Bogus Ratings for MOFI SACD's

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.

I left a review of a MOFI OneStep with a 2star rating, they published it and I got a call directly from Music Direct offering to send me a new pressing, and told me to just keep the first one. My complaint was that the MOFI quality control was crap, as I had a few of the OneSteps the came with smudges, bad surface noise, etc. So I didn't just bust them on the one title but the whole company! They posted it, and it's still on their website.

I had a honest review, not published on Acoustic Sounds site years ago and never tried again.

The SQ of their recent vinyl (past 3 years) pressings has been disappointing to me, so much so that I no longer seek them out 

I don't care what album it is.  If it was originally recorded in analog, the digital reproduction sounds flat to me.  I'd much rather toss on a 50 year old scratchy LP. 

As most folks, I take reviews with a grain-of-salt.

I look for relevant, real-world details.

I also realize that the 'bad stuff' is filtered out.

...THAT is why forum like this one are so valuable and relevant!