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I purchased a few albums as downloaded .mp3 files from Amazon. Then, I realized that for a lot of the stuff I like, I didn't like the remastered versions because they were too loud and compressed, etc. So, I started looking at used CDs. The prices for used CDs for older stuff were cheap. I also found that used versions of newer stuff were cheap on CD. Now, I will not purchase anything but CDs or vinyl. I buy, on average, one CD a week.
Exactly. Older versions can be better in many cases. And used cd's are very cheap these days. I buy several used ones a month.
No kidding. Sometimes the remastered versions are good, and other times they suck out loud. Case in point, the Genesis remasters from 2007-2008. I have all the early 90s versions which, while not perfect, are head and shoulders above the new ones, which are hideously compressed, boomy, and utterly stripped of character. Every one sounds like every other, and they all sound like
Invisible Touch. Which is kind of mind blowing for the Gabriel-era material, and not in a good way. When Ruckus was still around my college participated, so I got to try out a lot of music for free, including the new remasters of quite a few groups for which I already had amassed a collection. You really have to watch with remasters.