Title: Sloppy mastering
Product review: This "audiophile" CD is amazingly full of errors- the original flow of the album, as intended by producer Robert John Mutt Lange and the Cars has been ruined by sloppy mastering. On the original vinyl, cassette, and CD, the songs went one right after another with no gaps. In this version, the mastering engineer, Steve Hoffman, decided to put gaps between the tracks, making this "Heartbeat City by Steve Hoffman featuring the Cars". Also, this disc is labeled as an "HDCD", which stands for high definition CD. Some higher-end players can play these discs back with a little clearer sound. Well this disc is semi-HDCD, as during playback the HDCD light on my Denon 3910 went out near the end of several songs, sometimes adding an audible click. I also tried my friend's Oppo, and it did the same. As for the packaging, the lyrics came with the original versions, but missing on this one. Not very good quality control.
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