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Mike Leghorn writes:
>I know that I have a lot of CD's that I think are inferior, at least in
>terms of sound. I've actually found reviews of some of those CD's and
>they've always been positive. This has made me very suspicious of critics'
>(in general) ability to distinguish between good recordings and bad
>recordings. Of course, I realize it's all very subjective, and possibly
>I'm way out of whack with my standards. If you'd be interested, I'd be
>could list some recordings that I think are inferior sounding.
Well, it could be that your criteria ("good sound") differs from their
criteria. I know it differs from mine. I'm not against good sound, but
I tend to give more weight to performance. After all, it took me at least
ten years to switch over to stereo, and I never really minded the snap,
crackles, and pops of the LP. Often, when I write a review, I don't write
about recorded sound at all (or no more than a sentence).
Steve Schwartz
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