Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Sub-label of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
About
Established in 1977 by , MFSL specializes in remastering major-label music for the "audiophile" market. CD releases began in 1984. Copyright dates are often left unchanged from the original release; Most MFSL releases are issued a year or so later, please leave release date blank if you are unsure. First Gold Ultradisc™ CD: 1987-02 First Gold Ultradisc II™ (Made in USA) CD: 1992-09 Please add all branded labels to MFSL releases. A label logo=label. Catalog (with dates) of MFSL releases on "Sites" section. Items released commercially as numbered editions were frequently also released as unnumbered promotional copies. These promos should be entered separately from the numbered retail copies. At least the releases from the first three years were limited editions throughout and wear a sticker with this information on the shrink. In an email dated 17 December 2018, Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs Customer Service confirms that “all of [their] releases are remastered by [their] Sound Labs. No exceptions.” Please see https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/782766 for full emails and discussion. Known mastering / cutting engineers to have worked there: Krieg Wunderlich Paul Stubblebine Shawn R. Britton Stan Ricker Rob LoVerde Jack Hunt
Sub-labels
High Fidelity Cassette
Digital Audio Cassette
In 1983, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab experimented with producing Digital Audio Cassettes that used Betamax and VHS video tape. These Digital Audio Cassettes were designed to be played in PCM (Pulse ...
Art & Electronics
Art and Electronics (A&E) was a joint venture between Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, the Union of Composers of the USSR, 'Soyuzconcert' (the concert-booking agency), and 'Electronica'...
GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog LP 180g Series
The GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ LP 180g Series uses the proprietary GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ system. Records are pressed on high-quality 180 gram virgin vinyl in limited editions. Many of these records are...
Silver Label Vinyl Series
The Silver Label Series is a series of limited-edition, audiophile-grade vinyl records mastered and cut on the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system. The seri...
UHQR Vinyl Series
pressed only 5000 editions of each title. Each UHQR is hand-numbered and individually signed with a Certificate of Authenticity. Each UHQR is protectively showcased in a thick library-t...
Original Master Recording
Branding banner used on some releases. Please use this only as a series when the words 'Original Master Recording' appear on the front cover, back cover, and media face. The MoFi leafle...
Discovery Series
MFSL's "value oriented" series, with 7xxx catalog numbers.
Gain 2™ Ultra Analog 45RPM 180g Series
The GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ 45RPM 180g Series uses the proprietary Gain 2 system. Records are pressed on high quality 180 gram virgin vinyl in limited editions. Many of these, starting no later tha...
GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog 180g Mono Series
The GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog 180g Mono Series stems from the use of the Gain 2 system. At least some of these (such as Milestones) were mastered from DSD copies of the analogue tapes.
2:1
Series used by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab for CD releases that combined either a double album or two separate albums into one CD.
Ultradisc II
Series from that were released between September 1992-November 1999 and re-activated again between September 2003-August 2013. All Ultradisc II releases were pressed in the USA using 24 k...
Surround Series
Series used by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab for their multichannel/surround releases.
Ultradisc UHR
Series used by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab for their SACD releases.
ANADISQ 200™
ANADISQ 200™ is a special audiophile LP series by MFSL, which features half-speed mastering with the GAIN System technology, num...
UltraDisc One-Step
Series manufactured with the intent of presenting music from original or copy master tape to consumer in order to present the average consumer with the closest musical presentation they can have to...
Contact Label
General Inquires: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 1811 W. Bryn Mawr Ave Chicago IL 60660 USA cs@mofi.com Former address: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 318 N. Laflin Street Chicago, IL 60607-1006 USA Studio and Mastering Facilities: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 105 Morris Street Sebastopol, CA 95472 USA cs@mofi.com