your opinion of Remastered CDs ?

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   Yeah, I'm gonna have to give a shout for the remastered cd's.  I grew up on LP's and once cds came out I was immediately taken by the improvement in sound quality on most of the cds.  Of course, a few of them sounded tinny, but for the most part the cd's sounded much better.  I had a crap turntable, but years after cd's made their debut, I had a friend who owned a $3,000 turntable, and I still thought cd's sounded better on a $100 cd player.  
 
Generally, the remastered cd's have even better sound quality.  I know some of my old VDGG sounded a little too high pitched in parts, but the remastering took care of that problem.  Of course, we could get into a Star Wars problem, where the original is constantly being redone until it is no longer recognizable as the original, but so far I haven't noticed that problem.  I prefer remastered all the way.  


Edited by The Doctor - September 23 2007 at 21:36

Poll Question: which is better ?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
I prefer remastered CDs in general	49	[80.33%]
I prefer the original recording in general	12	[19.67%]
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The Doctor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 23 2005 Location: The Tardis Status: Offline Points: 8543	Posted: September 23 2007 at 21:34
	Yeah, I'm gonna have to give a shout for the remastered cd's. I grew up on LP's and once cds came out I was immediately taken by the improvement in sound quality on most of the cds. Of course, a few of them sounded tinny, but for the most part the cd's sounded much better. I had a crap turntable, but years after cd's made their debut, I had a friend who owned a $3,000 turntable, and I still thought cd's sounded better on a $100 cd player. Generally, the remastered cd's have even better sound quality. I know some of my old VDGG sounded a little too high pitched in parts, but the remastering took care of that problem. Of course, we could get into a Star Wars problem, where the original is constantly being redone until it is no longer recognizable as the original, but so far I haven't noticed that problem. I prefer remastered all the way. Edited by The Doctor - September 23 2007 at 21:36
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Yorkie X Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 04 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1049	Posted: September 23 2007 at 21:24
	Yessongs is a great live album but as far as sound quality goes its never going to sound good even cleaned up. Yes were very dissapointed when they first heard that recording I read .

ClassicRocker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 02 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 894	Posted: September 23 2007 at 21:13
	I can't agree with that. You can't create a "fake" recording. Remastering is vital for cd releases so the music can be transferred to a digital format on PCs (couldn't live w/o that!), and most remasters clean up the sound and get rid of static/distortions, etc. I know vinyl has sentimental value for many people, but if you can't hear half of what's going on in an album (i.e. a live record or something), then it's almost not worth it. Example that comes to my mind: Yessongs, which is in desperate need of remastering/cleaning-up.


Easy Money Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 11 2007 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 10686	Posted: September 23 2007 at 21:08
	I actually prefer the old vinyl versions. CDs sound fake, the more doctored they are the faker they sound.

Yorkie X Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 04 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1049	Posted: September 23 2007 at 21:02
	From a certain perspective I feel that sometimes a certain charm is lost in the remastering process, I was listening to yes close to the edge remastered recently and from a technical point of view it is superior however there's something lost from cleaning things up ... sometimes its hard to explain what I mean but lets just say the sound I grew up knowing is what I identify with and if its changed I`ll notice and maybe not adapt the same way to it even if its perfected. Anyway enough of my thoughts on this what do you think ?