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 David_D wrote:

 Catcher10 wrote:

Cool....I have all my original KC on vinyl, most sound just fine as the mastering back then was not great for King Crimson, especially In the Court, but that was a tape machine issue.The recent remastered versions all sound excellent, I'm only missing Starless and Bible Black reissue. I found a VG+ copy in Calif 2 months ago for $20, my original one is in bad shape now...All the reissues are on 200g and are flat, well done.

And what do you think in general of digital remastering, Catcher?

A rabbit hole topic/question. All new recordings are done in the digital domain, including the mastering. For the most part I have zero issue with this, do I think recordings from back in the day done on tape all analog are better? Sure some/many/most are, capturing the recording is really a mic thing. If the recording engineer is skilled at mic'ing up a band very well in the studio then that's the start of a great recording, digital or analog.
Problem is most bands nowadays record via email from their home studios....

Now remastering an older all analog recording using digital program like ProTools and all that can create a terrible sounding record but done by a very good engineer can be a great sounding record as well. 
Remixing an older recording, like what Steven Wilson does, can make a bad older recording come to life and sound pretty special, again if done right. 
Mastering and cutting all records is key, from digital or tape, adding a ton of compression just sucks the life out of the music it should be outlawed! 

For the most part I am glad to have LPs, pretty much all my LPs trounce my CD versions from a sound point. The soundstage, depth and imaging is so much better. The CD still, probably always, has that clinical sterile sound that is tough to connect with.