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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3866 
Big 3866 
Old house? 3866 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3866 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3866 
For a Given Room 3865 
House Inspections & Warranties 3865 
A min Room size.... 3859 
Charging the Large Room 3859 
A bit deeper. 3859 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3858 
Comfort 3858 
Choices 3857 
Value 3857 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3857 
"romantic" illusion... 3857 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3857 
My kids... 3857 
Bingo 3857 
Interesting discussion indeed 3857 
The High Demands System 3856 
Paul S -- 3856 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3856 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3853 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3853 
Happiness 3853 
Various Stages of Young 3853 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3852 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3852 
Using the real estate 3852 
Through the roof 3849 
Sideways 3848 
If not a midbass horn? 3846 
What Comes Naturally 3846 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3846 
In That Case... 3846 
The game is on. 3844 
Mazel Tov! 3844 
Great news 3844 
Wonderful! 3844 
I think it will be better with time. 3844 
Gaddis House 3844 
Congratulations! 3843 
View vs. Practicality 3840 
Multi-Tasking 3840 
Exactly! 3840 
Equipment between speakers... 3840 
Top Gear 3840 
I see no problems with "between". 3840 
Oh well... 3840 
Wall of nature 3840 
Big Window 3840 
Shades and Night Vision 3840 
...they do image wonderfully... 3840 
Another attic project? 3839 
Infinite baffle 3839 
IB 3839 
Mold 3839 
Attic Ventilation 3839 
Possible 3838 
Just strategizing 3838 
Normal orientation 3838 
Confusion. 3838 
Specifics 3838 
Driver Orientation 3838 
That all need to be though out. 3838 
It nigh be a problem 3838 
Ideas 3838 
Opposing woofers 3838 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3838 
Blow hard 3838 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3838 
Couple of things 3838 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3826 
That's not a problem :) 3826 
A LF solution for a new room 3769 
Another midbass?!!? 3766 
Another option to consider 3764 
Room comfort upgrades 3763 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3761 
The color of the listening room. 3747 
This would be nice...... 3744 
That is it. 3734 
Congratulations 3734 
Well, 3734 
The last week of moving... 3725 
We are home! 3721 
Congratulations! 3721 
We found a new room in House.... 3715 
Bass in bass-ment? 3714 
True, but. . . 3714 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3713 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3713 
It took for a while. 3676 
Time/Change 3675 
In regards to chairs... 3675 
This week. 3673 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3673 
The first day. 3671 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3671 
Sounds like a nice time... 3671 
For now.... 3670 
Soft Bass 3670 
Getting somewhere. 3669 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3669 
Diffusion 3668 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3667 
Space behind 3667 
Slowly going back to the business. 3652 
Keep on truckin' 3652 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3650 
Audio vs Video playback. 3647 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3646 
AV 3646 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3646 
A good configuration. 3645 
Injection Channel 3645 
It will come later. 3645 
Going there.... 3643 
Toddler Listeners 3642 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3642 
The honeymoon night. 3640 
Proximity 3640 
A chicken and egg situation 3631 
So far so good. 3626 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3624 
Ok, a first objective look. 3619 
Some room dealing basics 3618 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3617 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3616 
Bass trap 3616 
I will see... 3616 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3616 
Other absorbtion methods 3616 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3615 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3608 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3608 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3606 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3606 
Zarathustra 3602 
Very very nice. 3583 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3583 
Theoretically possible? 3581 
So True 3580 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3569 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3564 
7 moths and one event... 3443 
The next day 3441 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3441 
Choose your poisons 3441 
Thank you 3440 
It is very nice. 3439 
Great day 3438 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3437 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3432 
Macondo listening distance. 3348 
Measured from? 3347 
The Listening Room July 7 3347 
8' all around 3346 
Some comments... 3346 
I am looking for inspiration. 3344 
Vent that woofer 3344 
I do not know yet what to do. 3344 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3343 
Ported 3343 
No port for me, if possible... 3343 
Might...... be.... 3343 
K-Horns? 3343 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3343 
They do appear 3343 
Path length of khorn 3343 
The memory lane. 3343 
Outside 3343 
KHorn facts and truth 3343 
Khorn extension 3343 
The options available.... 3343 
The last night looking… 3342 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3342 
About the use of reading my own site. 3341 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3341 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3341 
Just thinking out loud... 3341 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3341 
Driver? 3341 
Two separate individuals 3341 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3341 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3341 
One more simple idea 3341 
A good thinking. 3339 
A next day. 3339 
Deja vu 3338 
It is all depend of your roo 3338 
What the holly garbage. 3328 
What about at a lower volume... 3328 
I do not know why. 3327 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3274 
SSET ;-) 3273 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3273 
More of the same? 3272 
Yes, this is an option too. 3272 
Actually… 3272 
The Scanspeaks 3272 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3272 
Ah, Winnie... 3272 
Last version 3272 
I wrote about it. 3271 
Layout 3271 
Kind of LF depression… 3268 
The one that got away 3268 
Updated. 3268 
Respect! 3267 
There are plenty things to think about. 3267 
Devil invented the room :) 3267 
The way how I see it… 3267 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3266 
One more theoretical solution 3265 
Almost familiar 3265 
This weekend 3261 
Sum and Difference 3261 
It is in the picture... 3261 
Nice bias 3261 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3261 
The grilling analogy 3261 
Some listening today. 3260 
Back to the drawing table. 3254 
Bring them forward 3254 
Promising.... 3254 
Aligned how? 3253 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3253 
Nice but need more work 3246 
Getting there... 3241 
It all looks very nice... 3241 
It is still all for grabs. 3241 
Great Morning!!! 3240 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3240 
Some thinking required… 3239 
I never done anything like this… 3238 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3237 
Phase and Room Modes 3237 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3236 
I am back. 3235 
I need some volume… 3234 
Line Gain 3234 
What a brilliant idea! 3234 
The full monty 3234 
Yep. I know. 3233 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3233 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3233 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3230 
You know the voices are right... 3230 
Some freaking magic. 3229 
Explanation 3229 
11 feet apart 3228 
Juts a proposal. 3228 
Stronger preamp 3227 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3226 
Sick? No. 3226 
Strong pre 3226 
I think it will be no 312.... 3226 
The new room is officially open. 3213 
A picture… 3199 
What a beautiful set-up! 3199 
Dream place 3198 
Headphones sound from playback 3197 
The headphone analogy 3196 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3196 
Wrong way 3196 
Sounds like an insult to me 3196 
Imaging. 3196 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3190 
Learn to forget 3189 
The infrabass injection. 3079 
The number 20 3079 
Undertones? 3078 
Resonance distortion 3078 
There are many options 3078 
I want it... 3078 
Music vs, Sound Effects 3078 
Clarity in the murk 3078 
The gentle exit 3078 
I understand 3078 
Low frequency dithering 3078 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 3078 
Eventually! 2894 
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