Perhaps Sony/Philips should be punished (also) for having uttered the phrase “Perfect Sound Forever”? Or not.
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.
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I have enjoyed Mobile Fidelity MoFi Original Master Recordings since the seventies. It seems criminal and counterproductive in our tiny hobby to financially punish anyone. If you don’t like what they make, don’t buy them. Now it is sad that they chose to not be fully transparent, to offer "deception by omission". I can forgive them for this and move on. I’ll keep my old MoFi And continue to buy new issues, because they sound fine to me! Being punitive helps no one. It’s just mean spirited. Life is too short for that nonsense. mahler123 You covered the issue at hand with remarkable precision and clarity. Well done. I fully agree
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