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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3763 
Big 3763 
Old house? 3763 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3763 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3763 
For a Given Room 3762 
House Inspections & Warranties 3762 
A min Room size.... 3756 
Charging the Large Room 3756 
A bit deeper. 3756 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3755 
Comfort 3755 
Choices 3754 
Value 3754 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3754 
"romantic" illusion... 3754 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3754 
My kids... 3754 
Bingo 3754 
Interesting discussion indeed 3754 
The High Demands System 3753 
Paul S -- 3753 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3753 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3750 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3750 
Happiness 3750 
Various Stages of Young 3750 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3749 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3749 
Using the real estate 3749 
Through the roof 3746 
Sideways 3745 
If not a midbass horn? 3743 
What Comes Naturally 3743 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3743 
In That Case... 3743 
The game is on. 3741 
Mazel Tov! 3741 
Great news 3741 
Wonderful! 3741 
I think it will be better with time. 3741 
Gaddis House 3741 
Congratulations! 3740 
View vs. Practicality 3737 
Multi-Tasking 3737 
Exactly! 3737 
Equipment between speakers... 3737 
Top Gear 3737 
I see no problems with "between". 3737 
Oh well... 3737 
Wall of nature 3737 
Big Window 3737 
Shades and Night Vision 3737 
...they do image wonderfully... 3737 
Another attic project? 3736 
Infinite baffle 3736 
IB 3736 
Mold 3736 
Attic Ventilation 3736 
Possible 3735 
Just strategizing 3735 
Normal orientation 3735 
Confusion. 3735 
Specifics 3735 
Driver Orientation 3735 
That all need to be though out. 3735 
It nigh be a problem 3735 
Ideas 3735 
Opposing woofers 3735 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3735 
Blow hard 3735 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3735 
Couple of things 3735 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3723 
That's not a problem :) 3723 
A LF solution for a new room 3666 
Another midbass?!!? 3663 
Another option to consider 3661 
Room comfort upgrades 3660 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3658 
The color of the listening room. 3644 
This would be nice...... 3641 
That is it. 3631 
Congratulations 3631 
Well, 3631 
The last week of moving... 3622 
We are home! 3618 
Congratulations! 3618 
We found a new room in House.... 3612 
Bass in bass-ment? 3611 
True, but. . . 3611 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3610 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3610 
It took for a while. 3573 
Time/Change 3572 
In regards to chairs... 3572 
This week. 3570 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3570 
The first day. 3568 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3568 
Sounds like a nice time... 3568 
For now.... 3567 
Soft Bass 3567 
Getting somewhere. 3566 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3566 
Diffusion 3565 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3564 
Space behind 3564 
Slowly going back to the business. 3549 
Keep on truckin' 3549 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3547 
Audio vs Video playback. 3544 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3543 
AV 3543 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3543 
A good configuration. 3542 
Injection Channel 3542 
It will come later. 3542 
Going there.... 3540 
Toddler Listeners 3539 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3539 
The honeymoon night. 3537 
Proximity 3537 
A chicken and egg situation 3528 
So far so good. 3523 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3521 
Ok, a first objective look. 3516 
Some room dealing basics 3515 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3514 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3513 
Bass trap 3513 
I will see... 3513 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3513 
Other absorbtion methods 3513 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3512 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3505 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3505 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3503 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3503 
Zarathustra 3499 
Very very nice. 3480 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3480 
Theoretically possible? 3478 
So True 3477 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3466 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3461 
7 moths and one event... 3340 
The next day 3338 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3338 
Choose your poisons 3338 
Thank you 3337 
It is very nice. 3336 
Great day 3335 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3334 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3329 
Macondo listening distance. 3245 
Measured from? 3244 
The Listening Room July 7 3244 
8' all around 3243 
Some comments... 3243 
I am looking for inspiration. 3241 
Vent that woofer 3241 
I do not know yet what to do. 3241 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3240 
Ported 3240 
No port for me, if possible... 3240 
Might...... be.... 3240 
K-Horns? 3240 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3240 
They do appear 3240 
Path length of khorn 3240 
The memory lane. 3240 
Outside 3240 
KHorn facts and truth 3240 
Khorn extension 3240 
The options available.... 3240 
The last night looking… 3239 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3239 
About the use of reading my own site. 3238 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3238 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3238 
Just thinking out loud... 3238 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3238 
Driver? 3238 
Two separate individuals 3238 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3238 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3238 
One more simple idea 3238 
A good thinking. 3236 
A next day. 3236 
Deja vu 3235 
It is all depend of your roo 3235 
What the holly garbage. 3225 
What about at a lower volume... 3225 
I do not know why. 3224 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3171 
SSET ;-) 3170 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3170 
More of the same? 3169 
Yes, this is an option too. 3169 
Actually… 3169 
The Scanspeaks 3169 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3169 
Ah, Winnie... 3169 
Last version 3169 
I wrote about it. 3168 
Layout 3168 
Kind of LF depression… 3165 
The one that got away 3165 
Updated. 3165 
Respect! 3164 
There are plenty things to think about. 3164 
Devil invented the room :) 3164 
The way how I see it… 3164 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3163 
One more theoretical solution 3162 
Almost familiar 3162 
This weekend 3158 
Sum and Difference 3158 
It is in the picture... 3158 
Nice bias 3158 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3158 
The grilling analogy 3158 
Some listening today. 3157 
Back to the drawing table. 3151 
Bring them forward 3151 
Promising.... 3151 
Aligned how? 3150 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3150 
Nice but need more work 3143 
Getting there... 3138 
It all looks very nice... 3138 
It is still all for grabs. 3138 
Great Morning!!! 3137 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3137 
Some thinking required… 3136 
I never done anything like this… 3135 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3134 
Phase and Room Modes 3134 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3133 
I am back. 3132 
I need some volume… 3131 
Line Gain 3131 
What a brilliant idea! 3131 
The full monty 3131 
Yep. I know. 3130 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3130 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3130 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3127 
You know the voices are right... 3127 
Some freaking magic. 3126 
Explanation 3126 
11 feet apart 3125 
Juts a proposal. 3125 
Stronger preamp 3124 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3123 
Sick? No. 3123 
Strong pre 3123 
I think it will be no 312.... 3123 
The new room is officially open. 3110 
A picture… 3096 
What a beautiful set-up! 3096 
Dream place 3095 
Headphones sound from playback 3094 
The headphone analogy 3093 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3093 
Wrong way 3093 
Sounds like an insult to me 3093 
Imaging. 3093 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3087 
Learn to forget 3086 
The infrabass injection. 2976 
The number 20 2976 
Undertones? 2975 
Resonance distortion 2975 
There are many options 2975 
I want it... 2975 
Music vs, Sound Effects 2975 
Clarity in the murk 2975 
The gentle exit 2975 
I understand 2975 
Low frequency dithering 2975 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 2975 
Eventually! 2791 
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