SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A company promising high-end audio on vinyl cheated customers, a new class action lawsuit says.
Plaintiffs Stephen Tuttle and Dustin Collman filed suit Aug. 2 in Seattle federal court against Music Direct and MoFi, alleging their promise that recordings were produced through a process called "triple analog" was false.
Those recordings were supposed to be made by duplicating the original analog master recordings using only analog processes, the suit says. They are highly valued by audiophiles and collectors, it adds.
It cites online reports that the defendants' reproductions are actually digital, as well as a statement from Music Direct's president on July 27.
"We recognize our conduct has resulted in both anger and confusion in the marketplace," the statement by Jim Davis said.
"Prior to that announcement, the plaintiffs and the class had no reason to know that Music Direct's representations of triple analog or all-analog were untrue," the suit says. "On information and belief, Music Direct has been materially misrepresenting the 'all-analog' nature of smoe of its recordings since 2015."
The firm Badgley Mullins Turner is pursuing the case.