What the hell? Is this a repress of the 84 Mofi?
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
The seminal effort Rolling Stone named the 51st Greatest Album of All Time reaches illustrious sonic and emotional heights on Mobile Fidelity’s 180g SuperVinyl 33RPM LP. Pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl and strictly limited to 4,000 numbered copies, this ultra-hi-fi collector's edition brings you...mofi.com
@Joe Mac
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Honestly I think Mofis pressing quality over the past five years has been awful. Zero consistency and no I don't find the supervinyl any quieter than a good quality AP or well pressed standard Mofi.
And I'm using a 7G turntable with a 6G cart. I think it's really down to the individual album audio quality and the individual pressing quality rather than the "supervinyl" formulation that like you said, seems to be frequently noisier than the standard black vinyl.
MikeH
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no. probably the one step plates? or a re-cut
Single disc 33 though so can't be the one steps? Must be a re cut? I have the 84 and it's smooth but dark AF and lacking detail.
MikeH
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oh yea duh. missed that spec. since its DSD assume it would be a new cut.
Well... I only have 3 copies of it so far... LOOK HOW LONELY THEY ARRRRRE
MikeH
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one steps from one company? or multiple? i can't say i've had much, if any, surface noise on the one steps i own. some of the craft ones especially are dead quiet. my setup is similar range as yours.
MikeH
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4 is a nice round number!
i have the One Step and think it's quite good. grabbed it for a really good price last year (slightly above original retail).
Turbo
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Which do you have that you find noisy? Just curious.
I have 5 now - from MOFI I have MJ, Springsteen, Van Halen 1 and ELO Eldorado (the supervinyl, not the one-step) and now this Craft Isaac Hayes. Out of those, the Springsteen is noisier than I'd like and disappointing to me. The others are fairly quiet.
My set-up is what I'd call mid-range and likely lower end than most here. Though my T1210 with the shibata AT-150Sa is a damn fine pairing.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Super vinyl!
The plates Newman... the plates.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Dsd so new cut on super vinyl.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Look my allergies have kicked in and I haven’t caught up on your incessant posting on the matter…
Turbo
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fixed your spelling mistake.
MikeH
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Billy Joel - 52nd Street
A key piece of Mobile Fidelity's Billy Joel catalog restoration series, 52nd Street is here sourced from the original master tapes and pressed on 45RPM 180g LP at RTI. The wider and deeper grooves – as well as the meticulous mastering – yield resplendent dynamics, broad soundstages...
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zdkaiser
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I have owned 4 one-steps:
1. Kind of Blue 33rpm (Analog Productions)
2. Coltrane Lush Life (Craft)
3. Lateef Eastern Sounds (Craft)
4. Kind of Blue 45 rpm (MoFi)
Issues:
Kind of Blue 33 rpm has distortion issues on Blue in Green. Think this may have been a common problem, and I should ask AP for a replacement disc, but it has been a couple years now since purchase. So probably too late for that.
Coltrane Lush Life, I cannot recall if it was noisy, but its been a bit since I spun it. I don't recall being blown away by it though.
Eastern Sounds, I was sent a replacement copy because it was noisy.
Kind of Blue Mofi 45 rpm - so this was a strange situation. The album was very noisy and I eventually returned it to Music Direct. I later found out that this was an unannounced test run for the super vinyl. I remember opening up the KOB and seeing the discs were translucent. Thought that was odd. Regardless it sounded like shit, so I requested a replacement from Music Direct. They sent me a new copy (standard black) and that sounds good. I later found out on Discogs and elsewhere that there was a small run of super vinyl KOBs (boxsets numbered between 12,000 and 13,500, or something like that). Guess they were/are selling for like $400+. I had a picture up on Discogs of the translucent records, but it was eventually removed by someone.
I listen to lots of Tone Poets that are dead silent. Other standard Grateful Dead MoFi's that sound amazing and have zero noise.
Regent_Street Oct 1, 2021
Will the small number that got pressed on Super Vinyl somewhere in the serial number 12000's range get its own discogs entry?
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dancbmac Nov 29, 2021
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It was separate at one time, but some of the folks that manage the entires here on discogs insisted that they be merged. I gave input and uploaded photos of my copy, but those that have voting ability overruled and the two listings were merged into one with a couple of lines mentioning the test run. One person that does inputs and changes was very adamant about only one listing because he said he never seen any. He also blocked my photos and said I took them from some website, but they were my actual photos. I’m guessing that website, which I have never visited before used my photos. I was a newby going against some expert who had voting privileges and I couldn’t vote on any of my inputs. I didn’t like it, but I wasn’t going to beat my head against the wall, because this expert knew it all, but did not know about these SV pressings
Turbo
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I do have the AP KoB UHQR, but I didn't count that one since it's not per se supervinyl (nor one-step) - I guess I should because it's still a supposedly better vinyl formulation. My KoB UHQR does have some noise like everyone else I believe. My other UHQR's are clean though (Hendrix, the two Marleys and Elephant).