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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.)
![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 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](https://external-preview.redd.it/apparently-this-is-the-best-sounding-digital-version-of-v0-RoHyHRRk7YQDEzqgpLvxvZ65cOteCgnra9OVV12PqS4.png?width=640&crop=smart&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1aff0603573d2c7c1ff6f2dc8a163987d8cdaab9)
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
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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.)
![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/-kw71FQrxD7Y/X0tRSbWE14I/AAAAAAAAXuc/p-7F-roO9tMH22zVKBjGz7d-Ft_lOJD8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/De-Emphasis-SonyNS999ES.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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Typical Pre-emphasis (a) and De-emphasis (b) circuits used in FM. For... | Download Scientific Diagram
Impact of Analog and Digital Pre-emphasis on the Signal-to- Noise Ratio of Bandwidth-limited Optical Transceivers
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