“MoFi never disclosed this fact, nor did it change its representations to reflect the fact that its records were using DSD,” lawyers for the accuser wrote in a complaint filed Thursday in Chicago federal court. “Instead, MoFi intentionally hid this fact from consumers.”
The lawsuit claims buyers paid extra for the supposedly all-analog vinyl, labeled as either “Original Master Recording” or “Ultradisc One Step” – not only for better sound but also because they’re intrinsically more scarce than recordings that incorporate digital processes.

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“It’s the biggest debacle I’ve ever seen in the vinyl realm,” says Kevin Gray, a mastering engineer who has not worked with MoFi but has produced reissues of musicians such as John Coltrane and Marvin Gaye.
“They were completely deceitful,” says Richard Drutman, 50, a New York City filmmaker who has purchased more than 50 of MoFi’s albums over the years. “I never would have ordered a single Mobile Fidelity product if I had known it was sourced from a digital master.”
The Higher Get Vinyl Pressing
The Higher’s On Fire has been pressed to vinyl for the first time.
No Use For a Name Vinyl Boxset
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Thursday Announce Live Album
Thursday will be releasing a live version of Full Collapse. The record will go on sale next Tuesday.
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Motion City Soundtrack’s ‘I Am the Movie’ Gets New Pressing
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Taking Back Sunday Celebrate 20th Anniversary of ‘TAYF’
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