> or leveling compression that severely unbalance the original mixes. Listening to ZZ Top's 2006 Fandango! remaster Remasters from ~2003-2013 are terrible beca

> or leveling compression that severely unbalance the original mixes. Listening to ZZ Top's 2006 Fandango! remaster Remasters from ~2003-2013 are terrible because they were mastered in part for listening on shitty iPod earbuds, since that was going to be a large slice of the listening experience for a lot of people. Later on, as higher-end monitors became more popular, remastering flipped back to being (mostly) good. This is also why a lot of audiophiles are still confused and keep repeating the “vinyl masters are better” ad nauseam. For that period they were. But before or after that time, a proper digital mastering was already better than vinyl due to the bigger available dynamic range.