What does it mean when an album or song is “remastered”?
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Remastering a track is taking the original mix done by the mix engineer and doing a new “master,” on it. The point of a master is to get the best quality version of a song for current playback equipment. So when you see say the version of Dark Side of the Moon that was remastered in 2011 the original stereo mix downs have not been changed, but rather the “master copy,” has been improved to sound better on more modern audio systems like your phone and soundbar. In 1973 the master of Dark Side would sound different than the 2011 remaster because the 1973 master was intended for vinyl and tape playback rather than digital streaming.
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