Steve Hoffman's equipment
Steve does his mastering rehearsal work in his studio, but finishes special projects (such as vinyl cutting and HDCD, SACD, Gold CD) at Kevin Gray's AcousTech Mastering in the RTI building in Camarillo, CA and his 5:1 surround work at Capitol Tower Mastering in L.A., CA.

J-Corder Custom "Ruby" Technics 1520 tape recorder
Joule Electra LA-200 custom line stage
Concert Fidelity DAC-040 Kensei tube digital to analog converter
Concert Fidelity 6B4G tubed Fusion monoblock amplifiers
Wavac EC-300B 10 watt single ended triode (SET) amplifier with Western Electric 300B tubes
Woo Audio WA5 300B single-ended triode amplifier
Modwright Sony 9100ES tubed Platinum Signature Truth SACD/CD player with vacuum tube rectifier
Venture Audio Perfection MK IV monitors
Sound Application LineStage MK VI power conditioner
Kubala-Sosna Emotion Interconnects, power cords, 20 amp IEC cord, speaker cable and internal/external studio wiring

Mastering studio "Pro" gear

Ampex 351-2-P analog (1959)
Ampex AG-440-4 analog (1967)
Tascam BR-20 modified open reel tape recorder
Klark-Teknik DN-360 1/3 octave graphic equalizer
HHB CD Recorder
George Massenburg Labs GML Model 9500 Series II mastering parametric equalizer
Universal Audio Model 500-A equalizer (stereo pair) (1965)
Teletronix Model LA-2A leveling amplifier (stereo pair)
Urei 1176 Blue Stripe leveling amplifier (stereo pair)
Ampex MX-35 mic/line mixer (1962)
Rogers BBC LS3/5a speakers (for near field)
AKG C 414 B-TL II microphones (stereo pair)
KAB/Technics SL1200 modded for 78 RPM playback with Shure V15 Type IV 78 RPM cart

Listening room system

Tenor Audio 350M monoblock amplifiers on custom Symposium Acoustics Svelte Plus energy absorption platforms
McIntosh Labs MC402 amplifier
Concert Fidelity CF-080 LS hybrid line stage preamplifier
VAC Renaissance MK III triode preamplifier
McIntosh Labs MT 10 turntable/cartridge system
Sutherland PhD. phono stage (for Moving Coil McIntosh cart)
McIntosh Labs C46 preamplifier (for MM phono stage and Shure V15 cart)
McIntosh Labs MCD500 SACD/CD player
Venture Grand Excellence III speakers
Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One 5.0 power conditioner with Shakti Stone
Audience interconnects and speaker cable, Grover interconnects
Symposium Acoustics Isis Custom two shelf rack, platforms and Rollerblock suspension system

Headphone system

Woo Audio WA5 single ended Class-A tube headphone amplifier
Channel Islands Audio VHP-1 MK II Solid State headphone amplifier
Sennheiser HD 600 headphones with Stefan Audio Arts Equinox cable upgrade
AKG K 701 headphones with Ken Ball Alo audio upgrade

Vintage system

Amplifiers
McIntosh MC30 monoblocks (1959), Marantz 8Bs (1961), Dynakit Stereo 70 (1960)
Preamplifiers
Marantz 7C (1961), McIntosh MX-110-Z (1966)
Receivers
Fisher 800-B (1962), Fisher 500-B (1962)
Tuners
Marantz 10B (1965), McIntosh MR71 (1966)
Turntables
Thorens TD-124 (1959) with original ESL arm (1959) with ESL "sweeper" and Shure M44 cartridge with various vintage matching microgroove and 78 RPM styli, Thorens TD-160 turntable with original installed Shure M97ED cartridge
Open Reel
Pioneer RT-707 quarter track machine
Speakers
Tannoy Lancaster 15" Dual-Concentric Gold (1967)
Cables
Monster Cable Pro-Link 400 interconnects, FMS speaker cable
Herbie's Audio Lab UltraSonic Rx tube dampers on most hi-fi tubes and guitar amplifier tubes

Studio instruments

Baldwin Grand Piano
Ludwig Super Classic drum kit
Fender 1959 tweed Vibrolux amplifier
Fender 1962 blonde Tremolux amplifier
Fender 1964 Stratocaster
Gibson 1978 Les Paul Standard
Guild/Benedetto 2006 Johnny Smith archtop

Disclaimer: These are Steve Hoffman's systems as they are right now. This is subject to change, mainly dependent on what Steve Hoffman currently reviewing or working with. Updated 8/2010