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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by birdcat@lemmy.ml to c/music@beehaw.org

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listening to lots of music lately and almost every second song is "remastered"; original is often not even available anymore.

and not one single time i can hear any kind of improvement. so what does it even mean, to remaster a song?

one of the worst cases, imo is atomic by blondie.

and to add: iʼm not some kind of nostalgic puritan, plenty of songs get better after some remixing, covering and whatnot, like

dear god, if i wanted to listen to sting, i would listen to friggin sting.

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[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Somewhat related, The Loudness War:

You can find loads of videos and articles about this topic.

A good remaster is amazing. A bad remaster is...loud and/or flat for my ears.