Remasters - are they better? What exactly is it?

dtximages

Good advice and tips as above. Much will depend upon the factor(s) that a listener does not enjoy about a certain pressing(s). I am a Collector of first/original pressings on CD and SACD. I do not mind a little tape hiss or drop-out from 60's, 70's 80's Pop and Rock music.  Depending on the artist/band catalog, some remasters are an improvement, while some are compressed to death. And then,  there is the whole re-mixed aspect of it all...

Happy Listening!

dtximages OP
Remasters - are they better? What exactly is it?

I’m talking CD’s here.
To me remasters usually sound worse, because they are usually more compressed than the original. I always buy the earliest cd’s using the cat no, used on ebay, and have never been wrong when comparing them to the later compressed remastered versions

You can check here.
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=supertramp&album=Crime+of+the+Century

Cheers George

Crime of the Century is killer on vinyl. I listen to it on occasion and there is plenty of bass from a press from the mid-late 70's. One of my favorites.

I like remasters from the 90s and early 2000s, when dynamic range was preserved, I.e., prior to the Loudness Wars. Examples: Virgin Rolling Stones remasters in 1994, Hendrix remasters in the same time period, RYKO remasters of Bowie, etc., ABKCO remasters of Stones 2002, Led Zeppelin Remasters 1990 Box set and 1993 Box set, by Jimmy Page & George Marino.

@geoffkait  good examples. I do prefer the original Bowie CD releases,  though pricey to obtain.

@select-hifi agree with the Japan Sanyo release, I paid top dollar for mine. Love how Gold Dust Woman preserves the original screams at the end.