Taming edge from remastered CDs?

I second Elizabeths suggestion to burn a cd-r from the cd's and try that.
It's the cheapest test and involves exactly zero changes to your system. I now do this with almost all of the cd's I like. They sound better than the factory discs in every case I've tried so far. I did a blind swap with a friend with very good ears: a/b'd the factory disc and a burned disc (played one song- then played the same song back to back) and in 4 cases he was able to identify the copy as the better sounding disc.

I agree with many of these comments. I often find remastered rock CD's do have more detail at the expense of being edgy. My friend brought over the recent remaster of The Stones' "Exile on Main Street." We both found it hard to listen to. I pulled out a vintage CD of the same album to play. No comparison. The older CD was MUCH better. Smooth highs and a broader sound stage. I also found this with a couple of Alejandro Escovedo remasters.

Thanks all. Elizabeth & Ths364 - I will definitely try burning a CD and comparing. I've often wondered at the absolutely fantastic sound I hear at the audio dealer I frequent. He always seems to be playing a copy and not the original. [Audioengr - the issue for me is the sound on SOME re-mastered CDs; not on copies of these. I've not done any copying yet. Making copies sounds like it could be the fix and actually reminds me of another thread that touched on the virtues of copies vs originals; my recollection is you contributed to that thread. Not sure which writer my PC uses. I will clean the blank before burning. Thanks for the suggestions.]

Audioengr - Any opinion on the Plex Easy? Looks very convenient.

Agree with Audioengr. Rarely have I purchased a remastered CD that did not sound superior to a previous issue. When puchasing CD's I specifically look for ones that have some sort of notation about being remastered (although I admit that is in-and-of-itself no guarantee of good sound quality). Most of what I listen to is jazz where there is almost always better recording quality to begin with, and spacial cues within the music, that makes remastering worthwhile. Same with classical. With rock music, it is (generally) a different story, and come to think of it, the remasters that I can think of that sound more edgy and hard sounding are mostly in the rock music genre. Ghosthouse can you corroborate that most of your remasters are in the rock music genre?