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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.)

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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: The Unified ABX and DBT Church Wilson May 5, 2022
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: 403 Errors shotgunshane Mar 2, 2022
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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: ZMF New Headphones: Vérité and Aeolus insidious meme May 15, 2022 at 1:28 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: Letshouer S12 ortho iem Impressions and Discussion Biodegraded May 16, 2022 at 9:08 AM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: Custom Cans HD600/HD650 mod: measurements and impressions Bob Smith8901 May 13, 2022 at 8:14 AM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Dummies Guide to Pi2AES! Throw away your PC or laptop. Michael Kelly May 16, 2022 at 1:45 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Raspberry Pi troubleshooting and configuration instructions for complete fucking morons dasman66 May 13, 2022 at 7:27 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: Tavish Designs "Vintage 6SL7 Phono Stage" Impressions shotgunshane May 11, 2022 at 6:34 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Schiit Freya + and S Impressions - Stream of Consciousness nishan99 May 16, 2022 at 11:17 PM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Amplifier porn iFi audio May 9, 2022
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Pictures of your speaker system Thad E Ginathom May 16, 2022 at 6:42 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: Etymotic ER4XR and ER4SR Measurement señorhifi Mar 24, 2022
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: ECP Audio T4 technical measurements dsavitsk Feb 11, 2022
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Focusrite Clarett 2Pre USB Psalmanazar Mar 29, 2022
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Tube warm up time technical measurements gixxerwimp Mar 9, 2022
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Tutorial - Amplifier Distortion vs Amplitude - A Visual Guide atomicbob May 15, 2022 at 6:34 PM
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

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    2. Loaner Programs

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      1. Closed Loaners

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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: ESX909 - Retuned and ready to rock E_Schaaf May 16, 2022 at 9:34 PM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

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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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    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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  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

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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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