Mobile Fidelity - UDCD- S1 - Ultradisc II 24kt  Gold CD - 821797900164

Numbered Limited  Edition - Plays On All CD Players 

Mastered on the Mobile Fidelity GAIN 2™  Ultradisc II™ 24kt Gold CDs    

First-Ever Hand-Picked Collection of Mobile Fidelity Music Available to Public

 

Strictly Limited to 5000 Numbered Copied Worldwide

 

Era-Spanning Volume Chosen from Current Mobile Fidelity Releases Includes Classics from Little Feat, The Cars, Yes, Marc Cohn, and Chicago

 

Transcendent Sonics That Show Off Your System: Volume Includes Some of Audiophile Label’s Finest-Sounding Work

 

Mobile Fidelity Collection Volume 2 Available on Hybrid SACD

 

Mobile Fidelity releases have long been renowned for transparent and transcendent sonics. Since its advent more than three decades ago, the label has set the standard for audiophile-grade sound quality—and continues to do so with definitive editions of the best records from history’s most legendary artists. For years, listeners have wondered what it would be like to experience some of the imprint’s best-sounding work on a compilation that shows off its trademark qualities, lifelike production, and uncompromising standards. Now, for the first time in the label’s history, Mobile Fidelity has made such a disc available to the public.

 

Spanning iconic music made over three different decades and mastered from the original master tapes, the Mobile Fidelity Gold Collection Volume 1 Gold CD is a state-of-the-art jukebox featuring pop, rock, vocal, folk, prog rock, new wave, and hard rock classics in supreme sound. Ideal for audiophiles as well as newcomers curious about Mobile Fidelity’s history and reputation, the nine-track compendium doubles as both an absorbing mix tape and demonstration disc. Like all Mobile Fidelity releases, it is an extremely collectable, numbered and limited-edition title.

 

Showcasing Mobile Fidelity’s masterful way with presenting delicate vocalists, the collection includes Natalie Merchant’s poignant “River” (a heartfelt tribute to late actor River Phoenix) and Linda Ronstadt’s stirring cover of Neil Young’s “Like a Rose.” Both cuts tout lifelike immediacy, tremendous tonal balances, and realistic decay. Similarly, Marc Cohn’s Top Ten single “Walking In Memphis”—still played on hundreds of radio stations today—sends chills down the spine, with even the gauge of his acoustic guitar strings discernible from the mix. Pull up a chair and sit back in utter amazement.

 

A surfeit of other familiar, high-charting fare is included. Chicago’s soaring smash “You’re the Inspiration”—a favorite largely responsible for producer Humberto Garcia receiving a Grammy for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical—joins Curtis Mayfield’s upbeat anthem “Move On Up,” the Cars’ fun-loving “Shake It Up,” and Yes’ epic “Roundabout” as hits rendered with extraordinary detail and rich tonality. 

 

Looking to reveal your system’s greatest strengths? Replete with music that will help your stereo come alive with realistic images, throw huge soundstages, and breathe with palpable air, Mobile Fidelity Gold Collection Volume 1 defines what the high end is all about: Engaging, masterful performances rendered in exquisite sound that brings you to the event and closer to your favorite artists. 

 

 

 

 

1. "Easy To Slip" by Little Feat

2. "Love Is a Rose" by Linda Ronstadt

3. "You're the Inspiration" by Chicago

4. "Walking In Memphis" by Marc Cohn

5. "Move On Up" by Curtis Mayfield

6. "Shake It Up" by The Cars

7. "River" by Natalie Merchant

8. "Roundabout" by Yes

9. "Midlife Crisis" by Faith No More

 

Mobile Fidelity believes that mastering systems should be neutral and transparent. The essential idea is to unveil all the detailed musical information on the original master recording without adding deterioration, coloration or other sonic artifacts. 

It is worth noting that Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab stands out as one of few record labels that independently invests in research and development of audio technology. With proprietary innovations such as GAIN 2™, general music enthusiasts and audiophiles alike have reaped the benefit of a higher consumer audio standard without investing in costly new hardware. Mobile Fidelity is pleased to work with a variety of engineering legends and companies including Tim de Paravicini, Ed Meitner, Pass Labs, Theta Digital and Sony Electronics. 

Our joint efforts to seek out the ultimate audio experience, has resulted in significant advances for the technology of music reproduction. 

GAIN 2™ Mastering Technology for Ultradisc UHR™ Hybrid SACD and Ultradisc II™ 24kt Gold CDs 

For over twenty years, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab has continually searched for the ultimate audio experience. During this search MFSL engineers and associates created The GAIN™ System, a proprietary mastering technology which brought warmth and ambience to the compact disc format. A few years ago - with higher resolution formats on the horizon - the vision of GAIN 2™ began. As it stands today, GAIN 2™ is one of the greatest technical advancements in analogue and digital technology in the last ten years. It consists of a series of critical modifications and new components to Mobile Fidelity's proprietary mastering chain. 

We feel that GAIN 2™ has come extremely close to meeting this goal. The key accomplishments of GAIN 2™ System are 1) the ability to extract all the musical information as possible through the Ultra High bandwidth analogue tape playback system with proprietary custom tape playback heads, reproducer electronics and 2) transparently capturing and storing that information with the Direct Stream Digital recording system.