Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters?

I gave up on reissues years ago.

Ive mentioned a similar outcome several times on AA-accentuated bass(compared to a period press) that just sounds LESS realistic IMO.

I think the marketing-"original tape" "whoever"mastering is simply another way into your wallet.
The only good thing about a reissue is getting something essentially impossible to find in the used bins in decent condition for cheap.

This phoenomena affects ALL R&R. Yes,Jeff Beck,Robin Trower,Pink Floyd and others a waste of my money.I am partial to the Beatles mono releases, only because an original is essentially unobtanium$$

Im more satisfied with a few stitches listening to a period release.
Jazz reissues from the 80's(not all) is a genre I've had good luck with.

Since my tastes lean toward pre 80's R&R, I avoid albums with a barcode. An easy way to ensure you're not getting a 2nd, 3rd....
press of something. Even "greatest hits" are lousy-avoid if possible!

Oleschool-
I took a chance with Yes CTTE, and was rewarded with the necessary noise free/black background for the complexities of side 1. The disappointment was that punched up bass that compared to an original,sounds unnatural. This album has a great deal of ambience,which the reissue does okay with.

With "Fragile," "Long Distance Runaround" has an enormous amount of Squire’s bass throughout the track. Can’t imagine it sounding any different from typical reissues (unless you have tone controls on your preamp!) That album is still easy to find in my neighborhood record store. CCTE however, most copies are a mess, but I’ve been lucky to find an almost MINT copy.

"I get up, I get down..." Almost a religious experience when the volume knob is at 12:00 o’clock. The illusion of hearing the pipe organ in a damp cave, along with Anderson’s buildup of the verse is hypnotic.

Sidenote: I had every Yes album in 78, as the 80’s progressed, I gave all my records away for that new shiny disc. I WAS DUPED!!! The last decade has been spent buying the albums I tossed!