Right you are, simao. Except I would add, its not just the pressing. The MoFi Dire Straits 45 is an awful pressing. Mine skips on Walk of Life, there are pops and crackles everywhere, and the whole pressing is just depressingly noisy across all sides. Its so bad I called Acoustic Sounds and said this is the worst MoFi ever! They agreed! Set a record for returns! And yet, even so, the sound that is there is so glorious that when they said they can refund but not exchange as there are none to exchange it for I said, well then I'll keep it!
So its not just the pressing. Another example. I have a really nice reissue of Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon. Pulled it out recently. Looks and plays like new. Quiet as can be. Perfectly fine pressing. Could hardly stand it. Awful detail, congested, harsh, glaring, pretty much crap. Pulled out one of my old MoFi's from back in the 70's, probably played 40 times by now. Ahhh, sweet, pure, natural, clear, that's the ticket!
The MoFi is of course famously made from an Original Master Recording, and comes with a two page insert documenting all the obsessive steps taken to preserve fidelity in the process. My hunch is the reissue was made from gawd knows what source tape, knocked off on whatever gear was cheap, by whoever was available, so that by the time it got to the final step in the process it really doesn't matter what vinyl they use or how its pressed. The recording was an abortion from the get-go.
I think something like that happened on the LP of The New Basement Tapes. They messed that one up so much it sounds better on YouTube.
Comparing apples to apples recording quality wise its no contest. Even the crappiest MoFi ever crushes any digital version.
So its not just the pressing. Another example. I have a really nice reissue of Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon. Pulled it out recently. Looks and plays like new. Quiet as can be. Perfectly fine pressing. Could hardly stand it. Awful detail, congested, harsh, glaring, pretty much crap. Pulled out one of my old MoFi's from back in the 70's, probably played 40 times by now. Ahhh, sweet, pure, natural, clear, that's the ticket!
The MoFi is of course famously made from an Original Master Recording, and comes with a two page insert documenting all the obsessive steps taken to preserve fidelity in the process. My hunch is the reissue was made from gawd knows what source tape, knocked off on whatever gear was cheap, by whoever was available, so that by the time it got to the final step in the process it really doesn't matter what vinyl they use or how its pressed. The recording was an abortion from the get-go.
I think something like that happened on the LP of The New Basement Tapes. They messed that one up so much it sounds better on YouTube.
Comparing apples to apples recording quality wise its no contest. Even the crappiest MoFi ever crushes any digital version.