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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 samwell7 Mar 5, 2021 at 2:40 AM
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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

      Latest: I hate tube rolling, but let's discuss tubes. gixxerwimp Mar 5, 2021 at 2:25 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) insidious meme Mar 4, 2021 at 11:03 PM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: T+A Presents a Discusson of Their HA 200 Headphone Amp, HV Series Technology, and Solitaire P Headph MuppetFace Feb 28, 2021 at 4:25 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: Audio Science Review Review Mont789 Mar 1, 2021 at 5:00 AM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: Topping L30 xploding and taking headphones out 9suns Mar 2, 2021 at 5:55 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: ZMF New Headphones: Vérité and Aeolus nishan99 Mar 5, 2021 at 12:09 AM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Monoprice Monolith Liquid Platinum Headphone Amplifier by Alex Cavalli John INCONIGLIOS Mar 4, 2021 at 11:28 PM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: DAP talk (formerly best DAPs 2015) KowalskiFUT Mar 4, 2021 at 8:24 AM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: Headphone Cables crazychile Mar 4, 2021 at 5:34 AM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: Clarett 2Pre USB Audio Interface Armaegis Mar 4, 2021 at 8:14 AM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: Computer Audio Players dasman66 Mar 4, 2021 at 8:05 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: Darlington Labs Phono Preamps scblock Mar 3, 2021 at 8:00 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Don Sachs Model 2 Line Stage el Chefe Mar 3, 2021 at 11:46 AM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Schiit Aegir Power Amp Impressions Kolozub Mar 5, 2021 at 12:17 AM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Nearfields for audiophile listening? Pharmaboy Mar 4, 2021 at 8:08 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: ZMF Aeolus Impression and Measurements ChaChaRealSmooth Mar 3, 2021 at 11:52 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 Alondite Mar 4, 2021 at 4:15 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: Tisbury Audio Domino - Initial Measurement Oddity rtaylor76 Mar 1, 2021 at 6:41 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 2, 2021 at 12:30 PM
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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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    2. Loaner Programs

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      1. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

      Latest: Loaner: Feliks Euforia and Echo tommytakis Mar 4, 2021 at 10:35 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: rhythmdevils music blog rhythmdevils Mar 3, 2021 at 9:15 AM
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: If you throw enough of it at the wall, something is bound to stick Armaegis Mar 4, 2021 at 8:32 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: pure5152 garage sale (part 3) Walderstorn Mar 4, 2021 at 11:46 PM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

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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

      Latest: The phone market (where are the compact phones rant) LetMeBeFrank Mar 3, 2021 at 6:06 AM
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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 E_Schaaf Jan 11, 2021
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Camera gear discussions Zhanming057 Mar 1, 2021 at 10:11 PM
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: None of the above - Any cyclists? ergopower Feb 24, 2021
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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 !!! iFi audio Feb 18, 2021
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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 crenca Jan 7, 2021
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    4. Schiit

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      Latest: Schiit Audio behind the scenes YouTube channel! - SchiitFerBrainz! luckybaer Mar 4, 2021 at 8:28 PM
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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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