Good thing I own all of this stuff and I have all of it in it's remastered glory. This set IMHO is a waste of money and time. When will Prince get his due justice from these record companies? This set is wack and in NO way represents the best of Prince. Just my 2 cents.

For those of you who don't have the time,money, skills or will to remaster stuff yourself, I would highly suggest investing in a real good sound system and buying yourself a BBE Sonic Maximizer. That little piece of gear will turn your music inside out. It's unbelievable how much "music" we are missing without the right gear. Even if you don't own a quality sound system, a BBE will enhance any system. Check out out if you get a chance. I've been using one for years and I'd swear by it. -Mg

You can certainly improve your music by putting it through such programs, but I wouldn't call it 're-mastering' as such. Remastering is when original recorded individual tracks (drums, bass, guitar etc) are used to re-record a new master recording using better equipment than was originally available, which is then used to create all the new CDs. So you get CDs with better balance and less muffled instrumentation.

As far as I understand it.

Programs like you talk about mimic the process by raising the volume of the treble, bass, lower static etc but don't recognise individual instrument tracks as such but it's a different process to true 're-mastering'.