The MoFi Mess and TAS rolling over for them

Tired of this crapola.  If you don't like it, don't buy it, but get off your high horses.

Yeah, not buying MoFi products anymore. If a brand lies to its customers and responds as MoFi has, then it's a sign that they really don't give sh**. 

A lot of people don't understand how important public trust is to a brand. The power of a brand is its product and its message. If they lie...they tarnish the brand.

They lost me forever. I gladly paid the premium...specifically to get true analog. If you make me pay a premium for something I'm not getting, then I will be mad. Then if you say you were doing me a favor all these years and I should get over it. Yeah, see how far that will take you 

What a bunch of morons. Someone needs a grt a better PR solution.

Also glad I didn’t buy very much MoFi. Glad I trusted my instincts. I also won't buy from Music Direct anymore either. 

The TAS and STEREOPHILE are just ENTERTAINMENT too me! BLISSHIFI said it all, $$ talks! I thought the 1-Steps I bought (Fragile, Blood, Portrait) sounded sterile, JUST LIKE CDs on VINYL! I shrugged it off as the product was deliberately equalized for lesser than full range highly accurate and transparent systems than my Sound Lab Maj 845s or SASHAs driven by a ARC REF 5SE/PHONO 2SE/REF 150/SOTA NOVA/SME IV.VI/dyna vt-1s). I have pristine OGs of  Fragile (bought as a teen in 71) and a small label DG Portrait. These OGs may not have the vinyl of the one step, but on  my system they sound correct and just more real than the MoFi VINYL CDs!

Anyone who has been around this hobby long enough to remember Stereophile and TAS from the early years (1980s) understands and is sickened by what has happened to these publications. Unfortunately, it's part of a broader trend infecting journalism and society as a whole--it's all about the money. I used to enjoy reading TAS when it was pint sized and packed full of informative reviews that were (somewhat) balanced and took pains to inform readers rather than shower products with useless accolades. There were thought provoking essays on music and hifi and strict prohibitions on the use of quotes in advertising. There were ethical standards designed to promote integrity within the field. Look what we have now--pretty pictures, sensational headlines, and useless content. Is it any wonder they "rolled over" for a company whose products are routinely advertised in their pages? As someone mentioned, they give away the magazine to boost their subscription numbers so they can charge more for the ads. The manufacturers pay those inflated ad prices with the understanding that their products will receive positive exposure. It works for everyone--except us. Why do I continue to subscribe? The record reviews and the rare instance when a review will mention a recording I may be interested in buying. Where it took me weeks to get through an issue in the late 1980s now I'm done in an hour.