Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Abhorrent Sound Ruins It All

Such a pity. Mehta, a master in interpreting Mahler's scores, does a sterling job of conducting the Israel Philharmonic, which does an equally sterling job of playing. The picture quality is razor sharp. And then along comes a sound track that has, throughout the tape, a background hiss that cannot be ignored (it's not the speakers---I'm running a Bose Lifestyle system.) The hiss is particularly noticeable and grating during the symphony's quiet passages, and dominated every bit of enjoyment I was trying so hard to maintain. Don't buy it. Wait until it comes out on DVD (if it does), and then check the reviews (if any) to see if the hiss was edited out during VHS/DVD transfer. Bottom Line: A major disappointment and a mark of technical shame on whatever sound studio was responsible for cutting the master tape.