Brian Ritchie;211915 Wrote: > I've had the following happen to me several times now: > > 1. Rip CD. > 2. Use AlbumArtAggregator to get the artwork from Amazon. > 3. Discover that one of the choices is for a remastered version of the > album that I didn't know about. > 4. Order new album. > 5. Rip new CD... > > You think I'd learn to go straight to step 3 first :-). > > I suppose I could recoup some of the cost by selling off the original > CD, but since it's now out of date, it's not worth so much! > > (I always felt that it should be possible to trade-in the original CD, > or even trade-in remaster N, against remaster N+1. I don't recall > anyone ever offering this, even when both versions are from the same > label.) > > -- Brian
Re-masters...ugh! I generally agree that most remasters are a step above the original and I am loathe to be sucked into replacing my existing CD with a marketing ploy. Some of my "remasters" obviously reflect the poor "original" master and hence sound the same or worse. jeez...sometime I feel like so much Major Label fodder. . -- haunyack Transporter -> B&K Reference 200.2 -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. RWA (Analog) SB3 -> Rotel RB 1070 -> B&W Matrix 805. Fridgidare -> Mirror Pond pale ale -> easy chair w/remote -> irritated neighbors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36523 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
