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Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems 6571 
Pilot lamps 6571 
I might be using something similar.... 6571 
Cool running amps 6571 
More from the Strange but True Files: 6571 
The Macondo’s Pilot will take shape. 6560 
Porting paramaters 6560 
The bass-reflex “conspiracy” 6560 
Ports of Entry 6560 
Port o guess 6560 
More on the Port-o-guess… 6559 
Port-O-Guess 6559 
OK, here is a crazy idea. 6559 
Tuning By Ear 6558 
Tuning By Ear Attachment 6558 
The ported kitty... 6558 
Not knowing your parameters 6558 
Using the port as anticompression tool rather than noise generator 6557 
Playing a music on the ports… 6557 
Well said, haralanov 6557 
Deep boxes and long ports.. 6557 
Overly ridicules? 6557 
Port Predicaments 6556 
Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. 6556 
How to teach the port do not sound like a port 6556 
Servo? 6556 
Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… 6556 
A horn analogy, perhaps? 6556 
Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening 6555 
Ok, we are getting somewhere… 6555 
MiniMe or Fat Bastard 6554 
OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. 6554 
MiniMe with Raal Ribbons 6553 
Here are some MiniMe ‘secrets’. 6553 
MiniMe Material 6552 
Chasing the drivers… 6550 
Serial number ??? 6550 
The Drivers. 6550 
Something like this. 6543 
Some talks about port/s in this thread. 6542 
The date with a mechanist. 6541 
G10 as Encosure Material 6540 
The Precision Sound Products? 6537 
A catastrophe of the MiniMe Idea? 6537 
Return to the paradigm 6536 
Educational 6536 
It might become not what I initially thought 6536 
As mini evolves... 6536 
4" drivers 6536 
The the same family of sound? 6535 
Almost 4" driver 6535 
Görlich is back 6535 
Some updates with MiniMe 6533 
The MiniMe as a Double-Decker? 6533 
MiniMe 3-Way 6532 
There is very little defined as now… 6532 
Playing with RAAL 70-20RX 6530 
The MiniMe’s Naturmort 6521 
The Scan-Speak Illuminator. 6520 
Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers 6519 
Yes, I know those drivers 6519 
Drivers-ATD v. Gorlich 6518 
That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project 6517 
I know what you mean... 6517 
The new Podszus Görlich 6511 
Port’s weight. Important? Not important? 6511 
An inexpensive option 6511 
The freaking economy! 6497 
Wait...looks like short-term price spike 6497 
Freaking G10 6497 
The gambling on G10 6497 
Görlich test at Hobby Hifi 6485 
It is time to think about the MiniMe Crossover. 6453 
MiniMe and Machinists 6453 
G10 nightmare & xover 6452 
The MiniMe X-over 6452 
Makes sense to me 6452 
Port Solutions 6452 
The port solution in MiniMe 6451 
Port adjustment 6451 
Unlikely Introductions 6451 
The MiniMe enclosure in the house. 6436 
Heavy Cardboard? 6436 
A mistake with MiniMe 6435 
What people put in speaker crossovers nowadays? 6430 
What people use 6430 
MiniMe HF Section - quite good. 6430 
The MiniMe’s LF section 6426 
The MiniMe First draft 6425 
The MiniMe – the first assault. 6424 
The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. 6423 
Ok, it is better now… 6422 
Resonance solved by gasket? 6422 
As the Mohel said when his knife slipped... 6422 
The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. 6422 
Anti Res driver mounting 6422 
Driver-enclosure coupling 6422 
Class D suggestion for bass section 6422 
Did anyone say “blowing the gaskets”? 6421 
Driver attatchment; gaskets 6421 
The Unwobbling Pivot 6421 
MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion 6421 
The Class D, MiniMe and the amps 6420 
Pass labs? 6420 
You'd think it would be a slam dunk... 6420 
Looking more for a right “class” of amp 6420 
The Gainclone around the LM3886? 6420 
Well known low cost solution 6420 
The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition 6416 
New drivers 6415 
The MiniMe semi complete: Second draft 6415 
Doing MiniMe’s mid range. 6413 
Further break-up and resonance treatments 6413 
The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? 6413 
Realtime Options? 6412 
The 'misery' of JBL and G10 6412 
The "perfect" JBL-LE5 for MiniMe 6412 
The Behringer DEQ-2496 and MiniMe 6411 
DEQ 2496 sound 6410 
Bypassing the DEQs DAC... 6410 
A new set of directions with MiniMe 6409 
You might hit me...but 6408 
Lowther DX65 as MF driver. 6408 
Nearly fits... 6408 
Veravox 5 6408 
Cheating on Madame Macando 6408 
Agree and disagree 6408 
The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid 6408 
F120A 6405 
89 dB??? 6405 
Nearfield friendly? 6405 
The rumors about Fostex 120A 6405 
More musings around the F120A 6404 
About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. 6404 
Another Brain Fart 6404 
In Passing... 6404 
How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. 6402 
Cap and Coil 6402 
Non annoying monitors 6402 
Comparing apples to oranges 6401 
Bad apples? 6401 
An olive branch? 6401 
"good luck" means good luck... 6401 
Perception vs reality 6401 
The MiniMe bass sections. 6383 
Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback 6375 
My kitchen system 6365 
Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. 6365 
Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! 6364 
What to make of it? 6364 
At this point I have very low expectations. 6364 
Impedance mismatch 6364 
Fostex F120A – the end of the game. 6363 
The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? 6363 
Take Two Aspirin 6363 
My new MiniMe, I think it's it. 6354 
F120A -- end of the game? 6353 
I generally don’t like lobsters of how The Pussy was raped. 6353 
The MiniMe doing surprisingly good. 6320 
Joyfull? 6319 
I know exactly what you mean 6319 
Macondo's Trim Tab 6319 
My Cat as a jet propulsion engine 6318 
It sucks! Literally sucks. 6314 
Waay Back 6314 
"Hope" is for the enslaved (and promise ... 6314 
How to put one ass on a few chairs. 6313 
Port plugs 6313 
An amp drive the MiniMe… 6262 
SS Amp 6261 
To review the subject after 17 years. 6261 
Denon 6261 
I would like to go V-FET… 6261 
Vince... 6261 
Picked today a Yamaha B-2 to drive MiniMe. 6261 
Specifics? 6261 
Hot... 6261 
Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha 6260 
Tampax for MiniMe? 6259 
Say What? 6259 
The baby passive radiator. 6258 
Is that Michael J's doctor? 6257 
Will see how it goes… 6257 
Not quite analogous 6257 
Sucks and socks… 6254 
It is the worse that I heard, ever! 6254 
Milq from the dead 6254 
All Warmed Up and Ready to Go? 6254 
B-gone B-2 6253 
The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 6253 
Celebration 6253 
Does Yamaha B2 worth a new thread? 6253 
Not sure if Yamaha merits new thread... 6252 
Bass behaviour of power amps 6252 
Vince the Pro is diagnosable! 6240 
My apologies... 6240 
He’s no mental qualification to do more then shall... 6240 
Gut wrenching... 6240 
The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. 6127 
The MiniMe revived, Sound and the Lessons 6125 
The MiniMe playing loud. 6088 
Volume issue with solid state. . . 6088 
Interesting that you attribute the effect to amplification.... 6088 
A death of MiniMe as I planned? 6006 
The end of MiniMe 5839 
….and a few follow up thoughts 5838 
One step forward and two steps back. 4950 
Exploiting the architecture 4949 
How bad do you need it to be? 4949 
Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 4949 
Directionality 4948 
I love it and I have no idea why I did not do it before. 4948 
But why do you need another pilot system when 4947 
Injection Pilot? 4940 
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