Mobile Fidelity Introduces UD1S Analog
MOFI has finally, (well actually it was announced awhile ago) the first UD1S record, Santana "Abraxas".
Here is more on the UD1S process:
More About Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step and Why It Is Superior
Instead of utilizing the industry-standard three-step lacquer process,
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's new UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) uses only one
step, bypassing two processes of generational loss. While three-step
processing is designed for optimum yield and efficiency, UD1S is created
for the ultimate in sound quality. Just as Mobile Fidelity pioneered
the UHQR (Ultra High-Quality Record) with JVC in the 1980s, UD1S again
represents another state-of-the-art advance in the record-manufacturing
process. MFSL engineers begin with the original master tapes and
meticulously cut a set of lacquers. These lacquers are used to create a
very fragile, pristine UD1S stamper called a "convert." Delicate
"converts" are then formed into the actual record stampers, producing a
final product that literally and figuratively brings you closer to the
music. By skipping the additional steps of pulling another positive and
an additional negative, as done in the three-step process used in
standard pressings, UD1S produces a final LP with the lowest noise floor
possible today. The removal of the additional two steps of generational
loss in the plating process reveals tremendous amounts of extra musical
detail and dynamics, which are otherwise lost due to the standard
copying process. The exclusive nature of these very limited pressings
guarantees that every UD1S pressing serves as an immaculate replica of
the lacquer sourced directly from the original master tape. Every
conceivable aspect of vinyl production is optimized to produce the most
perfect record album available today.
