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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6250 
Pilot lamps 6250 
I might be using something similar.... 6250 
Cool running amps 6250 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6250 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6239 
Porting paramaters 6239 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6239 
Ports of Entry 6239 
Port o guess 6239 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6238 
Port-O-Guess 6238 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6238 
Tuning By Ear 6237 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6237 
The ported kitty... 6237 
Not knowing your parameters 6237 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6236 
Playing a music on the ports… 6236 
Well said, haralanov 6236 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6236 
Overly ridicules? 6236 
Port Predicaments 6235 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6235 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6235 
Servo? 6235 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6235 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6235 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6234 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6234 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6233 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6233 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6232 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6232 
MiniMe Material 6231 
Chasing the drivers… 6229 
Serial number ??? 6229 
The Drivers. 6229 
Something like this. 6222 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6221 
The date with a mechanist. 6220 
G10 as Encosure Material 6219 
The Precision Sound Products? 6216 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6216 
Return to the paradigm 6215 
Educational 6215 
It might become not what I initially thought 6215 
As mini evolves... 6215 
4" drivers 6215 
The the same family of sound? 6214 
Almost 4" driver 6214 
Görlich is back 6214 
Some updates with MiniMe 6212 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6212 
MiniMe 3-Way 6211 
There is very little defined as now… 6211 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6209 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6200 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6199 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6198 
Yes, I know those drivers 6198 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6197 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6196 
I know what you mean... 6196 
The new Podszus Görlich 6190 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6190 
An inexpensive option 6190 
The freaking economy! 6176 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6176 
Freaking G10 6176 
The gambling on G10 6176 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6164 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6132 
MiniMe and Machinists 6132 
G10 nightmare & xover 6131 
The MiniMe X-over 6131 
Makes sense to me 6131 
Port Solutions 6131 
The port solution in MiniMe 6130 
Port adjustment 6130 
Unlikely Introductions 6130 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6115 
Heavy Cardboard? 6115 
A mistake with MiniMe 6114 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6109 
What people use 6109 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6109 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6105 
The MiniMe First draft 6104 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6103 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6102 
Ok, it is better now… 6101 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6101 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6101 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6101 
Anti Res driver mounting 6101 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6101 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6101 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6100 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6100 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6100 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6100 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6099 
Pass labs? 6099 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6099 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6099 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6099 
Well known low cost solution 6099 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6095 
New drivers 6094 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6094 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6092 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6092 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6092 
Realtime Options? 6091 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6091 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6091 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6090 
DEQ 2496 sound 6089 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6089 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6088 
You might hit me...but 6087 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6087 
Nearly fits... 6087 
Veravox 5 6087 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6087 
Agree and disagree 6087 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6087 
F120A 6084 
89 dB??? 6084 
Nearfield friendly? 6084 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6084 
More musings around the F120A 6083 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6083 
Another Brain Fart 6083 
In Passing... 6083 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6081 
Cap and Coil 6081 
Non annoying monitors 6081 
Comparing apples to oranges 6080 
Bad apples? 6080 
An olive branch? 6080 
"good luck" means good luck... 6080 
Perception vs reality 6080 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6062 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6054 
My kitchen system 6044 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 6044 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 6043 
What to make of it? 6043 
At this point I have very low expectations. 6043 
Impedance mismatch 6043 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 6042 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 6042 
Take Two Aspirin 6042 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 6033 
F120A -- end of the game? 6032 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 6032 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 5999 
Joyfull? 5998 
I know exactly what you mean 5998 
Macondo's Trim Tab 5998 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 5997 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 5993 
Waay Back 5993 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 5993 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 5992 
Port plugs 5992 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 5941 
SS Amp 5940 
To review the subject after 17 years. 5940 
Denon 5940 
I would like to go V-FET… 5940 
Vince... 5940 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 5940 
Specifics? 5940 
Hot... 5940 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 5939 
Tampax for MiniMe? 5938 
Say What? 5938 
The baby passive radiator. 5937 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 5936 
Will see how it goes… 5936 
Not quite analogous 5936 
Sucks and socks… 5933 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 5933 
Milq from the dead 5933 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 5933 
B-gone B-2 5932 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 5932 
Celebration 5932 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 5932 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 5931 
Bass behaviour of power amps 5931 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 5919 
My apologies... 5919 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 5919 
Gut wrenching... 5919 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 5806 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 5804 
The MiniMe playing loud. 5767 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 5767 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 5767 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 5685 
The end of MiniMe 5518 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5517 
One step forward and two steps back. 4629 
Exploiting the architecture 4628 
How bad do you need it to be? 4628 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 4628 
Directionality 4627 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 4627 
But why do you need another pilot system when 4626 
Injection Pilot? 4619 
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