I prefer original CDs by quite a margin - those made in Japan or West Germany in the period 1982 - 1990.
Most non-specialist mainstream remastered CDs reduce the dynamic range and increase the level which has a bigger downside than the marginal increase in fidelity that comes from better ADCs and techniques in use today.
This is not true for many of the audiophile labels - listen to the Audio Fidelity remaster of "Sweet Baby James" as an example.
I cannot think of any remasters in my collection that I prefer over the original "first pressing".
Regards,
Most non-specialist mainstream remastered CDs reduce the dynamic range and increase the level which has a bigger downside than the marginal increase in fidelity that comes from better ADCs and techniques in use today.
This is not true for many of the audiophile labels - listen to the Audio Fidelity remaster of "Sweet Baby James" as an example.
I cannot think of any remasters in my collection that I prefer over the original "first pressing".
Regards,