In 2021, on the MoFi page, about their one-step process:
MFSL engineers begin with the original master tapes and meticulously cut a set of lacquers.
Today:
MFSL engineers begin with the original master recordings, painstakingly transfer them to DSD 256, and meticulously cut a set of lacquers.
Meanwhile, Michael Fremer, "the dean of audiophile writing":
I’ve now spoken to someone who would know and who confirmed, out of necessity off the record for now, that in 2018 Mobile Fidelity cut lacquers using analog master tapes (not copies). Will speculative click bait YouTube videos claiming otherwise be taken down after reading this?
(A bunch of this is in the article, I just think the quotes are kind of funny).
MFSL engineers begin with the original master tapes and meticulously cut a set of lacquers.
Today:
MFSL engineers begin with the original master recordings, painstakingly transfer them to DSD 256, and meticulously cut a set of lacquers.
Meanwhile, Michael Fremer, "the dean of audiophile writing":
I’ve now spoken to someone who would know and who confirmed, out of necessity off the record for now, that in 2018 Mobile Fidelity cut lacquers using analog master tapes (not copies). Will speculative click bait YouTube videos claiming otherwise be taken down after reading this?
(A bunch of this is in the article, I just think the quotes are kind of funny).