MoFi controversy
I see this hasn't been mentioned here yet, so I thought I'd put this out here. Let me just say that I haven't yet joined the analog world, so I don't have a dog in this fight.
It was recently revealed that Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs one step LPs are being cut from digital masters (DSD) rather than being straight analog throughout the chain.
Here is one of the many Youtube videos that discusses it
To me, it seems that if MOFI is guilty of anything, it's "deception by omission." That is, they were never open about the process and the use of digital in the chain.
One thing to mention is that hardly anyone is criticizing the sound quality of these LPs, even after this revelation. Me personally, I wouldn't spend over one hundred dollars for any recording regardless of the format.
@atmasphere said: "FWIW dept.: the correct term is 'lacquer'." Thanks Ralph. I guess I always used the terms interchangeably. Not sure where I picked that up. We were still kids, I think, and one of my friends while in high school started engineering at a local studio. It was great fun for me to visit him at night when he got free time. Probably 1972. Old habits.
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@tomcy6 It's in the July/August 2022 Absolute Sound print edition. I don't think it's been posted on line yet. It definitely discusses analog/digital stuff, as well as Tim de Paravicini's contribution. |
Thanks @twoleftears . I thought maybe they had put something up about the MoFi story. It will be interesting to see if they have anything to say about it. |
