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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

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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

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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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    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: A Rethink of THD/THD+N (or why both tell us almost nothing) John Massaria Jun 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: Schiit Byygy Dac Just Landed Merrick Jun 9, 2025
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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: Verum 2 Review and Measurements Garuspik Jun 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Schiit Valhalla 3 Tube Headphone Amplifier Review ottoborden Jun 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

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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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    3. Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear

      Anything related to vinyl playback, turntables, cartridges, phonostages, setup, discussions, measurements, etc.
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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    3. Speakers

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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: HiFiMAN Arya measurements and impressions Metamodern Jun 20, 2025
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: Tangzu Wan'er Studio Measurements and Impressions Lyander Dec 15, 2024
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: xDuoo TA-66 technical measurements Biodegraded Jun 4, 2025
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Wiim Pro Technical Investigation Kattefjaes Jun 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Tube warm up time technical measurements DrMorbius Jun 8, 2025
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: The Quest for Quiet Hrodulf Apr 19, 2024
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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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    5. For Sale

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    5. Musicians and Instruments

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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

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      Latest: New Launch! Questyle M18i Mobile Headphone Amplifier with DAC darmok Jun 20, 2025
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    2. Beezar

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    3. Bloom Audio

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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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