The technical reason why remastering is valuable is because, up to around the late 90s, there was this endpoint called zero, and you couldn't get louder than zero.
Kevin ShieldsI buy magazines. I'm not floating around in my own universe. I'm interested in everything.
Kevin ShieldsEven I just listen to some bands on YouTube. I'll think, "Oh, I quite like that, I should buy it someday," but I don't get around to buying half the stuff I liked.
Kevin ShieldsMusically, I just think in terms of what's next. There's a lot of things I've always dreamed of doing, and I hope I get to them before I get too deaf.
Kevin ShieldsYou wind up listening to one song that you really like 30 times on YouTube and then you're done with it. That's the way it is.
Kevin ShieldsDigital might capture the dynamics of what I heard before it went to tape a bit more accurately, but on the other hand, when we'd switch from listening to the digital version to the analog, the change was so profound - the music would suddenly go three-dimensional, and it felt much more engaging.
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