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New Line of MoFi Turntables?

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Posted on July 11, 2017 at 09:39:09
SpotcheckBilly12345
 I understand that Music Direct is marketing them!

Made in USA (Michigan) hints at some involvement with Shinola, but that's just a WAG on my part.

Any Inmates out there have details? The Music Direct website shows these new 'tables but the details as presented are pretty sparse.

It's nice to see new products on the market, especially when they're not from the usual (Hanpin, etc.) suspects.

Cheers,
SB

 

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They were demo'ed at Munich (IIRC), posted on July 11, 2017 at 09:55:49
EdAInWestOC
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 They are reasonably priced and include parts sourced from VPI (again IIRC).

Music Direct owns MoFi so its no surprise that Music Direct lists them first.

Ed
Life is analog...digital is just samples thereof

 

More info, posted on July 11, 2017 at 09:56:59
vinyl survivor
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 See link below from Analog Planet. From there you can click the link to Mobile Fidelity.

 

Even more info ..., posted on July 11, 2017 at 10:19:20
reelsmith.
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 In the link.

Dean.




reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.


 

RE: Even more info ..., posted on July 11, 2017 at 10:26:35
SpotcheckBilly12345
 Many thanks for the links, guys :-)

But I'd like to see something more detailed, and more accurate - a tonearm effective mass of 35g?

C'mon MoFi, I'm sure you can do better than that!!!!!


Cheers,
SB

 

RE: Even more info ..., posted on July 11, 2017 at 12:23:16
Jeffrey Lee
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 If you've already Googled the turntables then what you see is what you get. Info that doesn't exist can't be accessed.

I'm very curious about the turntables because of the cost and Allen Perkins' involvement but that 35-gram effective mass is troubling.

Edit: I emailed MoFi and they confirmed that 35g is correct.

 

The problem with Music Direct owning MoFi....., posted on July 11, 2017 at 17:14:02
vinyl1
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 ....is that the vendors of other turntables they sell are not going to be too happy, particularly if they are aggressive in selling their own turntable to their customers. As a direct manufacturer/seller, they can undercut everyone else on price.

 

RE: Even more info ..., posted on July 12, 2017 at 06:51:12
SpotcheckBilly12345
 Jeffery Lee,

I was attempting to find out if any other Inmates knew more about these MoFi tables than is available through Google.

Like Has anybody personally checked one out or do they have a friend who recently purchased one?

If you e-mailed MoFi and they confirmed that the effective tonearm mass is actually 35g, then I want no part of them or their turntable 'cause they obviously have some kind of mis-information posted and are either too lazy or too stupid to verify that the spec is incorrect.

Cheers,
SB

 

RE: They were demo'ed at Munich (IIRC), posted on July 13, 2017 at 11:21:35
MDW
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 *stolen from

 

RE: New Line of MoFi Turntables?, posted on July 13, 2017 at 11:23:43
MDW
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 Zero connection with Shinola. Shinola has VPI behind them. Mofi has...

I'll be politically correct and say "no comment" on the rest.

 

You won't receive any arguments from me...I'm a happy Prime owner...nt, posted on July 13, 2017 at 11:43:02
EdAInWestOC
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 nt
Life is analog...digital is just samples thereof

 

RE: New Line of MoFi Turntables?, posted on July 14, 2017 at 08:19:16
Pyramid
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 "Zero connection with Shinola. Shinola has VPI behind them. Mofi has..." engineering, maturity, intelligence, integrity, humility and competence.....

 

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