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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6435 
Pilot lamps 6435 
I might be using something similar.... 6435 
Cool running amps 6435 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6435 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6424 
Porting paramaters 6424 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6424 
Ports of Entry 6424 
Port o guess 6424 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6423 
Port-O-Guess 6423 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6423 
Tuning By Ear 6422 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6422 
The ported kitty... 6422 
Not knowing your parameters 6422 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6421 
Playing a music on the ports… 6421 
Well said, haralanov 6421 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6421 
Overly ridicules? 6421 
Port Predicaments 6420 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6420 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6420 
Servo? 6420 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6420 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6420 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6419 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6419 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6418 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6418 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6417 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6417 
MiniMe Material 6416 
Chasing the drivers… 6414 
Serial number ??? 6414 
The Drivers. 6414 
Something like this. 6407 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6406 
The date with a mechanist. 6405 
G10 as Encosure Material 6404 
The Precision Sound Products? 6401 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6401 
Return to the paradigm 6400 
Educational 6400 
It might become not what I initially thought 6400 
As mini evolves... 6400 
4" drivers 6400 
The the same family of sound? 6399 
Almost 4" driver 6399 
Görlich is back 6399 
Some updates with MiniMe 6397 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6397 
MiniMe 3-Way 6396 
There is very little defined as now… 6396 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6394 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6385 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6384 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6383 
Yes, I know those drivers 6383 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6382 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6381 
I know what you mean... 6381 
The new Podszus Görlich 6375 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6375 
An inexpensive option 6375 
The freaking economy! 6361 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6361 
Freaking G10 6361 
The gambling on G10 6361 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6349 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6317 
MiniMe and Machinists 6317 
G10 nightmare & xover 6316 
The MiniMe X-over 6316 
Makes sense to me 6316 
Port Solutions 6316 
The port solution in MiniMe 6315 
Port adjustment 6315 
Unlikely Introductions 6315 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6300 
Heavy Cardboard? 6300 
A mistake with MiniMe 6299 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6294 
What people use 6294 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6294 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6290 
The MiniMe First draft 6289 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6288 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6287 
Ok, it is better now… 6286 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6286 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6286 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6286 
Anti Res driver mounting 6286 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6286 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6286 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6285 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6285 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6285 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6285 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6284 
Pass labs? 6284 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6284 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6284 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6284 
Well known low cost solution 6284 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6280 
New drivers 6279 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6279 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6277 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6277 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6277 
Realtime Options? 6276 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6276 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6276 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6275 
DEQ 2496 sound 6274 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6274 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6273 
You might hit me...but 6272 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6272 
Nearly fits... 6272 
Veravox 5 6272 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6272 
Agree and disagree 6272 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6272 
F120A 6269 
89 dB??? 6269 
Nearfield friendly? 6269 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6269 
More musings around the F120A 6268 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6268 
Another Brain Fart 6268 
In Passing... 6268 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6266 
Cap and Coil 6266 
Non annoying monitors 6266 
Comparing apples to oranges 6265 
Bad apples? 6265 
An olive branch? 6265 
"good luck" means good luck... 6265 
Perception vs reality 6265 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6247 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6239 
My kitchen system 6229 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 6229 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 6228 
What to make of it? 6228 
At this point I have very low expectations. 6228 
Impedance mismatch 6228 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 6227 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 6227 
Take Two Aspirin 6227 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 6218 
F120A -- end of the game? 6217 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 6217 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 6184 
Joyfull? 6183 
I know exactly what you mean 6183 
Macondo's Trim Tab 6183 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 6182 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 6178 
Waay Back 6178 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 6178 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 6177 
Port plugs 6177 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 6126 
SS Amp 6125 
To review the subject after 17 years. 6125 
Denon 6125 
I would like to go V-FET… 6125 
Vince... 6125 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 6125 
Specifics? 6125 
Hot... 6125 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 6124 
Tampax for MiniMe? 6123 
Say What? 6123 
The baby passive radiator. 6122 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 6121 
Will see how it goes… 6121 
Not quite analogous 6121 
Sucks and socks… 6118 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 6118 
Milq from the dead 6118 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 6118 
B-gone B-2 6117 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 6117 
Celebration 6117 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 6117 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 6116 
Bass behaviour of power amps 6116 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 6104 
My apologies... 6104 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 6104 
Gut wrenching... 6104 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 5991 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 5989 
The MiniMe playing loud. 5952 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 5952 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 5952 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 5870 
The end of MiniMe 5703 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5702 
One step forward and two steps back. 4814 
Exploiting the architecture 4813 
How bad do you need it to be? 4813 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 4813 
Directionality 4812 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 4812 
But why do you need another pilot system when 4811 
Injection Pilot? 4804 
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