[Mark-T]

On Feb 22, band beyond description
wrote:
some in the music
industry are rethinking their reliance on 16-bit quality for music
downloads, and Apple's reportedly looking into upgrading their
entire sales stream to 24-bit
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web.../24.bit.music/
As a result, online music stores could eventually offer songs
that sound truer to their original recordings, perhaps at a
premium price.

Professional music producers generally capture studio
recordings in a 24-bit, high-fidelity audio format.
Before the originals, or "masters" in industry parlance,
are pressed onto CDs or distributed to digital sellers
like Apple's iTunes, they're downgraded to 16-bit files.

If the master is the original, then what does
"re-mastered" mean, as commonly used?
A genuine original copy?

"Waiter, I'll have the jumbo shrimp."

Mark