Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Buyer beware: crackle, hiss, and distortion

Buyer beware! The Arista Albums cds have been transferred from vinyl record albums to compact disc. The great dynamic and frequency ranges afforded to the listener by the compact disc are not utilized to their potentials with this release; I am sorry to inform you. The reasons for the unavailability of the original masters is understandable. My guess is that Sony/BMG allowed the license to Acadia Music and a second rate job to transpire so that it could gain an easy profit: no need to undergo a proper job when a Mickey Mouse job will pay the bills.That being said, if you have never heard the music on the cds, I recommend hearing it in some form: through LPs or these CDs. Just remember a crude, yet true axiom: You can't polish a turd. Transferring sound from an LP to a CD does not make the music sound any better. Transferring sound from master or multitrack tapes does offer better dynamic range and frequency range than an LP, however.