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  1. Lobby

    General sub-forum area. New members must read the stickied posts in the Tales from the Bully Pulpit sub-forum before posting.

    1. Tales from the Bully Pulpit

      Must read stuff and important announcements.
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      1. How to Win Friends and Influence People

      2. Ambiophonics

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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

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    3. Music and Recordings

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      1. Music and Recordings (vinyl , 8-track, etc.)

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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: CanJam SoCal 2023 (Sept 30-Oct 1, 2023) insidious meme Oct 1, 2023 at 9:11 AM
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    5. Audio Science

      Discussion of blind testing, psychoacoustics, and measurement techniques. Also, preliminary, research, and exploratory measurements should generally be posted here unless the results of your measurement rigs have been established and well known. This is to prevent confusion and difficulty in comparing one measurement with another. Excessive insistence on only very difficult to implement double blind testing results in an automatic one week ban or worse.
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      1. Blind Testing and Psychoacoustics

      2. Measurement Techniques Discussion

      Latest: Distortion Surface: old measurement, new approach atomicbob Oct 2, 2023 at 8:17 PM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: 403 Errors shotgunshane Sep 17, 2022
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  2. Personal Audio Gear Discussion

    Personal audio gear reviews , subjective impressions, thoughts, and questions about gear. Any post with a measurement should go in the measurements section below.

    1. Headphones

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      Latest: Grado PS500e Review and Measurements purr1n Oct 3, 2023 at 8:02 AM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Schiit Mjolnir 3 Impressions gsanger Oct 3, 2023 at 5:40 AM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: IEM general discussion thread ColdsnapBry Sep 18, 2023
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

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      Latest: Headphone Cables joch Sep 27, 2023 at 6:15 PM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Dummies Guide to Pi2AES! Throw away your PC or laptop. Elleny Oct 3, 2023 at 5:10 AM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Music Streaming Services randytsuch Sep 29, 2023 at 7:06 AM
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    3. Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear

      Anything related to vinyl playback, turntables, cartridges, phonostages, setup, discussions, measurements, etc.
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      Latest: Tavish Designs "Vintage 6SL7 Phono Stage" Impressions ceylon Sep 20, 2023
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Preamp based on the Pass 1.7 earwax Aug 28, 2023
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Schiit Tyr Monoblock Amplifier Reviews and Impressions Christof Sep 25, 2023
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Pictures of your speaker system Josh Schor Oct 2, 2023 at 6:32 PM
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  5. Measurements (plus subjective impressions)

    Measurements with subjective impressions. Hands, Marv, Ultrabike, AtomicBob, Sorrodje, and cskippy. Unless your measurements have been sanctioned, please post them in the "Audio Science" sub-forum above. To is to prevent confusion as different measurement setups will have different results. Note that Hands' coupler has pinna, which will bump up the 2-3.5kHz region a little bit.

    1. Headphone Measurements

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      Latest: Verum Audio - Exciting high performance DIY planar SwordMeister Sep 22, 2023
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: Drop x JVC HA-FDX1 DD IEM: The second coming of ... micr0g Apr 4, 2023
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: Eddie Current Studio B technical measurements Pancakes Sep 29, 2023 at 9:42 AM
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Sonic Frontiers SFD-1 MK2 Vintage DAC Measurements chesebert Sep 17, 2023
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Tube warm up time technical measurements atomicbob Sep 24, 2023
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Measurement Setups - Post Your Rig! thekorsen Sep 14, 2023
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

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    1. EU Forum

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    2. Loaner Programs

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      1. Rules, Payments, and Other

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    3. SBAF Blogs

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      Latest: Merv's Politically Incorrect Audio Blog Metro Sep 23, 2023
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    4. DIY

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    5. For Sale

      HF is probably a better place to reach people for selling most stuff. We reach the same kinds of people as HF, but HF gets 7,000,000 sessions and 35,000,000 pageviews per month. We are about 1000 times smaller and the members here are much more selective in what they purchase.
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      1. Closed (Archived) Sales

      2. Buyer and Seller Feedback (Negative)

      Latest: WTB: Schiit Modius AKM Abhishek Chowdhary Oct 3, 2023 at 7:27 AM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

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    3. Geek Cave: Computers, Tablets, HT, Phones, Games

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      1. Lego and Other Building Bricks

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    4. Food and Drink

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    5. Musicians and Instruments

      SHow off your musical instruments and post what instruments you have and your musical accomplishments! Even if you play an instrument just as a hobby, please post your pics and descriptions!
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      Latest: Show off your musical instruments! k4rstar Sep 16, 2023
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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      Latest: Introducing NEO iDSD2! The world's first lossless Bluetooth DAC/Amp... TheIceman93 Oct 2, 2023 at 8:50 PM
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    2. Beezar

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    3. Bloom Audio

      https://bloomaudio.com/
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    4. Schiit

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      Latest: The Mike Moffat (#2 at Schiit) Blog Metro Jun 7, 2022
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    5. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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      Latest: Have Used Headphones, Amps, or DACs you are looking to get rid of? Trade In and Save with The Sourc netforce Oct 22, 2020
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