Title: Egomaniac engineer hijacks The Cars "Heartbeat City"
Product review: This "audiophile" gold CD is ruined by the "mastering engineer" Steve Hoffman's decision to ignore the original pacing,presention and intent by the band and producer Mutt Lange by adding unnecessary gaps between the songs.On the original LP,tape and CD,the songs flowed without interruption.Secondly,the HDCD(means "high-definition CD")encoding causes audible popping and clicking sounds at the end of each song.And lastly,the sound isn't even that much improved over the old 1980's CD which you can buy for only $6.99-7.99 at most retail outlets.Don't waste your money on this bastardaztion of an 1980's rock classic,which get 5 stars in its original CD form.
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