To say that the re-mastered digital LP pressings sound like they have been run through a distortion pedal, is quite exaggerated. In all cases, however, I've experienced, in both vinyl and CD, the remastered recordings sound slightly more strident and aggressive than their original counterparts, yet they seem a bit thin and less engaging.
I also find the newer digital vinyl pressings, in general, do not sound as rich full and engaging, as most of my old analogue vinyls.
IMO that many of the new recordings are over miked, over engineered, over dubbed and over compressed, but I still get much enjoyment out of both the old and the new.....Jim