Is remastered mainly just less jitter?
If you go to this website put in your artist and album you'll find usually the earliest original cd’s are the most dynamic, the later and remastered ones are just louder recorded and more compressed rubbish. http://dr.loudness-war.info/ Cheers George |
No. A remaster from analog tapes may have less jitter with a more modern A to D. However the main thing with a remaster is some adjustment of the sound of the original master by a mastering engineer. Modern technology can also work a bit of magic with older material. Also the final EQ is adjusted to fit modern tastes. Unfortunately, per George comment above, modern Mastering is all about making things sound hotter for car and portable player consumption. The sound is harsh with an increased level of uneven harmonics from hard limiting of peaks to squash the dynamic range into a few dB. In the end, most modern masters are harsh and unnaturally constricted sounding - or a way to describe it is the recordings don’t breathe and listeners will find the audio tiring after a very short time. |
