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Reviews and Commentaries for Year of the Cat
One of our good customers had this to say about a record he played recently:
Hey Tom,
I know you’ve got this on my Want List, but I also know it is a hard one to find. So thought I would try a cheap used MoFi from Discogs. Cover was shot so didn’t cost much, what the heck, right? Wow, what a lesson! Clean and quiet is the best I can say. Forget about it being almost too warped to play, that was not described, but almost beside the point. What we care about is sound quality, and this MoFi is abysmal!
I mean never mind Hot Stamper, it does not compare even to my old original random played-a-million times copy! The sound is pallid, sapped of all life, rolled off on the top, missing entirely on the bottom, and with just enough midrange to give the impression there was a good recording back in there somewhere, once upon a time. Before MoFi stepped all over it.
That’s not even the worst! Track 2, On the Border, begins with two piano notes alternating back and forth setting the tempo. Where are they??? There is no piano! None! Strings come suddenly out of nowhere! I thought MoFi was supposed to use Original Master Tape??
Easily the worst MoFi ever. Although quite honestly none of them can hold a candle to one of your Hot Stampers. Genuine diamonds in the rough.
Anyway, thought I would let you know. Good luck finding my YOTC. Truly would love to hear what it’s supposed to sound like.
Best, Chuck
Chuck took our Shootout Winner and I hope he enjoys it a lot more than that horrendous audiophile pressing some guy on Discogs sent him. I have asked Chuck to to let me borrow his MoFi copy so that we can hear it for ourselves. Ours got sold off a long time ago.
Stay tuned!
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