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Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters?

I am really beginning to believe these 180 remasters are mixed for a 500.00 system.It seems every one I buy it's either super bright,or has an ass load of bass in all the wrong places.The Bowie i have the soundstage is all wacked out .I have a decent setup but i can't imagine how much more obvious it must be on a serious setup.I can say the Yes fragile I got lately (cut fromt he original tapes) sounds pretty good ,Zeppelin In thru the outdoor Yikes! so bright waste of 25.00 again..... 
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harold-not-the-barrel
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Someone once said that the original Chrysalis Jethro Tull albums suffer more or less from bad pressing quality. I have a Pink Rim "Benefit" (ILPS 9123) it´s very nice no issues... Oh dear I must listen it right away...
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oleschool OP
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I love any tull . Cut my teeth in ian anderson
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whart
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Ole- you might enjoy reading this, both as to pressings and for the interview that is included as a link within this piece. (There is also another link in the piece to an extensive shoot-out I did a year or so ago on a number of different pressings of Aqualung).  [url]http://thevinylpress.com/early-tull-on-vinyl/[/url]


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bill hart
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oleschool OP
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great read Bill ,I enjoyed the whole site .I made it through most of it and am always learning ,thanks you .
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fork
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I find these $40 re-releases are often inferior to the original, which in many cases is $10.  40 year old master tapes can sound good, but often don't and I doubt Columbia, Warner, etc are sending the primo tapes to these companies making a run of 5,000 records for audiophiles. 
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