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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

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    3. Music and Recordings

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      1. Music and Recordings (vinyl , 8-track, etc.)

      Latest: New Rest in Peace Thread - Dedicated to Musicians who brought us Joy MrChinaCat Oct 25, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: CanJam Dallas Nov 2-3 netforce Oct 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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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: Pink Noise Dithering - filmgrain of audio Ash1412 Oct 16, 2024
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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: Moondrop Para - very not bad! Hrodulf Oct 24, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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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: Moondrop Kato Reviews & Discussion Tone? Oct 22, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Shanling ET-3 CD Transport Review - Golden Schlong Worthy Walderstorn Oct 24, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Diretta Thread famish99 Oct 24, 2024 at 12:10 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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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Denafrips Hestia preamp review Wojciech Czupta Jul 16, 2024
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Schiit Tyr Monoblock Amplifier Reviews and Impressions SnowPuppy Oct 22, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Pictures of your speaker system Polemarkos Oct 24, 2024 at 7:36 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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      Latest: HD650 technical measurements Tone? Oct 23, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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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 Priidik Aug 17, 2024
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: atomicbob's SMPS Noise Nuke for HP amps with external SMPS Steakface Oct 13, 2024
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: schiit yggdrasil LIM technical measurements Ash1412 Sep 27, 2024
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Tube warm up time technical measurements Grattle Oct 2, 2024
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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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    1. EU Forum

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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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    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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      Latest: FS: Schiit Aegir V1 (2023) - Pair - $825 Polemarkos Oct 25, 2024 at 4:08 AM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

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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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    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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    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’s ZEN Air Series – great sound for under £100 Steakface Oct 20, 2024 at 7:01 AM
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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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