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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..... 
oleschool
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oleschool OP
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geoffkait
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Remastering has come to be synonymous with overly aggressive dynamic range compression. It’s gotten SO bad, in fact, that remasters that used to be say orange, red, green (Average, Lowest, Highest) are now red, red, red. Forget about it, Jake, it’s Chinatown. Add to that the fact that most CDs are in reverse absolute polarity and what you wind up with is a steaming pile of compost.

playpen
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  What about 40 to 50 year old tape sound deteriorated over all that time?
astro58go
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The cost of original pressings are outrageous. There are some that are quite good. Why do we do this at all????

For me, it is this is what I love.
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jafant
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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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