Presenting the poster boy for the Dunning-Kruger effect. Mr. Hutchison fancies himself an audiophile/mastering engineer.
Mind you, he’s a mastering engineer in the same sense that a person who makes mud pies is a piemaker.
I have not played any of his classical albums. I have in fact only played one title, a jazz record I happen to know well, and his remastered version is no better than the other records that get an F grade for sound and can currently be found in our bad sounding audiophile records section.
I will publish a review one of these days, but until then, I recommend you steer well clear of this man’s records.
Update 2024:
We’ve reviewed three of this man’s releases to date. None of them should be acceptable to anyone who describes himself as an audiophile. If you “love sound,” these titles should make you sick to your stomach.
We’ve reviewed ERC’s My Favorite Things. (For the benefit of our readers, this is what a good pressing should sound like.)
Robert Brook also reviewed the album, and you can find his review here. (He didn’t like it any more than we did.)
We’ve also reviewed ERC’s Forever Changes. (For the benefit of our readers, this is what a good pressing should sound like.)
And we’ve reviewed ERC’s Quiet Kenny. (Again, this is what a good pressing should sound like.)