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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: New England SBAFers Gallealonso Nov 24, 2020
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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: Absolute polarity test yotacowboy Dec 1, 2020 at 4:41 PM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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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: Sennheiser HD650 Majestyk Dec 1, 2020 at 5:18 PM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: Campfire Solaris 2020 Mini-Review and Measurements rhythmdevils Dec 1, 2020 at 6:55 PM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: HD580 Mods tommytakis Nov 28, 2020 at 1:56 PM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Schiit DACs and Linux Kernel Kurtz Dec 1, 2020 at 5:01 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Pi 2 Design - How do I get started? Gazny Nov 29, 2020 at 11:38 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: Phono Cartridges rtaylor76 Nov 30, 2020 at 3:25 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Schiit Aegir Power Amp Impressions monkuboy Nov 27, 2020 at 6:20 PM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: JBL S105 Aquarius 1 Restoration Log spwath Dec 1, 2020 at 4:51 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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    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 ... Kurow Nov 6, 2020
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: Eddie Current Studio 45 Custom Headamp Measurements will_f Nov 21, 2020
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Rockna Wavelight DAC Measurements Clemmaster Nov 5, 2020
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Goldpoint SA1X and SA2X passive attenuator technical measurements Koth Ganesh Sep 21, 2020
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Measurement Setups - Post Your Rig! Philimon Nov 18, 2020
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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. 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: Merv's Politically Incorrect Audio Blog wormcycle Dec 1, 2020 at 8:17 AM
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: Cable Building gixxerwimp Nov 29, 2020 at 7:59 PM
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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: Mjölnir Audio Pure Bipolar, HD650, Lynx E22, and more! Anwer Dec 1, 2020 at 6:13 PM
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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

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    4. Food and Drink

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      Latest: The Smoking Lounge (mainly cigars, but all tobacco welcome!) ChaChaRealSmooth Nov 29, 2020 at 7:13 PM
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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 robot zombie Nov 28, 2020 at 1:15 PM
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: General Auto Chat SoupRKnowva Nov 25, 2020 at 7:13 PM
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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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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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