MOBILE FIDELITY INNERS TESTED TO DESTRUCTION! 7 MOFI CLONES REVIEWED! IS THIS THE END FOR MOFI?

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @DelmarToad
    @DelmarToad Год назад +21

    It’s so funny that the MoFi Original Master Sleeves are made in China with cheap thin paper inside. At least they didn’t say that they’re all-analog!?

    • @ivansbacon
      @ivansbacon Год назад +5

      but they did say they are rice paper, and that is a lie.

  • @jamesmilton-willmott7593
    @jamesmilton-willmott7593 Год назад +17

    Vinyl Storage Solutions from Canada do the best inner and outer sleeves. (Mint Sleeves for us in the U.K.)

    • @LifelongMusicJunkie
      @LifelongMusicJunkie Год назад +3

      Agreed! I buy from there all the time, with outer sleeves, box set sleeves, gatefolds, etc. Great quality stuff!

    • @rayred73
      @rayred73 Год назад +4

      VSS not only has the best inner, they are actually static free. The plastics don't stick together like MoFi and others when you insert or remove the record from the inner sleeves.

    • @bullobca
      @bullobca Год назад +1

      I recently cleaned and put my entire collection in VSS inner and outer sleeves, very happy with their products and delivery/service.

    • @leonardosullivan963
      @leonardosullivan963 Год назад

      I have tried Spincare and MA sleeves. Ultimately l have settled on the Mint Sleeves(UK) and have replaced all outer and inner sleeves.

  • @jeffreysobczynski7113
    @jeffreysobczynski7113 Год назад +3

    Paul - thanks for resolving “sleevegate” - no but seriously it is comforting to have confirmation on what I have always suspected - I have probably bought all of them at one time or another - but have zeroed in on Hudson due to price and consistent quality. Thanks again.
    PS I think the arrow is an absolute necessity.

  • @paulreichel1522
    @paulreichel1522 Год назад +1

    Excellent - as usual - we are lucky that you are out there doing stuff like this, Paul

    • @TheAudiophileMan
      @TheAudiophileMan  Год назад

      That's very kind of you to say, thank you. Oh and watch out for an update to this on Sunday!

  • @ganonkenobi
    @ganonkenobi Год назад +5

    After trying a few brands I've settled on "square deal recording supplies" sleeves. The inner paper layer feels 2-3 times as thicker than the MoFi/QRP sleeves.

  • @SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion
    @SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion Год назад +4

    I got some great deals on Hudson Hi-Fi inners and found them the same as MOFI. P.S. In the early days of MOFI, when it was MFSL, they offered a similar inner with no branding.

  • @quikspecv4d
    @quikspecv4d Год назад +4

    I switched to the Vinyl Storage Solutions 3mil sleeves last year and haven’t looked back.

  • @TheAgeOfAnalog
    @TheAgeOfAnalog Год назад +2

    I've been using Diskeeper Ultimate Inners for years. They're the best I've used and they're still about 50 cents US each.

  • @rwlodarczyk
    @rwlodarczyk Месяц назад

    It really looks like there’s 2 or perhaps 3 Chinese manufacturing plants for these sleeves. Whoever MoFi uses, whoever Big Fudge uses, and then the Pyp ones (and the others that felt and looked the same sans branding).
    I’d love to see a comparison of the VSS sleeves vs MoFi vs Big Fudge vs MA.
    Overall great work! Thank you for this review.

  • @NickP333
    @NickP333 Год назад +5

    Thanks, Paul. I used to buy MoFi inner sleeves for years, but I then found packs of 100 Hudson HiFi inners for the same price as 50 MoFi’s. The Hudson ones are pretty much identical, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re from the same factory with different labels printed on them. Their outers are nothing special, imo. I prefer Sleeve City inners and outers for my more treasured records, and Acoustic Sounds outers for the rest. Sleeve City also sell very nice inners and outers for 7” and 10” records.

  • @djsoulfilter
    @djsoulfilter Год назад +1

    I’m extremely happy with the Hudson Hi-Fi sleeves.

  • @markcarrington8565
    @markcarrington8565 Год назад

    Thanks, Paul. I have officially bought my last MoFi inner sleeve!

  • @VIDSTORAGE
    @VIDSTORAGE Год назад +1

    .. I noticed a while back that the rice paper sleeves I bought currently with a different name are basically the same as my 2007 MOFI album inner sleeve .. I have a MSFL Rolling Stones Some Girls 1983 original and the inner sleeve has no print at all on it and looks just like these sleeves that are sold today ...

  • @audiorick841
    @audiorick841 Год назад +1

    I recommend being cautious when buying sleeves. If not from a non-brand, I recommend buying only one pack and putting your old record in it for six months or more before buying more. I made the mistake of buying great looking thick sleeves only to find out that seven months later there was a greasy film they had transferred to my favorite records that I could not get off. The seller offered me a rebate on new and improved sleeves but yet I had a bunch of expensive records that were marked.

  • @bgroovin1343
    @bgroovin1343 Год назад +1

    I've been using Big Fudge for years with no issues. Glad you came to the same conclusion. And just curious, is the proper pronunciation Vinyl "STYLE" or "STILL"? I've always said "STYLE".

  • @whitey7998
    @whitey7998 Год назад +2

    Best inners I have used are the Vinyl Storage Solutions 3mil inners. Far stronger than any of the others.

    • @ralex3697
      @ralex3697 Год назад +1

      Agree, they are my go to

    • @CatDadChris
      @CatDadChris Год назад +1

      I have used their 10" inners and they are great.

  • @Pascal15B
    @Pascal15B Год назад

    Thanks as always Paul. It’s a bit concerning that they use rice paper in their product description, but just use bog standard paper. From what you describe about the glassine paper, it seems similar to film negative sleeving products.

  • @hauskahirvi
    @hauskahirvi Год назад

    Excellent video. I prefer the Nagaoka style sleeves. I found some good alternative sources in Denmark and Germany and at fair prices. I also like the paper sleeve versions that are lined with the Nagaoka type of material.

  • @salimadam104
    @salimadam104 Год назад +1

    There is also the archival sleeve by SpinCare which is considerably cheaper than any of those shown here. I used to buy them but I didn’t like that they didn’t have any arrow markings (hence I suppose from what you is why they are cheaper). Preferred to get the Big Fudge as they do but in the last year or so the price has shot up to near MoFi prices at least here in the UK, so i “treated” myself to MoFi ones… yes, I paid £2 more for the branding 😀

    • @seansrecords
      @seansrecords Год назад

      the spincare are ok. i get the mofis but only because my friend with a shop gives them me at cost ... i am a whore and like the branding .. although mofi are absolutely doing their best to destroy their company 😂

  • @mswdesign9164
    @mswdesign9164 Год назад

    I had some "Invest in Vinyl" sleeves which I thought were fine, but they - or at least the batch I got - were 1/8" wider than MoFi sleeves, which meant a lot of them stuck out of my record jackets. TAM, are all the sleeves you looked at all the same size? Only you can tell us.

  • @gingernutpreacher
    @gingernutpreacher Год назад +1

    Excellent vid i use the rounded ones because im cheap but can I ask you a questions slightly off topic have you ever found cheaper cartridge can sound better on ava max heven or hell (EDM) album to me sounded better on the audio-technica 3600l than with the gold ring E3 it sounded lacking in harmonics ( because it was) but the 3600l had colour and almost humed have you ever found a record or pressing to sound better with the cheaper cartridge?

    • @TheAudiophileMan
      @TheAudiophileMan  Год назад +3

      The reason recordings sound better on cheaper carts (and you can apply this comment to any piece of HiFi, actually) is because the better design is possibly too good for the host. That is, the better cart starts to reveal issues, it highlights problems elsewhere, it spotlights bottlenecks and the like. The cheaper cart masks those issues, sounding 'better'.

    • @gingernutpreacher
      @gingernutpreacher Год назад

      @@TheAudiophileMan but it is only a issue with EDM a 67 record of jerry lee Lewis sounds better with the E3 is it giving clarity and revealing detail

  • @HoomanR17
    @HoomanR17 Год назад

    Paul here in the US I buy both the MOFI and a "clone" version and the value of the record dictates which one get which sleeve. I wished your review would have been done more like your alcohol and surfactant video. Something that I personally have not taken the time to fully grasp (which is why I use MOFI for the pricier records) is determining which chemical composition is best for the records... Given issues with chemical interactions of various forms in the past between plastic inner sleeves, or even outersleeves that ruined records, I for one would like to know once and for all, what compound regardless of thickness is the safest against a PCV record for its lifetime. I have a feeling it will be the same rabbit hole as alcohol!

  • @hurkamur1
    @hurkamur1 Год назад

    I'm sure I bought the mfsl Original master sleeves in the early 2ks, and maybe as early as the late 90s. They uses to sell them as 10 packs, and as far as I remember the original ones did use rice paper, and were manufactured in Japan. I could be mistaken though about the manufacturing. At some point they changed them to a lesser product. As of recent, I've been biying the hudson ones, and they are nice quality for the money.

  • @etielrincon
    @etielrincon Год назад +3

    Thank you for the video. In my opinion, the Hudson Hi-Fi inner sleeves are the best value, since you can buy a pack of 500; it helps a lot when you have a larger record collection. I like them also because they are a bit tighter (shorter?) than other sleeves and they fit very well inside most paper inserts (not sure how these are called, I’m talking about the paper sleeves with pictures or lyrics that hold the records on most double albums), for extra protection.

    • @TheAudiophileMan
      @TheAudiophileMan  Год назад +1

      Thanks for that - glad you've found inners that suit you and your collection.

  • @chrisshelley3027
    @chrisshelley3027 Год назад

    Hi Paul, I really enjoyed this review/shootout, thorough and informative and a money saver to boot, the thickness of the paper insert in these sleeves, I've worked with paper and card in various ways during photography, printing and being a magazine & newsletter editor, paper thickness at 80g is standard writing paper weight, better quality is heavier/thicker, below this is a no mans land of poor quality writing paper, but below 60g you start getting into other craft, tracing and decerative papers, these get quite to very expensive, my thoughts are that the paper in these sleeves are in that below OK writing paper but not thin enough for the arts and crafts purposes, so cheap because it's of little use for most things, sorry for the ramble.

  • @retro-robbo
    @retro-robbo Год назад

    Not sure if you made a slight miscalculation there. But you stated PYP was the cheapest. Yet PYP for £21.67 per 50 works out at 43p per sleeve. Hudson inners for £34.03 per 100 works out at 34p per sleeve. Currently I am using 2 different brands not on this list and quite happy, Grooveguard and Spincare.

  • @austinlibby7025
    @austinlibby7025 Год назад

    Hi and many other audio files I remember always using them in 1972 and Campell records I was introduced to rice, paper vinyl, and to this day I am still using and have been using vinyl covers on all my records. Nothing better than many things could be worse rice paper that’s it rice, paper sleeves

  • @bassedthechannel
    @bassedthechannel Год назад

    I’m curious if you ever saw the videos of people rubbing their records with the mofi sleeve and the records getting scratched. I think they rubbed the records in a circular motion.

  • @robertgreene1946
    @robertgreene1946 Год назад

    I have been buying the Big Fudge gone through 3-50 packs priced around $25 usd at the time they cost more now .But just saw the Hudson HiFi 100 pack for $26 way better price and they are good i

  • @jayson1173
    @jayson1173 Год назад +1

    I use both MoFi and Nagaoka inner sleeves. The Nagaoka are better in my experience.

  • @gharris2389
    @gharris2389 Год назад

    here in the USA the Hudson inner sleeves are much cheaper than the MoFi ones. I have used both and happy to stick with the Hudson. Same story for their outer sleeves

    • @hurkamur1
      @hurkamur1 Год назад

      Yeah, the 500 packs are the best deal around

  • @audiotomb
    @audiotomb Год назад +1

    Always use QRP sleeves. Mofi have light static and stick together and are hard to open😮

  • @bvander131313
    @bvander131313 Год назад

    Good review but unfortunately it misses one comparison and that is the measurements. I bought two packs of Big Fudge some time ago when MoFi sleeves were not available in Germany. Some of the sleeves were fine as you described them in your video. But there were quite some tolerances in size, so much that I actually had to cut the top off of a lot of them as they would not fit into the outer sleeve without getting totally wrinkled and even stuck. The cutting led to the sleeves fitting in the end but also the paper layer being cut open. At the time reviews on Amazon mentioned the sleeves being 'too long' as well. Not sure if they now have this better under control. Would be nice if you could check as well. Other than that I would happily have kept using Big Fudge sleeves.

    • @TheAudiophileMan
      @TheAudiophileMan  Год назад +1

      I'll address this point - finally! - in the next video, out Friday. Watch the skies!

  • @hagbard.celine6737
    @hagbard.celine6737 Год назад

    Danke! - Thank you Sir for all the work and the great review. I need to buy an exchange 600 Inner Sleeves in my collection. I sorted out any kind of rough paper sleeves and PVC sleeves. I need to replace them and thought about to buy the expensive MOFI product. But your review helped me a lot and i will buy the Heldenklang now, cause it is the easiest way to get in Germany. Kindly regards to you and thanks again.

    • @hagbard.celine6737
      @hagbard.celine6737 Год назад

      I recognized that the "Heldenklang" Sleeves are not longer available for buy. I don't know if they are out of stock or not longer available.

    • @TheAudiophileMan
      @TheAudiophileMan  Год назад +1

      Thank you very much! Very kind. Thanks for your support.

    • @TheAudiophileMan
      @TheAudiophileMan  Год назад

      I have seen the company selling outer sleeves - I think - in Europe. But their inners are only available in the UK (at the time I made this video). Could be a stock thing though, sure. I’m sure they will be at the mercy of Chinese suppliers.

  • @sam8911sk
    @sam8911sk Год назад

    I use Acoustic Sounds Quality Records clones - buy more and save - 500 for $136 or $13.60 per 50. They sale Mo Fi for $20 per 50 pack.
    I get free shipping when I get the 500 pack. Note - these sleeves are used with Acoustic Sounds label.

  • @MidFiMan
    @MidFiMan Год назад +1

    Vinyl Storage Solutions is my go-to after trying several different kinds.

    • @MidFiMan
      @MidFiMan Год назад

      I still want a MoFi sleeve for my Mofi albums. I’ve had to replace a couple Mofi sleeves that were included due to tearing out whatever.

  • @steve-zschannel2729
    @steve-zschannel2729 Год назад

    I always thought that the go to inner sleeves which I used for years were the ones made by Nagaoka.

  • @ReasonablySane
    @ReasonablySane Год назад

    I ended up with square deal brand sleeves, plastic and rice paper. $36 for 100. I got them from Amazon, but they don't sell them any more...

  • @gprojectnoob4779
    @gprojectnoob4779 2 месяца назад

    I kinda reading back in the 80s that the paper insert isnt to protect the record its to absorb any off gassing from the vinyl and the sleeve plastic.

    • @TheAudiophileMan
      @TheAudiophileMan  2 месяца назад +1

      On the contrary - this sort of plastic won't help at all if that concerns you because the plastic is sealed. If the sleeve was supposed to help in that manner then there would be aeration or absorption within the design. There isn't here. The paper (in a sealed chamber) is there as a stiffer, nothing else. For anti-"gassing"? Check out: ruclips.net/video/qGOaBAEKUYg/видео.html

  • @arthurgordon6072
    @arthurgordon6072 Год назад

    I picked up unbranded mo fi style inner sleeves from my local record store. $NZ35 (£16) for 50. Think I'll stick with them.

  • @BillyHell01
    @BillyHell01 Год назад

    you missed VSS vinyl storage solutions from 🇨🇦 which is all I use

  • @SQDLVR
    @SQDLVR Год назад

    Very interesting my record store carries Vinyl Styl sleeves.

  • @danisold
    @danisold Год назад

    Great review. Much appreciated!

  • @carravagio16
    @carravagio16 Год назад +1

    always enjoy your content however i wish you would cut out some of the transitions and get to the point quicker

  • @siaynoqmovement9802
    @siaynoqmovement9802 Год назад

    Maybe you could find out why the heck we can't get a blank ultradisc cd case lol.

  • @peterstudley1804
    @peterstudley1804 Год назад

    It annoys me when i buy a new record only to find its in paper inners , with the cost of new records the misers can't even provide a poly lined inner, so i buy packs off 100 in either black or white it doesn't bother me, they work out £££s cheaper than the reviewed inners and offer the same protection.

  • @thebestoffools
    @thebestoffools Год назад +2

    I've been using the Vinyl Styl inners for at least 5 years and I've had no issues whatsoever with them. They are just as good if not better than the Mofi inners.

  • @MX-S
    @MX-S Год назад

    As far as you know, would there be any benefits to actually using 'rice' paper, and would / should it be more expensive ?

    • @TheAudiophileMan
      @TheAudiophileMan  Год назад +1

      None at all. I could see benefits for using thicker printer paper to enhance the structural integrity of the inner but that’s it. Adding (presumably relatively expensive) rice paper only adds needles expense for less sleeve strength.

  • @richarddixon7890
    @richarddixon7890 Год назад

    Seems to me that a contract manufacturer in China is making all of these at the same plant and putting different branding on them.

  • @tacofortgens3471
    @tacofortgens3471 Год назад

    Well I had those MFSL sleeve, left all marks on my records and ruined my whole record collecrion. MFSL told me too bad so sad.
    I gave up on vinyl after that

  • @BANDTHECAMEL
    @BANDTHECAMEL Год назад

    Thank you sir.😊

  • @anthonygordon14
    @anthonygordon14 Год назад

    Hi Paul, the Styl in Vinyl Syl is pronounced same as Style 🙂

  • @cogdj6452
    @cogdj6452 Год назад

    Hudson are absolutely the best for you money.

  • @kurjan1
    @kurjan1 Год назад +2

    Vinyl Storage Solutions... the end!

  • @TucsonBillD
    @TucsonBillD Год назад +4

    Ah, yes… In their quest for making an inner sleeve as inexpensively as possible, MoFi went to China. Now, the problem is not only did they get these as cheap as they could, but most likely whoever made these also made more (not that expensive as they were already tooled up to make them) and sold the “overrun” under a plethora of names, all of which are priced below what MoFi sells the for. I’ve seen this with other items sourced from China, and would not be surprised if this were indeed the case. One more item… did you find out exactly what plastic was used in the making of these sleeves? If they truly polyethelyne, you’re ok. If, however, they are PVC, do NOT use them to store your records in, as the PVC out gases and has a detrimental effect on the vinyl used in making your records.

  • @antonysandersonfromenglandshef

    Protective inner sleeves the make panmer est since 1998

  • @austinlibby7025
    @austinlibby7025 Год назад

    The manufacture of rice paper, obviously Chinese and Hudson manufactures private label for guess who I am I going to mention their name and you know it same product have the price manufactured by the same manufacture the same specs. Hudson again is your best value rice, paper sleeves.

  • @currykevuk
    @currykevuk Год назад

    As a money saver I have found the all-plastic supermarket carrier bags at 30p a go to be a great way to store my records. The only drawback is the effort inserting the bag back into the record sleeve. 100% no paper used.

  • @scottspinner1
    @scottspinner1 Год назад +2

    I use spin care these days

  • @ergloo6660
    @ergloo6660 Год назад

    Knowing MOFI the rice paper is probably digital but they charge for analogue inner sleeves. Time for another class action lawsuit? 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @tacofortgens3471
    @tacofortgens3471 Год назад

    Just get plain paper sleeves, at least they dont stain vinyl records, who cares about light surface hair scratches you dont hear them anyway

  • @mswdesign9164
    @mswdesign9164 Год назад

    I'd stake my life that's Vinyl "Style", at least pronunciation-wise. Or should I say "wis".

  • @sevestan
    @sevestan Год назад

    Are you serious?

  • @ivansbacon
    @ivansbacon Год назад +1

    I will say it yet again. Vinyl Storage Solutions. 1 mil thickness 8.99, 2 mil 13.49, 3 mil 16.49, packs of 25 16.49 Canadian dollars is under $13.00 dollars US, so 26.00 us for 50 sleeves. (polyethylene & rice paper)
    I am gonna cut one open when i get back home.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_paper
    If the paper is captured between two sheets of poly then its only job is support or structural strength.