Comments on: Oh dear what a pity never mind.

By: Evil Paul

Evil Paul — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:02:40 +0000

All of that pre-emphasis de-emphasis sciency talk is just their cover story. It was actually their first, primitive attempt at DRM using analog technology.

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:13:59 +0000

Yes, it was! Such a pity they destroyed their good name.

By: secretlondon

secretlondon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:31:22 +0000

The article says that it was actually a good thing – an international standard replacing lots of different ones.

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:24:03 +0000

RIAA equalization - as the industry body of the record companies, they were also the technical body administering this curve.

By: Secretlondon

Secretlondon — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:17:48 +0000

They were responsible for phono inputs? I presumed they were due to an electrical issue.