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.

 

ftran999

I am still stuck at people spending a $100+ for a record?

It's what a person spends on food in Eastern Europe in 2 to 3 weeks. 

I feel bad when I pay more than $10 for a used record. 

This wealth and spending is beyond my imagination. 

 

From that point of view, MoFi has created a miracle drug. 

Hey @grislybutter - if you really want to blow your mind, check out Better Records. They recently had a copy of Aja listed for $899! It’s been well cleaned though….

i have a couple of the One Steps, and they sound amazing. I only got them because a dealer took a few of my older audiophile records in trade (which I never listened to). 
 

If this controversy makes the prices of these go down, maybe I would get a few more. If it makes scalpers avoid getting involved, all the better- more for the people who actually listen to them.

 

I think the guy who made the video is too serious or self righteous when he says he wants “the analogue experience”. Doesn’t he want the best listening experience? I kind of feel sorry for him- he seems like a guy who I is never happy, especially if the value of his Mofi inventory takes a hit because of an issue he helped emerge, which true audiophiles couldn’t care less about.

@sokogear

I should listen to a MoFi record before I judge but I doubt that on my "15 MoFi Record" costing system I would hear a huge difference. But even if there was, I would still buy 10 old albums from the money than one MoFi records.

I love the analog sound and I am very confused about digitally stored content being cut onto a record (or however you say it?)

If it’s digital, isn’t there a simpler way to transfer IT to the customer’s living room?

Having said all that, I am probably in the camp that thinks he loves the analog sound but actually has no clue, I’d only know it’s analog because I see the turntable spinning

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