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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3778 
Big 3778 
Old house? 3778 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3778 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3778 
For a Given Room 3777 
House Inspections & Warranties 3777 
A min Room size.... 3771 
Charging the Large Room 3771 
A bit deeper. 3771 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3770 
Comfort 3770 
Choices 3769 
Value 3769 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3769 
"romantic" illusion... 3769 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3769 
My kids... 3769 
Bingo 3769 
Interesting discussion indeed 3769 
The High Demands System 3768 
Paul S -- 3768 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3768 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3765 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3765 
Happiness 3765 
Various Stages of Young 3765 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3764 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3764 
Using the real estate 3764 
Through the roof 3761 
Sideways 3760 
If not a midbass horn? 3758 
What Comes Naturally 3758 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3758 
In That Case... 3758 
The game is on. 3756 
Mazel Tov! 3756 
Great news 3756 
Wonderful! 3756 
I think it will be better with time. 3756 
Gaddis House 3756 
Congratulations! 3755 
View vs. Practicality 3752 
Multi-Tasking 3752 
Exactly! 3752 
Equipment between speakers... 3752 
Top Gear 3752 
I see no problems with "between". 3752 
Oh well... 3752 
Wall of nature 3752 
Big Window 3752 
Shades and Night Vision 3752 
...they do image wonderfully... 3752 
Another attic project? 3751 
Infinite baffle 3751 
IB 3751 
Mold 3751 
Attic Ventilation 3751 
Possible 3750 
Just strategizing 3750 
Normal orientation 3750 
Confusion. 3750 
Specifics 3750 
Driver Orientation 3750 
That all need to be though out. 3750 
It nigh be a problem 3750 
Ideas 3750 
Opposing woofers 3750 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3750 
Blow hard 3750 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3750 
Couple of things 3750 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3738 
That's not a problem :) 3738 
A LF solution for a new room 3681 
Another midbass?!!? 3678 
Another option to consider 3676 
Room comfort upgrades 3675 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3673 
The color of the listening room. 3659 
This would be nice...... 3656 
That is it. 3646 
Congratulations 3646 
Well, 3646 
The last week of moving... 3637 
We are home! 3633 
Congratulations! 3633 
We found a new room in House.... 3627 
Bass in bass-ment? 3626 
True, but. . . 3626 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3625 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3625 
It took for a while. 3588 
Time/Change 3587 
In regards to chairs... 3587 
This week. 3585 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3585 
The first day. 3583 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3583 
Sounds like a nice time... 3583 
For now.... 3582 
Soft Bass 3582 
Getting somewhere. 3581 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3581 
Diffusion 3580 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3579 
Space behind 3579 
Slowly going back to the business. 3564 
Keep on truckin' 3564 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3562 
Audio vs Video playback. 3559 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3558 
AV 3558 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3558 
A good configuration. 3557 
Injection Channel 3557 
It will come later. 3557 
Going there.... 3555 
Toddler Listeners 3554 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3554 
The honeymoon night. 3552 
Proximity 3552 
A chicken and egg situation 3543 
So far so good. 3538 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3536 
Ok, a first objective look. 3531 
Some room dealing basics 3530 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3529 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3528 
Bass trap 3528 
I will see... 3528 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3528 
Other absorbtion methods 3528 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3527 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3520 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3520 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3518 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3518 
Zarathustra 3514 
Very very nice. 3495 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3495 
Theoretically possible? 3493 
So True 3492 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3481 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3476 
7 moths and one event... 3355 
The next day 3353 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3353 
Choose your poisons 3353 
Thank you 3352 
It is very nice. 3351 
Great day 3350 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3349 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3344 
Macondo listening distance. 3260 
Measured from? 3259 
The Listening Room July 7 3259 
8' all around 3258 
Some comments... 3258 
I am looking for inspiration. 3256 
Vent that woofer 3256 
I do not know yet what to do. 3256 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3255 
Ported 3255 
No port for me, if possible... 3255 
Might...... be.... 3255 
K-Horns? 3255 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3255 
They do appear 3255 
Path length of khorn 3255 
The memory lane. 3255 
Outside 3255 
KHorn facts and truth 3255 
Khorn extension 3255 
The options available.... 3255 
The last night looking… 3254 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3254 
About the use of reading my own site. 3253 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3253 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3253 
Just thinking out loud... 3253 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3253 
Driver? 3253 
Two separate individuals 3253 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3253 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3253 
One more simple idea 3253 
A good thinking. 3251 
A next day. 3251 
Deja vu 3250 
It is all depend of your roo 3250 
What the holly garbage. 3240 
What about at a lower volume... 3240 
I do not know why. 3239 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3186 
SSET ;-) 3185 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3185 
More of the same? 3184 
Yes, this is an option too. 3184 
Actually… 3184 
The Scanspeaks 3184 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3184 
Ah, Winnie... 3184 
Last version 3184 
I wrote about it. 3183 
Layout 3183 
Kind of LF depression… 3180 
The one that got away 3180 
Updated. 3180 
Respect! 3179 
There are plenty things to think about. 3179 
Devil invented the room :) 3179 
The way how I see it… 3179 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3178 
One more theoretical solution 3177 
Almost familiar 3177 
This weekend 3173 
Sum and Difference 3173 
It is in the picture... 3173 
Nice bias 3173 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3173 
The grilling analogy 3173 
Some listening today. 3172 
Back to the drawing table. 3166 
Bring them forward 3166 
Promising.... 3166 
Aligned how? 3165 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3165 
Nice but need more work 3158 
Getting there... 3153 
It all looks very nice... 3153 
It is still all for grabs. 3153 
Great Morning!!! 3152 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3152 
Some thinking required… 3151 
I never done anything like this… 3150 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3149 
Phase and Room Modes 3149 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3148 
I am back. 3147 
I need some volume… 3146 
Line Gain 3146 
What a brilliant idea! 3146 
The full monty 3146 
Yep. I know. 3145 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3145 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3145 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3142 
You know the voices are right... 3142 
Some freaking magic. 3141 
Explanation 3141 
11 feet apart 3140 
Juts a proposal. 3140 
Stronger preamp 3139 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3138 
Sick? No. 3138 
Strong pre 3138 
I think it will be no 312.... 3138 
The new room is officially open. 3125 
A picture… 3111 
What a beautiful set-up! 3111 
Dream place 3110 
Headphones sound from playback 3109 
The headphone analogy 3108 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3108 
Wrong way 3108 
Sounds like an insult to me 3108 
Imaging. 3108 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3102 
Learn to forget 3101 
The infrabass injection. 2991 
The number 20 2991 
Undertones? 2990 
Resonance distortion 2990 
There are many options 2990 
I want it... 2990 
Music vs, Sound Effects 2990 
Clarity in the murk 2990 
The gentle exit 2990 
I understand 2990 
Low frequency dithering 2990 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 2990 
Eventually! 2806 
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