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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3842 
Big 3842 
Old house? 3842 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3842 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3842 
For a Given Room 3841 
House Inspections & Warranties 3841 
A min Room size.... 3835 
Charging the Large Room 3835 
A bit deeper. 3835 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3834 
Comfort 3834 
Choices 3833 
Value 3833 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3833 
"romantic" illusion... 3833 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3833 
My kids... 3833 
Bingo 3833 
Interesting discussion indeed 3833 
The High Demands System 3832 
Paul S -- 3832 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3832 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3829 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3829 
Happiness 3829 
Various Stages of Young 3829 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3828 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3828 
Using the real estate 3828 
Through the roof 3825 
Sideways 3824 
If not a midbass horn? 3822 
What Comes Naturally 3822 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3822 
In That Case... 3822 
The game is on. 3820 
Mazel Tov! 3820 
Great news 3820 
Wonderful! 3820 
I think it will be better with time. 3820 
Gaddis House 3820 
Congratulations! 3819 
View vs. Practicality 3816 
Multi-Tasking 3816 
Exactly! 3816 
Equipment between speakers... 3816 
Top Gear 3816 
I see no problems with "between". 3816 
Oh well... 3816 
Wall of nature 3816 
Big Window 3816 
Shades and Night Vision 3816 
...they do image wonderfully... 3816 
Another attic project? 3815 
Infinite baffle 3815 
IB 3815 
Mold 3815 
Attic Ventilation 3815 
Possible 3814 
Just strategizing 3814 
Normal orientation 3814 
Confusion. 3814 
Specifics 3814 
Driver Orientation 3814 
That all need to be though out. 3814 
It nigh be a problem 3814 
Ideas 3814 
Opposing woofers 3814 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3814 
Blow hard 3814 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3814 
Couple of things 3814 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3802 
That's not a problem :) 3802 
A LF solution for a new room 3745 
Another midbass?!!? 3742 
Another option to consider 3740 
Room comfort upgrades 3739 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3737 
The color of the listening room. 3723 
This would be nice...... 3720 
That is it. 3710 
Congratulations 3710 
Well, 3710 
The last week of moving... 3701 
We are home! 3697 
Congratulations! 3697 
We found a new room in House.... 3691 
Bass in bass-ment? 3690 
True, but. . . 3690 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3689 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3689 
It took for a while. 3652 
Time/Change 3651 
In regards to chairs... 3651 
This week. 3649 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3649 
The first day. 3647 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3647 
Sounds like a nice time... 3647 
For now.... 3646 
Soft Bass 3646 
Getting somewhere. 3645 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3645 
Diffusion 3644 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3643 
Space behind 3643 
Slowly going back to the business. 3628 
Keep on truckin' 3628 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3626 
Audio vs Video playback. 3623 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3622 
AV 3622 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3622 
A good configuration. 3621 
Injection Channel 3621 
It will come later. 3621 
Going there.... 3619 
Toddler Listeners 3618 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3618 
The honeymoon night. 3616 
Proximity 3616 
A chicken and egg situation 3607 
So far so good. 3602 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3600 
Ok, a first objective look. 3595 
Some room dealing basics 3594 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3593 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3592 
Bass trap 3592 
I will see... 3592 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3592 
Other absorbtion methods 3592 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3591 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3584 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3584 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3582 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3582 
Zarathustra 3578 
Very very nice. 3559 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3559 
Theoretically possible? 3557 
So True 3556 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3545 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3540 
7 moths and one event... 3419 
The next day 3417 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3417 
Choose your poisons 3417 
Thank you 3416 
It is very nice. 3415 
Great day 3414 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3413 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3408 
Macondo listening distance. 3324 
Measured from? 3323 
The Listening Room July 7 3323 
8' all around 3322 
Some comments... 3322 
I am looking for inspiration. 3320 
Vent that woofer 3320 
I do not know yet what to do. 3320 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3319 
Ported 3319 
No port for me, if possible... 3319 
Might...... be.... 3319 
K-Horns? 3319 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3319 
They do appear 3319 
Path length of khorn 3319 
The memory lane. 3319 
Outside 3319 
KHorn facts and truth 3319 
Khorn extension 3319 
The options available.... 3319 
The last night looking… 3318 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3318 
About the use of reading my own site. 3317 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3317 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3317 
Just thinking out loud... 3317 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3317 
Driver? 3317 
Two separate individuals 3317 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3317 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3317 
One more simple idea 3317 
A good thinking. 3315 
A next day. 3315 
Deja vu 3314 
It is all depend of your roo 3314 
What the holly garbage. 3304 
What about at a lower volume... 3304 
I do not know why. 3303 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3250 
SSET ;-) 3249 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3249 
More of the same? 3248 
Yes, this is an option too. 3248 
Actually… 3248 
The Scanspeaks 3248 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3248 
Ah, Winnie... 3248 
Last version 3248 
I wrote about it. 3247 
Layout 3247 
Kind of LF depression… 3244 
The one that got away 3244 
Updated. 3244 
Respect! 3243 
There are plenty things to think about. 3243 
Devil invented the room :) 3243 
The way how I see it… 3243 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3242 
One more theoretical solution 3241 
Almost familiar 3241 
This weekend 3237 
Sum and Difference 3237 
It is in the picture... 3237 
Nice bias 3237 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3237 
The grilling analogy 3237 
Some listening today. 3236 
Back to the drawing table. 3230 
Bring them forward 3230 
Promising.... 3230 
Aligned how? 3229 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3229 
Nice but need more work 3222 
Getting there... 3217 
It all looks very nice... 3217 
It is still all for grabs. 3217 
Great Morning!!! 3216 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3216 
Some thinking required… 3215 
I never done anything like this… 3214 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3213 
Phase and Room Modes 3213 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3212 
I am back. 3211 
I need some volume… 3210 
Line Gain 3210 
What a brilliant idea! 3210 
The full monty 3210 
Yep. I know. 3209 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3209 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3209 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3206 
You know the voices are right... 3206 
Some freaking magic. 3205 
Explanation 3205 
11 feet apart 3204 
Juts a proposal. 3204 
Stronger preamp 3203 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3202 
Sick? No. 3202 
Strong pre 3202 
I think it will be no 312.... 3202 
The new room is officially open. 3189 
A picture… 3175 
What a beautiful set-up! 3175 
Dream place 3174 
Headphones sound from playback 3173 
The headphone analogy 3172 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3172 
Wrong way 3172 
Sounds like an insult to me 3172 
Imaging. 3172 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3166 
Learn to forget 3165 
The infrabass injection. 3055 
The number 20 3055 
Undertones? 3054 
Resonance distortion 3054 
There are many options 3054 
I want it... 3054 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3054 
Clarity in the murk 3054 
The gentle exit 3054 
I understand 3054 
Low frequency dithering 3054 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3054 
Eventually! 2870 
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