Am I reading this correctly. The Tapestry rip is dsd 64? Wtf. So the whole poopla about quad dsd was also total horse shit as it applies to some titles and not others. This company are truly toxic. People should really drop them like a stone into the abyss.
Do Mobile Fidelity Vinyl Re-issues Have a Digital Step in the Process?
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Am I reading this correctly. The Tapestry rip is dsd 64? Wtf. So the whole poopla about quad dsd was also total horse shit as it applies to some titles and not others. This company are truly toxic. People should really drop them like a stone into the abyss.
Given all of the negative publicity did they really have a choice but to address this accordingly. Not sure kudos are warranted
Spot on!
We conned you all for years and took your hard earned. We promise not to do it any more. Please keep buying our records lol.
Tend to agree, I have several and am not selling them......but I also am not paying them $100-$125 for anymore that are digital cut lacquers.
Curious - just looked at the last days sales and offers and they show the same high values.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=mofi+one+step&_sacat=176985&_sop=10
Could not locate Ron sales, BTW!
Hi Joe,
I have been perusing. There are multiple others at DSD64 like Miles Sketches and Bitches Brew in case people decide they will plunk $120 for them lol.
In Post #183 of this thread I imagine three alternative strategies which Mobile Fidelity could adopt to respond to this matter. Mobile Fidelity has taken the middle to high road, and that is what I am applauding.
There are plenty of bad actors in business generally. Mobile Fidelity could have doubled-down on its history of misrepresentations, claimed that any confusion is the fault of consumers and declined to change its disclosure policy going foward.
Regardless of the history, I personally applaud people for doing the right thing in the present and going forward. I believe in redemption.
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Deceiving people for 14 years isn’t a storm in a teacup. It’s a hurricane they are trying to fit into a teacup hoping it will go away.
While I can forgive them if they keep their promise - and we shall see that after 10 years or so - I won’t purchase anything else from them or Music Direct in the mean time.
Not saying people shouldn’t be mad, but they should put it into prospective. No one has died.
If people have had them for 14 years and have been happy with the sound, the sound has not changed just what they thought. I don’t stop liking James Brown’s music because I found out he was a wife beater.
If people have had them for 14 years and have been happy with the sound, the sound has not changed just what they thought. I don’t stop liking James Brown’s music because I found out he was a wife beater.
For me it’s not about the quality of their records. I have only a few MoFi and I’m giving them to a friend next time he comes down. To me it’s about something greater than any mere record.
In my book, genuine contrition includes restitution.
If MoFi would have given immediate restitution to all their customers then I’d continue doing business immediately with Music Direct. I didn’t like MoFi’s records prior to this scandal, so that will continue to be a non-starter for me personally.
But since MoFi didn’t offer a single penny of restitution, Music Direct will be waiting at least 10 years, possibly more, before I do business with them again. I refer to this as a testing period; i.e. honesty and integrity need to be earned [or regained] over time. So, I will be a taking a wait and see attitude.
In my book, genuine contrition includes restitution.
If MoFi would have given immediate restitution to all their customers then I’d continue doing business immediately with Music Direct. I didn’t like MoFi’s records prior to this scandal, so that will continue to be a non-starter for me personally.
But since MoFi didn’t offer a single penny of restitution, Music Direct will be waiting at least 10 years, possibly more, before I do business with them again. I refer to this as a testing period; i.e. honesty and integrity need to be earned [or regained] over time. So, I will be a taking a wait and see attitude.
From everything I read online before MoFi's recent source update, 'all' one-steps used DSD source to plate lacquer, and even the none one-steps were all digital going back 10+ years.
Could not locate Ron sales, BTW!
I don’t know how eBay works, but I am seeing my three UD1S listings as live.
I am not contesting your decision regarding MoFi. People need to speak with their money. However, there are tons of other record companies which have been doing the same thing as MoFi. In fact, the list of companies that have been transparent is very short. If MoFi is the only company that comes clean we consumers have not gained very much. The only way this actually helps us is if all major record companies fess up.
Yeah, lying is generally frowned upon. Will formal EU regulations stop businesses from deceiving customers or are they largely a feel-good?
Your assuming I do business with all these other companies. I don’t. I took the advice of some here and purchased genuine analogue vinyl from just a few labels. The only reason I own a few MoFi’s is because I choose to go out on my own and try another label. But I didn’t enjoy them, so quit purchasing them.
If you know of other companies that aren't being transparent then you should begin a new thread and name them. Include websites and specifically describe how they market their products. This would be very valuable for many that visit WTB for advice - me included.
I will start a thread listing the companies that are either transparent or all analog. The other list is everyone else.
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