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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3812 
Big 3812 
Old house? 3812 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3812 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3812 
For a Given Room 3811 
House Inspections & Warranties 3811 
A min Room size.... 3805 
Charging the Large Room 3805 
A bit deeper. 3805 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3804 
Comfort 3804 
Choices 3803 
Value 3803 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3803 
"romantic" illusion... 3803 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3803 
My kids... 3803 
Bingo 3803 
Interesting discussion indeed 3803 
The High Demands System 3802 
Paul S -- 3802 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3802 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3799 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3799 
Happiness 3799 
Various Stages of Young 3799 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3798 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3798 
Using the real estate 3798 
Through the roof 3795 
Sideways 3794 
If not a midbass horn? 3792 
What Comes Naturally 3792 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3792 
In That Case... 3792 
The game is on. 3790 
Mazel Tov! 3790 
Great news 3790 
Wonderful! 3790 
I think it will be better with time. 3790 
Gaddis House 3790 
Congratulations! 3789 
View vs. Practicality 3786 
Multi-Tasking 3786 
Exactly! 3786 
Equipment between speakers... 3786 
Top Gear 3786 
I see no problems with "between". 3786 
Oh well... 3786 
Wall of nature 3786 
Big Window 3786 
Shades and Night Vision 3786 
...they do image wonderfully... 3786 
Another attic project? 3785 
Infinite baffle 3785 
IB 3785 
Mold 3785 
Attic Ventilation 3785 
Possible 3784 
Just strategizing 3784 
Normal orientation 3784 
Confusion. 3784 
Specifics 3784 
Driver Orientation 3784 
That all need to be though out. 3784 
It nigh be a problem 3784 
Ideas 3784 
Opposing woofers 3784 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3784 
Blow hard 3784 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3784 
Couple of things 3784 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3772 
That's not a problem :) 3772 
A LF solution for a new room 3715 
Another midbass?!!? 3712 
Another option to consider 3710 
Room comfort upgrades 3709 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3707 
The color of the listening room. 3693 
This would be nice...... 3690 
That is it. 3680 
Congratulations 3680 
Well, 3680 
The last week of moving... 3671 
We are home! 3667 
Congratulations! 3667 
We found a new room in House.... 3661 
Bass in bass-ment? 3660 
True, but. . . 3660 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3659 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3659 
It took for a while. 3622 
Time/Change 3621 
In regards to chairs... 3621 
This week. 3619 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3619 
The first day. 3617 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3617 
Sounds like a nice time... 3617 
For now.... 3616 
Soft Bass 3616 
Getting somewhere. 3615 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3615 
Diffusion 3614 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3613 
Space behind 3613 
Slowly going back to the business. 3598 
Keep on truckin' 3598 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3596 
Audio vs Video playback. 3593 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3592 
AV 3592 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3592 
A good configuration. 3591 
Injection Channel 3591 
It will come later. 3591 
Going there.... 3589 
Toddler Listeners 3588 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3588 
The honeymoon night. 3586 
Proximity 3586 
A chicken and egg situation 3577 
So far so good. 3572 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3570 
Ok, a first objective look. 3565 
Some room dealing basics 3564 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3563 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3562 
Bass trap 3562 
I will see... 3562 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3562 
Other absorbtion methods 3562 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3561 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3554 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3554 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3552 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3552 
Zarathustra 3548 
Very very nice. 3529 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3529 
Theoretically possible? 3527 
So True 3526 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3515 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3510 
7 moths and one event... 3389 
The next day 3387 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3387 
Choose your poisons 3387 
Thank you 3386 
It is very nice. 3385 
Great day 3384 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3383 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3378 
Macondo listening distance. 3294 
Measured from? 3293 
The Listening Room July 7 3293 
8' all around 3292 
Some comments... 3292 
I am looking for inspiration. 3290 
Vent that woofer 3290 
I do not know yet what to do. 3290 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3289 
Ported 3289 
No port for me, if possible... 3289 
Might...... be.... 3289 
K-Horns? 3289 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3289 
They do appear 3289 
Path length of khorn 3289 
The memory lane. 3289 
Outside 3289 
KHorn facts and truth 3289 
Khorn extension 3289 
The options available.... 3289 
The last night looking… 3288 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3288 
About the use of reading my own site. 3287 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3287 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3287 
Just thinking out loud... 3287 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3287 
Driver? 3287 
Two separate individuals 3287 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3287 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3287 
One more simple idea 3287 
A good thinking. 3285 
A next day. 3285 
Deja vu 3284 
It is all depend of your roo 3284 
What the holly garbage. 3274 
What about at a lower volume... 3274 
I do not know why. 3273 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3220 
SSET ;-) 3219 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3219 
More of the same? 3218 
Yes, this is an option too. 3218 
Actually… 3218 
The Scanspeaks 3218 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3218 
Ah, Winnie... 3218 
Last version 3218 
I wrote about it. 3217 
Layout 3217 
Kind of LF depression… 3214 
The one that got away 3214 
Updated. 3214 
Respect! 3213 
There are plenty things to think about. 3213 
Devil invented the room :) 3213 
The way how I see it… 3213 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3212 
One more theoretical solution 3211 
Almost familiar 3211 
This weekend 3207 
Sum and Difference 3207 
It is in the picture... 3207 
Nice bias 3207 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3207 
The grilling analogy 3207 
Some listening today. 3206 
Back to the drawing table. 3200 
Bring them forward 3200 
Promising.... 3200 
Aligned how? 3199 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3199 
Nice but need more work 3192 
Getting there... 3187 
It all looks very nice... 3187 
It is still all for grabs. 3187 
Great Morning!!! 3186 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3186 
Some thinking required… 3185 
I never done anything like this… 3184 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3183 
Phase and Room Modes 3183 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3182 
I am back. 3181 
I need some volume… 3180 
Line Gain 3180 
What a brilliant idea! 3180 
The full monty 3180 
Yep. I know. 3179 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3179 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3179 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3176 
You know the voices are right... 3176 
Some freaking magic. 3175 
Explanation 3175 
11 feet apart 3174 
Juts a proposal. 3174 
Stronger preamp 3173 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3172 
Sick? No. 3172 
Strong pre 3172 
I think it will be no 312.... 3172 
The new room is officially open. 3159 
A picture… 3145 
What a beautiful set-up! 3145 
Dream place 3144 
Headphones sound from playback 3143 
The headphone analogy 3142 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3142 
Wrong way 3142 
Sounds like an insult to me 3142 
Imaging. 3142 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3136 
Learn to forget 3135 
The infrabass injection. 3025 
The number 20 3025 
Undertones? 3024 
Resonance distortion 3024 
There are many options 3024 
I want it... 3024 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3024 
Clarity in the murk 3024 
The gentle exit 3024 
I understand 3024 
Low frequency dithering 3024 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3024 
Eventually! 2840 
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