ponkine said:
so really WHAT'S THE POINT in being against remasting? are you deaf or what?
Have you ever heard for example the first Peter Gabriel CD's and then the remastered catalog?. I don't think so. The difference is shocking
Do yourselves a favor: Please listen to any classic album on CD (Pink Floyd The Wall for example) and then the remastered version ...
NO, I'M NOT DEAF. I CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A GOOD (RE)MASTERED CD AND ONE WHERE THE DYNAMICS HAVE BEEN SQUASHED OUT BECAUSE OF BAD MASTERING.
AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE ORIGINAL PINK FLOYD CD'S (NOTICEABLE THE ORIGINAL US, UK AND JAPAN RELEASES OF THE WALL) DO SOUND A LOT BETTER THAN THE REMASTERED VERSIONS (EVEN THOUGH THE REMASTERED VERSIONS AREN'T BAD AT ALL, IT'S JUST THAT THE ORIGINALS ARE BETTER).
SOME REMASTERS ARE BETTER THAN THE ORIGINALS, SOME ARE NOT. IT'S NOT JUST REMASTERED = BETTER.
You have a big confusion between remastering and REMIXING. You can make an astounding and pristine remastering work without remixing anything. The mixing of ABOY is as crappy as the song itself, but it isn't fault of WTSHNN. Since Where The Streets do have dynamics, a remastering could be nothing but sublime !.
ACTUALLY, ABOY MIGHT HAVE DYNAMICS TOO! ONLY, YOU CAN'T HEAR IT BECAUSE OF THE CRAPPY MASTERING. I CAN'T REALLY JUDGE THE MIX OF THAT SONG, I FIRST NEED TO HEAR A GOOD MASTERED VERSION OF THAT TRACK. AND SINCE WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME HAS LOTS OF DYNAMICS NOW, A BAD REMASTERING JOB COULD GIVE NOTHING BUT HORRIBLE RESULTS.
Led Zeppelin remastered catalog made justice to their awesome music. I've listened to Stairway To Heaven from the first CD version of Led Zep IV and I compared to the remastered one ...
exquisite details, uplifting musical directions, fantastic sound mixing, balance, etc, things I couldn't notice on the first CD version
That will be pretty the same with their 80s and 90s albums, I bet you
I'M NOT INTO LED ZEPPELIN, SO I CAN'T GIVE ANY OPINION ON THAT. BUT I DO KNOW THAT FOR AC/DC, ELTON JOHN, STEVIE WONDER AND MARVIN GAYE -TO NAME JUST A FEW ARTISTS- THE ORIGINALS ARE THE BETTER SOUNDING VERSIONS, NOT THE REMASTERS. JUST BECAUSE IT'S LOUDER DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S BETTER. IT'S LIKE WRITING EVERYTHING IN CAPS. AFTER A WHILE YOUR BRAIN ZONES OUT BECAUSE OF LACK OF DYNAMICS.