MoFi controversy

the extra HF boost... we are getting what we demanded!)

Love it!

I could care less.  They certainly weren't 100% up front about things - taking the route of silence that is perhaps more troubling to some than the issue at hand.  But if it sounds good and the price is right, I'll purchase it.  If it sounds good and the asking price is too high, to hell with it.

This has apparently been going on since "2015", anything prior your good, after, not so good...

I have Eric Clapton - Unplugged, on both Ultradisc and sacd formats, and both sound excellent. 

Not to stoke a digital vs analog debate…but I think it’s entirely reasonable to think that in many peoples stereos, especially if they have worked on improving their turntable/arm/cart/preamp front end, that a $100.00 Mofi pressed using a digital master could still sound better than the $30.00 SACD.  So many variables.

You make some good points. $125 is a lot of money for a 12-inch album sleeve and the cachet of the vinyl experience. I phrase it that way because:

What other features of this product would benefit the consumer should the sound be comparable (or inferior) to a digital copy, since the source is digital from the get-go?

People like what they like, and can spend their money however they see fit.  I’m not sure it is fair to smear MoFi as some dishonest company. Had they explicitly stated their products were purely analog then, sure, this charge would be valid.

It is worth pondering as an audio person the cost/benefit ratio of many vinyl purchases.  Analog is great.  Sometimes we just want an album on vinyl, and may be fine with a $30 vinyl copy that was sourced from digital.  I think it’s fair to say, “my willingness to spend a high premium for a particular album is based on having a purely analog experience.” For me, personally, this is why I pay the big bucks for certain albums because it will be inherently different (and perhaps notably superior) to its digital counterpart.