dissapointing audiophile recording

Seems like the Classic label is problematic. Had a couple of bad ones in a row- some kind of nasty pressing gremlins.

Schipo wrote "almost like listening to bad Kenny G not that I believe there is any good Kenny G"

Kenny G with- Jeff Lorber Fusion- Album-Wizard Island -Great!!

I just find listening to Kenny G is like eating rice cakes you want something more but you know thats it.

For a while I was furious that Sony was releasing ancient recordings on SACD. I got burned buying a that, I don't recall all the details off the top of my head, was remastered from a 1952 mono recording. I failed to notice that as the time, as I made an impulsive purchase. The SACD "remaster" sounded like it was recorded through two tin cans and a piece of twine.

Contrast that with many of Deutsche Grammophone's new DVD-A recordings in the studio they built a couple of years ago that sound tremendous.

The lesson here, is if you buy your discs new at a store, patronize a record store that lets you listen first.

A friend of mine just purchased an audiophile copy of "Welcome to Boomtown" by david and david and he called me all bummed out cause it didn't sound as good as my original pressings. I told him he might have to adjust the vta for the optimum benifit and he tells me thats a hassle. Then he says it's MY FAULT cause I wouldn't sell him one of my three promo copies and I just started laughing and told him remember 10 years ago when i was scarfing them up at 3.99 a pop and that it was an Absolute Sound AND Stereophile Record To Die For and I told you to look for one and you said?
God bless the child thats got his own.