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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

      Latest: Advice for Schiit on how to improve Magni 3+ power supply purr1n Apr 3, 2020 at 2:22 PM
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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

      Latest: Used Deals Thread ogodei Apr 3, 2020 at 6:26 AM
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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) YMO Apr 3, 2020 at 2:27 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: CO SBAF Pyrate Micro Meet (Feb. 15th, 2020) sahmen Mar 26, 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: 3 portable on-ears: Koss PortaPro, Senn PX100-II, AKG K403 Brause Mar 14, 2020
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: 403 Errors YMO Feb 14, 2020
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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: Hifiman HE-6 auvgeek Apr 3, 2020 at 1:27 PM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: The Pioneer M22 as a head amp? (and recapping guide) sp33ls Apr 2, 2020 at 11:53 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: Sony ZX300 Claud Apr 2, 2020 at 10:37 AM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: I made a hyper-engaging headphone with HD800S drivers CEE TEE Apr 2, 2020 at 9:29 PM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Raspberry Pi I2S to SPDIF Hat bilboda Apr 3, 2020 at 2:13 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Computer Audio Players Mikeybc Mar 22, 2020
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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: Schiit Sol Turntable Review - Episodic. NationOfLaws Apr 3, 2020 at 7:41 AM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Schiit Freya + and S Impressions - Stream of Consciousness Taverius Mar 29, 2020 at 3:16 AM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Schiit Vidar Impression Thread - UPDATED WITH REVIEW (CHECK FIRST POST) bixby Apr 3, 2020 at 9:08 AM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Nearfields for audiophile listening? Xecuter Apr 1, 2020 at 10:36 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: Symphones V9 Build - Random Impressions and a Billion Measurements Hands Apr 3, 2020 at 7:19 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 ... lucser Mar 12, 2020
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: ECP Audio T4 technical measurements Hi-Fi-Anatomia Feb 8, 2020
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Matrix Element X Measurements ultrabike Feb 12, 2020
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Goldpoint SA1X and SA2X passive attenuator technical measurements zonto Dec 18, 2019
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: How to Build a Cheap and Easy Measurement Rig Biodegraded Mar 20, 2020
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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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      Latest: European friends listing fluxbat Mar 22, 2020
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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

      Latest: Loaner: Grado RS2 with TTVJ Deluxe Flat Pads StageOne Apr 1, 2020 at 11:15 AM
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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 Taverius Mar 23, 2020
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: Cable Building gixxerwimp Apr 1, 2020 at 9:46 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: CFA Andro, Cerakote White, extra cable ductrung3993 Apr 3, 2020 at 2:15 PM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

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      3. Health

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    2. Outdoor World

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      Latest: Winter Sports World earnmyturns Mar 16, 2020
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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: Coffee: we drink it or we get angry. Gruss Gott Apr 3, 2020 at 12:49 AM
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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 Mar 23, 2020
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Post Your Favorite Photos (Must have been taken by you!) Syzygy Apr 2, 2020 at 5:25 PM
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: Car Stereo Enthusiasts here on SBAF? spwath Apr 3, 2020 at 2:17 PM
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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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      Latest: Win one of three iFi audio xCAN + Meze 99 Classics Silver headphones combos! iFi audio Apr 3, 2020 at 5:06 AM
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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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      Latest: Spotlight on Audeze Bloom Feb 20, 2020
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    4. Schiit

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      Latest: The Mike Moffat (#2 at Schiit) Blog magnium Mar 22, 2020
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    5. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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      Latest: The Source AV and Covid 19 rrwwss52 Mar 29, 2020 at 7:18 PM
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