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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: Axpona 2024 - April 12-14th - Chicago IL dubharmonic Apr 18, 2024 at 8:52 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

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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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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Oh Sh#7! Eddie Current Studio B dasman66 Apr 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

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      Latest: Custom Cans HD600/HD650 mod: measurements and impressions RenEH Apr 17, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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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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      Latest: Roon Discussion YMO Apr 17, 2024 at 5:23 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: U-turn Orbit “Theory” Greg121986 Apr 16, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Passive Schiit shootout: Saga vs. Freya vs. SYS TinEaredOne Mar 21, 2024
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Schiit Tyr Monoblock Amplifier Reviews and Impressions Josh Schor Apr 13, 2024 at 4:41 AM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15 and Ellipticor A50-II AdvanTech Apr 15, 2024 at 7:53 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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    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 ... micr0g Apr 4, 2023
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: Shortest Way 51+ multi-tube technical measurements Grattle Mar 12, 2024
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: KTE Spring2 technical measurements 5bs5vuiz4 Feb 28, 2024
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Riva Audio Festival (Wand series) hawaiiancerveza Nov 27, 2023
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: The Quest for Quiet lehmanhill Apr 18, 2024 at 12:27 PM
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

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    2. Loaner Programs

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      1. Rules, Payments, and Other

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    3. SBAF Blogs

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    4. DIY

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      Latest: DIY Streamer: In search of one ultimate streamer... Walderstorn Apr 16, 2024 at 11:06 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

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      1. Lego and Other Building Bricks

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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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    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: FluxLab FA-10 powerful headphone amplifier RenEH Apr 7, 2024
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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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