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New Dire Straits 45RPM reissues from Mobile Fidelity

Sorry this took me awhile!  I have finally had the opportunity to listen and compare these (4) new titles from MOFI.

Communique
Dire Straits
Love Over Gold
Making Movies

These are the JUST RELEASED titles on 45RPM from MOFI.

I was able to compare, (so far), Dire Straits and Love Over Gold with my various copies.  I have the US, UK and German first pressings and Japanese pressings of both.

I have always thought that the German pressings were the best followed closely by the UK pressings.

These new MOFI's are ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!  Super duper quiet and completely flat.  The music just explodes from the black background.  And the BASS...wow!  Wide, open soundstage with exquisite layering and texture. These are simply the BEST pressings that I have ever heard from the Dire Straits catalog...period.

I have listened to the other two, (Communique & Making Movies), but haven't had the chance to compare them to my other copies.  I have several different versions of each, but time has caught up with me.  From just the listening sessions, I am pretty confident that they will too be better than any of the others.

They are already sold out at many places, but they are going to repress them.

All of my copies were between 100-200 as far as serial numbers go, so I do have some very early copies.

If you can find them, buy them.  It's a no brainer.

ONE OF MY HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS!!!
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mgattmch
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I agree with the OP entirely. Great review mofimadness, thanks. I have the MFSL Dire Straits and Love Over Gold 45rpm disc and to my ears they sound about as good as they are ever going to get. To top it all the packaging is superb and the disc are very flat and quiet.

But, then again, how about an Ultradisc One Step (UD1S) pressing?. Probably going to get some flak for suggesting this!

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mofimadness OP
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But, then again, how about an Ultradisc One Step (UD1S) pressing?

That would be SWEET!  But which one?  If MOFI could only do one, I would pick...
dhite71
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@mofimadness I recently purchased the full set and cannot say it any better than your initial post here.  I am blown away!

My copy of Love Over Gold had 2 flaws and I would love to know your thoughts

1)  Track 1 has the first 32 seconds with a loud whooshing static, then a loud pop and it goes silent as expected.  I have cleaned the record, stylus and played many other albums.  Every time I go back to this track I get the exact same 32 seconds.

2) The dynamics of track 5 seem muted.  With every other song across all 5 albums the MoFi Gain 2 track is as you described above in comparison to the original US pressing.  This song though sounds notably worse compared to the original.  It is really odd.  Music Direct is replacing the copy once the next batch is done.  Track 1 seems like a physical flaw of my copy.  Track 5 worries me that it could have been a widespread issue from the transfer.  

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mofimadness OP
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@dhite71...thanks for the reply and kind words!  I did not notice these issues with mine, but I will go back and listen to make sure.

What serial number do you have?  Mine are all very low.  I wonder if it might be an issue with later batches?
dhite71
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I already boxed it up and am awaiting the return label, but I believe it was around 5000.  I don't think that is a concern as here are my other numbers and BIA is just as impressive as the others at its high pressing number.  

Communique - 6143
Brothers In Arms - 16777
Self Titled - 5001
Making Movies - 5872
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