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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6198 
Pilot lamps 6198 
I might be using something similar.... 6198 
Cool running amps 6198 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6198 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6187 
Porting paramaters 6187 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6187 
Ports of Entry 6187 
Port o guess 6187 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6186 
Port-O-Guess 6186 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6186 
Tuning By Ear 6185 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6185 
The ported kitty... 6185 
Not knowing your parameters 6185 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6184 
Playing a music on the ports… 6184 
Well said, haralanov 6184 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6184 
Overly ridicules? 6184 
Port Predicaments 6183 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6183 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6183 
Servo? 6183 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6183 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6183 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6182 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6182 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6181 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6181 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6180 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6180 
MiniMe Material 6179 
Chasing the drivers… 6177 
Serial number ??? 6177 
The Drivers. 6177 
Something like this. 6170 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6169 
The date with a mechanist. 6168 
G10 as Encosure Material 6167 
The Precision Sound Products? 6164 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6164 
Return to the paradigm 6163 
Educational 6163 
It might become not what I initially thought 6163 
As mini evolves... 6163 
4" drivers 6163 
The the same family of sound? 6162 
Almost 4" driver 6162 
Görlich is back 6162 
Some updates with MiniMe 6160 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6160 
MiniMe 3-Way 6159 
There is very little defined as now… 6159 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6157 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6148 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6147 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6146 
Yes, I know those drivers 6146 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6145 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6144 
I know what you mean... 6144 
The new Podszus Görlich 6138 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6138 
An inexpensive option 6138 
The freaking economy! 6124 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6124 
Freaking G10 6124 
The gambling on G10 6124 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6112 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6080 
MiniMe and Machinists 6080 
G10 nightmare & xover 6079 
The MiniMe X-over 6079 
Makes sense to me 6079 
Port Solutions 6079 
The port solution in MiniMe 6078 
Port adjustment 6078 
Unlikely Introductions 6078 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6063 
Heavy Cardboard? 6063 
A mistake with MiniMe 6062 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6057 
What people use 6057 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6057 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6053 
The MiniMe First draft 6052 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6051 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6050 
Ok, it is better now… 6049 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6049 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6049 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6049 
Anti Res driver mounting 6049 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6049 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6049 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6048 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6048 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6048 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6048 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6047 
Pass labs? 6047 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6047 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6047 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6047 
Well known low cost solution 6047 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6043 
New drivers 6042 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6042 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6040 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6040 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6040 
Realtime Options? 6039 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6039 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6039 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6038 
DEQ 2496 sound 6037 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6037 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6036 
You might hit me...but 6035 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6035 
Nearly fits... 6035 
Veravox 5 6035 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6035 
Agree and disagree 6035 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6035 
F120A 6032 
89 dB??? 6032 
Nearfield friendly? 6032 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6032 
More musings around the F120A 6031 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6031 
Another Brain Fart 6031 
In Passing... 6031 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6029 
Cap and Coil 6029 
Non annoying monitors 6029 
Comparing apples to oranges 6028 
Bad apples? 6028 
An olive branch? 6028 
"good luck" means good luck... 6028 
Perception vs reality 6028 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6010 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6002 
My kitchen system 5992 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 5992 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 5991 
What to make of it? 5991 
At this point I have very low expectations. 5991 
Impedance mismatch 5991 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 5990 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 5990 
Take Two Aspirin 5990 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 5981 
F120A -- end of the game? 5980 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 5980 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 5947 
Joyfull? 5946 
I know exactly what you mean 5946 
Macondo's Trim Tab 5946 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 5945 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 5941 
Waay Back 5941 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 5941 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 5940 
Port plugs 5940 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 5889 
SS Amp 5888 
To review the subject after 17 years. 5888 
Denon 5888 
I would like to go V-FET… 5888 
Vince... 5888 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 5888 
Specifics? 5888 
Hot... 5888 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 5887 
Tampax for MiniMe? 5886 
Say What? 5886 
The baby passive radiator. 5885 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 5884 
Will see how it goes… 5884 
Not quite analogous 5884 
Sucks and socks… 5881 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 5881 
Milq from the dead 5881 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 5881 
B-gone B-2 5880 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 5880 
Celebration 5880 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 5880 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 5879 
Bass behaviour of power amps 5879 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 5867 
My apologies... 5867 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 5867 
Gut wrenching... 5867 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 5754 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 5752 
The MiniMe playing loud. 5715 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 5715 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 5715 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 5633 
The end of MiniMe 5466 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5465 
One step forward and two steps back. 4577 
Exploiting the architecture 4576 
How bad do you need it to be? 4576 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 4576 
Directionality 4575 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 4575 
But why do you need another pilot system when 4574 
Injection Pilot? 4567 
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