Just saw some reviews... had a look at a couple of marketing images...
The MoFi MM cartridges, seem to be a core AT generator body (possibly AT95) - fitted into a solid aluminium surround, and with a Stylus "plug" used...
Same deal as for the Clearaudio Concept MM cartridges.
They bulk buy Audio Technica bodies, fit aluminium or wooden mountings to them, and carve up basic AT styli to remove most of the identifying plastic - and fit them into the bodies (hence a stylus "plug" as all that is left of the plastic is the rectangular plug that fits into the AT body)
This approach kicked off about 10 (or more?) years ago with Clearaudio - and appears to have spread.
From the specifications the Mofi has an ordinary aluminium cantilever, fitted with a MicroLine stylus....ie: it's a VM95ML US$169 cartridge repackaged with an aluminium body - and at US$800 - that is to say $600 for a fancy body?!
What am I missing?
It's not quite "snake oil" but definitely looks like the innocent are being fleeced.
(or perhaps I have indeed missed something critical about it)
The MoFi MM cartridges, seem to be a core AT generator body (possibly AT95) - fitted into a solid aluminium surround, and with a Stylus "plug" used...
Same deal as for the Clearaudio Concept MM cartridges.
They bulk buy Audio Technica bodies, fit aluminium or wooden mountings to them, and carve up basic AT styli to remove most of the identifying plastic - and fit them into the bodies (hence a stylus "plug" as all that is left of the plastic is the rectangular plug that fits into the AT body)
This approach kicked off about 10 (or more?) years ago with Clearaudio - and appears to have spread.
From the specifications the Mofi has an ordinary aluminium cantilever, fitted with a MicroLine stylus....ie: it's a VM95ML US$169 cartridge repackaged with an aluminium body - and at US$800 - that is to say $600 for a fancy body?!
What am I missing?
It's not quite "snake oil" but definitely looks like the innocent are being fleeced.
(or perhaps I have indeed missed something critical about it)