rando Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 5 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said: we are undergoing a major infrastructure upgrade. Two new dedicated servers are being setup in a new datacenter in DC that has 10 GB Ethernet to each server. All SSD disks and mountains of memory... I consider running CA like a privilege. Bit late to jump on cpu crypto-mining don't you think, @The Computer Audiophile? The Computer Audiophile 1 Link to comment
Popular Post mansr Posted July 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 minute ago, rando said: Bit late to jump on cpu crypto-mining don't you think, @The Computer Audiophile? Bitcoins mined with linear power supplies and low-jitter clocks are worth more. tmtomh, Thuaveta, rando and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment
rickca Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 10 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said: I'm not complaining at all. I could be digging ditches for a living, so I consider running CA like a privilege. If you ever get annoyed, look at me I'm self-employedI love to work at nothing all day Takin' Care of Business Bachman Turner Overdrive We all appreciate the work you do to manage CA, Chris! The Computer Audiophile 1 Pareto Audio AMD 7700 Server --> Berkeley Alpha USB --> Jeff Rowland Aeris --> Jeff Rowland 625 S2 --> Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with 2 x Focal Electra SW 1000 BE subs i7-6700K/Windows 10 --> EVGA Nu Audio Card --> Focal CMS50's Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted July 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2018 48 minutes ago, rickca said: If you ever get annoyed, look at me I'm self-employedI love to work at nothing all day Hey, I resemble that remark! 48 minutes ago, rickca said: We all appreciate the work you do to manage CA, Chris! I think of Chris less as a manager and more as a zookeeper. Keeping us fed and in our pens. Occasionally having to stick in the electric prod to keep us in line... 4est, The Computer Audiophile and tmtomh 3 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post TubeLover Posted July 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Superdad said: I think of Chris less as a manager and more as a zookeeper. Keeping us fed and in our pens. Occasionally having to stick in the electric prod to keep us in line... Lately I suspect he has needed a semi auto electric prod! JC tmtomh and The Computer Audiophile 2 Link to comment
vmartell22 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I just spent some time at Steve Hoffman's site, posting and getting into some threads. I normally keep to just a couple of forums, since it would take too much time to keep up - I am not self employed, after all! I noticed something - I created a thread asking a couple of questions on the art of mastering - the thread creation and each one of the posts got held on moderation before they were made public. Posts to threads re: purely music, got posted immediately. I read about SH's moderation - is this an example? I have the theory that "mastering" is one of the things that could become sticky and controversial over there, so they closely watch what is said... for some other subjects, they might not care... Just an observation from an admittedly very small sample; anyone else observed the same? I might be wrong, of course... v Link to comment
diecaster Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 All new posters have their posts monitored...you are creating controversy where this is none. Get some posts and time under your belt and your posts will be posted without the need of moderator approval. Link to comment
vmartell22 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, diecaster said: All new posters have their posts monitored...you are creating controversy where this is none. Get some posts and time under your belt and your posts will be posted without the need of moderator approval. Man, too combative from the get go - no controversy intended just an observation, which came from the fact that posts without the word "mastering" on them got posted immediately - like I said before. If all the posts had been moderated I would not have thought anything of it - many forums do that. But because not all of them were, thought it was peculiar, which jived with the comments on this thread re: aggressive moderation. That is all. v The Computer Audiophile 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 peculiar is a good term to describe the moderation on SH, not to mention the so-called listening evaluations I agree that posters there can often give descriptions of different releases as long as SH was NOT involved - if he was, they will always say they are great Link to comment
Popular Post diecaster Posted July 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2018 Since I am more into music than I am into components, the Steve Hoffman forums have been the most valuable to me and has immensely improved the quality of music in my collection and my enjoyment of it. I have yet to not get quality information from that site on the best masterings available for any CD I am interested in. You guys can denigrate the site if you want, but the Steve Hoffman bias is to be expected and not an issue as far as I am concerned. Hoffman has so few remasterings out there that the bias is statistically insignificant. tmtomh and HalSF 1 1 Link to comment
diecaster Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 42 minutes ago, vmartell22 said: Man, too combative from the get go - no controversy intended just an observation, which came from the fact that posts without the word "mastering" on them got posted immediately - like I said before. If all the posts had been moderated I would not have thought anything of it - many forums do that. But because not all of them were, thought it was peculiar, which jived with the comments on this thread re: aggressive moderation. That is all. v Who cares what posts get held up through the automated moderating process? Once you are known to not be a poster with negative intentions your posts will no longer be checked before being posted. Link to comment
mansr Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, diecaster said: Once you are known to not be a poster with negative intentions The question is what counts as negative intentions. Link to comment
diecaster Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Just now, mansr said: The question is what counts as negative intentions. Who cares? If you go over there to pick on Steve Hoffman, correctly or not, expect to get booted. That is not and should not be surprising to anyone. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 it isn't about that - it is that any comment stating a preference for a different version is censored Link to comment
diecaster Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I have not seen that. Any comments criticizing Hoffman or his work do get censored. There is a difference. tmtomh 1 Link to comment
vmartell22 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, diecaster said: Who cares what posts get held up through the automated moderating process? Well, logically what posts get hold up might indicate patterns re: what is looked at closely or not - which might indicate the bias of the SH forum - which is well, interesting to know - important in the great scheme of things? obviously not - but well, we are discussing audio and related stuff here, so is completely applicable in this context. v The Computer Audiophile 1 Link to comment
vmartell22 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, diecaster said: You guys can denigrate the site if you want, but the Steve Hoffman bias is to be expected and not an issue as far as I am concerned. Hoffman has so few remasterings out there that the bias is statistically insignificant. That is a good point - while the name SH was known to me because of the forum, it never came to me via reading the credits on recordings I have - Do not remember seeing the name associated with the recordings I own from Analogue Productions, Classic Records, MFSL, ORG, Speaker's Corner, Music Matters, IMPEX and others... I do own one AudioFidelity SACD, RTF's "Musicmagic" - it's good, however, before posting tried to find info on the packaging of who remastered - could not find it - might be wrong and be there - that is the only recording I own might have been re-mastered by SH. I do believe his "Pet Sounds" re-master has a good reputation... v Link to comment
darkmass Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Ralf11 said: it isn't about that - it is that any comment stating a preference for a different version is censored Here's a paradox for you... (link is: here) Steve Hoffman's text: "Well, I did remix the first DOORS album. Several times. Yeah, I made it more dynamic, etc., etc. but when I play it, it still bites. The original mix is the original mix. It is what it is. The master tape never existed. The LEDO tape was used to cut every stereo LP including the DCC. Once again, I think it sounds fantastic. My remix sounds exactly like what it is: Rewriting history. A pointless exercise. Steve Hoffman, Sep 1, 2017 " Link to comment
vmartell22 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, vmartell22 said: I do own one AudioFidelity SACD, RTF's "Musicmagic" - it's good, however, before posting tried to find info on the packaging of who remastered - could not find it - might be wrong and be there - that is the only recording I own might have been re-mastered by SH. Found it, Kevin Gray, not SH. Originally Mastered by Bernie Grundman v Link to comment
mansr Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 11 minutes ago, darkmass said: Steve Hoffman's text: "Well, I did remix the first DOORS album. Several times. Yeah, I made it more dynamic, etc., etc. but when I play it, it still bites. The original mix is the original mix. It is what it is. The master tape never existed. The LEDO tape was used to cut every stereo LP including the DCC. Once again, I think it sounds fantastic. My remix sounds exactly like what it is: Rewriting history. A pointless exercise. What is he trying to say? Link to comment
diecaster Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, mansr said: What is he trying to say? He’s talking about two different albums....you need to read the post he is replying to to get that context. Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 2 hours ago, diecaster said: the Steve Hoffman bias is to be expected Not really. Can't we just let the truth come out? crenca 1 Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
diecaster Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Just now, The Computer Audiophile said: Not really. Can't we just let the truth come out? If you know anything about Steve Hoffman the bias is indeed to be expected. Link to comment
mansr Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Narcissists gonna narcissize (is that a word?). Film at 11. Link to comment
darkmass Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 41 minutes ago, mansr said: What is he trying to say? Aren't "objectivists" supposed to be able to apply logic? (and note to @diecaster, several albums are referenced in the thread, but the post I linked is only about the first Doors album) Give logic a shot. But to help you, Steve Hoffman is saying even though he remixed the first Doors album, "several times", Steve's work "bites" in comparison with the original. (I assume you are familiar with the term "bites".) And for @Ralf11, your thought experiment was a failure. Steve said he preferred a version not his own, but no censoring was evident...yet you said "any comment stating a preference for a different version is censored". Link to comment
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