Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito

What concerns me most if that some members dont seem to think MoFi did anything wrong.

I haven’t seen this opinion expressed much. I think that most people agree that MoFi did a real bad thing and I think that people have a valid reason to be angry with MoFi. I think that a little perspective is needed, though. We are lied to by people who want to sell us things all the time. Often these things have a much greater impact on our lives than a 4x DSD step in MoFi’s vinyl process.

We are frequently sold food and medicines that are terrible for our health, cars that manufacturers and dealers know have problems that they don’t disclose, premium priced shoes and clothing that are made by people making starvation wages under terrible working conditions, etc. Do I need to mention politicians and the news media?

I personally don’t want to see MoFi put out of business. A lawsuit would take years and would only benefit the lawyers. I think MoFi learned their lesson and I think that people can get their money back on the used market if they don’t want the LPs anymore. I haven’t seen a flood of MoFi vinyl hit the used market since the story broke.

Interesting article, @fstein

How many times does some "scientist" have to come up with an article debunking wine tasters? Are there that many who were wounded by one earlier in their life?

Here's a more relevant article that doesn't demean wine tasters by just another parlor trick. And here's another. Of the thousands of possible genetic combinations for taste and smell, each individual only uses about 300 or so, making everyone as unique as a fingerprint when using those senses.

So yes, absolutely, there are those with talented tongues and noses, and yes, they can taste and appreciate the differences. The rest of us have to learn to taste and smell past what we can't and super concentrate on what we can coupled with the memories of past tastings. 

That's why there are always those outliers who aren't fooled by the parlor tricks yet they're never mentioned, for some strange reason. And, once in a great while, they are, but that doesn't negate their whole body of experience and expertise. Nothing like people falling for the old, "gotcha".

All the best,
Nonoise

Wow!  Deciet, dishonesty,  misrepresentation. The non-authentic records should be replaced by a real tape master copy. Premium prices were paid.

Well I dont think that stating the obvious that we are lied to on a regular basis changes things one iota. Some sort of weird relativism at work evidently. 

Let the market decide if MoFi goes out of business. I will never buy another MoFi product and this will be the end of my involvement. 

Tomcy6 am I missing something or are you expressing the precise attitude I mentioned earlier? 

Well I dont think that stating the obvious that we are lied to on a regular basis changes things one iota. Some sort of weird relativism at work evidently. 

From my earlier post:

I think that most people agree that MoFi did a real bad thing and I think that people have a valid reason to be angry with MoFi. I think that a little perspective is needed, though. 

That's all I was saying.  Be angry but don't lose your mind.  And yes, I wish that people would save their outrage for things that really matter.