Bogus Ratings for MOFI SACD's

Have you heard the Bernie Grundman mastered cd that is part of her recent box sets?

It’s hard for me to imagine it sounding much better.

I always take reviews on company websites with a large grain of salt.  Similarly, I don't put much stock in reviews on retail store websites that are selling the product under review.  Better to look elsewhere.

This happens with everything.  We had some issues with a place that we stayed at via Bookings.com, and my wife (a very temperate individual) wrote a review that mentioned 5 good things and the one negative issue.  They published the review and deleted the one one negative sentence 

@Mahler123:  that really shows how those things are so bogus as @walt8489 stated above.   At least on Amazon as far as i can tell,  they let all reviews come through  good or bad.

I had the same thing happen to me, but with a purchase from Acoustic Sounds. I had no idea that, that is how they operate, It sucks cause I made a purchase based on reviews.

For example, I read all these wonderful reviews about an reissue of Tres Hombres. Even though my 1973 original was still in excellent condition, due to the reviews I got sucked into purchasing the reissue. I wondered what this reissue would sound like without 50 tears of needle wear.

First time I played the reissue, it sounded like I had a ball of crud was built up on my needle. I did a side by side, and the reissue lacked the micro details of the original on the guitars , and the edginess of my original. With the original, on Jesus Just Left Chicago, the simple two chord strumming rings beautifully, the vocals were edgier, and the drums snapped, where as the reissue was just lacking all around. I gave the new copy to an local used record shop.

I left an review stating that you’re much better off finding an excellent used copy than buying this new one.

My opinion was never published. From that purchase forward, I try to gleam reviews from Google.