[Scott Dorsey]

Peter Larsen wrote:
Seems to be a list for everything nowadays... Couple things
I noticed about this list: #1. Most of the items on it were
made outside of the U.S. for distribution outside of the U.S.
Guess sound quality wasn't as much of an issue on early CDs
& players inside of the U.S. as it was in other countries.
#2. Of the 3 catalog #s I own that are on this list,
Exact Audio Copy returned a "no" in the pre-emphasis column.

Preemphasis applied or not and preemphasis flag set or not are two different
questions. Errors will have happened, it should have been compulsory or not
at all, letting it be optional was a concept that was remote from the real
world.

If it's applied and the bit isn't set, it's painfully obvious on an acoustic
recording. But in the days when people were sending 1610 tapes or DDP files
off to the pressing plant, it was often not possible for them to properly
audition the final product until it came back from the plant and sometimes
things went wrong with subcode bits.

If something went wrong like that, some labels would notice it in the spot
check before shipping and destroy all the bad pressings. Some labels would
never notice it at all. And some labels would notice it but ship it anyway.
I'm not mentioning any names here.
--scott

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