LazyListener
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I have the CD of Legend from the 90s as well. Never listened to it on headphones, so not sure if the 2002 Remaster, which I listened to on Spotify, sounds better or worse. I hear you on the loudness (dynamic range compression) wars of the 90s and early 2000s. Glad those days are pretty much over.One of my favorite albums of all time. I bought it on CD in the 90s and now I listen to it as a FLAC rip. I agree that it sounded really good on 598. It sounds good on everything, for that matter.
I have the version that ends with "Jamming," not the 2002 remaster with the bonus track. Does the remaster sound better? I have found that more often than not, I prefer the original CD transfers from the early days of Compact Disc to the remasters released in this millenium, when the loudness wars really began squashing dynamic range with reckless abandon.
Of course, there are always exceptions. If you like the Beatles one iota, check out the new Sgt. Peppers released last year. The engineers went above and beyond the call of duty, not just re-digitizing the old tape master, but actually re-mixing from scratch using the individual original tracking tapes for each instrument, and then mastering tastefully. It sounds sublime.
Not a huge Beatles fan, but I do listen to "1" compilation from time to time. I'll have to check out the remastered Sgt. Pepper. Thanks for the suggestion. Not sure if the Remastered version on Spotify is from last year (shows original release year)??