What exactly is meant by


Is this a good or bad thing. I was under the impression, maybe falsely, that "remastered" was good. I recently bought some cd's on ebay which were advertised as "remastered". How can you tell that they are? Several of them were BMG products. I just need to know if I need to make a complaint.
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Remastering in and of itself does not necessarily mean improved sound quality. Recent examples are the Loreena McKinnet remasters. To me they lost some of their textural richness and gained IMO some artificial detail in the upper range. I realize that this is purely subjective but I prefer the orginals in this case.
All that being said though, some remasters are dramatic improvements.