Quote Originally Posted by krabapple
Well, given that psychoacousticaly, 'louder' tends to be interpreted as 'better', I suppose that's not too surprising. But I have some remasters that are just absurdly loud and dynamically compressed, compared to their previous issues. Some of those alas are also HDCD encoded.
How do you know they are dynamically compressed? What would something dynamically compressed sound like? Also, while I also tend to think remasters sound louder, couldn't a lower noise floor be perceived as louder? I don't know, I'm just wondering out loud, ignorantly. Maybe a possible frame of reference would be the remaster of Kind of Blue? It sounds cleaner to me, more dynamic. I definately hear more detail. I can't say if it sounds or is louder, however, than the original issue. What's an example of a remaster you think is compressed?