My solution to this "keep it as original" debacle: Before releasing any recorded material, every artist (and other person in the music and recording industry) would be required to obtain at least a bachelors degree in engineering. Thus they shall be destined to spend their entire lives messing with their recordings attempting to "make them better."We'll probably NEVER know the true story, JJ .... but I know CDJapan received a lot of pre~orders for BOTW and then had to cancel! Ironically, all those Q8 and SQ vinyl copies are in the hands of many collectors and SONY/Paul Simon did sign a more lucrative deal with MoFi for their 1 step vinyl version and we may never hear what SONY Japan might've accomplished with their QUAD SACD remaster in special 7" packaging ... nor for that matter BOOKENDS which I understand was likewise fully remixed into QUAD!
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As Hemmer, the ship's chief engineer on Star Trek says, his purpose is "to fix what is broken." May I add, "and if it ain't broke, fool with it anyway (Atmos) just for the hell of it."