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Recent comments

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus | Downunderman - June 30, 2026

In December 2025 MoFi acknowledged that this SACD release had out of phase problems. "We are writing to inform you the Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus (Numbered Hybrid SACD) ...

Van Halen: 1984 | Downunderman - June 28, 2026

This from over on the Hoffman site; "“Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s commitment is to deliver the most definitive and satisfying listening experiences possible. We have ...

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Downunderman - July 4, 2026

Thanks Mark. Amazing that the label allowed 75+ year old tapes out of their sight and into outside hands to be mastered........and remarkable they were still in good enough ...

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Mark Werlin - July 3, 2026

Downunderman: According to Blue Note, the Tone Poet LP version of Birth of the Cool "...was mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog phono reel ...

Van Halen: 1984 | analogue - June 16, 2026

Howdy. My own experience with this new sacd is much different than yours. I found it to be rather well balanced all around. Highly crankable and powerfully subtle. I had a ...

Puccini: Turandot - Mehta | John Broggio - July 5, 2026

This is the best I've heard this recording on a hi-res medium but some distortion of the sound at climaxes remains, unlike with the Britten War Requiem, which is a terrible ...

Scaggs: Boz Scaggs | Downunderman - July 4, 2026

This 2013 SACD used the original 1969 mix of the album and is the first use on digital. For CDs up to this point the 1977 remix had been used. It was mastered for SACD by ...

My Morning Jacket: Z | Downunderman - June 28, 2026

MoFi's blurb here is pretty much on the money. It remains a wonderful thing that MoFi continues to release the occasional left field contemporary album. Originally released ...

Debussy: Jeux, Nocturnes - Roth