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 Color me stunned on the quantity however MoFI, the corporate whose claims for an all-analog recording chain of their extremely excessive finish vinyl releases had been uncovered as ‘lower than truthful’ final 12 months, have apparently agreed to pay $25m in settlement.  Not fully positive how this may work however all patrons who screamed foul can return their purchases for full refund or take a 5% refund in the event that they wish to maintain them.  No phrase on what the parents who purchased at drastically inflated costs on the secondary market really feel about all this however as all the time, costs will replicate this.  Most people used to suppose these sounded nice till they realized the details. Fascinating stuff — learn extra right here

Color me surprised at the amount but MoFI, the company whose claims for an all-analog recording chain in their ultra high end vinyl releases were exposed as ‘less than truthful’ last year, have apparently agreed to pay $25m in settlement.  Not entirely sure how this will work but all buyers who screamed foul can return their purchases for full refund or take a 5% refund if they want to keep them. So it would seem very unlikely that MoFi end up paying out even close to that headline-grabbing sum.  No word on what the folks who bought at greatly inflated prices on the secondary market feel about all this but as always, prices will reflect this.  Most folks used to think these sounded great until they learned the facts. Fascinating stuff — read more here

Lots of chatter on-line about Audio Research submitting for chapter. As luck would have it, I used to be having fun with my AR phono stage the very night the information broke. I believe the information has been interpreted in a doom-laden method as poatings over the weekend from these inside the corporate recommend the corporate is working as regular and a brand new purchaser is anticipated shortly. Check out, for instance, this thread on A’gon.

Am positive there is a good story behind all this, and hopefully it is going to be advised within the weeks forward. For now, my fellow AR house owners and fans, hold calm and hearken to some music.  

No actual canine on this combat however appears there’s one thing afoot with MQA. According to numerous stories on line, the corporate is winding down both as a result of it is in hassle or as a result of it is making ready for a change of possession.  Here’s What HiFi? has on it right now:

The assertion from MQA reads:

“Following the current optimistic reception to MQA’s newest know-how (SCL6), there was elevated worldwide curiosity in shopping for MQA Ltd. At the identical time, MQA’s most important monetary backer is in search of an exit. In order to be in the very best place to pursue market alternatives and expedite this course of, the corporate has undergone a restructuring initiative, which incorporates coming into into administration and is similar to Chapter 11 within the US.

“During this course of, MQA continues to commerce as standard alongside its companions.

“We will not be commenting additional whereas negotiations happen.”

extra right here: What Hi Fi information

I’ve been attempting out some new desk displays for my fundamental working area and
settled on a pair of Tannoy Gold 7s for now. I say ‘for now’ as the method has been fascinating. After ready weeks to discover a pair (had initially needed the Gold 5 however they appear backordered for months so grabbed a pair of 7s when I discovered them. Main distinction is dimension, the 7s have 6.5″ drivers and are taller/deeper, however not too giant for nearfield use.  

The pair got here moderately flimsily packaged by the vendor (Gearnutes by way of Amazon) however survived properly sufficient. Installation was comparatively easy and first impressions are that they’re a step up from my common Audioengine A5+ pair which have served me properly for years. All good for the primary week however since then I’ve hit a number of hiccups with the auto-start in a single speaker. First, it simply wouldn’t begin whereas the opposite speaker, a number of seconds after triggering, performed completely.  An influence-down and up once more of the Jotunheim preamp feeding them solved it however that takes shut a minute to do. Since then, the left speaker simply appeared to enter sleep mode for no obvious purpose even whereas enjoying music.  

Since I purchased from Amazon, I began there for assist however  they provide a return solely, and pushed me off to a Tannoy assist website for help with technical points.  To get assist there one has to register the product and be a part of the MusicTribe discussion board to submit a ticket.  Yikes, that took even longer than a reboot  of my complete arrange.  In case it was my preamp or cable I attempted in a collection of swaps whereas I waited for solutions. 

Well, one good suggestion from the Tannoy finish was to play with the achieve because it was potential I used to be not feeding sufficient sign to set off the speaker into motion.   Well what have you learnt, I had lowered trim stage on the entrance (elevating the interior Class AB amp quantity whereas minimizing achieve from the Jotunheim) as I performed with arrange. Then I had used the trim additional as minor adjustment to tweak the middle picture and stability for the pair in use. Well, appears in doing so I might need inhibited the precise enter sign an excessive amount of inflicting one speaker to not acknowledge that it was actively being fed on a regular basis. If so, I will need to have been simply on the cusp as most instances it labored, that’s till it did not.  I’ve put trim again to midday and midday+ now and raised the output achieve from the preamp which appears to have solved the issue so now I can proceed to provide these an actual listening check.