Even allowing for the fact that I did preface my previous post as being "random thoughts", I agree that it could have been a little more coherent. Let me see if I can clarify some things and connect some dots.
I'm well aware of the difference between remixing and remastering. I'm aware of the 2015 Sean Magee masters. So far they have sounded fine to my ears, if a little bland (I'm in the VanDette camp, I'm afraid). I mentioned Steven Wilson because others early in the thread had brought up the idea of his handling the catalog as something they'd like to see, and I have to respectfully disagree. I think THAT guy is the overrated flavor of the moment and any number of legacy artists (or their heirs/fans and anyone who cares about sonic and artistic integrity) will come to regr...blah, blah,blah.....I think I've done a pretty good job of demolishing almost every point you made. Thanks for giving me the opportunity. I generally avoid posting in forums. This is in fact the first substantial forum interaction I've had in years. I actually tend to generally avoid them, frankly, precisely because of situations like this. But this was fun.
I never bought music from iTunes until the iTunes LP came out.