389 
The memory lane. 3389 
Outside 3389 
KHorn facts and truth 3389 
Khorn extension 3389 
The options available.... 3389 
The last night looking… 3388 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3388 
About the use of reading my own site. 3387 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3387 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3387 
Just thinking out loud... 3387 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3387 
Driver? 3387 
Two separate individuals 3387 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3387 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3387 
One more simple idea 3387 
A good thinking. 3385 
A next day. 3385 
Deja vu 3384 
It is all depend of your roo 3384 
What the holly garbage. 3374 
What about at a lower volume... 3374 
I do not know why. 3373 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3320 
SSET ;-) 3319 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3319 
More of the same? 3318 
Yes, this is an option too. 3318 
Actually… 3318 
The Scanspeaks 3318 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3318 
Ah, Winnie... 3318 
Last version 3318 
I wrote about it. 3317 
Layout 3317 
Kind of LF depression… 3314 
The one that got away 3314 
Updated. 3314 
Respect! 3313 
There are plenty things to think about. 3313 
Devil invented the room :) 3313 
The way how I see it… 3313 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3312 
One more theoretical solution 3311 
Almost familiar 3311 
This weekend 3307 
Sum and Difference 3307 
It is in the picture... 3307 
Nice bias 3307 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3307 
The grilling analogy 3307 
Some listening today. 3306 
Back to the drawing table. 3300 
Bring them forward 3300 
Promising.... 3300 
Aligned how? 3299 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3299 
Nice but need more work 3292 
Getting there... 3287 
It all looks very nice... 3287 
It is still all for grabs. 3287 
Great Morning!!! 3286 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3286 
Some thinking required… 3285 
I never done anything like this… 3284 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3283 
Phase and Room Modes 3283 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3282 
I am back. 3281 
I need some volume… 3280 
Line Gain 3280 
What a brilliant idea! 3280 
The full monty 3280 
Yep. I know. 3279 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3279 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3279 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3276 
You know the voices are right... 3276 
Some freaking magic. 3275 
Explanation 3275 
11 feet apart 3274 
Juts a proposal. 3274 
Stronger preamp 3273 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3272 
Sick? No. 3272 
Strong pre 3272 
I think it will be no 312.... 3272 
The new room is officially open. 3259 
A picture… 3245 
What a beautiful set-up! 3245 
Dream place 3244 
Headphones sound from playback 3243 
The headphone analogy 3242 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3242 
Wrong way 3242 
Sounds like an insult to me 3242 
Imaging. 3242 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3236 
Learn to forget 3235 
The infrabass injection. 3125 
The number 20 3125 
Undertones? 3124 
Resonance distortion 3124 
There are many options 3124 
I want it... 3124 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3124 
Clarity in the murk 3124 
The gentle exit 3124 
I understand 3124 
Low frequency dithering 3124 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3124 
Eventually! 2940 
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