Criticism
While digitally remastered films are generally accepted as having improved image quality, remastered audio has been the subject of criticism. Many remastered CDs from the late 1990s onwards have become casualties of the loudness war, where the average volume of the recording is increased at the expense of clarity and dynamic range, making the remastered version sound louder at regular listening volume than an uncompressed version. Some have also criticised the overuse of noise reduction in the remastering process, as it affects not only the noise, but the signal too, and can leave audible artifacts. Equalization can change the character of a recording noticeably. As EQ decisions are a matter of taste to some degree, they are often the subject of criticism.
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