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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6390 
Pilot lamps 6390 
I might be using something similar.... 6390 
Cool running amps 6390 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6390 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6379 
Porting paramaters 6379 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6379 
Ports of Entry 6379 
Port o guess 6379 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6378 
Port-O-Guess 6378 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6378 
Tuning By Ear 6377 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6377 
The ported kitty... 6377 
Not knowing your parameters 6377 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6376 
Playing a music on the ports… 6376 
Well said, haralanov 6376 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6376 
Overly ridicules? 6376 
Port Predicaments 6375 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6375 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6375 
Servo? 6375 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6375 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6375 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6374 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6374 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6373 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6373 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6372 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6372 
MiniMe Material 6371 
Chasing the drivers… 6369 
Serial number ??? 6369 
The Drivers. 6369 
Something like this. 6362 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6361 
The date with a mechanist. 6360 
G10 as Encosure Material 6359 
The Precision Sound Products? 6356 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6356 
Return to the paradigm 6355 
Educational 6355 
It might become not what I initially thought 6355 
As mini evolves... 6355 
4" drivers 6355 
The the same family of sound? 6354 
Almost 4" driver 6354 
Görlich is back 6354 
Some updates with MiniMe 6352 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6352 
MiniMe 3-Way 6351 
There is very little defined as now… 6351 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6349 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6340 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6339 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6338 
Yes, I know those drivers 6338 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6337 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6336 
I know what you mean... 6336 
The new Podszus Görlich 6330 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6330 
An inexpensive option 6330 
The freaking economy! 6316 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6316 
Freaking G10 6316 
The gambling on G10 6316 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6304 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6272 
MiniMe and Machinists 6272 
G10 nightmare & xover 6271 
The MiniMe X-over 6271 
Makes sense to me 6271 
Port Solutions 6271 
The port solution in MiniMe 6270 
Port adjustment 6270 
Unlikely Introductions 6270 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6255 
Heavy Cardboard? 6255 
A mistake with MiniMe 6254 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6249 
What people use 6249 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6249 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6245 
The MiniMe First draft 6244 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6243 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6242 
Ok, it is better now… 6241 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6241 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6241 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6241 
Anti Res driver mounting 6241 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6241 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6241 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6240 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6240 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6240 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6240 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6239 
Pass labs? 6239 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6239 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6239 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6239 
Well known low cost solution 6239 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6235 
New drivers 6234 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6234 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6232 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6232 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6232 
Realtime Options? 6231 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6231 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6231 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6230 
DEQ 2496 sound 6229 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6229 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6228 
You might hit me...but 6227 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6227 
Nearly fits... 6227 
Veravox 5 6227 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6227 
Agree and disagree 6227 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6227 
F120A 6224 
89 dB??? 6224 
Nearfield friendly? 6224 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6224 
More musings around the F120A 6223 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6223 
Another Brain Fart 6223 
In Passing... 6223 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6221 
Cap and Coil 6221 
Non annoying monitors 6221 
Comparing apples to oranges 6220 
Bad apples? 6220 
An olive branch? 6220 
"good luck" means good luck... 6220 
Perception vs reality 6220 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6202 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6194 
My kitchen system 6184 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 6184 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 6183 
What to make of it? 6183 
At this point I have very low expectations. 6183 
Impedance mismatch 6183 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 6182 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 6182 
Take Two Aspirin 6182 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 6173 
F120A -- end of the game? 6172 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 6172 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 6139 
Joyfull? 6138 
I know exactly what you mean 6138 
Macondo's Trim Tab 6138 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 6137 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 6133 
Waay Back 6133 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 6133 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 6132 
Port plugs 6132 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 6081 
SS Amp 6080 
To review the subject after 17 years. 6080 
Denon 6080 
I would like to go V-FET… 6080 
Vince... 6080 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 6080 
Specifics? 6080 
Hot... 6080 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 6079 
Tampax for MiniMe? 6078 
Say What? 6078 
The baby passive radiator. 6077 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 6076 
Will see how it goes… 6076 
Not quite analogous 6076 
Sucks and socks… 6073 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 6073 
Milq from the dead 6073 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 6073 
B-gone B-2 6072 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 6072 
Celebration 6072 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 6072 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 6071 
Bass behaviour of power amps 6071 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 6059 
My apologies... 6059 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 6059 
Gut wrenching... 6059 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 5946 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 5944 
The MiniMe playing loud. 5907 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 5907 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 5907 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 5825 
The end of MiniMe 5658 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5657 
One step forward and two steps back. 4769 
Exploiting the architecture 4768 
How bad do you need it to be? 4768 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 4768 
Directionality 4767 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 4767 
But why do you need another pilot system when 4766 
Injection Pilot? 4759 
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