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For the second part, 100%. I started years ago already collecting my own flac files, and I'm quite careful on picking the best mastering if possible. In 2024, f
by pimeys 2y ago
For the second part, 100%. I started years ago already collecting my own flac files, and I'm quite careful on picking the best mastering if possible. In 2024, finally, some of the latest remasters are great (like the new Steely Dans from Bernie Grundman). But between 2000-2015 or something a remaster of an album was usually just compressed to the maximum and made very _loud_.
For some of my favorite albums I have multiple masters available, because they can be very different how they sound and sometimes I can't choose the best one.
Oh, and for most of the people none of this really matters...
- m348e912 2y agoWhere do you find masters? I only know of stems ripped from games like Rock Band.
- bloomingeek 2y agoMp3Caprice
- m348e912 2y agoThe site seems to sell high quality 320kpbs mp3s but as far as I can tell none of them are seperate multi-channel recordings (aka masters)
- pimeys 2y agoThere is nothing official available. There may or may not be services in the internet that meticulously archive every possible master and of course you can go to discogs to buy a physical copy of a certain version of the album if somebody still has it. This is for me over two decades of hard work and deep interest into music. I highly value my collection.
- mrob 2y agoEarache Records released several remasters of classic metal albums with increased dynamic range: https://bandcamp.com/search?q=full+dynamic+range&item_type=a&from=results https://bandcamp.com/search?q=full+dynamic+range&item_type=a... (also finds some other high dynamic range albums)