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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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whart
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Ole- search Laser's Edge Group- as i said, Ken has a bunch of different companies and labels under that umbrella. If you send him a message, you are welcome to mention my name. He visited recently- brought some interesting records, including an old RCA (Neon) and a Island UK test pressing of the first ELP album with a different (earlier) lacquer number on one side than the first pressing pink label. He may be a good resource for you. 
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Here is Ken: https://www.lasercd.com
Cheers,
Spencer
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oleschool, no, I was not sarcastic, failed to read it even from between the lines. deleted my comment to be on the safe side ;-)
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*sigh*  Not to spoil the 'cheezy whine' party, but if the remaster is all you can get, there's always eq.  Some have memories....much like us, as to 'what we Think it should sound like'....

But my memory is flawed, and colored.....by what I thought I heard before.

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I had a couple different eq in the early 90s .I spent too much time playing with it for every album .As for "if its all i can get" sure,but the originals arent usually that hard its the condition that is tricky.I have recently bought  10 remasters and generally flip right past them for an original after listening to them, even with a few pops.

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