Still
he said his naim was ralph
Whenever I buy CDs, I always try to buy the original release, not the "digitally remastered" versions. On some of the very early releases, this can backfire, as very often, they just took the original version mastered for vinyl, with all the mucking about that entailed (mono-ing the bass, compressing it, etc, etc) & bunged it on the CD.
As CD began to be the dominant media, things improved until around the time Oasis made an appearnce, & the loudness wars began. Often, then, you did not have a choice.
When I used to by vinyl, I was a sucker for half speed masters, MFSL, Nautilus, and, if the music warranted it, direct cuts (eg. Taj Mahal "Live & Direct")
Recently, I have replaced all the Doors studio albums with 24/96 DVD A rips, Similarly quite a few of the Dead's stuff.
Chris
I thank you