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MoFi Electronics

MoFi Electronics

Website:https://www.mofielectronics.com/

Est. year: 2016

MoFi Electronics is the hardware division of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, the Chicago-based audiophile record label launched in the 1970s. Since 2016 it has offered analogue playback gear covering the chain from cartridge to loudspeaker, with turntables, phono cartridges, phono preamplifiers and coaxial speakers. Its products are designed by a small group of well-known specialists in each field rather than by one in-house team.

Range & what it's known for

Turntables form the backbone of the range. The StudioDeck is the entry model, while the UltraDeck uses the same motor with a thicker 33 mm Delrin platter and costs USD 2,499 without a cartridge. At the top sits the MasterDeck at USD 5,995, a reference deck with a 4.5 cm hybrid aluminium and Delrin platter of 6.5 kg, an inverted encapsulated spiral groove bearing, a three-phase brushless DC motor for 33.3, 45 and 78 rpm, and a 10-inch carbon fibre double-pivot arm with a removable headshell. Speakers come from the SourcePoint series, two-way coaxial designs with a soft-dome tweeter at the centre of a paper-cone woofer. The SourcePoint 8 lists at USD 2,195 and the SourcePoint 10, with a 10-inch woofer, 1.25-inch tweeter and 91 dB sensitivity, at USD 2,999, with a Master Edition at USD 3,495 and matching stands.

Who owns it and where it's made

MoFi Electronics belongs to Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, so the label and the hardware arm sit under one roof. Turntables are designed by Allen Perkins, founder of Spiral Groove and formerly of SOTA, and the MasterDeck is handmade in small batches at the company's factory in Michigan. Loudspeakers are the work of chief speaker designer Andrew Jones, whose earlier career took in KEF, Infinity, Pioneer, TAD and ELAC.

The lineup in this catalog

Turntables and loudspeakers across several items. Budget roughly USD 1,000 for the least expensive MoFi Electronics product and over USD 5,000 for the most expensive.

Who it's for

MoFi Electronics suits record collectors who want a turntable, cartridge and phono stage from one maker, with speakers voiced to match. The StudioDeck is the way in, the UltraDeck adds a heavier platter, and the MasterDeck is the end point for those who want 78 rpm playback and a 10-inch arm. On the speaker side, the step runs from SourcePoint 8 to SourcePoint 10 and then its Master Edition.