I don't think I've heard many remasters (there are exceptions - the 2014 reissue of Revenge by KISS, for one) that sound better than the original first vinyl pressings. I've definitely heard remasters that sound better than their earlier CD and digital releases, but to me all digital music sounds kinda flat and lifeless - even HD DAC. If you can imagine all instruments and vocals represented on paper as a tube, digital cuts off the top and bottom of that tube, so what you're left with is an impression of what was recorded in the studio, and not a very good one in most cases.
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