The MoFi Lie! Is Digital vs Analog Even an Issue Anymore?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2023
- Hey everyone!
In tonight’s archival video I discuss Mobile Fidelity & the MoFi Lie!
MoFi has been quite a hot topic in the last couple of weeks, and many of our new viewers have never seen this video!
I still stand by my assertions in this video because despit over half a year in the spotlight, MoFi still has quite a black eye with many if not all record buyers!
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Michael Noland
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For an excellent update on the whole MoFi Lie take at look at Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursions: • MOFI is cancelling a p...
The MoFi remaster are really good. Everyone I have had has sounded great. And honestly their remastering is a lot better them others out there doing it. I hate a lot of remasters cause they change things around too much. But MoFi stays true the to original with very minor tweaks. But to get to the process of making an album. The "Mother" that is created gets used up to 5000 time before a new mother disc is needed. The Mother makes the negative that can make 5000 positives before they have to go back to the Mother disc and make a new Negative. So that is 5000 "Stampers" that can be made from one "Mother" discs. Each stamper can make 10,000 albums before it starts to degrade in sound. Since MoFi makes a run of only 40,000 records. It can happen from one Mother disc (One Mother per side of the record that is). So going from the original Master, be it analog or digital. They only need one shot at it. Their claim "From The Original Master Recording" hold true. They did use the original master to create their mastering copy. They just didn't use analog to create their copy of the master. So the order of analog to digital to analog is what you are now getting with MoFi products. To me it doesn't matter as long as a great sounding product is made. What does matter is the price of that final product.
Such a wonderful comment Twisted!
I think what has hurt them was their own literature that came with these releases! It did imply direct fro analog to the Studer, 😉👌🤔🎧👍❤
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine I m clueless on this topic, what is it about in plain English?
I agree I have several Mofi and they do sound better than original releases
Yep. As long as the parameters are optimised analog vs digital does not really matter. Something/somebody with ears and the right will be making choices. There is no such thing as a straight line in nature and neither in audio land. And the end of the line is the consumer audio equipment which has a vast variety of quality. Even audiophiles will disagree on just about everything involved in the process. And digital copies can be perceived as better and more consistent...or not.
yes. That sounds dishonest. But, i think it is actually better to make a good quality digital copy of a master tape (not to be confused with the actual multitrack tape). Tape to tape is always lossy and the tape deck itself ( plus the magnetic tape) will introduce additional artefacts on top of the original. Does it all matter? The answer is...no.
Years ago, when all the analog master advertising started, I had a good friend tell me "always assume a digital step is present somewhere, it's just the world we live in." I am so glad I am not down that specific rabbit hole, and can just enjoy the music.
Me too Kevin! The music is what accounts in the end every single time!❤❤❤
The real crime is not the digital vs analog....it is the continuing escalating pricing of audiophile pressings with MOFI and Acoustic Sounds🙄😥😡 After buying every new pressing the last 7 years....I have gone back to searching for OG pressings, reading dead wax runouts, attending record shows again.....have regained my love of vinyl and have absolute scored some major grails the last year....and had a blast doing it👍😍
Love your channel....keep the videos coming....stay well....
Thank you McCarthy! Searching for those pressings can be a whole other adventure! It invests you into your listening experience! You invest time searching, and spend time listening! What a deal!❤❤❤
Out ther is to much bad digital vinyl and I dont buy it any more, my focus is on originals, analogue reissues from 70's and 80's and the new analogue remasters.
Any places to look for good analog vinyls to fill out my pink floyd and zz top collections?
I am an old fart and can clearly remember when CDs came along giving us the clean and nearly perfect digital recordings. I don’t miss the clicks and pops and lesser sonic range of vinyl nor the hiss and lesser range of tape. When I light up and lie back and listen to my favorite songs, I don’t reach for analog. I know this is a tired discussion/argument but even if analog somehow is made perfectly equivalent to digital, you can’t drag record players and vinyl along with you as easily as my iPhone loaded with 1500 of my favorite songs.
Who woulda ever thought we’d live to see Star Trik technology in our lifetime Robert?❤❤❤
Totally agree - sold off nearly 500 Lp's to a local record shop a year or two back, made a few quid too which was useful. Stepping back from the nostalgia element of vinyl (a dubious reason for sticking to it in my opinion) I honestly get a thrill listening to an Astell Kern Hi-res player I got off Ebay, pay Tidal £20 a month for top-notch sound from virtually every album ever released. Life's too short to worry about the angle of the tone-arm or the weight of the turntable platter!
As a fellow old fart, I kind of agree with you. My albums have been gathering dust along with my turntable for a good 25 years or so. I only this month purchased a new 2 channel amp that I really like and decided that it might be time to go back and see what those albums used to sound like. Had to purchase a new cartridge first, but at least the turntable seemed to have survived the inactivity.
Anyway, they sounded good. Are they better sounding than good digital? Honestly, I really can't tell. They are better than mp3 digital, at least. But it is an entirely different experience. Yea, you might hear a few of those annoying pops or crackles. And you certainly can't skip over songs that aren't your favorites. And after 4 or 5 songs you are up to clean, flip, and recue again.
Is it worth all that for some ethereal improvement in sound that may or may not be present? From a practical standpoint, probably not. But from a nostalgic standpoint, for me yea. Simply because it takes me back to a better time.
But without that, I can't think of any good reason, short of having spent massive amounts of money on the best equipment to truly appreciate the sound, that I would choose playing an album over it's digital counterpart. I liken vinyl to Harley motorcycles today. Once the old guard has passed away, and taken the nostalgia and loyalty to the format with them, I believe vinyl interest will begin dwindling again until it becomes a quaint footnote in audio history. I imagine you will be finding some pretty expensive turntables at the fleamarkets in another 20 to 30 years.
same wjth me…and LPs took up too much room in home
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine 👌🏻
Hi Michael. I think what we have to remember is that we are fortunate to live in an age where we can at least preserve our music on whatever format. I have a video of my late Mum which I took in 1982. The quality isn't great but it it is in colour and it has sound too. We must treasure the fact that we have these recordings at all.
The new Rolling Stones Mono set released this week is sourced from analog but uses a DSD. I think DSD is a valid way to transfer providing the sound engineer understands how to master the tapes digitally, so they won't sound shrill and compressed. It is probably the future for reissues as record companies are not going to risk damage to their master tapes.
I’m totally OK with DSD Dennis! And I agree, it is the future! ❤❤❤
The point is simple. It really doesn't matter whether it is digital or analogue. What matters is what it is ADVERTISED as.
Exactly Rob! Well said brother!👌👍🤘❤
The main problem I've had with digital is when there is a continuous transition between songs. Like the B side of Abbey Road has a bunch of hard breaks on digital.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee I would really like some links to more info on this, and the equipment needed.
Can this issue (cue point pausing) also be dealt with for digital content online?
I hate being so ignorant about this stuff~
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Thanks so much! Will look more into this! Most of my equipment is 20 years old or more. I do have a newer Sony AM/FM stereo receiver that I am not really using right now. I don't have a blueray player, just an old VHS/DVD combo player. However, I actually am due to receive a bluray gifted from a relative, but I haven't even looked to choose one yet.
This parallels what happens with guitar amps. The amp simulators are getting very close to the tube sound, but when the volumes go skyward, the tube amp wins hands down. There is nothing like the sound of pushing a tube amp to it's limits. I have a marshall all transistor amp, and the difference between my marshall dsl40c and my marshall mg100 is astounding. Digital sampling in my guitar world sounds every bit the enigma as it does in the digital/analog world of vinyls.
Digital modelers are awful. Digital will never be able to capture the dynamics or the harmonics that tubes offer. I get in an argument a day with Kemper fan boys. My response is always, “Why would I want something that’s copying in a lesser way something when I could easily play the real thing?” It’s not like they’re much cheaper. Digital is inherently lossy. It sucks.
Excellent points here una! And I agree!❤❤❤
I totally agree, I bought a Mesa Boogie Fillmore 50 a few years ago and I love it.
For those of us that gig in bands, digital can sound good if mic'ed up. But just playing at stage volume, no mic'ed amps, digital doesn't push any air and just disappears in the mix if others are using tubes. And, if you "crank up" digital, no matter how good, you still hear what i call "the digital chirp." Ya gotta push air to feel the power of rock and roll. Tubes are the king of live rock.
bah humbug to the comparison..
Great food for thought. I tend to favor the older MiFi's from the early 1980's. My primary complaint about recent pressings (from any company) has been pressing "defects" such as small annoying warps.
MoFo a perfect description lol. They may have done a great job but they still decived people into paying ridiculous prices. When digital CD's came out, digital was being described as the cleanest, clearest, best sounding music you could buy. I've actually been buying every CD of bands I like for months now for a buck each.
Hi Michael. Wishing you a speedy recovery. I have a analogue vinyl copy of Elton John's Captain Fantastic and the Brown dirt cowboy. I have cleaned it thoroughly. It sounds absolutely incredible. Love your videos. Neil from England.
I haven’t really been following the MoFi situation. However, I thought it was strange MoFi used Capitol’s tapes when preparing the Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour. No way the original master tapes were used. And that was 40 years ago.
Also, glad you are healing up!
I believe your right on that Roger! I just recently heard that on a couple of videos! But what a compilation! So good the Beatles adopted ito their canon! Amazing!❤❤❤
Good to see you back & all going well with your recovery ☮️
Thanx Kashmir! I hobbled through each b=video for half of 2022!
So yeah, thank you!❤️❤❤
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Godspeed on your recovery.
Hi Michael! Great Video! Since I been collecting Vinyl again in the last 6 years I have vintage vinyl and New Vinyl and some of the digital remasters sound great I have no problem. To get Analog it’s better to get the old pressing used.
I've noticed the sound from my Samsung phone with an older headset has clearer tones /rich audio quality than the sound card from my computer.
Do you have access to lossless Doc? I have it and it’s wonderful!❤❤❤
Thanks for being honest about the corruption in the music industry there are too many sycophants settling for mediocrity and dishonesty in the music industry in the name of profit and not the art of music
Thanx Derek, and I agree with you!❤❤❤
Interesting debate. One thing for certain they needs to be upfront.
Yes they do Eugene! Thanx!❤❤❤
Walcome back Michael Noland. Your show is great 👍 keep on rocking and Rolling Michael
Thanx Gary!❤❤❤
Some of my best sounding vinyl records are from a digital source; Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman reissue, Jethro Tull Aqualung (Steven Wilson remix), Dire Straits Brothers in Arms half-speed/Miles Showell issue, Led Zeppelin 2014 reissues etc etc. They could be sourced from cocoa beans for all I care, the end result is all that matters! 🙂
I only listen to a 60s and 70 oldies on mono AM radio stations because that's when those songs sound right to me. Good art is good art, even if it's coming out of a crappy 6 inch speaker.
The question is “Does it sound great or not?” If it’s digital or not isn’t important to me!
Great point DAVID!❤❤❤
You’re take on all this is excellent! I work in recording and appreciate where you come from with digital recording. Obviously this doesn’t excuse the ‘untruths’ of Mofi.
That is the bigger issue to me is not the method but their lack of transparency. If they said it was dsd transfer then it wouldn't be a real issue.
Really enjoy your comments and content! Skirting transparency is so prevalent in our world today, and this brewing story is no different. Keep up the good work, and I'll catch you on the flip side! 🎶
You too David! I’m always on the flip side brother!😉❤
Hey Michael..welcome back..good health my friend❤❤My ears are always my judge..digital/ analogue..both can sound amazing..I can’t afford the MOFI’s regardless..lol..
HaHa! You and me both brother! Loved your video on The stones btw!❤❤❤
Hi Michael, I am very happy to see your channel's success, the videos are great. I wanted to throw you some thoughts for your consideration as it might be something you might like to discuss in future videos. And that is the whole Hi-Res audio (audio with a bit depth and sampling frequency above 16-bit/44.1kHz, which is standard CD quality) releases of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and many other great bands. Two commonly talked about hi-res formats are 24-bit/192kHz or 24-bit/96kHz audio. In the past, the higher level audio formats were SACD and DVD-Audio. To hear the greater sound quality, one must have the equipment that can process these formats, like a hi -res DAC (digital to analogue converter), among other things. There is some controversy as to how much improvement in sound quality there exists within these formats also. What is your take on all this?
24/96 is pretty much the endgame, there is nothing to improve anymore.
Hi Michael, agreed the MoFu lie is absolutely not acceptable. Shame on them!
Re digital quality - it is really good these days no question. BUT compare to true analog record it’s like driving car without suspension 😊 you just feel that so much information missing when comparing. Cheers!
I find it all very funny! How can it be these records that were once so loved and haughtily lofted onto a pedestal now sound crappy??
I’m sorry but it’s all over-blown - should the digital step be done well, not many people (including audiophiles, as this debacle proves!) will not notice.
A well produced and mastered record is just that no matter the source
Amen Steve! Many vinyl junkies out there search high and low for those precious first couple of pressings!❤❤❤
Searching for OGs I completely understand - picked up a first press U.K. of “Close to Edge” just last week and it sounds awesome. On the other hand my Machine Head OG sounds a tad like rice crispies were in the recording studio!! Can be a gamble
Glad the surgery went well. Sending good health vibes from Queens, NY.
Thanx George From the Central Valley California!❤
Glad you're doing better! Your daughter did a great job with the lights.
Many of the videos so far I’ve heard about the topic don’t seem to take into account if a unknown quality digital copy is supplied or if they made a super high quality copy themselves of the actual analog master, in my opinion at least the latter should be able to be considered just as if you used the original analog master to create the end media, and it’s not as if a digital copy is going to erase or diminish the analog nature / feeling from the original tape you’re recording it from anyways (unless the sound from making multiple copies is what you desire I guess).
Plus you can eliminate any variations from the mastering to production due to having to create multiple copies and the wear since the tapes to production could be bypassed if one wants too, creating a more consistent high quality for each copy.
Though for those who want something that is highly unique and possibly can’t be recreated in more copies for others to enjoy - the physical media wouldn’t allow it, this would be a horrifying idea / revelation since it would make their copies less unique, and I guess this would be the primary worry for at least some collectors.
Your comparison to situations where you allow someone (like your wife) to come to an erroneous conclusion is a good one. There are errors of commission AND errors of omission. MOFI didn't so much 'lie' as disingenuously allow the buyer to assume something that wasn't actually true - that what they were buying was actually AAA when it wasn't. While technically that's more a violation of trust than an outright lie, just try splitting that kind of hair with your wife sometime!
Yeah, no I don’t think I’ll ever split that hir with her onsenkuma! She scares me when she gets mad!❤❤❤
When you get into the digital “word’s” bit length and the astronomical sampling rates the pros are using these days, there’s basically no difference between digital and analog sound quality these days… UNTIL you get to whatever is playing it at home. If it’s a CD, it’s STILL got a 44.1 KHz sampling rate and a 16-bit word. At least those little chips available these days have a longer word, and some of those have a higher sampling rate. But “What’s the sampling rate for Analog?”, I have actually been asked!?! Once and for all, here’s the answer: THERE ISN’T ONE! A song on an analog record is ONE CONTINUOUS WAVEFORM FOR THE FULL DURATION OF THE SONG!
Rock on,
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Who was a Radio DJ
And a TV Director,
And is a lifetime member
Of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers,
Hollywood Section
there is NO right answer if you don't state the parameters. Quality isnt a word that floats in the air without boundaries. In the end it only matters to the listener. If you spend all yr time analysing your listening capacity will diminish. And the listening experience is by definition not neutral. So, anyone claiming analog is better/ higher quality than digital (and im talking final product) has convinced him or herself that it is and vice versa. It is all futile..
Looking (and sounding) good, Michael! Great to see/hear you fit and giving us more great content. E
Hi Michael I’m glad you’re doing well! Keep it up My friend. Love your videos and insights in the Music we grow up and Love! Stay well! Thanks!
Honestly, the best video I have seen on the matter. Personally, I couldn’t care less how a record or CD is made, as long as it delivers the emotion and beauty music is all about.
For me it’s about information retrieval. The cartridge (transducer) converts mechanical energy to electrical energy and is pure analogue. How the information was transported to the vinyl is not important. I am surprised that so many “audiophiles” believed that the vinyl records were manufactured from the original master tapes, many of which are 60 years old
I've said all along that if Mobile Fidelity had just been honest and told the truth they wouldn't be in a lawsuit against them right now. They were 100% deceptive and they knew exactly what was going on and what they were doing.
Personally, I like analog the best. But I have no problem with great sounding digital steps that are taken if it is sold in advertised that way. If they have the best sounding Abraxas with a digital step in it, I still want that LP. But after being deceived and lied to for so long, they definitely lost their trust and I don't blame anyone, especially the 100% analog purest folks, for being upset. I'm upset with Mobile Fidelity and I still would have purchased what I was interested in had they told the truth from the beginning.
Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
Great points here Brian! Trust goes a hell of a long way for me!❤❤❤
My only complaint with the MoFi records I have, is surface noise that I did not expect.
My dad got a Radio Shack laser record player ~1979. We preferred that to the needles.
Digital was the next big thing in The 80s and The AP Project Eye In The Sky was recorded on analog tape but mixed and mastered on digital tape in 1981 and that album has great sound quality .I assume all of the millions of cassette tapes were mass produced in the 80s were made from a digital file ..I think analog has the best overall sound but digital is a great preservative for analog and that is what MOFI is doing because A transferred to D goes back to A when it goes back on vinyl and tape..
Eye in the Sky is a wonderful example of digital mixing & mastering NICE DAWG!❤❤❤
Aye thanks Michael and I am still waiting for that review of Joe Walsh- Barnstorm and I hope you add in The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get .
One of the YT audiophiles (Cheapaudioman) cracked me up when he said, "I'm into vinyl for the expense and inconvenience". LOL! In the case of MoFi yes, I think it's an issue (but not a sonic one). Some of those records were $150 bucks and because of the limited editions they would sell for $250 and up later on for a used copy. Even though they sound epic (they really do) people were paying for an all analog copy. Yes I also find it funny, but not surprising that the same records were previously given rave reviews by analog connoisseurs. I go to an audiophile show here in Chicago area and have been fooled more than once that I thought I was listening to a record (which was spinning) and turned out to be a digital source. It's funny I was buying MoFi records in the 80's and early 90's for the simple reason that they used vigin vinyl and there virtually no pops or clicks- unlike US pressings.
As ever a really interesting video. I remember the hi-fi boom of late 70s/ early80's. Back then it was the alleged superiority of small brand super-expensive British gear that looked like it had been made in a garden shed v Japanese shiny stuff. Couldn't afford the expensive stuff but guess what, my shiny heavyweight Rotel amp still sounds great! The obsessive Audiophile crusade makes me laugh, they pay a fortune for a length of speaker cable and rabbit on about the weight of their turntable, do they ever just relax and just listen to the music?
If I have any criticism regarding certain self-claimed audiophile, it would be exactly that Andy! The Music is what counts very damned time brother!!!❤❤❤
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine So so true. Can still remember the thrill as a 10 year old listening to my big sister's Jethro Tull and Led Zep albums on my dad's old Pye radiogram (who remembers those!), a million miles away from hi-fi but man did itsound good to me!! Take care of yourself Michael and I look forward to many more thought-provoking vids - Cheers mate.
Another very interesting video! I did not know about the surgery until now, but sending positive thoughts your way! I just sent you an email about interviewing you on my channel.
Really only care about this with certain records where I notice something missing and I have to wonder if that is just a result of a bad transfer but no there are a few albums that I think truly sound better on vinyl and seem to lose something when played on my iPhone is it enough for me to, hunt down an original recording? Usually not, if a run across one at yard sale I may buy vinyl. But I've always been a little weary of new vinyl because I've never been certain that today's artist recorded mastered analog. Since it seemed like everyone seemed to use protools I'm like generally assuming that most modern music is no longer analog.
so glad you're ok, Michael. All the very best to you
Going forward would it be that difficult to record an album in both formats and then market them both so we can choose which one we want to buy? Problem solved.
Glad to hear you’re back and and getting healthier everyday.
Hope your feeling better Michael. Rock on brother.👍
Oh I’m a 100% these days Steve! Doing great! Thank you!❤❤❤
Happy to see your back on duty Michael
Keep good health 🙂
Wishing you well, Michael!
Thank you David!❤❤❤
First in. The tribe is up all
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The Tribe never sleeps Lionheart!😉👌❤🏆
Straight up and to the point, we'll said Micheal, and as always, it's all about the music...cheers...
I only have a few vinyl and quite honestly those I kept are just the ccollectr in me. I switched to CD years ago music still sounds great to me.
I think they said that they use their Studer tape machine to read the original analog tape.
I hope you feel better soon 💕
Thank you for this video and for keeping me updated on what is happening in music.
I prefer digital recordings to vinyl...im a boomer who embraced cds when they came out...in fact i prefer an mp3 to vinyl and i was an avid audiophile back in the 70s with bang & olufsen turn table ,SAE amplifier and speaker systems from JBL to bose and everything else in between..now i just listen to the music.
good points.
I'm here for the cocktail party audiophile commentary😅
The funniest part is seeing analog purists bashing digital music for years now finding out that their prized MoFi records have been recorder from digital sources...
there is only one "master" of any given sound recording, this company doesn't have access to the masters.
Yeah they explained that getting masters over to America is nearly impossible these days Pure Heart!❤❤❤
You are a SUPERMAN....and you are now a ROCK SURVIVOR
I think it's all in people's heads. Whatever is most expensive will sound the best to the buyer. It's the psychological principle of Consistency & Commitment aka The Sunk Cost Fallacy... it's why people don't leave cults. Me? I hate the sound of tube amps... all I hear is a sound I call "mung" and I don't find it enjoyable. I'm always going to by a remastered CD because I was already tired of the crackle and pop of records as a kid.
Not to mention that it;s been proven that the Dynamic Range on CD is superior at 16 bit Kitchener! Analog only delivers 6 bits by comparison!👌❤️😉
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine That lower possibility for DB (AKA "the real world" is precisely the reason you can´t get that brickwall loudness/saturation/compression/overdrive like on so many poorly mastered CDs and the "loudness remaster" war) I collect both LPs and CDs, but it all comes down to how things are/were engineered and the mastering.
Records can only play at 60-72db and a cd up to 97db No snap crackle and pop let set up and upkeep of vinyle
And the dynamic ranger is greater with digital as well John! CD Dynamic range is because of the 16 bit set-up! Analog translates to 6 bit!❤❤❤
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Thanks
I have never bought a MOFI record. They are out of my price range. Besides my system is not at all fancy. I doubt I would hear the difference anyway.
I don't even care. The 2 vinyl records I have from them sound great and I have a third on the way. I guess they just need to be more transparent on what is actually happening with their product. I will still buy from them the albums I want.
Digital isn’t bad… compression is bad
DSD provides an excellent reference source.
Out ther is to much bad digital vinyl and I dont buy it any more, my focus is on originals, analogue reissues from 70's and 80's and the new analogue remasters.
My oh my! 😊😊
As tight fisted as the record companies have become with their master tapes, if Mo-Fi didn't go the DSD route, you'd certainly be seeing a lot less product out there.
For along time I've just known most masters are digital. So there you go.
The issue isn't digital vs. analogue, it's lying to your customer and jacking up your prices based on that lie.
For some time now most credible reviewers have admitted that almost all new vinyl LP's are pressed form digital masters - no matter what audiophile level of excellence is claimed. The only reason you could believe otherwise is if you want to. People are hating on MoFi now because there is too much evidence to continue to believe. Just the fact that mastering from an original tape constantly degrades its quality makes the situation one where every one of us should be grateful for the DXD/DSD technology that preserves these original recordings safely. This DSD vs analog debate should be put to bed. Vinyl albums, CD's, and Digital files of these older recordings wouldn't even be possible in any quantity without digital steps. I'm sure more unicorns will present themselves for those who want to chase them.
DSD as long as its done right doesn't bother me it's all good sound.
This is definitely a controversial subject. I think a recording can only be as good as the original source. As to MoFi, I think the fault lies with their marketing department. It's anyone's guess if the MoFi engineers spoke up to the marketing department as to how the process was being presented to the buyers. MoFi did have some limitations due to labels no longer willing to loan out master tapes as they did in the past. The bigger subject is the countless multiple remasters of quite a few artist's\band's albums that have been put out over the years. From both the original record labels as well as the specialty labels. At some point it seems ridiculous as well as overkill. Definitely in some cases it's all just marketing. Let us also not forget that some of these remasters have butchered the artist's\band's original vision and intent.
ANALOG BABY!!!😁👍🏻🤩👊
The Church of Audiophilia has many disciples, True Believers! I, for one, am not one of them. I am a proud blaspheming Audiophile Apostate!! Why you may ask? Because I can't afford all the goddam True Believer equipment one is required to have!! I'm good with my multiple gigs of 160 kbps mp3 files playing through my (Goodwill purchased) computer speakers!
Amen Brother! Apostates beware ehhurdygurdyguy?❤❤❤
How about charging $150 + shipping for a “One Step” pressing? #IDontThinkSo
Second.
Yes you are moodie!😉👌❤🏆
MoFi has always been a hit or miss for me with both Analog or DSD. Analog Productions have always hit it out of the park just about every time.
Digital is stepford wives stereo. Bullying analogue out of existence as you rightly pint out.
I perfer CD
Digital loses all the warmth and harmonics. I just go for the original pressings if I can. Lots of them out there. Newer music is much harder to find non-digital. I feel digital recordings sound too sterile.
And many agree with you completely STG!
Vote registered!😉👌❤
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine I also collect old Hammond organs to take out all the old resistors, capacitors, and tubes and transformers and build tube amps for guitars with the parts, or I just catalog the parts to sell.
How good a digital recording sounds is dependent on the sampling rate. The higher the sampling rate, the better the sound. As a result, the higher the sampling rate, the more memory hungry the recording is. Your comment is valid though, as record companies are more interested in commercial success than producing a high quality product.
@@lasentinal no matter the rate, it’s still losing the natural harmonics that tubes provide. I’m having this issue recording guitar from my tube amp to my DAW. No matter what I do I cannot replicate the tone 1:1. My brother has an old tape recorder. We can get the tone to replicate onto tape.
@@smelltheglove2038 I believe tubes add harmonics
Cheers to your good health man and happiness for 2023. And keep it coming 👍
MoFi should not be charging master analogue prices for digital copies. Classic bait and switch.
Yep! Plain and simple Bob! Who do they think they are, Apple???❤❤❤
Ha! This is hilarious. All these hipster vinyl "audiophiles" out there with their nose in the air wasting their money and they don't even know the difference. But it doesn't stop them from looking down on my CD collection. Sure, I'm the low brow Neanderthal. I'm glad they got ripped off and lied to.
Some just have to have that snap, crackle, pop with their inferior dynamic range Ayala! Now who would that make the Neanderthal? Hmmm____😉👌👍❤
First of all anyone thinking that your new vinyl is real analog transfer your NUTS..it's digital transfer in less it says analog..but even that smells fishy 😳😬😞😕🤔
Finally someone acknowledges the quality of modern converters. I’ll take digital over analog no problem. Last thing I’m going to do when I finish a mix is say, can’t wait to hear this on vinyl. TY!!!
dont "audifilians" realise tapes age -I had a cassette player back in early 1980s and used metal tapes on some Mobile Fidelty vinyl . The fresh c-60 metall lost some pitch after 1 week or i was deaf . I had a 500$ recordplayer bought sepratley ortofon pickup and used a Nacamichi to record and no dolby c used . They age ferrochrome tapes aged also , philips black chrome started even flaking off some surfce only after some years , Best to this day are some Ferro green tapes by BAFS . I know Mfsl did cassettes also -and I bought some -after only a couple of years the sound were differnt lost pitch and they were dolby B encoded maybe the aging changed the dolby B . MOFI do the right thing OK
“SINS OF (INTENTIONAL) OMISSION” is a LIE! Full stop…
So glad I never bothered with these overpriced MoFi releases. 😄
Me too Bruce!❤
Analog is dead, digital is pretty much perfect today - its all between the seat and the daw.
As for improving quality - its all in the speakers, the rest is solved.
DSD is stupid as well, its a quirky format, not exactly good for processing.
Know what an audiophile won't buy? A hearing test.
The only problem is the ' Loudness War' from remastering, remastering, and remastering. The same album. 🫤
Agree, properly mastered cds can sound very good and dare I say better than vinyl, unless you have dollars for vinyl equipment