OK. Here's something related to the Mobile Fidelity Beatles collection:
http://www.deadwaxcafe.com/vzone/beatles.asp
When I read this, I HAD to email Stan Ricker, the gentleman who cut the lacquers for these albums; here is his reply:
"THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERNED EMAIL-----------
WHAT THE ARTICLE SAYS IS LARGELY TRUE--------THE EVALS WERE
DONE BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME, WITH A HEARING PROBLEM, ON A
REALLY POOR SYSTEM, WHILE EVALUATING SOFT LACQUER REFERENCE-DISKS, RATHER THAN THE SUPER-HARD JVC VINYL------------
SOME ALBUMS HAD TREBLE BOOST, SOME HAD BASS BOOST, NOT ALL HAD EITHER OR BOTH, SOME HAD TREBLE AND/OR BASS ROLL-OFF-----
MY OWN PERSONAL MOFI FAVORITES---------NOT BEATLES------ARE THE VERY EARLY MOFI RELEASES--UP TO ABOUT # 010 OS SO, WHERE I WASN'T SECOND-GUESSED BY SOME MANAGEMENT MASTERING-ENGINEER-WANNABE;-----THE SAME SITUATION EXISTS TODAY WITH
THE SO-CALLED "NEW MOFI"---------
SORRY FOR THE CRUMMY NEWS---TRY TO HAVE A GOOD DAY---I AM!
CHEERS,
STAN"
IMHO, Abbey Road is the worst: it's been pushed up about
seven db at 3.5k!!!!! And the low end is just about as bad. Still, they're the best; if you have the ears and the testicular fortitude, you can correct some of the bigger offenders and archive them elsewhere for your own private enjoyment, not to be sold, broadcast or shared. Moo.