High Fidelity仍在試演階段便已惡評如潮。雖然技巧地採用了屬地主義,將冠軍黑膠的地點設定於布魯克林(而不是小說中的倫敦或電影裡的芝加哥),可是乏味的對白與荒謬的歌詞卻無法帶來任何附加好處。John Cusack與Jack Black的形象更已深植人心,這些二三流的百老匯演員豈能取而代之?紐約時報著名的劇評人Ben Brantley著著實實幽了這齣戲一默,他在一篇名為Lost at the Record Store的文章中說到,【High Fidelity definitely deserves a place in my own catalog of Top 5 lists. That would be on the roster of All-Time Most Forgettable Musicals.】這段話真讓我會心苦笑。