MoFi debacle
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I'm surprised there isn't a thread here about it. What are your thoughts?
afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk
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A link would help.
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https://thatshelf.com/mofi-caught-cutting-from-digital-is-their-line-of-audiophile-vinyl-dead/amp/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5JW87LZFzqs
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_1lL3tfS0afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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Thanks. IIRC this is pretty common with modern vinyl releases, but I suppose you wouldn't expect it from a big name like this. Interesting.
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I have many Mofi's in my collection, 100'ish, along with 14 One-Steps and a number of UHQR's. They sounded great before this so-called news broke and they still sound great today.
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Short version: for the last several years Mobile Fidelity has been producing excellent sounding vinyl LPs using digital masters of the original analog tapes when they're available.
My take: they sound good, they are using the best modern technology at 4X DSD rates, they cost a lot, people buy them.
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I thought Josh was posting about Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily being back ordered again to 3000+ people MusicDirect, despite another recent pressing release. That one sold out again in less than an hour. I think it may even minutes. As soon as I hit the site after receiving the text, it was unavailable. I thought I was too early at first.I disabled signatures.
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I thought Josh was posting about Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily being back ordered again to 3000+ people MusicDirect, despite another recent pressing release. That one sold out again in less than an hour. I think it may even minutes. As soon as I hit the site after receiving the text, it was unavailable. I thought I was too early at first.
I was late on the Mofi site for the Natalie Merchant but was able to pick one up on Music Direct. In fact I just received the shipping notification about 30 minutes ago. I let that one slip by and then regretted it. Will be a nice add.
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Natalie who?
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I have to agree with Steve on this. Most of the Mofi SACD or LP's I have, sound way better vs the original cd or LP. How they got it to sound better to me, I am good with! What frustrates me is when we pay a lot of money for 300 gram LP or something that is supposed to be better and pay a premium for it, and the original 60's or 70's LP sounded better.Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 300, Audioquest Thunderbird Zero Speaker Cable, Tyler Highland H2, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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I was late on the Mofi site for the Natalie Merchant but was able to pick one up on Music Direct. In fact I just received the shipping notification about 30 minutes ago. I let that one slip by and then regretted it. Will be a nice add.
The strangest thing happened - shortly after I posted that, USPS delivered a package from... MusicDirect. I thought it was a catalog. Nope. Natalie Friggin Merchant. I'll have to write back to the rep who told me of the 3k back ordersI disabled signatures. -
They're just a company of Natalie merchants, I suppose...
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I was late on the Mofi site for the Natalie Merchant but was able to pick one up on Music Direct. In fact I just received the shipping notification about 30 minutes ago. I let that one slip by and then regretted it. Will be a nice add.
The strangest thing happened - shortly after I posted that, USPS delivered a package from... MusicDirect. I thought it was a catalog. Nope. Natalie Friggin Merchant. I'll have to write back to the rep who told me of the 3k back orders
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First impressions - this album likely needs a wash, but there's a noticeable amount of background groove noise/hiss/rumble. This is especially present in quieter passages, which this album has a lot of. I have lots of better quality, quieter albums.
Most owners on Discogs talk about how great the first pressing was. Mine sucked. I thought I got a bum one. I was too late to exchange it at the time, since my turntable was down at the time I received it, and I didn't get around to listening until well past the return window. Finally got another copy with this recent run, and while it's better than the first both in appearance and quality, it's still not as great as people say.
I don't get a lot of modern MoFi stuff. Musically, this copy is fantastic. Truly better than the standard CD of it that I have with respect to details and imaging, but noise wise, it's not what I'd expect from the MoFi reputation. Unless this cleans up, the vinyl pressing quality is subpar, imo. I've had better for less, like the Spiritualized reissues from Fat Possum I picked up this past year from Turntable Lab.
The NM first press copy I received didn't clean up at all past some of the surface haze on new records. Similar noise as second copy, though more pronounced, as well as crummy surface scuffs and rub marks.
So, yeah, modern MoFi vinyl pressing quality is hype in my limited experience. Musically, I acknowledge it's beautifully done.
Still nice to have, and physical appearance wise, this new copy is beautiful - looks very clean at least; no scuffs and rubs like that first copy.
Each of my copies of this album from them are later in the production run. Maybe they just got lazy or things got dirtied up.
I'll post back if it improves after cleaning.
Now if someone would just make a quality press of Chris Isaak's Baja Sessions. If ever there were an album for the vinyl experience, that's one.Post edited by msg onI disabled signatures. -
afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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First impressions - this album likely needs a wash, but there's a noticeable amount of background groove noise/hiss/rumble. This is especially present in quieter passages, which this album has a lot of. I have lots of better quality, quieter albums.
Most owners on Discogs talk about how great the first pressing was. Mine sucked. I thought I got a bum one. I was too late to exchange it at the time, since my turntable was down at the time I received it, and I didn't get around to listening until well past the return window. Finally got another copy with this recent run, and while it's better than the first both in appearance and quality, it's still not as great as people say.
I don't get a lot of modern MoFi stuff. Musically, this copy is fantastic. Truly better than the standard CD of it that I have with respect to details and imaging, but noise wise, it's not what I'd expect from the MoFi reputation. Unless this cleans up, the vinyl pressing quality is subpar, imo. I've had better for less, like the Spiritualized reissues from Fat Possum I picked up this past year from Turntable Lab.
The NM first press copy I received didn't clean up at all past some of the surface haze on new records. Similar noise as second copy, though more pronounced, as well as crummy surface scuffs and rub marks.
So, yeah, modern MoFi vinyl pressing quality is hype in my limited experience. Musically, I acknowledge it's beautifully done.
Still nice to have, and physical appearance wise, this new copy is beautiful - looks very clean at least; no scuffs and rubs like that first copy.
Each of my copies of this album from them are later in the production run. Maybe they just got lazy or things got dirtied up.
I'll post back if it improves after cleaning.
Now if someone would just make a quality press of Chris Isaak's Baja Sessions. If ever there were an album for the vinyl experience, that's one.
I played this CD a lot.
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Mo-Fi issues and the recent debacles aside? I haven't been too impressed with them lately. It used to be a hit or miss, recently, it seems to be a miss. YMMV
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It'll be interesting to see what this means for future sales on the one step lp's... and other mofi products.
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It’s funny. I sit in my chair. Placed right in the sweet spot. First listened to the Muddy Waters one-step, then Rush Permanent Waves on gain2 and now a Sgt Peppers Mofi from 1982 that I picked up sealed last week. I wouldn’t trade any of them. If anyone has MOFIs they want to get rid of. Let me know….2 Channel Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II, 2 REL Carbon Limited, Norma Revo IPA-140B, Lumin U2 Mini, VPI Prime w/SoundSmith Zephyr MIMC, Modwright PH 150, Denon DP-59l w/Denon DL-301MKII, AudioQuest Thunderbird Speaker and Interconnect Cables, AudioQuest Niagara 7000 w/Dragon and Hurricane Power Cables
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It’s funny. I sit in my chair. Placed right in the sweet spot. First listened to the Muddy Waters one-step, then Rush Permanent Waves on gain2 and now a Sgt Peppers Mofi from 1982 that I picked up sealed last week. I wouldn’t trade any of them. If anyone has MOFIs they want to get rid of. Let me know….
Exactly. Absolutely nothing has changed about those disks. If someone liked them 3 months ago (or whatever) there's really no need to stop liking them now. And, you know what? They sound exactly the same today as they did 3 (or whatever) months ago.
Tell you what, though: I, too, will take any of them that any of all y'all don't want, if you wish to give them away. I'll even pick up the postage.
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Y’all better speak softly in this thread, or you will wake the trolls….
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