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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: FRANADA - Friends in Canada wormcycle Apr 21, 2021
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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: Audio Science Review Review netforce May 14, 2021 at 3:50 PM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: 403 Errors rhythmdevils May 15, 2021 at 4:33 PM
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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-6SE rhythmdevils May 14, 2021 at 7:09 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: shotgunshane’s IEM (custom and universal) recommendations, favorites and classics Tekker May 15, 2021 at 5:16 AM
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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: Dummies Guide to Pi2AES! Throw away your PC or laptop. RedLipstick May 15, 2021 at 2:21 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Music Streaming Services bixby May 8, 2021
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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: Schiit Freya + and S Impressions - Stream of Consciousness yotacowboy May 15, 2021 at 4:36 PM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Fisher KX-2000 Integrated - Blast from the Past Donald North May 14, 2021 at 3:03 PM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Danny Richie tears the Dynaudio Special 40s apart Aklegal May 12, 2021 at 8:54 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: Hifiman HE400SE Global Edition Measurements and Thoughts Philimon May 14, 2021 at 6:41 AM
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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 Brad358 May 11, 2021 at 12:41 PM
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: JDS Atom Measurements And Review Stereo Skunk Jan 23, 2021
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: KTE Spring2 technical measurements earnmyturns May 11, 2021 at 12:46 PM
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Schiit Fulla 2 AIO DAC/Headamp Quick Impressions and Review Lyander Dec 13, 2020
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Measurement Setups - Post Your Rig! Philimon Mar 12, 2021
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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. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

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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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    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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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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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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    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 audio ZEN CAN Signature 6XX / ZEN DAC Signature !!! Chris Allingham May 10, 2021 at 11:13 AM
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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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