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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) roughroad Oct 25, 2021 at 7:58 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: Capital Audiofest 2021 dncnexus Oct 25, 2021 at 9:19 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: Audio Science Review Review Psalmanazar Oct 21, 2021 at 4:50 AM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: 403 Errors Vtory Oct 21, 2021 at 10:45 PM
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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: LSA HP2 Ultra stream of consciousness ShaneD Oct 26, 2021 at 6:51 AM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Shortest Way 51 Amp Impressions (Only) Emojiless Oct 26, 2021 at 12:03 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: Moondrop Kato Reviews & Discussion shotgunshane Oct 22, 2021 at 5:46 PM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: OCC Copper Headphone Cable Porn deafenears Oct 23, 2021 at 6:53 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. Azimuth Oct 26, 2021 at 8:02 AM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Volumio Streamer Configuration Tips MegaKen Oct 26, 2021 at 8:19 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: Cassette Tape Decks - For the Love of Saturation BearFacts Oct 23, 2021 at 3:12 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Saga 2 Ideas from Freya S? Wilhelm E Vormer Oct 26, 2021 at 7:09 AM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: On the topic of solid state, what about Class D? MaxBuck Oct 24, 2021 at 7:00 PM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: General Speaker Advice and Recommendations zerodeefex Oct 25, 2021 at 2:41 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: Sennheiser HD600 HD650 HD660S Analysis Samer Oct 26, 2021 at 10:56 AM
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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 ... DivineCurrent Aug 25, 2021
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: atomicbob's SMPS Noise Nuke for HP amps with external SMPS atomicbob Sep 18, 2021
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Soekris dac2541 technical measurements Biodegraded Aug 1, 2021
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: USB cable shield resistance technical measurements GoldenOne Oct 22, 2021 at 9:44 AM
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: "Ortho Wall" for lack of a better term rhythmdevils Jul 22, 2021
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

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    1. EU Forum

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      Latest: FFriends aka French Friends aka Freedom Fries rhythmdevils Aug 7, 2021
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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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      Latest: rhythmdevils music blog Josh Schor Oct 20, 2021 at 6:12 PM
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: ALEPH 5 heatsink on a progress Watchara Oct 26, 2021 at 11:58 AM
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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: FS: final D8000 pro, silver ogodei Oct 26, 2021 at 11:45 AM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

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      Latest: Electric Personal Transport (Scooters, skateboards, one-wheels, etc) Hrodulf Sep 13, 2021
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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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      Latest: The Spice of Life – Hot Sauce, Salsa, etc. Syzygy Oct 19, 2021
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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 rhythmdevils Jul 19, 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 hip-dac 2: just the tonic for headphone fans ufospls2 Oct 25, 2021 at 3:09 PM
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    2. Beezar

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      Latest: Beezar Audio/ECP Audio History TomB Jul 5, 2019
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    3. Bloom Audio

      https://bloomaudio.com/
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    4. Schiit

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      Latest: Schiit IEMagni Measurements Ronion Jun 17, 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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