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== Products == === LPs === [[File:Original Master Recordings wordmark.svg|thumb|Original Master Recordings logo]] In 1977, Mobile Fidelity began to produce a line of records known as "Original Master Recording" vinyl LPs.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Return of Mobile Fidelity|publisher=SoundStage!|url=https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/vinyl/vinyl200409.htm|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref> These albums were previously released by other companies, licensed by Mobile Fidelity, and remastered using half-speed mastering from the original analog master tapes, without compression, and with minimal equalization.<ref name="Guttenberg">{{cite web|last1=Guttenberg|first1=Steve|title=MoFi remasters, perfects LP sound|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/mofi-remasters-perfects-lp-sound/|website=CNET|access-date=June 23, 2016}}</ref> The recordings were pressed in Japan using a plastic compound invented by JVC, and marketed as "Supervinyl" by Mobile Fidelity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Back In The Groove|publisher=Hi-Fi News|url=https://www.hifinews.com/content/back-groove|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref> In 2016, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab launched a new vinyl series called Ultradisc One-Step, releasing titles including [[Santana (band)|Santana]]'s ''[[Abraxas (album)|Abraxas]]'' and [[Bill Evans]]'s ''[[Sunday at the Village Vanguard]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Audiophile Jazz Vinyl Pressings|publisher=eCoustics|url=https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/audiophile-jazz-vinyl-pressings/|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref> === Cassettes, CDs, and SACDs === During the mid-1980s, Mobile Fidelity began to sell CDs and cassettes. In the 2000s, it began to sell SACDs.<ref>{{cite web|title=40th Anniversary Mobile Fidelity One-Step|publisher=Analog Planet|url=https://www.analogplanet.com/content/40th-anniversary-one-step-thriller-bernie-grundman-mastered-original-analog-tape-coming|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref> === MoFi Electronics === In 2016 an audio electronics line was introduced under the MoFi banner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/mo-fi-new-turntable-studiodeck/|title=High-end turntable makers Mo-Fi debut 'entry-level' turntable|date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> MoFi Electronics offices and turntable manufacturing are based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mofielectronics.com/|title=Mobile Fidelity Electronics|website=Mobile Fidelity Electronics|language=en-US|access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref>
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