A lot of the loudness wars talk sounds like over simplified bullshit to me. It's not all as simple as "a brickwall" and although it hurts a lot of stuff, it also helps a lot of other stuff. A lot of rap/hip-hop/techno sounds better with the newer compression methods than it would without it. And not all remastering deserves to be demonized either. A lot of music needs it and still hasn't gotten it or it hasn't been done well yet. I agree it often does screw stuff up. All the old Ride albums were perfect and the remasters are not much more than an interesting one-listen. I definitely think a lot of Floyd stuff could stand a remaster, not sure if the Zeppelin stuff has been done correctly yet, it has certainly been done incorrectly, plenty of Smiths 80's stuff needs it, tons of classics could use it.
I agree about the cd switch, it would bother me if I cared much about any current bands. The bands I do like are the type that will have cds anyway or some weird dvd audio most likely.
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