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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
A listening room for a domesticated Cat? 3759 
Big 3759 
Old house? 3759 
To be invisible and to be time-aligned are the keys. 3759 
Invisible and time-aligned idea. 3759 
For a Given Room 3758 
House Inspections & Warranties 3758 
A min Room size.... 3752 
Charging the Large Room 3752 
A bit deeper. 3752 
Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment 3751 
Comfort 3751 
Choices 3750 
Value 3750 
Property line setbacks & local building codes 3750 
"romantic" illusion... 3750 
Do not need to be isolationist. 3750 
My kids... 3750 
Bingo 3750 
Interesting discussion indeed 3750 
The High Demands System 3749 
Paul S -- 3749 
Social Life vs. Private Life vs. Family Life 3749 
Losing my listening room virginity? 3746 
Somewhere about 2yo... 3746 
Happiness 3746 
Various Stages of Young 3746 
Hm, another midbass horn idea in new listening room? 3745 
Bent Bass and Double Doors 3745 
Using the real estate 3745 
Through the roof 3742 
Sideways 3741 
If not a midbass horn? 3739 
What Comes Naturally 3739 
It will be probably two bass channels. 3739 
In That Case... 3739 
The game is on. 3737 
Mazel Tov! 3737 
Great news 3737 
Wonderful! 3737 
I think it will be better with time. 3737 
Gaddis House 3737 
Congratulations! 3736 
View vs. Practicality 3733 
Multi-Tasking 3733 
Exactly! 3733 
Equipment between speakers... 3733 
Top Gear 3733 
I see no problems with "between". 3733 
Oh well... 3733 
Wall of nature 3733 
Big Window 3733 
Shades and Night Vision 3733 
...they do image wonderfully... 3733 
Another attic project? 3732 
Infinite baffle 3732 
IB 3732 
Mold 3732 
Attic Ventilation 3732 
Possible 3731 
Just strategizing 3731 
Normal orientation 3731 
Confusion. 3731 
Specifics 3731 
Driver Orientation 3731 
That all need to be though out. 3731 
It nigh be a problem 3731 
Ideas 3731 
Opposing woofers 3731 
Cabinet Size for "Subs" 3731 
Blow hard 3731 
Phoenix Gold arises from the ashes 3731 
Couple of things 3731 
So many thing I need to take under consideration in new listening room... 3719 
That's not a problem :) 3719 
A LF solution for a new room 3662 
Another midbass?!!? 3659 
Another option to consider 3657 
Room comfort upgrades 3656 
Small-blood Macondo 2016? 3654 
The color of the listening room. 3640 
This would be nice...... 3637 
That is it. 3627 
Congratulations 3627 
Well, 3627 
The last week of moving... 3618 
We are home! 3614 
Congratulations! 3614 
We found a new room in House.... 3608 
Bass in bass-ment? 3607 
True, but. . . 3607 
Sometimes basement is not just a basement, stlil.... 3606 
Well it's good that you've considered the humidity. 3606 
It took for a while. 3569 
Time/Change 3568 
In regards to chairs... 3568 
This week. 3566 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. 3566 
The first day. 3564 
Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly 3564 
Sounds like a nice time... 3564 
For now.... 3563 
Soft Bass 3563 
Getting somewhere. 3562 
Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) 3562 
Diffusion 3561 
Waiting two other shoes to drop… 3560 
Space behind 3560 
Slowly going back to the business. 3545 
Keep on truckin' 3545 
New kids: Charlie and Abbigail 3543 
Audio vs Video playback. 3540 
Audio and video separate or combined? 3539 
AV 3539 
Yes, I will need to experiment with it. 3539 
A good configuration. 3538 
Injection Channel 3538 
It will come later. 3538 
Going there.... 3536 
Toddler Listeners 3535 
I wish I had a toddler forever. 3535 
The honeymoon night. 3533 
Proximity 3533 
A chicken and egg situation 3524 
So far so good. 3519 
A ULF solution for my new listening room 3517 
Ok, a first objective look. 3512 
Some room dealing basics 3511 
Thinking about the forthcoming experiment. 3510 
Slighly mad suggestion! Ignore accordingly 3509 
Bass trap 3509 
I will see... 3509 
Pure arrival time minus reflection or.... 3509 
Other absorbtion methods 3509 
Converting acoustic problems into acoustic payback... 3508 
Evolution of my rooms sound quality. 3501 
Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. 3501 
I do not know powerful pentodes in output. 3499 
I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. 3499 
Zarathustra 3495 
Very very nice. 3476 
OB (etc.) at Midbass 3476 
Theoretically possible? 3474 
So True 3473 
This kid has a strange genes or “Papa, how to measure twins impedance?”. 3462 
Are they Brucknerised yet? 3457 
7 moths and one event... 3336 
The next day 3334 
I don't understand the video problem. . . 3334 
Choose your poisons 3334 
Thank you 3333 
It is very nice. 3332 
Great day 3331 
Macondo and wife satisfaction. 3330 
A truly peaceful feeling. 3325 
Macondo listening distance. 3241 
Measured from? 3240 
The Listening Room July 7 3240 
8' all around 3239 
Some comments... 3239 
I am looking for inspiration. 3237 
Vent that woofer 3237 
I do not know yet what to do. 3237 
Port vs. Not Sealed 3236 
Ported 3236 
No port for me, if possible... 3236 
Might...... be.... 3236 
K-Horns? 3236 
K-Horns… hmmm very interesting… 3236 
They do appear 3236 
Path length of khorn 3236 
The memory lane. 3236 
Outside 3236 
KHorn facts and truth 3236 
Khorn extension 3236 
The options available.... 3236 
The last night looking… 3235 
LF Circuit Mysteries 3235 
About the use of reading my own site. 3234 
Another option, very interesting. Martinshorn speak up. 3234 
Could be, could be not :) im not you... 3234 
Just thinking out loud... 3234 
Room Mode Gain vs. Speaker/Amp Output 3234 
Driver? 3234 
Two separate individuals 3234 
Not a fan of weak magnets 3234 
Hm, who would believe that I might be happier now? 3234 
One more simple idea 3234 
A good thinking. 3232 
A next day. 3232 
Deja vu 3231 
It is all depend of your roo 3231 
What the holly garbage. 3221 
What about at a lower volume... 3221 
I do not know why. 3220 
Changing Macondo Configuration 3167 
SSET ;-) 3166 
Thank you, I might need to look into it. 3166 
More of the same? 3165 
Yes, this is an option too. 3165 
Actually… 3165 
The Scanspeaks 3165 
The Scanspeak woofers. 3165 
Ah, Winnie... 3165 
Last version 3165 
I wrote about it. 3164 
Layout 3164 
Kind of LF depression… 3161 
The one that got away 3161 
Updated. 3161 
Respect! 3160 
There are plenty things to think about. 3160 
Devil invented the room :) 3160 
The way how I see it… 3160 
A semi-temporary solution for now. 3159 
One more theoretical solution 3158 
Almost familiar 3158 
This weekend 3154 
Sum and Difference 3154 
It is in the picture... 3154 
Nice bias 3154 
DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. 3154 
The grilling analogy 3154 
Some listening today. 3153 
Back to the drawing table. 3147 
Bring them forward 3147 
Promising.... 3147 
Aligned how? 3146 
Elementary, Watson. :-) 3146 
Nice but need more work 3139 
Getting there... 3134 
It all looks very nice... 3134 
It is still all for grabs. 3134 
Great Morning!!! 3133 
Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? 3133 
Some thinking required… 3132 
I never done anything like this… 3131 
Still have no idea why it works as it does. 3130 
Phase and Room Modes 3130 
What a remarkable idiot!!!! 3129 
I am back. 3128 
I need some volume… 3127 
Line Gain 3127 
What a brilliant idea! 3127 
The full monty 3127 
Yep. I know. 3126 
Just like a clockwork!!! 3126 
Macondo calibration check sheet 2017 3126 
I do not like it this arguing ... 3123 
You know the voices are right... 3123 
Some freaking magic. 3122 
Explanation 3122 
11 feet apart 3121 
Juts a proposal. 3121 
Stronger preamp 3120 
A stronger preamp and sick Paravicini? 3119 
Sick? No. 3119 
Strong pre 3119 
I think it will be no 312.... 3119 
The new room is officially open. 3106 
A picture… 3092 
What a beautiful set-up! 3092 
Dream place 3091 
Headphones sound from playback 3090 
The headphone analogy 3089 
Sound in a head vs sound in space 3089 
Wrong way 3089 
Sounds like an insult to me 3089 
Imaging. 3089 
Some odd pleasure with no memory. 3083 
Learn to forget 3082 
The infrabass injection. 2972 
The number 20 2972 
Undertones? 2971 
Resonance distortion 2971 
There are many options 2971 
I want it... 2971 
Music vs, Sound Effects 2971 
Clarity in the murk 2971 
The gentle exit 2971 
I understand 2971 
Low frequency dithering 2971 
Nearfield Listening vs. Performance Weight and "Space" 2971 
Eventually! 2787 
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