UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) Technique
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) technique bypasses generational losses inherent to the traditional three-step plating process by removing two steps: the production of father and mother plates, which are created to yield numerous stampers from each lacquer that is cut. For UD1S plating, stampers (also called “converts”) are made directly from the lacquers. Since each lacquer yields only one stamper, multiple lacquers need to be cut. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s UD1S process produces a final LP with the lowest-possible noise floor. The removal of two steps of the plating process also reveals musical details and dynamics that would otherwise be lost due to the standard multi-step process. With UD1S, every aspect of vinyl production is optimized to produce the best-sounding vinyl album available today.
GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog™ System
GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ is a proprietary cutting system built by the late engineer Tim De Paravicini, who received consultation from Stan Ricker, an engineer responsible for many of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s heralded early releases. GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ is comprised of a Studer tape machine with customized reproduction electronics and handcrafted cutting amps that drive a Neumann SX74 cutting head on a restored Neumann VMS-70 lathe.
GAIN 2™ Mastering Technology
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s GAIN™ System is a proprietary mastering technology that brings warmth and ambience to the compact disc and hybrid SACD formats. It consists of a series of critical modifications and components to Mobile Fidelity's proprietary mastering chain. The key accomplishments of GAIN 2™ pertain to its ability to extract all the musical information possible through the label’s ultra-high-bandwidth analog tape playback system and its capacity to transparently capture and store that information with the Direct Stream Digital recording system.
MoFi SuperVinyl
Developed by NEOTECH and RTI, MoFi SuperVinyl is the most exacting-to-specification vinyl compound ever devised. Expensive and extremely painstaking to produce, the special proprietary compound addresses two specific areas of improvement: noise floor reduction and enhanced groove definition. The vinyl composition features a carbonless dye (hold the disc up to the light and see) and produces ultra-quiet surfaces. This high-definition formula also allows for the creation of clean grooves that are virtually indistinguishable from the original lacquer.