jh901 wrote: > For the record, there is no worship of any kind and that sort of talk > will not move the conversation here forward.
I don't know about you but to me the present fascination with all things HOFFMAN seems very similar to the past fascination with all things Harry Pearson (from the Absolute Sound) and his ridiculous "Super Discs" lists. Audiophile garbage for people who don't know how to think and listen for themselves. But to get down to the business ends of things (hint: MONEY) Steve Hoffman, just like the folks over at Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs and at other companies specializing in high quality remasterings and reissues of SOMEONE else's recordings, are allowed to reissue only those recordings which the original owner has deemed not the effort. Is every recording reissued really not worth the effort, absolutely not since the real reason these recordings is more about money than artistic merit, so there are plenty of audiophile reissues for very good recordings that just didn't make much money. On the other hand, there are plenty of piss poor recordings by well known artists that the original owner gladly licenses for reissue because it is an easy way to make a few bucks. What all this means is that while Steve Hoffman and the other audiophile reissue companies often do a great job of getting the best possible sound from a recording, all too often their efforts are completely wasted on substandard recordings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98249 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
