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Archimago's Musings: HOW-TO: CD Pre-Emphasis & Using SoX De-Emphasis. (And the decline of physical media with vinyl revenue > CD now.)
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Apparently this is the best sounding digital version of “Dark Side Of The Moon”, MIJ. The CD utilizes pre-emphasis so you have to play it back on something that can de-emphasis it
![Archimago's Musings: HOW-TO: CD Pre-Emphasis & Using SoX De-Emphasis. (And the decline of physical media with vinyl revenue > CD now.) Archimago's Musings: HOW-TO: CD Pre-Emphasis & Using SoX De-Emphasis. (And the decline of physical media with vinyl revenue > CD now.)](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-caqAclIzPAs/X0tWQcwGc3I/AAAAAAAAXu0/EwiYIVQwl2IUMsPVT7wdjuH_AssAwQ8aQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/2%2BCD%2Binto%2BPre-Emph%2Bdirectory.png)
Archimago's Musings: HOW-TO: CD Pre-Emphasis & Using SoX De-Emphasis. (And the decline of physical media with vinyl revenue > CD now.)
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