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Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters?

I am really beginning to believe these 180 remasters are mixed for a 500.00 system.It seems every one I buy it's either super bright,or has an ass load of bass in all the wrong places.The Bowie i have the soundstage is all wacked out .I have a decent setup but i can't imagine how much more obvious it must be on a serious setup.I can say the Yes fragile I got lately (cut fromt he original tapes) sounds pretty good ,Zeppelin In thru the outdoor Yikes! so bright waste of 25.00 again..... 
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jafant
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I can only speak about CD or SACD- I tend to not buy the remasters.

I will suggest that both the Van Halen remasters and Rod Stewart remasters are very good on CD. For SACD, the recent batch of Mobile Fidelity (MoFi) are having very good/positive reviews.

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Original pressings are just that, original pressings. For those rare and un-molested finds ,you are going to pay a premium.

Most, did not take care of their vinyl records which also drives the money train for original pressings.
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