Stephen Wilson has done a fine job remastering many rock albums.
Remastered CDs, HDCDs, SACDs
CD is my only source. My album collection is somewhere around 800 discs. I have found significant differences in SQ (sound quality) comparing original releases to remastered releases. To my ear, Bob Ludwig was the best engineer for that.
I was speaking with a local recording engineer and mentioned how much I liked Bob's work. He replied Bob boosted 2 dB at 150 Hz.
In order of SQ (worst to best) my rankings are original CD, original HDCD, remastered CD, remastered HDCD, original SACD, remastered SACD.
Those rankings are usually the case, though occasionally they may vary.
Happy listening to all. Enjoy the music!
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Hello @larsman, thanks for the distinction. I think I am not the only one to get that 'mixed up' as I see it in print everywhere. But, looking at this album for example I find: https://stevenwilsonhq.com/spatial-audio/in-the-court-of-the-crimson-king/
which confirms what you know. This is also intersting on the process Wilson goes through to remix: https://www.soundonsound.com/people/steven-wilson-remixing-classic-albums
Thanks! Ken
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