"Raymond RUSSELL" wrote in message
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Hello knowledgeable hifi specialists

What exactly is a remastered track ?

I'm thinking of buying a few CDs of my favourite music from the 60s and
70s
(e.g. Cream, Led Zeppelin, etc.)
and there seems to be a choice between originals and remastered.
What's better ? What's the difference ?

In my very limited experience (imvle?!) of remastereds:

Jimi Hendrix - funny thing with these - i bought a few and on my old cdp
they sounded terrible, but on my recent (marantz KI something) they sound
pretty good, complete with all the studio hum and hiss.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were He pretty good I think, and stands up well to
my rather tatty vinyl copy. I think they may have done a few remasters, or
postneo-remaster, or whatever. Mine is about 1994.

But I can't compare them to previous releases on CD, only vinyl, and I'd say
they're pretty good. Overall I don't understand the notion of remastered
master tapes - is there some sort of oxymoron there? I can only assume it's
got something to do with the mix, and I'd like to think they don't 'add
emphasis' etc. Mmm - not much help then, over to someone else!
Rob