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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6618 
Pilot lamps 6618 
I might be using something similar.... 6618 
Cool running amps 6618 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6618 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6607 
Porting paramaters 6607 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6607 
Ports of Entry 6607 
Port o guess 6607 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6606 
Port-O-Guess 6606 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6606 
Tuning By Ear 6605 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6605 
The ported kitty... 6605 
Not knowing your parameters 6605 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6604 
Playing a music on the ports… 6604 
Well said, haralanov 6604 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6604 
Overly ridicules? 6604 
Port Predicaments 6603 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6603 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6603 
Servo? 6603 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6603 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6603 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6602 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6602 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6601 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6601 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6600 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6600 
MiniMe Material 6599 
Chasing the drivers… 6597 
Serial number ??? 6597 
The Drivers. 6597 
Something like this. 6590 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6589 
The date with a mechanist. 6588 
G10 as Encosure Material 6587 
The Precision Sound Products? 6584 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6584 
Return to the paradigm 6583 
Educational 6583 
It might become not what I initially thought 6583 
As mini evolves... 6583 
4" drivers 6583 
The the same family of sound? 6582 
Almost 4" driver 6582 
Görlich is back 6582 
Some updates with MiniMe 6580 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6580 
MiniMe 3-Way 6579 
There is very little defined as now… 6579 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6577 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6568 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6567 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6566 
Yes, I know those drivers 6566 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6565 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6564 
I know what you mean... 6564 
The new Podszus Görlich 6558 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6558 
An inexpensive option 6558 
The freaking economy! 6544 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6544 
Freaking G10 6544 
The gambling on G10 6544 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6532 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6500 
MiniMe and Machinists 6500 
G10 nightmare & xover 6499 
The MiniMe X-over 6499 
Makes sense to me 6499 
Port Solutions 6499 
The port solution in MiniMe 6498 
Port adjustment 6498 
Unlikely Introductions 6498 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6483 
Heavy Cardboard? 6483 
A mistake with MiniMe 6482 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6477 
What people use 6477 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6477 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6473 
The MiniMe First draft 6472 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6471 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6470 
Ok, it is better now… 6469 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6469 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6469 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6469 
Anti Res driver mounting 6469 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6469 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6469 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6468 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6468 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6468 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6468 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6467 
Pass labs? 6467 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6467 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6467 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6467 
Well known low cost solution 6467 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6463 
New drivers 6462 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6462 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6460 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6460 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6460 
Realtime Options? 6459 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6459 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6459 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6458 
DEQ 2496 sound 6457 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6457 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6456 
You might hit me...but 6455 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6455 
Nearly fits... 6455 
Veravox 5 6455 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6455 
Agree and disagree 6455 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6455 
F120A 6452 
89 dB??? 6452 
Nearfield friendly? 6452 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6452 
More musings around the F120A 6451 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6451 
Another Brain Fart 6451 
In Passing... 6451 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6449 
Cap and Coil 6449 
Non annoying monitors 6449 
Comparing apples to oranges 6448 
Bad apples? 6448 
An olive branch? 6448 
"good luck" means good luck... 6448 
Perception vs reality 6448 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6430 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6422 
My kitchen system 6412 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 6412 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 6411 
What to make of it? 6411 
At this point I have very low expectations. 6411 
Impedance mismatch 6411 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 6410 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 6410 
Take Two Aspirin 6410 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 6401 
F120A -- end of the game? 6400 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 6400 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 6367 
Joyfull? 6366 
I know exactly what you mean 6366 
Macondo's Trim Tab 6366 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 6365 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 6361 
Waay Back 6361 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 6361 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 6360 
Port plugs 6360 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 6309 
SS Amp 6308 
To review the subject after 17 years. 6308 
Denon 6308 
I would like to go V-FET… 6308 
Vince... 6308 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 6308 
Specifics? 6308 
Hot... 6308 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 6307 
Tampax for MiniMe? 6306 
Say What? 6306 
The baby passive radiator. 6305 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 6304 
Will see how it goes… 6304 
Not quite analogous 6304 
Sucks and socks… 6301 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 6301 
Milq from the dead 6301 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 6301 
B-gone B-2 6300 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 6300 
Celebration 6300 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 6300 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 6299 
Bass behaviour of power amps 6299 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 6287 
My apologies... 6287 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 6287 
Gut wrenching... 6287 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 6174 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 6172 
The MiniMe playing loud. 6135 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 6135 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 6135 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 6053 
The end of MiniMe 5886 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5885 
One step forward and two steps back. 4997 
Exploiting the architecture 4996 
How bad do you need it to be? 4996 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 4996 
Directionality 4995 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 4995 
But why do you need another pilot system when 4994 
Injection Pilot? 4987 
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