Great Article about Remastered Versions of early-era CDs

[The_K-Man]

Website discussing what is really going on with 'remastered' versions of CDs and albums you bought 20-30 years ago:

 

https://www.facebook.com/2016SaveOurMusicNoRemasters/

 

 

[The_K-Man]

No thoughts on this very real issue affecting legacy(pre-1990) albums and artists?

 

[wwaldmanfan]

I'm not on Facebook, so I can't read the comments there.

As a rule, when I have the original albums, I don't bother with remasters. They are a worthwhile improvement when the originals were compressed, like Tom Petty's more recent albums ("Wildflowers", and those that followed). Other good ones in my library include the 2014 Beatles Mono Box, Steven Wilson's Jethro Tull "Stand Up", the Rhino/Electra Doors remasters, and some of the MFSL discs.

[Ralf11]

It's too bad there are not a lot of review sites on which ones are really better - S Hoffman can be hit or miss but seems to be the best one right now.

 

Of course, I don't really care as my magic liquid cables re-create the original performance no matter what

[The_K-Man]

2 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

It's too bad there are not a lot of review sites on which ones are really better - S Hoffman can be hit or miss but seems to be the best one right now.

 

Of course, I don't really care as my magic liquid cables re-create the original performance no matter what

Production/mastering will make a lot more difference than &1,000/meter cables.

[Ralf11]

Indeed - that was a joke BTW