MOBILE FIDELITY ONE STEP VINYL


Just saw Music Direct is taking pre-orders over the phone for the next One Step releases:
Monk's Dream and 
Mingus Ah Um !!! 
I got mine ordered (and they don't charge you till it ships)
Anyone else interested in ordering these? 
tbromgard
On 06-12-19 @ 8:23, I posted that it would probably be my final post. Well, I need to make this post.

I need to give "millercarbon" a heads up !!  Have followed his posts for quite awhile now and find his thoughts, opinions, and shared info to be very good and worth paying attention to.

I followed up on spending the money for a "Better Records" pressing. I too have stopped buying the MoFi, One Step pressings. Last weeks email from Better Records had a pressing of Ray Charles  "Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul" on sale. $250.00 with $50.00 off. $200.00 for a used record ??  Yikes !!  Miller, I took a leap of faith on your opinion. 100% guarantee,I could send it back, took the chance.

I have been upgrading my system since Axpona 2016. Was a 20 year Spectral owner. Have changed to Pass Labs. This will be my Final System.Plus I will really see if records from Better Records are what they are cracked up to be with my new speakers. (Rockport Atria IIs)

Received my package Friday. fired up the system, put the record on the TT, gave the record a cursory brush with my new Thunderon brush and cued the tonearm / cartridge. Within a minute, I knew this record was special. I just hoped that both sides were like what I was hearing.

I have had this on CD for 30 years. Have played it at least 300 times, ( It is a favorite) I was hearing Rays voice and piano in the room with me. Every inflection and nuance; Live !!  The strike of the hammers on the strings, The backup singers like never before. Side One, was an absolute revelation. I hoped Side Two would be as good and it was. Maybe 12-15 insignificant ticks total on both sides. So glad that I took the chance.

Will I be buying "Better Records" only?  No, cannot afford it, but will look a little closer now.

My system is posted but I will give a quick rundown of the equipment I used. 
Equipment that I used to hear this record.

Technics SL1200 G, modded with Triplanar Classic SE tonearm and Lyra Kleos cartridge.

Pass 160.8 monoblocks
Pass  XP 20 linestage
Manley Steelhead phono with NOS Telfunken 6922 tubes

New Rockport Atria IIs, these are replacing my 14 year old Avalon Opus speakers.

Best to All on this Journey

Special Thanks to millercarbon

I really love vinyl but other than to try one just to know what the fuss is about I'm not about to spend $125 on a record when I can get a High def digital version for $18. If no body paid that kind of stupid money for them the prices would come down to acceptable levels. By buying $1 worth of plastic for $300 you are egging these guys on. Stop getting sucker punched!!
Is it just me, or does anyone else find the notion of a seller of "especially good" pressings of LP's having actually listened to multiple pressings of every title he sells, found the one (or ones) that sound "especially good", does that sound not just plausible, but even possible? That's a lot of man (or woman) hours!
Eric

I assume you are referring to the Better Record blurb on their web site.
I too went for a look after the recommendations here and was a little surprised that all it appears to be is something you or I or anybody here could stumble along.
Granted we may not have the time or resources.
But agreed it seems a little odd, I mean lets say they have bought and graded 1000 copies of DSOTM to find a White Hot Stamper, what happens to the other 999?
Now if they truly are listening to and buying hundreds of copies of each album I can see where the price comes in to pay for the man hours but still...….

Surely there must be more to it than that?