I am with you 100%. There is no new music that is worth buying.. at least that is being promoted. The last several CDs that I have bought were (re)mastered so badly, I stopped buying CDs altogether. They have shot themselves in the foot by being overpriced and by jacking up the volume so loud it doesn't resemble music anymore to me. I actually like the sound of most CDs that are NOT remastered. I seek out the original releases and try not to buy anything that says 'remastered'.
I'm wondering if anyone has heard the latest remastering of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon". Have they done a decent job and is it better than the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab version. I have the MFSL version and it sounds fucking awesome as does "The Wall". When I play the song "Mother", it sounds like the band is in my living room. The record labels should just let Mobile Fidelity do the remastering for them and not worry about trying to get the most decibels from the disc! That is why we have a volume control!