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New Dire Straits 45RPM reissues from Mobile Fidelity

Sorry this took me awhile!  I have finally had the opportunity to listen and compare these (4) new titles from MOFI.

Communique
Dire Straits
Love Over Gold
Making Movies

These are the JUST RELEASED titles on 45RPM from MOFI.

I was able to compare, (so far), Dire Straits and Love Over Gold with my various copies.  I have the US, UK and German first pressings and Japanese pressings of both.

I have always thought that the German pressings were the best followed closely by the UK pressings.

These new MOFI's are ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!  Super duper quiet and completely flat.  The music just explodes from the black background.  And the BASS...wow!  Wide, open soundstage with exquisite layering and texture. These are simply the BEST pressings that I have ever heard from the Dire Straits catalog...period.

I have listened to the other two, (Communique & Making Movies), but haven't had the chance to compare them to my other copies.  I have several different versions of each, but time has caught up with me.  From just the listening sessions, I am pretty confident that they will too be better than any of the others.

They are already sold out at many places, but they are going to repress them.

All of my copies were between 100-200 as far as serial numbers go, so I do have some very early copies.

If you can find them, buy them.  It's a no brainer.

ONE OF MY HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS!!!
mofimadness

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mofimadness OP
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@dhite71...thanks for the reply and kind words!  I did not notice these issues with mine, but I will go back and listen to make sure.

What serial number do you have?  Mine are all very low.  I wonder if it might be an issue with later batches?
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Sorry, I should have included that.  Retail is $49.99 each. 2 LP sets with excellent packaging, (not as nice as the UD1S), but still very well done.
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@millercarbon...please get your facts straight. You made this same comment on another post that has no merit.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/mofi-dire-straits-45rpm-2lp-albums-finally-shipping

That’s why I started a new thread because of your blabbering diatribe that has nothing to do with these. Geez, get a clue.

To the best of my knowledge this one now is just another pressing run of the same record.

Brother’s In Arms is NOT part of these! These took almost 3 years to release and MOFI made sure, (along with major input from Mark Knopfler) that they were done right.

BTW, my copy of BIA is perfect and sounds great. These are even better.

How about actually listening to these before you make stupid statements...
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@millercarbon...

My post(s) have NOTHING to do with Brother's In Arms, why don't you understand that?

Either you can't read or comprehend or both.  If you read and understood my posts, you would NOT have posted what you did.

If you wanted to rip on BIA, start a new thread, but stay off of mine unless you have something USEFUL to contribute.

These NEW reissues are COMPLETELY different from the BIA which was released almost FIVE years ago.




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But, then again, how about an Ultradisc One Step (UD1S) pressing?

That would be SWEET!  But which one?  If MOFI could only do one, I would pick...
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