@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.
Mobile Fidelity 24k CDs
Ok soooo here’s my question. Since I upped my amps to the ARC Ref 750s and my ARC Ref 6 to 6 SE. I have been thinking of buying a lot of the Mobile Fidelity 24k cds. What are you guys opinions on them as far as betting sound quality than the standard CDs. Some of them are going for a few hundred. But a lot range from about 40 and up to 400. Now I really don’t plan to send over 100. But even when u are starting to buy a bunch even at 40 to 80$ they really start adding up big time. Oh btw I also have a Rega ISIS CDP that I absolutely love. I don’t do LPs and I don’t stream never wanted to and never will. Not my thing. For the guys that know alot about those Mo Fi 24k CDs please let me here ur options on them good or bad.
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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. |
Esoteric makes a SACD/CD players that will read what ever layer you tell it to read. SACDs our a hit and miss some sound better than red book CD and others do not. You can listen to the red book layer then change to the SACD layer and pick what sounds better to you. I do not believe the Esoteric player will change on the fly. You have to go into the menu and make the changes. |
@goofyfoot Thank you very much for taking your time and explain this in more detail. You really seem to be extremely knowledgeable about this. In your opinion do the MOFI 24k cds sound better to you than the reg Redbook cds ? |
@68pete ok. Thanks for that information. Question. Are MOFI 24k CDs the same as SACD ? Are they both considered the same as far as sound quality? Except that the MOFI 24k will play on a reg cdp ? I apologize for sounding stupid. |
@tattooedtrackman The only reason a MOFI CD would sound better than the original Redbook CD is because of the remastering. When most anyone buys a MOFI CD it’s because of the remastering. The only other possible reason would be to get the SACD file of that recording. Keep in mind that these original Redbook recordings are converted to SACD, they’re not recorded that way and there is legitimate question as to whether converted files to SACD offer anything other than an oversized file.
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@tattooedtrackman Yeah the only way of knowing is by listening. |
tattooedtrackman SACD decoding is owned by Sony. I believe original for multi track-(movies). I would think that the SACD would be better, but it really comes down to the original recording. I think the gold plated CDs are suppose to be a step above the original red book CDs. But i could be wrong????When SACD is done right it is very good. I think it will come down to your equipment and ears. More on SACD here hiresedition.com |
@68pete 👍. Thanks Pete. |