recent Classics & SAW reissues... how do they sound?

Anyone here checked out the recent R&S remasters of Classics and SAW? Curious as to how they sound compared to the originals...

I was curious about this too, wondering if they are worth buying on vinyl again or not.

Someone help!

Same here.

I asked this when they came out, and had no response to my best recollection. I would assume they were struck from the original plates. I'm also going to change the topic title to 'reissues', since it's a bit misleading since we're not sure if these are remasters or not.

Was it 85-92 that was remastered? I'd say that was quite a tricky job.

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I'm also going to change the topic title to 'reissues', since it's a bit misleading since we're not sure if these are remasters or not.

  ieafs said:

well both of the new records have "200 REMASTER" written on the front cover... don't know why they'd lie about that.

I HOPE THEY GOT RID OF ALL THAT SHITTY TAPE HISS!!!1

theres no question that both those 2006 R&S reissues are REMASTERED... I don't know why joyrex changed the topic title

i dunno why they would have to be remastered though.. the originals sound freakin' amazing.

I purchased the remastered SAW 85-92 through WARP.

The amatures sent me classics remastered the first time, and since I'm in the US I didn't get SAW until a month later.

It was well worth the wait though. The remastering did take a lot of the tape hiss out and therefore other sounds come through clearer.

noticeable improvement for sure

hmm... sounds like i should pick these up... thanks hex

Interesting, overal I wonder whether it'll sound better or worse without that nice "warm" tape feel.

I also got a copy of the remastered SAW 85-92 on vinyl, and it is a greater improvement over the original release.

There was some discussion a while back saying that the production is a unique part of 85-92 - I'd kind of agree with them but if it's been done REALLY well I think you can still keep the unique feel of the music and take away the bad qualities.