![]() ![]() So you pay more for air but save on the brokerage fees. If it ships by air, they waive the brokerage fees, but there could still be other smaller nuisance fees. Anything that ships to Canada by ground (UPS standard or FedEx ground) will be subject to extra brokerage fees. I had been using FedEx international economy which, after the shipping cost, was only a $10 fee + HST. I hoped the new QC process would be better but maybe they just need more time and they will catch these things in the future.Ĭlick to expand.Indeed, MD has switched from FedEx to UPS, not sure why. I bought direct from MoFi so hopefully I can get sleeves and maybe a new second disc. Sound quality isn’t the normal One Step but it’s pretty good and the music is killer. I agree the vocal is dry and distant at times but overall not an issue for me. If you don’t have a copy I think this is quite good, gets going at times and the vinyl was vey quiet except where there are blemishes. ![]() Side four, first song has issues that line up with the visual blemish, some kid of film where the disc is different colors. My second disc, side three was excellent as well. This was the first time I heard “Tears In Heaven” after becoming a parent, quite moving. As the show progresses I feel the quality gets better. I had to turn the dial up significantly to achieve the usual sound level. I’m thinking this has to do with the original recoding, but I’m speculating. The sound quality is not great or to say consistent with other One Steps I own. Others may disagree with my analysis here, but I am just trying to be transparent with my thoughts as unbiased as possible.īoth discs are dished warped, lots of blemishes on the discs, both outer sleeves are split.ĭisc one played awesome despite the visual flaws. The instruments do have some pop and sizzle from time to time, but nothing consistent soundstage-wise to really create a good experience. It’s almost a barrier to connecting with the music it sounds so detached from the band. If one were to compare the dynamics, balance, vocal clarity, overall richness of this to say that of Nils Lofgrens Acoustic Live that Analogue Productions released the results are night and day.Ĭlaptons vocals feel buried and distant. If anything the One Step really demonstrates those weaknesses. I know this is a live recording and so the quality is usually not as pristine as a studio-recording but there are exceptional examples out there of live recordings that sound phenomenal and this just isn’t one of them. If only that was my complaint, but the disappointment continues once you start playing the LPs. I am not sure if the printing process is different or why there is such a unappealing quality to this but it is. I know album artwork isn’t exactly what you pay for with these One Steps, but these just don’t hit the mark for me. You can also see how bad the contrast is on the inner sleeves comparatively. I think the original artwork was almost like a screen capture from the MTV episode and so clarity was never really great, but wow does it really show here. I know the picture might be hard to see, but the cover art on the box versus the inner sleeves is very different and both are pretty drab. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I am very disappointed with MoFis efforts on this release. You can find the complete analysis with dynamics and waveform measurements and also samples to listen to the differences between 10 versions here.First review from one guy on his one step, (from FB) Spectrum Ed9 MOFI vinyl (White) vs Ed10 MOFI SACD (Blue) This mastering gives a less bright, more natural sound. The yellow arrow also shows the cut-off at 22 kHz. There is a small difference in the low frequencies mainly below 100 Hz (green area) and a peak in the high frequencies above 15 kHz of more than 5 dB (yellow area). The graph below compares the spectrum of MOFI vinyl and Mofi SACD. Spectrum Ed4 CD (White) vs Ed10 MOFI SACD (Blue)īetween the MOFI vinyl and SACD versions, the master between the two versions is not identical. Both versions cut at 22 kHz, which indicates the use of a master with a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz. We can see corrections in the treble with more than 5 dB difference (yellow zone) and in the bass (green zone). MOFI’s contribution is made by their own mastering and by the quality of the vinyl recording.įor the mastering, the graph below compares the spectrum of the original CD version and the SACD MOFI version. ![]()
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