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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3859 
Big 3859 
Old house? 3859 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3859 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3859 
For a Given Room 3858 
House Inspections & Warranties 3858 
A min Room size.... 3852 
Charging the Large Room 3852 
A bit deeper. 3852 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3851 
Comfort 3851 
Choices 3850 
Value 3850 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3850 
"romantic" illusion... 3850 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3850 
My kids... 3850 
Bingo 3850 
Interesting discussion indeed 3850 
The High Demands System 3849 
Paul S -- 3849 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3849 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3846 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3846 
Happiness 3846 
Various Stages of Young 3846 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3845 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3845 
Using the real estate 3845 
Through the roof 3842 
Sideways 3841 
If not a midbass horn? 3839 
What Comes Naturally 3839 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3839 
In That Case... 3839 
The game is on. 3837 
Mazel Tov! 3837 
Great news 3837 
Wonderful! 3837 
I think it will be better with time. 3837 
Gaddis House 3837 
Congratulations! 3836 
View vs. Practicality 3833 
Multi-Tasking 3833 
Exactly! 3833 
Equipment between speakers... 3833 
Top Gear 3833 
I see no problems with "between". 3833 
Oh well... 3833 
Wall of nature 3833 
Big Window 3833 
Shades and Night Vision 3833 
...they do image wonderfully... 3833 
Another attic project? 3832 
Infinite baffle 3832 
IB 3832 
Mold 3832 
Attic Ventilation 3832 
Possible 3831 
Just strategizing 3831 
Normal orientation 3831 
Confusion. 3831 
Specifics 3831 
Driver Orientation 3831 
That all need to be though out. 3831 
It nigh be a problem 3831 
Ideas 3831 
Opposing woofers 3831 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3831 
Blow hard 3831 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3831 
Couple of things 3831 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3819 
That's not a problem :) 3819 
A LF solution for a new room 3762 
Another midbass?!!? 3759 
Another option to consider 3757 
Room comfort upgrades 3756 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3754 
The color of the listening room. 3740 
This would be nice...... 3737 
That is it. 3727 
Congratulations 3727 
Well, 3727 
The last week of moving... 3718 
We are home! 3714 
Congratulations! 3714 
We found a new room in House.... 3708 
Bass in bass-ment? 3707 
True, but. . . 3707 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3706 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3706 
It took for a while. 3669 
Time/Change 3668 
In regards to chairs... 3668 
This week. 3666 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3666 
The first day. 3664 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3664 
Sounds like a nice time... 3664 
For now.... 3663 
Soft Bass 3663 
Getting somewhere. 3662 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3662 
Diffusion 3661 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3660 
Space behind 3660 
Slowly going back to the business. 3645 
Keep on truckin' 3645 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3643 
Audio vs Video playback. 3640 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3639 
AV 3639 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3639 
A good configuration. 3638 
Injection Channel 3638 
It will come later. 3638 
Going there.... 3636 
Toddler Listeners 3635 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3635 
The honeymoon night. 3633 
Proximity 3633 
A chicken and egg situation 3624 
So far so good. 3619 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3617 
Ok, a first objective look. 3612 
Some room dealing basics 3611 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3610 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3609 
Bass trap 3609 
I will see... 3609 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3609 
Other absorbtion methods 3609 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3608 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3601 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3601 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3599 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3599 
Zarathustra 3595 
Very very nice. 3576 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3576 
Theoretically possible? 3574 
So True 3573 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3562 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3557 
7 moths and one event... 3436 
The next day 3434 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3434 
Choose your poisons 3434 
Thank you 3433 
It is very nice. 3432 
Great day 3431 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3430 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3425 
Macondo listening distance. 3341 
Measured from? 3340 
The Listening Room July 7 3340 
8' all around 3339 
Some comments... 3339 
I am looking for inspiration. 3337 
Vent that woofer 3337 
I do not know yet what to do. 3337 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3336 
Ported 3336 
No port for me, if possible... 3336 
Might...... be.... 3336 
K-Horns? 3336 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3336 
They do appear 3336 
Path length of khorn 3336 
The memory lane. 3336 
Outside 3336 
KHorn facts and truth 3336 
Khorn extension 3336 
The options available.... 3336 
The last night looking… 3335 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3335 
About the use of reading my own site. 3334 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3334 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3334 
Just thinking out loud... 3334 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3334 
Driver? 3334 
Two separate individuals 3334 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3334 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3334 
One more simple idea 3334 
A good thinking. 3332 
A next day. 3332 
Deja vu 3331 
It is all depend of your roo 3331 
What the holly garbage. 3321 
What about at a lower volume... 3321 
I do not know why. 3320 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3267 
SSET ;-) 3266 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3266 
More of the same? 3265 
Yes, this is an option too. 3265 
Actually… 3265 
The Scanspeaks 3265 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3265 
Ah, Winnie... 3265 
Last version 3265 
I wrote about it. 3264 
Layout 3264 
Kind of LF depression… 3261 
The one that got away 3261 
Updated. 3261 
Respect! 3260 
There are plenty things to think about. 3260 
Devil invented the room :) 3260 
The way how I see it… 3260 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3259 
One more theoretical solution 3258 
Almost familiar 3258 
This weekend 3254 
Sum and Difference 3254 
It is in the picture... 3254 
Nice bias 3254 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3254 
The grilling analogy 3254 
Some listening today. 3253 
Back to the drawing table. 3247 
Bring them forward 3247 
Promising.... 3247 
Aligned how? 3246 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3246 
Nice but need more work 3239 
Getting there... 3234 
It all looks very nice... 3234 
It is still all for grabs. 3234 
Great Morning!!! 3233 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3233 
Some thinking required… 3232 
I never done anything like this… 3231 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3230 
Phase and Room Modes 3230 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3229 
I am back. 3228 
I need some volume… 3227 
Line Gain 3227 
What a brilliant idea! 3227 
The full monty 3227 
Yep. I know. 3226 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3226 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3226 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3223 
You know the voices are right... 3223 
Some freaking magic. 3222 
Explanation 3222 
11 feet apart 3221 
Juts a proposal. 3221 
Stronger preamp 3220 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3219 
Sick? No. 3219 
Strong pre 3219 
I think it will be no 312.... 3219 
The new room is officially open. 3206 
A picture… 3192 
What a beautiful set-up! 3192 
Dream place 3191 
Headphones sound from playback 3190 
The headphone analogy 3189 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3189 
Wrong way 3189 
Sounds like an insult to me 3189 
Imaging. 3189 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3183 
Learn to forget 3182 
The infrabass injection. 3072 
The number 20 3072 
Undertones? 3071 
Resonance distortion 3071 
There are many options 3071 
I want it... 3071 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3071 
Clarity in the murk 3071 
The gentle exit 3071 
I understand 3071 
Low frequency dithering 3071 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3071 
Eventually! 2887 
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