Steve Hoffman Music Forums Music, audio, tubes, hi-fi, stereo, vinyl, CDs, hi-res, SACDs, video, and the mastering of Steve Hoffman! Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:15:53 +0000 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:15:53 +0000 Steve Hoffman Music Forums http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/ Tom Petty-Hypnotic Eye Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:15:16 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/tom-petty-hypnotic-eye.823407/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/tom-petty-hypnotic-eye.823407/ invalid@example.com (averica) averica 4 What if the proposed McCartney/Davis/Hendrix/Williams had happened? Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:14:59 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/what-if-the-proposed-mccartney-davis-hendrix-williams-had-happened.823325/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/what-if-the-proposed-mccartney-davis-hendrix-williams-had-happened.823325/ invalid@example.com (beatlesfan9091) beatlesfan9091 Jimi Hendrix Sought Paul McCartney for Supergroup with Miles Davis – Rolling Stone

What if the proposed McCartney/Davis/Hendrix/Williams had happened?]]> 36 Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:14:47 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/listenin-to-classical-music-and-conversation.652827/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/listenin-to-classical-music-and-conversation.652827/ invalid@example.com (bluemooze) bluemooze
There's the Classical Music Corner, but you really can't have a conversation there, you can only talk about classical music. If you talk audio, or about instruments, or about the bad day you had, or how happy you are to be listening and relaxing, or anything else. . . someone complains, posts are deleted, fingers are wagged.

I'd like to have a thread where you an...

Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation]]> 42962 ELO on Vinyl: Best Pressings? Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:14:35 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/elo-on-vinyl-best-pressings.772985/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/elo-on-vinyl-best-pressings.772985/ invalid@example.com (Barnabas Collins) Barnabas Collins
ELO on Vinyl: Best Pressings?]]> 49 Texas Flood SRV One Step thread Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:14:30 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/texas-flood-srv-one-step-thread.817966/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/texas-flood-srv-one-step-thread.817966/ invalid@example.com (bajaed) bajaed
Hopefully MOFI will build some more positive momentum with a quick release of this following WGO.]]> 76 Paul McCartney Album by Album Thread Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:14:06 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/paul-mccartney-album-by-album-thread.800080/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/paul-mccartney-album-by-album-thread.800080/ invalid@example.com (beatlesfan9091) beatlesfan9091 Rushes and Electric Arguments (because the former seems to have quite a lot of fans and the latter is basically one of his main...

Paul McCartney Album by Album Thread]]> 2029 Spotify Is An Enemy of Sustainable Arts Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:14:00 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/spotify-is-an-enemy-of-sustainable-arts.818338/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/spotify-is-an-enemy-of-sustainable-arts.818338/ invalid@example.com (Rosskolnikov) Rosskolnikov
Spotify and Amazon 'sue songwriters' with appeal against 44% royalty rise in the United States - Music Business Worldwide ]]> 481 The Velvet Underground: "Never Get Emotionally Involved With A Man, Woman, Beast, or Child" Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:13:22 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-velvet-underground-never-get-emotionally-involved-with-a-man-woman-beast-or-child.735409/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-velvet-underground-never-get-emotionally-involved-with-a-man-woman-beast-or-child.735409/ invalid@example.com (DeeThomaz) DeeThomaz
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155958364680953


It's part of a post that promises "some exciting projects in the works." Nice thread on the subject over on the Velvet Forum:

Never Get Emotionally Involved With a Man Woman Beast or Child - The Velvet...

The Velvet Underground: "Never Get Emotionally Involved With A Man, Woman, Beast, or Child"]]> 71 Advice for cartridge replacement (Clearaudio TT) Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:13:20 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/advice-for-cartridge-replacement-clearaudio-tt.823231/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/advice-for-cartridge-replacement-clearaudio-tt.823231/ invalid@example.com (Emergency Whiskey) Emergency Whiskey There's been a mishap with my current cartridge (a Dynavector 20x2H), and I have to find a replacement.

My set up is a Clearaudio Concept (with a Verify tonearm, I think) into a Lehmann Black Cube SE II into a Glow Two amplifier. The Concept came with the Dynavector 20x2H, and I liked it, although I don't think I ever really found its sweet spot -- it was always a bit too harsh or too flat, depending on the Lehmann's settings.

I've messed up the cantilever on it, though, and I've been...

Advice for cartridge replacement (Clearaudio TT)]]> 1 Phish: What Are You Listening To? Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:13:00 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/phish-what-are-you-listening-to.451474/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/phish-what-are-you-listening-to.451474/ invalid@example.com (B-Mike) B-Mike
Yesterday, I put on an old favorite for the first time in a while -- 11/17/97.
13 songs in the show, 7 of which are 12 minutes plus.
Show opens with 32 minutes of Tweezer & Reba. After that, more nice long jams, including the Denver Jam, Ghost, Disease, and...

Phish: What Are You Listening To?]]> 6110 John Wick 3 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:12:38 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/john-wick-3.800921/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/john-wick-3.800921/ invalid@example.com (mikeyt) mikeyt

I'm living for this.]]> 42 Buckcherry Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:12:29 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/buckcherry.157485/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/buckcherry.157485/ invalid@example.com (agentalbert) agentalbert
Saw them opening up for Motley Crue last month and was surprised to hear frontman Josh Todd announce that they would be releasing a new album in September. It seems like it wasn't that long ago that their third release (the great 15) came out, though it has been a few years.

You can hear three songs from the new album at the bands...

Buckcherry]]> 169 20/40 Hz, A range for everyone or no? Full range in medium/small room Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:12:11 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/20-40-hz-a-range-for-everyone-or-no-full-range-in-medium-small-room.813468/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/20-40-hz-a-range-for-everyone-or-no-full-range-in-medium-small-room.813468/ invalid@example.com (Stebroc) Stebroc
20/40 Hz, A range for everyone or no? Full range in medium/small room]]> 29 Beginner digital audio question Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:10:47 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/beginner-digital-audio-question.821488/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/beginner-digital-audio-question.821488/ invalid@example.com (action pact) action pact
So, using iTunes on my MacBook as the controller, am I correct that this is what I need at a minimum?:

• Rip files to ALAC, store on an external drive (with backups)
• Organize files with iTunes
• Install Bitperfect, to enable iTunes to play 24/96 ALAC files.
• Purchase DAC to interface MacBook with hifi and/or headphone amp...

Beginner digital audio question]]> 25 Beatles 1966 Tour Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:10:30 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/beatles-1966-tour.712454/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/beatles-1966-tour.712454/ invalid@example.com (jwb1231970) jwb1231970 Their last US show in San Francisco sold 25000 tickets though the stadium holds 42,500. Ticket sales in general had declined throughout the tour.

Why fly all the way to Tokyo and the Philippines to do a couple of days worth of shows, it seems a bit out of the way, it wasn't like they were touring the whole of southeast Asia- these were the only shows they did. Was this Brian just pushing them to do it all without regard to how The Beatles felt, he wanting to...

Beatles 1966 Tour]]> 263 U2 - No Line On The Horizon 10th Anniversary now up for preorder Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:10:09 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/u2-no-line-on-the-horizon-10th-anniversary-now-up-for-preorder.798742/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/u2-no-line-on-the-horizon-10th-anniversary-now-up-for-preorder.798742/ invalid@example.com (modrevolve) modrevolve U2 Official Store | U2 No Line On The Horizon 2LP

U2 Official Store | U2 No Line On The Horizon Ultra Clear 2LP ]]> 296 Best Sounding Sting: "Dream of the Blue Turtles" Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:09:58 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/best-sounding-sting-dream-of-the-blue-turtles.765595/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/best-sounding-sting-dream-of-the-blue-turtles.765595/ invalid@example.com (Audiophile65) Audiophile65 So I'd like to ask if anyone can recommend a good sounding "consolation" version of "...Blue Turtles".
Is the A&M CD3750 (UPC 0 7502-13750-2) a good sounding version?
Any other digital suggestions would be greatly appreciated.]]> 16 Oingo Boingo - Your Favorite Album? Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:09:28 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/oingo-boingo-your-favorite-album.772125/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/oingo-boingo-your-favorite-album.772125/ invalid@example.com (yesstiles) yesstiles
Really love those first two albums, and the epic tune on the final release years later. Lots of good stuff in between too :)

Which is your favorite?

"Nothing To Fear" is the best to me. Just a solid creative tour-de-force of melody, texture, rock, exotic sounds, and Elfman's magnetic delivery.]]> 22 “The Dirt” (Motley Crue movie bio based on Nikki Sixx’s book) Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:08:35 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-dirt-motley-crue-movie-bio-based-on-nikki-sixxs-book.812696/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-dirt-motley-crue-movie-bio-based-on-nikki-sixxs-book.812696/ invalid@example.com (Kossoff is God) Kossoff is God ]]> 64 All Things Mötley Crüe Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:07:43 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/all-things-moetley-cruee.473553/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/all-things-moetley-cruee.473553/ invalid@example.com (Boswell) Boswell Carrying on from a thread about the 30 Yr Anniversary of SHOUT AT THE DEVIL

But Motley needs to document their early tours, all of them. Same message to Van Halen, Judas Priest in the 1970's, Metallica, Megadeth. Hell, King Diamond was supposed to be working on two DVD sets several years ago, one for Mercyful Fate and one for his solo career. Where is this stuff? Okay,...

All Things Mötley Crüe]]> 3616 Do you clean new vinyl before first playback? Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:05:58 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/do-you-clean-new-vinyl-before-first-playback.736445/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/do-you-clean-new-vinyl-before-first-playback.736445/ invalid@example.com (aakko) aakko
The ones that are in paper inner sleeves I always clean before playback.]]> 153 Artists that have never done a Christmas album that you want one from Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:05:00 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/artists-that-have-never-done-a-christmas-album-that-you-want-one-from.718659/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/artists-that-have-never-done-a-christmas-album-that-you-want-one-from.718659/ invalid@example.com (evillouie) evillouie
Are there any artists out there that haven't done a Christmas album, but you would want one from?

I was just thinking of this today as I was playing Cheap Trick's new Christmas CD. Great CD. Who would have dreamed, way back in the golden age of Classic Rock, that so many of these artists would do a Christmas CD one day? Cheap Trick, Jethro Tull, the Moodies, Skynyrd, Ritchie Blackmore, Glenn Hughes, Chris Squire, Keith Emerson, Jon Anderson, the list goes on.

Anyway, I would want...

Artists that have never done a Christmas album that you want one from]]> 129 Let us now praise The J. Geils Band.. Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:03:11 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/let-us-now-praise-the-j-geils-band.757313/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/let-us-now-praise-the-j-geils-band.757313/ invalid@example.com (samthesham) samthesham
I'm not going into the whole pre-Geils history of the band as you can do your own research for that...

I will begin by saying that by mid 1970 guitarist J. (Jerome) Geils had put together one of the 1970s best loved longest lasting band of R&B misfits this side of Englands Rolling Stones...

Hold on.I did not say the Geilers were as good or better than the Stones in the early 70s (that would...

Let us now praise The J. Geils Band..]]> 145 The Beatles : Do you guys remember a "dip" in popularity in 1966? Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:01:27 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-beatles-do-you-guys-remember-a-dip-in-popularity-in-1966.775591/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-beatles-do-you-guys-remember-a-dip-in-popularity-in-1966.775591/ invalid@example.com (Dodoz) Dodoz
I'm sorry if this happens to be redundant but there are so many Beatles threads and I couldn't find one dealing with this.

I was born way after the Beatles split up so I have, as many people, a historical perspective on them that is very different from people who were there enjoying them (I realize that even this varies from country to country and that a french perspective would be very lukewarm and different compared to, say, a US or British perspective).

Anyway, I've always found...

The Beatles : Do you guys remember a "dip" in popularity in 1966?]]> 135 They NEVER Sold Out! Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:01:09 +0000 http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/they-never-sold-out.778740/ http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/they-never-sold-out.778740/ invalid@example.com (JozefK) JozefK ]]> 314