Definitive Audiophile pressings
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MikeH
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I think the thing I was reading said they used an HDMI converter box that was around $50. So they went from an Oppo via HDMI out to the box which converted to I2S, then into the Pontus' I2S port and that worked for SACD/DSD. I kinda stopped looking though because I don't really need another device and I'm good with my streamer/Roon right now. The Ares doesn't do I2S but does DSD so I have some DSD rips.
Joe Mac
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They do but considering the board that you have to fit to the oppo to do the same thing costs more as just a board I’ve never been completely convinced about the capabilities of that box to deliver what it promises at the highest quality. Maybe I’m just being cynical.
TenderLovingKiller®
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...and now all my MoFi Releases are being updated on Discogs accordingly. Someone was chomping at the bit to update those.
Mather
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PULL THE OTHER ONE
LeeVing
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I opened my NIN - Pretty Hate Machine I got from Craft today....
And it is not theirs, so I wrote an email to them, too - (had to send 3rd Man an email for getting the wrong variant also)
It is a United pressing, it isn't an NRP cut - looks like Anne-Marie Suenram's ⋊ is on both side...so it may be good?
I haven't had any issues with her cuts at all, but being a United pressing, I'm sure it sounds like shit.
EDIT - looking at my other PHM copies - it looks like she cut the other 12"s in the box set - and they used a regular WG/NRP for the PHM in the box.
And then she also cut PHM, too? Seems a round about way of doing it.
Nine Inch Nails - Halo I-IV
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2015 Vinyl release of "Halo I-IV" on Discogs.www.discogs.com
And I got the usual "unopened packages can be returned for a refund" emails....had to email back to say I had to open it to see that it wasn't what I ordered.
Well see if they do anything about it. I did mention that they need to change their web site so it doesn't include PHM in the Craft Recordings filter w/ the little Craft Recordings logo on the page you order it from....it's a bit misleading
DeadwaxDude
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If anyone finds a list I'd be curious to browse it. Not seeing anything on their website.
So assuming there's gonna be some AAA in that list are we assuming those are going to go crazy in price?
LeeVing
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If anyone finds a list I'd be curious to browse it. Not seeing anything on their website.
So assuming there's gonna be some AAA in that list are we assuming those are going to go crazy in price?
They are on random pages so far...
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 45RPM 2LP set of the 1971 effort underlines the escapist peace of Crosby's music and brilliance of Stephen Barncard's engineering. Equally important, it reveals Crosby's unsurpassed vocal...
mofi.com
David Crosby is digital.
1/4" / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256
Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly
Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's world-renowned mastering system, cut at 45RPM for the first time, pressed at RTI, and limited to 4,000 numbered copies, this 180g 45RPM 2LP set of Super Fly presents Mayfield's vision with widescreen sonics worthy of its cinematic reach. The extra groove space...
mofi.com
Superfly is analog (but not "original master" - it still sounds amazing)
1/4" / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog copy direct to lathe
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POGunter
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So assuming there's gonna be some AAA in that list are we assuming those are going to go crazy in price?
Super Fly. I said Super Fly….
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MASTERED ON MOBILE FIDELITY'S WORLD-RENOWNED MASTERING SYSTEM, PRESSED AT RTI, AND LIMITED TO 4,000 NUMBERED COPIES
1/4" / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog copy direct to lathe”
DeadwaxDude
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Ah, gotcha. I'll wait for someone to come along and assemble a list for meThey are on random pages so far...
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 45RPM 2LP set of the 1971 effort underlines the escapist peace of Crosby's music and brilliance of Stephen Barncard's engineering. Equally important, it reveals Crosby's unsurpassed vocal...mofi.com
David Crosby is digital.
1/4" / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256
Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly
Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's world-renowned mastering system, cut at 45RPM for the first time, pressed at RTI, and limited to 4,000 numbered copies, this 180g 45RPM 2LP set of Super Fly presents Mayfield's vision with widescreen sonics worthy of its cinematic reach. The extra groove space...mofi.com
Superfly is analog.
1/4" / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog copy direct to lathe
Djxfactor511
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I'm starting to get Discogs noticed on mine too. I don't have too many of them.
So far My Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah is DSD 256
The video mentioned all the Miles Davis were so my Sketches of Spain is DSD 256 I guess too.
So far My Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah is DSD 256
The video mentioned all the Miles Davis were so my Sketches of Spain is DSD 256 I guess too.
DeadwaxDude
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Yeah some of their Dylan catalog isn't even on their site.. pretty crap way to give the info.
LeeVing
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Craft Recordings follows me on Twitter, so I tagged them in a tweet about my deliveries today...
Diaper Baby Escape Plan
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Furthering MOFIs downfall:
I'm now reading that their rice paper inner sleeves have a sorghum step in the process. Disappointed. Thoughts and prayers to those affected.
I'm now reading that their rice paper inner sleeves have a sorghum step in the process. Disappointed. Thoughts and prayers to those affected.
Crabbers
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Meaning?….
Diaper Baby Escape Plan
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Pretty sure it's got Monsanto written all over it.
Sonicpharmacist
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So tired of seam splits from MoFi…
mdmost
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So I may get that Topping I found and run the USB out of my Mac to the Topping and then line out to the Adcom. I found a free player called Pine Player. It actually can open a SACD ISO file and unlock the DSD files. It supports hi rez all the way up to 32bit/768khz. Using it right now with my old Topping VX1 which was just the headphone amp. Works great. The distance from the Mac to DAC would be under 6 feet so not a huge deal. Thanks for the suggestion.