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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

      Latest: New Members - Introduce Yourself xxsimba Jul 25, 2021 at 6:39 AM
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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

      Latest: The All Purpose Advice Thread rymnd6c28 Jul 24, 2021 at 7:28 AM
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    3. Music and Recordings

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

      Latest: What are you listening to right now? (2nd Part) bilboda Jul 25, 2021 at 9:41 AM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: ETA Festivus + SoCal Meet (End of August / Early September 2021) YMO Jul 22, 2021 at 11:56 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

      Latest: SBAF GitHub: Headphone Frequency Response Data Marvey Jul 21, 2021 at 1:26 PM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: 403 Errors rhythmdevils Jul 10, 2021
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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: The Mighty Utopia: Focal Utopia Revisted OJneg Jul 25, 2021 at 8:41 AM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: SPL PHONITOR X & E Armaegis Jul 25, 2021 at 8:44 AM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: Iem tip rolling / tip advice thread rhythmdevils Jul 24, 2021 at 4:39 PM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: TH500RP Modding (WIP) spoony Jul 23, 2021 at 4:07 PM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Pi2AES Impressions only thread stevej Jul 25, 2021 at 9:45 AM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Invigorate your digital audio with HQPlayer Upsampling on a Raspberry Pi4 Woland Jul 23, 2021 at 10:31 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: Schiit Sol Turntable Review - Episodic. ripblade Jul 24, 2021 at 11:39 AM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Your favourite Preamp Tube Type winders Jul 18, 2021
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: AmpCamp Amp Philimon Jul 21, 2021 at 2:39 PM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Magnepan JeffYoung Jul 23, 2021 at 3:31 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: Jupiter Audio Research HD650 Impressions/Measurements (Finalized Mod) Merrick Jul 24, 2021 at 8:25 PM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: DUNU Zen IEM Measurements and Analysis dan3952 Jun 24, 2021
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: Gilmore Lite mk2 Measurements Azimuth Jul 24, 2021 at 7:03 PM
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Denafrips Ares technical measurements GoldenOne Jun 15, 2021
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Schiit Loki EQ Measurements Marvey Jul 3, 2021
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: "Ortho Wall" for lack of a better term rhythmdevils Jul 22, 2021 at 6:12 AM
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

    Some of these sub-forums may be restricted to Friends or Contributors. Of course if you can't see it, then it doesn't exist.

    1. EU Forum

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      Latest: FFriends aka French Friends aka Freedom Fries CharlesM Jun 15, 2021
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    2. Loaner Programs

      Loaner program logistics only. Impressions should be in their respective gear category subforums.
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      1. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

      Latest: Loaner: JAR HD580/650 Merrick Jul 24, 2021 at 7:52 PM
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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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      Latest: Merv's Politically Incorrect Audio Blog Pancakes Jul 24, 2021 at 9:23 AM
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: DIY talk Thad E Ginathom Jul 25, 2021 at 6:39 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

      2. Buyer and Seller Feedback (Negative)

      Latest: FS: CA Andromeda V3, Sony zx300 & Forza Audioworks cable Mystic Jul 25, 2021 at 5:42 AM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

      2. Birthdays

      3. Health

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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

      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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      Latest: The music we make rhythmdevils Jul 19, 2021 at 12:30 AM
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Camera gear discussions shredical Jul 8, 2021
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: None of the above - Any cyclists? ergopower Jul 24, 2021 at 7:21 AM
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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 Stream Michael Kelly Jul 25, 2021 at 7:57 AM
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    2. Beezar

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      Latest: Beezar Audio/ECP Audio History TomB Jul 5, 2019
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    3. Bloom Audio

      https://bloomaudio.com/
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      Latest: Incredible customer service from Bloom Audio rhythmdevils Jul 14, 2021
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    4. Schiit

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      Latest: Schiit IEMagni Measurements Ronion Jun 17, 2021
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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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