| 10 | - | An excellent soundboard recording. |
| | A spectacular, crystal clear audience recording. |
| 9.5 | - | An excellent audience recording. |
| | A very good soundboard recording with possible minor flaws. |
| 9.0 | - | A very good, above average audience recording. |
| | A good soundboard recording, but it has some flaws. Probably from an analog source. |
| 8.5 | - | A good / average audience recording. |
| 8.0 | - | A pretty good audience recording, but it probably has a flaw such as distant sound, excessive crowd noise, or minor distortion or clipping. |
| 7.5 | - | A semi-decent audience recording, but it has several flaws which make it not very fun to listen to for extended periods of time. |
| 7.0 | - | A low-quality audience recording that is difficult to listen to. Probably for collectors / archivers only. |
| 6.5 | - | I hope I never receive a show that would get this rating or below. |