Is MOFI L. Ronstadt Prisoner in Disguise better?

I have some Metallica reissues on WEA 45 rpm and I think they are total garbage as well - same issues - bass missing in action, flat sound. And they have sterling reviews from some "professionals".

I don't have the original pressing, but my Ronstadt MoFi LP sounds good on my system. I don't hear anything that stands out in a negative way.

The MOFI was a disappointment because I am expecting superior fidelity for 35.00 a copy. While it is barely listenable, I could have gone to the flea market for a better copy than I already have and paid about 3 dollars for it. Not only is the original cheaper, it sounds wayyy better, no contest. MOFI, don't do me any favors with these re-releases, I can still get the original!
So for that reason, thumbs down for MOFI big time. It sounds sort of digital, in an abrasive way. This is just another disappointment from MOFI. Many of the newer releases have the traits mentioned here. The older MOFI's from the eighties seem to be better and more consistent.

I do have a few that Stan Ricker was involved with and they do sound good, so there are some exceptions

Last night I listened to an original of Simple Dreams and then played the Mo Fi Prisoner in Disguise and I found the Mo Fi to be sonically superior. My copy is 00974. There is no way I would even think about calling it barely listenable. Compared to Simple Dreams it is a more detailed recording. Looking at your components it would not appear that you would have an over analytical sound. Have you tried your recording in another system? Maybe you just have a bad copy. That would be the easiest way to find out.

I found the mofi to be lacking in the analog sound that I want from a record and sounded very digital. Bass goes much deeper on the original. JD Souther and Linda sound more dynamic on the original. Instrument Timbre sounded more natural on the original as well It is also much clearer and their voices sound like two separate voices as opposed to two voices sounding like one on the MOFI. The MOFI sounds pinched. This is the third MOFI that sounded inferior to the original. My Roy Orbison was defective and noisy. The vinyl on the Prisoner in Disguise is also noisier than the original. The old MOFI's were pretty quiet. If my copy is defective, shame on MOFI as it is the third out of the last five purchased with a problem. All I know is when I want to listen to Prisoner in Disguise, I do not hesitate to reach for the original. I will probably sell the MOFI. I have compared the two on a 200,000k system and we were all in agreement. We were all suprised. I also brought an older MOFI SOLTI The Planets and it sounded great.