Mobile Fidelity Vinyl One Step of SANTANA, BILL EVANS TRIO, etc.*

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Drew769, Dec 1, 2015.

  1. Newguy444

    Newguy444 Forum Resident

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    New york
    No offence to the MD orders but why the hell should they be getting their copies before people who ordered AND PAID already direct from mofi??
     
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  2. BIGGER Dave

    BIGGER Dave Forum Resident

    My order from Music Direct just arrived. #1289 and #2277
     
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  3. Newguy444

    Newguy444 Forum Resident

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    New york
    Omg salt in the wound man
     
  4. MikeT

    MikeT Prior Forum Cretin and Current Impatient Creep

    Location:
    New Jersey, USA
    Music Direct and Mofi are the same company in a sense (if not directly). Music Direct "owns" Mofi. So you indicate when you ordered from the MOFI site you already paid? Music Direct doesn't charge until they ship. My personal opinion is just order any One-Step you plan on buying from Music Direct in the future.

    Check out Mofi's address:

    Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
    1811 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60660
    USA

    Check out Music Direct's address:

    Music Direct
    1811 W Bryn Mawr Ave
    Chicago, IL 60660

    And this from the MOFI site:
    2001: Jim Davis of Music Direct in Chicago purchases the proprietary mastering chain and all intellectual property associated with the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab name. A team of MFSL veterans is assembled to helm technical and engineering departments. Emphasis is placed upon research and development of the mastering chain in both the analog and digital domains.
     
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  5. marcb

    marcb Senior Member

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    DC area
    FWIW The Rhino pressing cut by Chris Bellman is great if you can find one.
     
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  6. marcb

    marcb Senior Member

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    DC area
    MD owns Mofi. They’re essentially the same company.
     
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  7. Myke

    Myke Trying Not To Spook The Horse

    How about a third time ?

    Music Direct owns MOFI.
    :laugh:
     
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  8. markmck79

    markmck79 Forum Resident

    Just to be pedantic, they may be co-located and share the same owner, but they are not the same company and one does not legally own the other.

    This misinformation continues to perpetuate on this forum.

    See a previous explanation here: Mobile Fidelity Ultradisc One Step of SANTANA, BILL EVANS TRIO, etc.*
     
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  9. Francisx

    Francisx Forum Resident

    Hey does Music Direct own MOFI? Just wondering?
     
  10. Myke

    Myke Trying Not To Spook The Horse

    Finally ! Now I can sleep again.
     
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  11. OptimisticGoat

    OptimisticGoat Everybody's escapegoat....

    I suspect MD is better set up on distribution than mofi - you would expect them to be quicker.
     
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  12. AnalogJ

    AnalogJ Hearing In Stereo Since 1959

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    Salem, MA
    Are MoFi, MoFo, and MoFu all the same? Also just wondering? Can't get to sleep otherwise.
     
  13. AudiophilePhil

    AudiophilePhil Senior Member

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    San Diego, CA
    Are MoFi, MFSL, and Mobile Fidelity all the same? :)
     
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  14. Mean Dorris

    Mean Dorris Well-Known Member

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    London
    Agree. See my earlier post, ordered and paid in Jan, told by mofi order not fulfilled and can't give eta. Will not be ordering from them direct again in future. Very Poor.
     
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  15. 5-String

    5-String μηδὲν ἄγαν

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    Sunshine State
    I sent an email to MOFI once and they never got back to me. I tried to call them and they never picked up the phone. Music Direct always communicates very promptly either by phone or by e-mail.
     
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  16. AnalogJ

    AnalogJ Hearing In Stereo Since 1959

    Location:
    Salem, MA
    MoFi, MFSL, and Mobile Fidelity all walk into a bar. Bartender says, "Give me a hi-fi."

    (I just made that up.)
     
  17. MikeT

    MikeT Prior Forum Cretin and Current Impatient Creep

    Location:
    New Jersey, USA
    Ok, I stand corrected in a way, but I bet dollars to donuts that all MOFI placed orders are packed, shipped and fulfilled by or out of the Music Direct warehouse and distribution chain.

    Since I have never ordered from the Mofi site as I always order Mofi product from MD, I can't be 1000% sure, but I'm quite sure that is the case. Anyone know for sure?

    Again, regardless I stand by my assertion... ALWAYS ORDER MOFI PRODUCT.. ONE-STEPS ESPECIALLY, FROM MUSIC DIRECT!!!!!
     
  18. Morbius

    Morbius Forum Resident

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    Brookline, MA
    Music Direct bought Mobile Fidelity back around 1999. One company.
     
  19. Slick Willie

    Slick Willie Decisively Indecisive

    Location:
    sweet VA.
    A question if I may...
    Anyone that ordered from MoFi directly have the tracking info or shipping labels?
    Just curious as to which coast they shipped from. Last one I ordered from MoFi was The Cars debut from many moons ago.
     
  20. giantleech

    giantleech Lord of all fevers and plagues

    I thought Murray Hill bought Mobile Fidelity and became the current owners back then?
     
  21. Morbius

    Morbius Forum Resident

    Location:
    Brookline, MA
    A quick Wiki search will bring up all the info you need.
     
  22. AnalogJ

    AnalogJ Hearing In Stereo Since 1959

    Location:
    Salem, MA
    It is, and it isn't. Did you know that Harman International (as in Harman Karden) bought McIntosh several years ago? McIntosh is still run as an independent company, with all manufacturing still solely in Binghamton, NY.

    Do you know who now owns Harman International??

    Samsung (which is why AKG headphones are bundled with their smartphones). So Samsung owns McIntosh as a parent company, but, for all intents and purposes, run separately.

    FYI, Brooke at MD splits her time in CS between MD and MoFi.
     
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  23. Jeremy B.

    Jeremy B. Forum Resident

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    NYC
    You can call Music Direct about your MoFi order. It ships out of the same place.
     
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  24. Morbius

    Morbius Forum Resident

    Location:
    Brookline, MA
    MD is hardly the likes of Samsung.
     
  25. Guildx500

    Guildx500 Forum Resident

    Location:
    California
    Not even close.

     

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