Why?

Why?
by Dutch (2018-12-11 16:06:52)

In reply to: New Vinyl pressings are very popular posted by mjv8198

I'm no audiophile, but I've heard that a lot of the new pressings are pretty low quality. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but contemporary music is being recorded in digital format, not analog. As a result, the true analog sound of old vinyl can't be replicated in the source is digital. What am I missing?

As an aside, I have all of the original Queen studio albums made while Freddie was alive on vinyl. They are not first pressings, but the quality is good and not remastered. A friend recently got into Queen after seeing the movie and played some of the remastered songs over Spotify for me. Many of them sounded very different from the LP versions. Why do record labels feel the need to constantly "remaster" as opposed to letting the original piece of art stand on its own?

It varies by artist, you are correct many artists record

Digitally which defeats the purpose. Others particularly Jazz and Classical
Still use tape. Most remastered from the 60s and 70s indicate if they were made from the original tapes.

I am sure the quality varies on repressing which is why getting original albums are popular. But if it is repressed on 180 or 200 gram vinyl they tend yo be better. The main problem with 40-50 year old vinyl is the dirt and scratches but there are great cleaners that work wonders.

going with hipsters as the reason here *