Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito


Here's a link to a Washington Post article on the recent dustup with MoFi. The comments section (including posts by Michael Fremer) are interesting.

Disclaimer: This is a "public service announcement, a point Im adding since some forum members complained the last article I referenced here was "paywall protected", I'll note that, for those who are non-subscribers, free access to limited numbers of articles is available by registering (trade-off: The Post will deluge you with subscription offers)

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Showing 1 response by unreceivedogma

This tempest in a teapot has no effect on my listening experience. 
 

I have found almost all of my MoFi LPs - not just these DSD or whatever they are called things - to sound inferior to my carefully cared for original pressings from decades ago. Why? Because the “original master tapes” themselves that MoFi relies on have very likely deteriorated over time during storage.
 

Those LPs of mine that were not so carefully cared for? The MoFi sounds better than those. That’s a low bar. 
 

But as a general rule, the MoFi pressings lack depth, staging, detail and dynamic range.


Therefore … yes, I hear the difference between a quality original anolog LP press that is well preserved and a reissue, regardless of whether it is AAA or ADA.   

My two sense.