> Krick, > > 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!
Whatever happened to DVD-Audio or SuperAudio CD's, they were supposed to deliver surround sound and higher-than-usual audio quality. It sounded promising. I haven't heard of any streaming/downloadable audio files or any sort of remastering being done to that level...