Mobile Fidelity 24k CDs

@tattooedtrackman You're correct, your Rega will not play SACD's. Most SACD discs are hybrids, meaning that there is a standard Redbook Cd layer that the regular Cd player (Rega) reads and an SACD layer that only an SACD player can read. Both layers are on the same Cd so If you put one of those SACD hybrids in your Rega Cd player, it will play the standard Redbook Cd layer. If you had an SACD player and placed the SACD in your SACD player, it would play the SACD layer. The fact that the disc is a hybrid and contains two different files has no affect on the sound quality of ether layer.

@goofyfoot   Ah. Ok. Thank you very much. Ok. 1 last question which are better sounding the SACD or the MOFI 24k. Or are they basically the same as far as sound. 

@tattooedtrackman Generally, I would opt for the SACD layer. Please keep in mind that more recent MOFI Cd's are SACD hybrids so they have an SACD layer but if you don't have an SACD player, then you'll be listening to the Redbook Cd. With older Ultrasound MOFI releases, your solely paying for the remaster/remix as there was no SACD back then. Personally, I only own a DAC but if I were in the market for an SACD player, I would get a player that strictly plays SACD and not Redbook Cd's. This is because it's difficult to make a good sounding player that can play both.

@goofyfoot  When u say MOFI are u referring to 24k MOFIs ? I just purchased recently about 20 or so MOFI 24k cds. Are u saying that they are red book on the later years ?  What years are u talking about for the new MOFI cds ?  I just want the very best recording cds for my Rega ISIS CDP. That’s why I was am purchasing the MOFI 24k cds. And no I am not interested in buying a SACD player at this time but IF I am one day I will definitely keep that in mind  that plays ONLY SACD. And btw I only listen to CDs. Nothing else. 

First off, I think too much emphasis is put on whether the CD is gold. If you were to burn that gold CD onto your computers hard drive and then rip those same files onto a plain silver CD and play it on your CD player, you wouldn’t notice any difference. The advantage of a gold CD is that it has a life expectancy of three hundred years. But to answer your question, the first MOFI hybrid SACD was in 1999. Here’s a citation from their website, “1999: Mobile Fidelity releases its first GAIN 2™ Hybrid SACD, Duke Ellington's, Blues in Orbit. Mobile Fidelity's main distributor declares bankruptcy and MFSL Inc. closes its doors.”. And then in 2003 under new ownership, MOFI expands its catalogue of SACD’s and here’s a citation from their website, “2003: The highly successful Ultradisc UHR™ SACD series is expanded with releases by the Kinks, Aimee Mann, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Isaac Hayes, Dave Alvin, and Sonny Rollins”. Now in my opinion, whatever MOFI or any other company calls their specific products means absolutely nothing. If MOFI calls their CD’s Gain or Ultradisc II or whatever, it’s only purpose is in identifying their releases according to the their date and their order within MOFI’s catalogue. Analogue Productions has the same arrangement, i.e. Ultra High Quality Records and that tells us absolutely nothing about the production process.