@rauliruegas I think the main gist of the "issue" is that many audiophiles were misled (or thought they were misled) by MoFi's "lie of omission". MoFi never came out and said they were AAA all the way, but many believed that because MoFi never said (until now) otherwise. I hope this teaches companies to be more forthcoming and honest with consumers. If they had said in 2015 we are going to start using DSD to record analog masters because we think it is the better way to go, then some would have agreed and a few others might not. But it would have been out there for all to know and make their purchasing decisions.
I really don't have a dog in this hunt. Like you I just love music whether vinyl, CD, FLAC, or DSD. Good gear is what delivers that and I'm a techie geek engineer so I love that gear too. And the fact that most recordings made from now on (indeed in the last 10 years or so) are going to be digital anyway. What studio records to analog these days?
Like Cookie at Blue Coast I simply take a pragmatic view of all this. However, for those who feel "wronged" I can understand their angst. It's like finding out your girlfriend fakes most of her orgasms - but she is really, really good at it.
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.
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Dear @moonwatcher : Agree. For the last 2-3 years I was and am focus to put at minimum every single distortion developed through the whole system chain and I did and do it at every single link on that chain.
I'm fine tunning my system that today has an incredible resolution that permits really easy to note any " microscopic " differences and that permit to enjoy the MUSIC the most. I'm not buying hardware because I don't need it any more but improving what I have. My last move was to take out the caps in the speaker woofers crossover and left only the pure silver ribbon inductor and I will try to do the same with the speaker tweeter silk dome. At the end the best cap is no cap at all.
Details as those makes MUSIC.
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@rauliruegas One important function of the crossover is to prevent the driver from operating out of its proper region. Depending on the driver this could mean that without those caps you might have more breakups audible- increasing distortion. I would do this with care if I were you. |
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