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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3690 
Big 3690 
Old house? 3690 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3690 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3690 
For a Given Room 3689 
House Inspections & Warranties 3689 
A min Room size.... 3683 
Charging the Large Room 3683 
A bit deeper. 3683 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3682 
Comfort 3682 
Choices 3681 
Value 3681 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3681 
"romantic" illusion... 3681 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3681 
My kids... 3681 
Bingo 3681 
Interesting discussion indeed 3681 
The High Demands System 3680 
Paul S -- 3680 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3680 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3677 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3677 
Happiness 3677 
Various Stages of Young 3677 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3676 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3676 
Using the real estate 3676 
Through the roof 3673 
Sideways 3672 
If not a midbass horn? 3670 
What Comes Naturally 3670 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3670 
In That Case... 3670 
The game is on. 3668 
Mazel Tov! 3668 
Great news 3668 
Wonderful! 3668 
I think it will be better with time. 3668 
Gaddis House 3668 
Congratulations! 3667 
View vs. Practicality 3664 
Multi-Tasking 3664 
Exactly! 3664 
Equipment between speakers... 3664 
Top Gear 3664 
I see no problems with "between". 3664 
Oh well... 3664 
Wall of nature 3664 
Big Window 3664 
Shades and Night Vision 3664 
...they do image wonderfully... 3664 
Another attic project? 3663 
Infinite baffle 3663 
IB 3663 
Mold 3663 
Attic Ventilation 3663 
Possible 3662 
Just strategizing 3662 
Normal orientation 3662 
Confusion. 3662 
Specifics 3662 
Driver Orientation 3662 
That all need to be though out. 3662 
It nigh be a problem 3662 
Ideas 3662 
Opposing woofers 3662 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3662 
Blow hard 3662 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3662 
Couple of things 3662 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3650 
That's not a problem :) 3650 
A LF solution for a new room 3593 
Another midbass?!!? 3590 
Another option to consider 3588 
Room comfort upgrades 3587 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3585 
The color of the listening room. 3571 
This would be nice...... 3568 
That is it. 3558 
Congratulations 3558 
Well, 3558 
The last week of moving... 3549 
We are home! 3545 
Congratulations! 3545 
We found a new room in House.... 3539 
Bass in bass-ment? 3538 
True, but. . . 3538 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3537 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3537 
It took for a while. 3500 
Time/Change 3499 
In regards to chairs... 3499 
This week. 3497 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3497 
The first day. 3495 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3495 
Sounds like a nice time... 3495 
For now.... 3494 
Soft Bass 3494 
Getting somewhere. 3493 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3493 
Diffusion 3492 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3491 
Space behind 3491 
Slowly going back to the business. 3476 
Keep on truckin' 3476 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3474 
Audio vs Video playback. 3471 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3470 
AV 3470 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3470 
A good configuration. 3469 
Injection Channel 3469 
It will come later. 3469 
Going there.... 3467 
Toddler Listeners 3466 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3466 
The honeymoon night. 3464 
Proximity 3464 
A chicken and egg situation 3455 
So far so good. 3450 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3448 
Ok, a first objective look. 3443 
Some room dealing basics 3442 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3441 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3440 
Bass trap 3440 
I will see... 3440 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3440 
Other absorbtion methods 3440 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3439 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3432 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3432 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3430 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3430 
Zarathustra 3426 
Very very nice. 3407 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3407 
Theoretically possible? 3405 
So True 3404 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3393 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3388 
7 moths and one event... 3267 
The next day 3265 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3265 
Choose your poisons 3265 
Thank you 3264 
It is very nice. 3263 
Great day 3262 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3261 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3256 
Macondo listening distance. 3172 
Measured from? 3171 
The Listening Room July 7 3171 
8' all around 3170 
Some comments... 3170 
I am looking for inspiration. 3168 
Vent that woofer 3168 
I do not know yet what to do. 3168 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3167 
Ported 3167 
No port for me, if possible... 3167 
Might...... be.... 3167 
K-Horns? 3167 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3167 
They do appear 3167 
Path length of khorn 3167 
The memory lane. 3167 
Outside 3167 
KHorn facts and truth 3167 
Khorn extension 3167 
The options available.... 3167 
The last night looking… 3166 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3166 
About the use of reading my own site. 3165 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3165 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3165 
Just thinking out loud... 3165 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3165 
Driver? 3165 
Two separate individuals 3165 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3165 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3165 
One more simple idea 3165 
A good thinking. 3163 
A next day. 3163 
Deja vu 3162 
It is all depend of your roo 3162 
What the holly garbage. 3152 
What about at a lower volume... 3152 
I do not know why. 3151 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3098 
SSET ;-) 3097 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3097 
More of the same? 3096 
Yes, this is an option too. 3096 
Actually… 3096 
The Scanspeaks 3096 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3096 
Ah, Winnie... 3096 
Last version 3096 
I wrote about it. 3095 
Layout 3095 
Kind of LF depression… 3092 
The one that got away 3092 
Updated. 3092 
Respect! 3091 
There are plenty things to think about. 3091 
Devil invented the room :) 3091 
The way how I see it… 3091 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3090 
One more theoretical solution 3089 
Almost familiar 3089 
This weekend 3085 
Sum and Difference 3085 
It is in the picture... 3085 
Nice bias 3085 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3085 
The grilling analogy 3085 
Some listening today. 3084 
Back to the drawing table. 3078 
Bring them forward 3078 
Promising.... 3078 
Aligned how? 3077 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3077 
Nice but need more work 3070 
Getting there... 3065 
It all looks very nice... 3065 
It is still all for grabs. 3065 
Great Morning!!! 3064 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3064 
Some thinking required… 3063 
I never done anything like this… 3062 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3061 
Phase and Room Modes 3061 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3060 
I am back. 3059 
I need some volume… 3058 
Line Gain 3058 
What a brilliant idea! 3058 
The full monty 3058 
Yep. I know. 3057 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3057 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3057 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3054 
You know the voices are right... 3054 
Some freaking magic. 3053 
Explanation 3053 
11 feet apart 3052 
Juts a proposal. 3052 
Stronger preamp 3051 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3050 
Sick? No. 3050 
Strong pre 3050 
I think it will be no 312.... 3050 
The new room is officially open. 3037 
A picture… 3023 
What a beautiful set-up! 3023 
Dream place 3022 
Headphones sound from playback 3021 
The headphone analogy 3020 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3020 
Wrong way 3020 
Sounds like an insult to me 3020 
Imaging. 3020 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3014 
Learn to forget 3013 
The infrabass injection. 2903 
The number 20 2903 
Undertones? 2902 
Resonance distortion 2902 
There are many options 2902 
I want it... 2902 
Music vs, Sound Effects 2902 
Clarity in the murk 2902 
The gentle exit 2902 
I understand 2902 
Low frequency dithering 2902 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 2902 
Eventually! 2718 
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