MoFi controversy


I see this hasn't been mentioned here yet, so I thought I'd put this out here.  Let me just say that I haven't yet joined the analog world, so I don't have a dog in this fight.

It was recently revealed that Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs one step LPs are being cut from digital masters (DSD) rather than being straight analog throughout the chain.

Here is one of the many Youtube videos that discusses it

 

To me, it seems that if MOFI is guilty of anything, it's "deception by omission."  That is, they were never open about the process and the use of digital in the chain. 

One thing to mention is that hardly anyone is criticizing the sound quality of these LPs, even after this revelation.  Me personally, I wouldn't spend over one hundred dollars for any recording regardless of the format.

 

ftran999

@optimize Dynamic compression is not an overlooked problem. It is discussed often here and on other forums. It is by far the biggest problem for digital formats and is contributing to the vinyl resurgence among audiophiles.

There is little we can do about it other than to not buy overly compressed recordings (actually the problem is often overly limited music, limiting is making quiet sounds louder, I believe). The major and many independent labels insist on dynamically compressing digital music in spite of many complaints. We can only hope this practice will end one day.

MoFi’s customers are fired up because they have been misled, to put it diplomatically. They are right to be outraged about MoFi’s marketing of their vinyl. Let the vinyl folks have their say. The dynamic compression issue will not go away.

People keep saying MoFi lied as if the matter has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt but I see no indication of its truth, no evidence, no claims based on actual documented misrepresentations, but plenty of fire, fury, and self-proclaimed "injury." 

@clearthink @jayctoy

What proof I found that In my book I consider as a lie.

Is that they supply a sheet withe each one-step box, that explains the one-step process and how they do it:

"MFSL engineers begin with the original master tapes and meticulously cut a set of lacquers."

here is the source:

MFSL lies