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CD sound quality: original pressings vs regular remaster vs MFSL, etc

I'm expanding my music collections and acquiring/reacquiring many very old works e,g, Cat Stevens, Traffic, Moody Blues, Coltrane/Miles Davis/Brubeck, and some classical and newer popular works as well.

Does it matter much whether the disk I get is "original" older pressing, or a remastered version?  Or a MFSL?

I remember CDs were unlistenable first 5-10 years, but no idea if that was the disk or the players and not sure I'd run across any used CDs that old anyway.

Thanks for your time.
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I have the Oppo/Modwright 105d and it is great when you upgrade all the tubes to vintage NOS, however, if I upgrade to a DAC I will be bypassing all the tube glory I invested in, so that won’t help me!

I have a hard disc in my Lincoln and loaded several albums for a trip.  To my discovery I had two different versions of the Police The Singles and was shocked at how much better one version was from the other.  It’s as if one was 2 or 3 clicks louder in volume.  This has proven to be an interesting thread.
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