Michael Jackson's THRILLER on Vinyl Review - Does MoFi 1 Step Live up to hype? 

Thanks! Again, it's just....different. What stands above all is just how goddamn well the thing was recorded in the first place. Oh to have OFF THE WALL in such a presentation!

Follow up: I have received my copy today and I am not disapointed and I think it sounds better than the original release as it is more natural.

And they should have been.

...yeah, I thought one of those showed up as a b-side, but, yeah, it's nuts

Me too (sigh...)

If I'm correct, the Mofi uses more compression than the OG. Compression means loud and quiet sounds are getting closer together, such that fine details are more noticeable.

@@booom4849 its the other way around. fine details can be found on both low and high frequencies. If its compressed, the low can now be a mid frequencies and the high can become distorted. anything in the middle can sound punchy, its just actually louder. Essentially, both are not wrong.. its just different.

@@FORMATFIZIKAL Interesting perspective, I'll think about it. I'll get some experience with compressors soon.

@@booom4849 let us know. I could be wrong, but that's my observation with Audacity.

hey there I also have that CBS 1/2 speed master, I love them. I think that thriller is great. i also just got the Mofi Thriller and it's quite good as well. I love them both. I also have 1st issue with MJ co producer cover and I have no complaint there ( but i will say i would go to the CBS half speed over my OG, I thought it was punchier. I listen on Fluance RT-85

The EQ is all wrong on that pressing.

@@SPAZZOID100 maybe it depends on what your listening to it with. When you say the EQ is all off, what does that make it sound like/ When i listen to mine it's punchy, bright, It makes me want to listen to the whole album

...and it wouldn't sound like the record at all, given that the master tape was always meant to have additional mastering done.

It depends whether the RU-vid’s is biased or not, if you refer to 45RPM channel

@@StefanoCipo87 Jup. Which kinda makes you wonder how much the gear itself being used for the test matters.

@@realhi-fihelplarry8047 you need a resolving system (not necessarily extremely expensive) to easily appreciate small differences among pressings, but big differences would be apparent on lesser systems as well. However the problem with RU-vid channels when they become more mainstream is they start having strong financial interests and are therefore no longer reliable. It’s what I think happened to Mike 45RPM, where lately everything from AP is perfection and everything from MoFi is garbage. Sorry but I don’t buy his reviews anymore. I think I’ll get the thriller one step soon

Yeah, it's growing increasingly pathetic how some are grading a record label instead of a release.

@@realhi-fihelplarry8047 I think significantly, though I've fought for a setup that's considered revealing of such differences. As I tried to make clear the dollar bin (well, $10 record I've had for 40 years) sounds exceptional. This is most definitely a different presentation, and an excellent one. Good thing I have several copies (including SACD, Japanese, etc) I can pull out when I want to listen. Like KIND OF BLUE between MoFi and Classic/UHQR, let alone six eye, you're getting different facets of a masterpiece of a record. If I only could own one? Maybe the first pressing. But, luckily, I can own several, and with this new one I can better hear the pieces that Quincy and co. put in to make this record what it was, a mastering decision not everyone will even bother to give a chance to.

They do when they're played over and over....

@@jasongorber6968 Cause they are now so careful about those tapes, they will still sound the same in 20 years, and then even better digital technology will be available to get another safety master, like DSD1024.

@@booom4849 LAST is a company that makes high end tech fluids for preservation and cleaning analog tape and vinyl products and recently they came out with Tape Preservation Fluid and that product is the key other than storage alone to keep tape from breaking down and flaking away ..It is not cheap either .

I have 50 year old Ampex cassette tape of the Allman Bros Idlewild South and it still sounds good ..

Hopefully there to provide nuance about what sets one apart from the other, context for why some are particuat agrieved by this release, and to provide details beyond knee-jerk audiophile jargon. But, if you like..."SOUNDSTAGE!"

You just wasted 150 bcks

No problems, they have been digitised.

Why???

@@SPAZZOID100 125 bucks for a digital. My original is just fine

@@taralewis9916 well argued

nailed it....

Or, you know, some of us are right, others wrong, and some just here to call people names. Fact is this is a different presentation of this album, why not listen and decide if you thing this particular release is worth your while, and leave hyperbole about other stuff aside. Thanks for watching!

Youre a clown too

What a poorly thought out comment. Everyone has an opinion. It doesn’t make people clowns.

They have a scam gig for getting free vinyl