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Grateful Dead: Mars Hotel LP recording

Was listening last night, starting with Graham Nash: Songs for beginners, Judy Collins S/T, and finished with MFSL Mars Hotel.  I have to confess, it was a late one, and I tweaked my VTA at the end of the Nash LP. But to my ears, it was better after the VTA change. The Nash LP was a pleasant surprise, hadn't heard it in years. Great listening session, but Mars Hotel was sonically underwhelming. A bit flat, and diffuse….Such great music, but had nothing going on. I hadn't listened to it in some time, but never remembered it was such a subpar sounding record.  A real shame, because it is a NM LP, the old MFSL too. (-:  
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garybx
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I don't have the MFSL Mars Hotel, but I do have an original pressing. I'll have to pull it off the shelf and see how that pressing sounds.
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snackeyp
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I own all of the MoFi issues of Dead LPs and have not been impressed by most of them.  MoFi in general has never blown me away.  Very hit or miss in my experience.
darkstar1
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I have a beat up MoFI copy of Mars Hotel. I find the image a little lacking but soundstage is not bad at all. I actually enjoyed it more than I remembered. It has that dark slightly warm sound a lot of MoFi I have listed to do. I don't love MoFi. Many times if you have a good old copy the older one sounds better, but with some of the used prices these days the clean MoFI copy and sturdy sleeve are better than beat up 20 dollar copy of the original. 
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