"Pressing Vinyl"

Saki70
Query :
Why do you want "New" recordings on vinyl ?
If I am reading correctly , all of the new stuff is developed in the digital realm and then 'converted' to analog . This digitization & conversion affects the aspects that we love about the original analog/vinyl sound . It's about the processing , isn't it ?

Of course it has to start with a good quality digital master. It may come from the original analogue tapes or digital sources, but the record pressing process is giving us the vinyl sound (not quite the same as the vinyl we grew up with). It's never converted back to analogue; a hi-rez digital file is used to cut the record.
As long as there is a qualified operator cutting the record and virgin vinyl is being used, and the machine is up to spec it is possible to produce a good sounding LP these days.
And then once you put the LP into your home analogue chain, the colourations are what makes listening to vinyl special.

Although, there seems to be only a few record plants capable of succeeding. But some of these new pressings are very enjoyable to listen to.

Lowrider57 ;

"Of course it has to start with a good quality digital master. It may come from the original analogue tapes"

An analog-to-digital conversion ?

"(not quite the same as the vinyl we grew up with)."

I agree .

"It's never converted back to analogue, except for the fact that vinyl is an analogue medium; a hi-rez digital file is used to cut the record."

I was not aware of this fact , interesting .

I would like to see a video on Mofi's plant, I would hope the practices and passion of manufacturing "Original Master Recordings" are better than that of a plant manager, whom has zero interest in the product. Just my two cents! Cheers.

I don't think MoFi owns its own pressing plant. The original ones were done, as you no doubt know, by JVC in Japan. I think they owned a US plant briefly in the '90s, before they went bankrupt. Now that Music Direct owns them, and rebooted the brand, I suspect they use the usual suspects. Correct me if wrong. I have a few 'new' MoFi, and can look.

I would guess MOFI either owns its own plant or uses no more than 2 plants to press their records to exacting specs. The vinyl from MOFI is just too similar in every pressing in weight, touch, feel and playback clarity for it to come from many plants.