Top Demo Discs of 21st Century
-- Sun, 09/20/2009 - 16:34
I applaud HiFi+ for highlighting some of the best CD's of the 21st century - at least sonically. Now I'd like to see more editorial wrath directed toward artists that continually produce poor quality CD's for public consumption. It may also be productive to give even lower ratings to recordings reviewed each month that don't live up to decent sonic standards.
Good point, and thanks.
Alan Sircom
Editor, Hi-Fi Plus Magazine
London, England
editor [at] hifiplus [dot] com
This is a perfect example of inconsistent recording.
The first two Peter Cincotti albums I purchased are two of my favorites both musically and sonically (On the Moon, Peter Cincotti). So I was disappointed with the latest pop oriented Peter Cincotti: East of Angel Town musically . But the real problem is this latest album is so badly compressed and over produced I can't listen to it - it's hard to believe it's the same artist. In terms of sound reproduction the album is an affront to music listeners that really listen to music with good stereo systems. Don't these artists listen to the master and have some control over the final retail recording?
Len
The pages of this feature were missing in my purchased copy as well as all of the of the copies at the newstand ( Montreal ).
Yes, I'm sorry about that. That was one of the teething troubles we experienced with editing and printing a magzine on one continent and designing the magazine on another. We have re-run this feature in the next issue, but if you want a PDF of the feature while you are waiting, please email me and I'll send it out soonest.
Alan Sircom
Editor, Hi-Fi Plus Magazine
London, England
editor [at] hifiplus [dot] com
All issues at my newstand had missing pages 83-84...$11 an issue with missing pages-this is weak!
As I said, this was a problem we encountered after the magazine had gone to the printers, a problem that would have been difficult enough to resolve with a printer in the same country as the production team. When the magazine is essentially going to press when the only person who can fix the problem is fast asleep in the middle of their night, it's an insurmountable problem, albeit one that is now (hopefully) rectified. Trying to fix a problem that occurs as the magazine is being printed is rather like trying to putting the pin back in the hand grenade after it's blown up. As I also have said here (and on many other forums) this has been reprinted in the next issue and anyone who wants a free PDF of the missing pages can email me directly.
Sometimes things just go bad. In my book, whether we respond appropriately is what counts.
Alan Sircom
Editor, Hi-Fi Plus Magazine
London, England
editor [at] hifiplus [dot] com
I am not just missing pages 83&84 in issue 66. The whole issue is twenty pages shorter than usual. And the print is larger wihcih means of course less words per page. I think the magazine should be rnamed 'HIFi light' the plus sign is now entirely misleading.
I am disappointed with the new format and the reduced content. I'll go back to reading Stereophile.
regards Jim.
The print is larger (happy accident that means less call for reading glasses) but so are the pages. The word counts have not gone down in individual reviews.
Alan Sircom
Editor, Hi-Fi Plus Magazine
London, England
editor [at] hifiplus [dot] com
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