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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: The Times They Are A-Changin' at SBAF fp627 Sep 21, 2020 at 5:27 PM
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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 M3NTAL Sep 21, 2020 at 8:53 PM
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    3. Music and Recordings

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

      Latest: Hip-Hop! magma Sep 22, 2020 at 1:38 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: FRANADA - Friends in Canada wormcycle Sep 2, 2020
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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 ultrabike Sep 22, 2020 at 2:01 PM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: APB: Iuona Dan Clark Audio Aeon 2 Closed shotgunshane Sep 19, 2020 at 5:23 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 fp627 Sep 22, 2020 at 12:34 PM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: xDuoo XD-05 Plus Portable DAC / Headamp Review and Measurements purr1n Sep 22, 2020 at 10:56 AM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: Gaudio Nair & Clariden Reviews, Impressions and Discussion purr1n Sep 22, 2020 at 8:49 AM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: Darkvoice and Crack Mods Gizmo1k Sep 20, 2020 at 8:57 AM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Raspberry Pi I2S to SPDIF Hat Tom Lee Sep 22, 2020 at 2:07 PM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Roon Discussion wormcycle Sep 22, 2020 at 6:12 AM
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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: Turntable advice ogodei Sep 18, 2020 at 8:00 AM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Schiit Freya + and S Impressions - Stream of Consciousness Aklegal Sep 18, 2020 at 7:45 AM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Schiit Aegir Power Amp Impressions rlow Sep 21, 2020 at 12:35 PM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: New KEF LS50 Meta rlow Sep 22, 2020 at 1:32 PM
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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: Verum Audio - Exciting high performance DIY planar uncola Sep 22, 2020 at 2:49 AM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: Drop x JVC HA-FDX1 DD IEM: The second coming of ... jafnvaegi Sep 16, 2020 at 9:53 PM
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: JDS Atom Measurements And Review magicscreen Aug 31, 2020
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Motu UltraLite-mk4 technical measurements (DAC only) wadec22 Aug 15, 2020
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Goldpoint SA1X and SA2X passive attenuator technical measurements Koth Ganesh Sep 21, 2020 at 9:44 AM
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: New portable headphone measuring setup La Cenric Sep 18, 2020 at 3:57 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: European friends listing gahan Aug 8, 2020
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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: Gaudio Nair and Clariden dncnexus Sep 22, 2020 at 5:12 AM
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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: Rhythmdevil’s music blog (plus random thoughts) rhythmdevils Sep 17, 2020 at 3:19 PM
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: The WAF Dipole. The Waff-ole. Waffle. Ardacer Sep 22, 2020 at 12:39 PM
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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: iFi iEMatch 3.5mm Inoculator Sep 22, 2020 at 11:50 AM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

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      3. Health

      Latest: Pics of your pet Philimon Sep 19, 2020 at 1:33 PM
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    2. Outdoor World

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      Latest: EPIC 5 day Blue Fin Tuna Safari fp627 Aug 21, 2020
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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

      Latest: Videogame Discussion Thread bboris77 Sep 19, 2020 at 8:26 AM
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    4. Food and Drink

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      Latest: What are you drinking RIGHT NOW? spwath Sep 22, 2020 at 1:45 PM
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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 nnotis Aug 3, 2020
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Camera gear discussions zerodeefex Sep 14, 2020
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: General Auto Chat dark_energy Sep 18, 2020 at 10:29 AM
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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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      Latest: Planar in-ear Paradoxum Global Sound (PGS) headphones Lyander Sep 17, 2020 at 2:06 PM
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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: Philly/NYC/DE/NJ area meet up? TomNC Jul 11, 2020
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    4. Schiit

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      Latest: The Mike Moffat (#2 at Schiit) Blog zonto Aug 10, 2020
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    5. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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      Latest: Audeze B-Stock Sale Is Back! netforce Aug 13, 2020
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