MoFi v/s UHQR

Sorry, but it seems that the train has gone off the tracks...

First, gross generalizations about SQ are entirely inappropriate and misleading. The SQ of both of these companies' LPs are highly variable, and for logical reasons.  Neither company participated in the original recordings (microphone selection, placement, cables, amps, boards, studio modifications, distances, etc.) 

Furthermore, over time the personnel and equipment used to remaster recordings changed - especially for MoFi, which has been in business longer (1977) than AP (1992). 

It is helpful to compare individual releases, even compares eras, but to discount the entire company's product-line is absurd. 

I own MoFi LPs that are superior to some AP releases, and vice-versa.  Not convinced?  Remember when the MoFi release of Abraxas was touted as the BEST REMASTERED LP EVER!  Later - many of the same folks, upon learning it included a digital clean-up step, declared it unworthy (Micky...?).   Either the digital-step was an improvement (or at least did-no-harm), or many self-proclaimed Audiophiles have selective memory-loss.

On the other side of the coin, the AP release of The Wonderful Sounds of Female Vocals was a dog - until AP fixed the production issues and replaced the bad records with better ones (upon request).  I have a good copy. 

IMO, the SQ on many AP releases are 'good, but not great': The same can be said for MoFi, Speakers Corner, TACET, Sheffield Labs, Impex, King, RR, etc...

On the MoFi side, many great LPs, including 1-Step, and many dogs as well.  Still, Stan Ricker and Bernie Grundman did some great work, but the portfolio varies. 

Bottom line - it would be wise to provide specific comments and criticisms - generalizations about the SQ of audiophile LPs lack creditability.

bdp24 - QRP (Quality Record Pressing, ... is making the best LP's the world has ever seen...

That simply nonsense...

Perhaps, in some, more limited LP collections AP is best, but not in mine. I own, or have owned, LPs from most of the common labels, (~4,000 titles) and AP/QRP LPs are NOT the best in my collection (though many are excellent).  To say so would be a lie.

Three/four labels that are almost always BETTER than AP: Harmonia Mundi, ERC (rare and expensive), Windham Hill (Stan Ricker, 1/2 speed mastered), as well as some Mofi, Impex and Sheffield Labs recordings.  Many LPs from 'boutique' European labels are nearly as good. Even some of my original pressings have better SQ than some of my AP pressings (EMI, Mercury, some Columbia and even one very special Philips release).   

dhite71 - with so many contributions giving specific examples of, in their opinion, other labels being preferrable to AP - your 'its unanimous' comment seems to deny reality.

Sorry for calling-out these issues, but such hyperbole should be addressed.