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Van Halen Gets Loose on\u00a0Diver Down<\/em>: Diverse Effort Includes \u201c(Oh) Pretty Woman,\u201d \u201cDancing in the Street,\u201d and \u201cWhere Have All the Good Times Gone!\u201d<\/p>\n The Definitive Version of the 1982 Album: Strictly Limited to 7,500 Numbered Copies, Mobile Fidelity\u2019s UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set Plays with Extraordinary Openness<\/p>\n 1\/4″ \/ 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe<\/p>\n Van Halen\u2019s winning track record with cover songs can be traced back to its 1978 diamond-platinum debut. The ambitious approach, which shows off the band\u2019s diversity, creativity, flair, and fun, takes precedence like never before on Diver Down. Featuring five covers, three of which became radio staples, the album sprung from the band\u2019s desire to remain relevant while taking a breather after four massively successful records and their respective tours. More than four million copies later, suffice it to say Diver Down achieved its goal. Sourced from the original analog tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, and strictly limited to 7,500 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity\u2019s UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP set presents the 1982 album in definitive sound. All the traits you associate with Van Halen \u2014 dynamic energy, distinctive tonalities, vivid detail, rhythmic attack, tongue-in-cheek playfulness, midrange punch, throttling intensity \u2014 emerge with involving presence. Diver Down can here be experienced with unparalleled transparency, balance, definition, and, if you so choose with your volume settings, concert-like solidity, scope, and decibel levels. The advanced degrees of separation, imaging, and fullness will grant you a fresh perspective on a record that began under the auspices of a one-off single. Diver down, temperature up!<\/p>\n Tracklist:<\/p>\n More About Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step and Why It Is Superior Why Isn\u2019t This UD1S Pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Diver Down =Ultradisc= (2LP\/45rpm)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":56537,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[2986],"product_cat":[26,28],"product_tag":[823],"class_list":{"0":"post-56535","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-mofi","7":"product_cat-audiophile","8":"product_cat-metal-hardrock","9":"product_tag-mobile-fidelity-sound-lab","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"sold-individually","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/56535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=56535"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=56535"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinylgrove.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=56535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\n<\/strong>Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab\u2019s UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) technique bypasses generational losses inherent to the traditional three-step plating process by removing two steps: the production of father and mother plates, which are created to yield numerous stampers from each lacquer that is cut. For UD1S plating, stampers (also called \u201cconverts\u201d) are made directly from the lacquers. Since each lacquer yields only one stamper, multiple lacquers need to be cut. Mobile Fidelity’s UD1S process produces a final LP with the lowest-possible noise floor. The removal of two steps of the plating process also reveals musical details and dynamics that would otherwise be lost due to the standard multi-step process. With UD1S, every aspect of vinyl production is optimized to produce the best-sounding vinyl album available today.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Diver Down\u00a0<\/em>is one of the few Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UltraDisc One-Step releases since the advent of MoFi SuperVinyl that is pressed on 180g black vinyl rather than MoFi SuperVinyl. Why? Quite simply, it sounds better on 180g black vinyl. After closely auditioning\u00a0Diver Down<\/em>\u00a0on several different vinyl profiles \u2014 a time-consuming and expensive endeavor no other label pursues \u2014 MoFi\u2019s expert engineers determined the music on this 1982 album translates with superior definition, clarity, presence, dynamics, and balance on this format. The opening of MoFi\u2019s sister plant, Fidelity Record Pressing \u2014 and its peerless ability to press dead-quiet 180g black vinyl \u2014 means the label\u2019s engineers now have more options when it comes to high-quality vinyl. All of which benefits the original artists and their intent, and you, the listener.<\/p>\n