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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

      Latest: The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2 Armaegis Jan 29, 2023 at 3:53 PM
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    3. Music and Recordings

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

      Latest: What are you listening to right now? Philimon Jan 30, 2023 at 8:32 AM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: Bay Area Meet January 29, 2023 bazelio Jan 29, 2023 at 11:33 PM
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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: Why do some speakers sound better with more power available? Azimuth Jan 30, 2023 at 8:56 AM
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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: JAR800 impressions thread atomicbob Jan 30, 2023 at 10:13 AM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Best amps for orthos weicheheck Jan 29, 2023 at 6:28 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: shotgunshane’s IEM (custom and universal) recommendations, favorites and classics Poleepkwa Jan 30, 2023 at 8:15 AM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

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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: Record Sleeves: Inners & Outers Merrick Jan 30, 2023 at 7:28 AM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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    2. Power Amps

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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: My real OB speaker project Locman Jan 29, 2023 at 10:32 AM
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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: HifiMAN HE6SE measurements and short review Philimon Jan 29, 2023 at 10:04 AM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: Massdrop Plus IEM M3NTAL Sep 7, 2022
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: atomicbob's SMPS Noise Nuke for HP amps with external SMPS Hrodulf Jan 30, 2023 at 10:15 AM
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: schiit yggdrasil LIM technical measurements exocer Oct 8, 2022
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Tube warm up time technical measurements gixxerwimp Mar 9, 2022
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Tutorial - Amplifier Distortion vs Amplitude - A Visual Guide atomicbob May 15, 2022
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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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      Latest: Loaner: JAR800S Merrick Jan 30, 2023 at 8:45 AM
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    3. SBAF Blogs

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      Latest: Merv's Politically Incorrect Audio Blog mediumroast Jan 15, 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

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      Latest: FS: GEC 6080 Tubes (1 Pair) caute Jan 30, 2023 at 9:50 AM
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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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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

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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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    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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