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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6526 
Pilot lamps 6526 
I might be using something similar.... 6526 
Cool running amps 6526 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6526 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6515 
Porting paramaters 6515 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6515 
Ports of Entry 6515 
Port o guess 6515 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6514 
Port-O-Guess 6514 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6514 
Tuning By Ear 6513 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6513 
The ported kitty... 6513 
Not knowing your parameters 6513 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6512 
Playing a music on the ports… 6512 
Well said, haralanov 6512 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6512 
Overly ridicules? 6512 
Port Predicaments 6511 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6511 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6511 
Servo? 6511 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6511 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6511 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6510 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6510 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6509 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6509 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6508 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6508 
MiniMe Material 6507 
Chasing the drivers… 6505 
Serial number ??? 6505 
The Drivers. 6505 
Something like this. 6498 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6497 
The date with a mechanist. 6496 
G10 as Encosure Material 6495 
The Precision Sound Products? 6492 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6492 
Return to the paradigm 6491 
Educational 6491 
It might become not what I initially thought 6491 
As mini evolves... 6491 
4" drivers 6491 
The the same family of sound? 6490 
Almost 4" driver 6490 
Görlich is back 6490 
Some updates with MiniMe 6488 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6488 
MiniMe 3-Way 6487 
There is very little defined as now… 6487 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6485 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6476 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6475 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6474 
Yes, I know those drivers 6474 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6473 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6472 
I know what you mean... 6472 
The new Podszus Görlich 6466 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6466 
An inexpensive option 6466 
The freaking economy! 6452 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6452 
Freaking G10 6452 
The gambling on G10 6452 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6440 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6408 
MiniMe and Machinists 6408 
G10 nightmare & xover 6407 
The MiniMe X-over 6407 
Makes sense to me 6407 
Port Solutions 6407 
The port solution in MiniMe 6406 
Port adjustment 6406 
Unlikely Introductions 6406 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6391 
Heavy Cardboard? 6391 
A mistake with MiniMe 6390 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6385 
What people use 6385 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6385 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6381 
The MiniMe First draft 6380 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6379 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6378 
Ok, it is better now… 6377 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6377 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6377 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6377 
Anti Res driver mounting 6377 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6377 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6377 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6376 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6376 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6376 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6376 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6375 
Pass labs? 6375 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6375 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6375 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6375 
Well known low cost solution 6375 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6371 
New drivers 6370 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6370 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6368 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6368 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6368 
Realtime Options? 6367 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6367 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6367 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6366 
DEQ 2496 sound 6365 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6365 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6364 
You might hit me...but 6363 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6363 
Nearly fits... 6363 
Veravox 5 6363 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6363 
Agree and disagree 6363 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6363 
F120A 6360 
89 dB??? 6360 
Nearfield friendly? 6360 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6360 
More musings around the F120A 6359 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6359 
Another Brain Fart 6359 
In Passing... 6359 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6357 
Cap and Coil 6357 
Non annoying monitors 6357 
Comparing apples to oranges 6356 
Bad apples? 6356 
An olive branch? 6356 
"good luck" means good luck... 6356 
Perception vs reality 6356 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6338 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6330 
My kitchen system 6320 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 6320 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 6319 
What to make of it? 6319 
At this point I have very low expectations. 6319 
Impedance mismatch 6319 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 6318 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 6318 
Take Two Aspirin 6318 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 6309 
F120A -- end of the game? 6308 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 6308 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 6275 
Joyfull? 6274 
I know exactly what you mean 6274 
Macondo's Trim Tab 6274 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 6273 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 6269 
Waay Back 6269 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 6269 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 6268 
Port plugs 6268 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 6217 
SS Amp 6216 
To review the subject after 17 years. 6216 
Denon 6216 
I would like to go V-FET… 6216 
Vince... 6216 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 6216 
Specifics? 6216 
Hot... 6216 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 6215 
Tampax for MiniMe? 6214 
Say What? 6214 
The baby passive radiator. 6213 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 6212 
Will see how it goes… 6212 
Not quite analogous 6212 
Sucks and socks… 6209 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 6209 
Milq from the dead 6209 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 6209 
B-gone B-2 6208 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 6208 
Celebration 6208 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 6208 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 6207 
Bass behaviour of power amps 6207 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 6195 
My apologies... 6195 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 6195 
Gut wrenching... 6195 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 6082 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 6080 
The MiniMe playing loud. 6043 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 6043 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 6043 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 5961 
The end of MiniMe 5794 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5793 
One step forward and two steps back. 4905 
Exploiting the architecture 4904 
How bad do you need it to be? 4904 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 4904 
Directionality 4903 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 4903 
But why do you need another pilot system when 4902 
Injection Pilot? 4895 
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