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Remasters - are they better? What exactly is it?

What exactly is the process to remaster.  Not the FULL 10 page answer but just in general.  What is being tweaked?  Why can't I hear a bigger difference?  Old recordings (through Tidal) seem to sound essentially the same as the original.  But I've also not done an exhaustive a/b test either.

Anyway, do you skip the "Remastered" titles or seek them out?
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geoffkait
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Not wanting to start a fight or anything Blu Ray discs oft suffer the same aggressive dynamic range compression as any other digital format, including CD, hi res downloads, SACD, whatever. Check it out on the Dynamic Range Database.

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Beatles+&album=Abbey+Road
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I like remasters from the 90s and early 2000s, when dynamic range was preserved, I.e., prior to the Loudness Wars. Examples: Virgin Rolling Stones remasters in 1994, Hendrix remasters in the same time period, RYKO remasters of Bowie, etc., ABKCO remasters of Stones 2002, Led Zeppelin Remasters 1990 Box set and 1993 Box set, by Jimmy Page & George Marino.
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