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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.)

      Latest: What are you listening to right now? (2nd Part) wormcycle May 8, 2021 at 3:41 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: FRANADA - Friends in Canada wormcycle Apr 21, 2021
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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

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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: Great opportunity at Drop Thad E Ginathom Mar 24, 2021
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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: ETA Genesis-G/P Impressions Thread bilboda May 8, 2021 at 6:53 PM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: McIntosh MHA200 Impressions roshambo123 May 8, 2021 at 7:23 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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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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      Latest: DAC-OFF: Soncoz SGD1 vs. Geshelli JNOG Raimei Templar May 8, 2021 at 5:29 PM
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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 bixby May 8, 2021 at 6:10 PM
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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: iFi ZEN Phono Review iFi audio May 5, 2021 at 1:55 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: Pictures of your speaker system Jh4db536 May 6, 2021 at 9:59 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: ETA ESX-900 Measurement, Review, and Discussion Vtory May 8, 2021 at 12:38 AM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: Sony IER-Z1R Review and Measurements torifile May 2, 2021 at 9:16 PM
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: JDS Atom Measurements And Review Stereo Skunk Jan 23, 2021
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Denafrips Ares technical measurements purr1n May 8, 2021 at 10:17 AM
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Schiit Fulla 2 AIO DAC/Headamp Quick Impressions and Review Lyander Dec 13, 2020
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Measurement Setups - Post Your Rig! Philimon Mar 12, 2021
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

    Some of these sub-forums may be restricted to Friends or Contributors. Of course if you can't see it, then it doesn't exist.

    1. EU Forum

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    2. Loaner Programs

      Loaner program logistics only. Impressions should be in their respective gear category subforums.
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      1. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

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    3. SBAF Blogs

      Please don't start a random blog in this sub-forum. This sub-forum is reserved for VIPs.
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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)

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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

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    2. Outdoor World

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

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      1. Lego and Other Building Bricks

      2. Clash of Clans

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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: The music we make E_Schaaf Jan 11, 2021
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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: iFi audio ZEN CAN Signature 6XX / ZEN DAC Signature !!! Chris Allingham May 7, 2021 at 3:55 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: Schiit Audio behind the scenes YouTube channel! - SchiitFerBrainz! luckybaer Mar 4, 2021
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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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