Donald Satz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
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>I do have a related question for others on Classical Net who do reviews.
>On average, how many times do you listen to a disc you don't like before
>assigning it the trash bin?

This is a very interesting question Donald. I was stunned/shocked/appalled
to read something in a Gramophone review a few years back which implied
that most of the reviewers listen to a disc once or, at most, twice before
reviewing.

I can't quantify how many times I listen to a CD before writing a review,
but it is usually in double figures, for precisely the kind of reasons you
outlined - the impressions of an initial listen frequently don't last.  I've
known recordings which sounded great on a first listen and then weaker at
every rehearing; also discs which sounded better each time I played them
again.

Deryk Barker
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