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Subject: CD copy code (am I dreaming?)
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Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 20:57:29 EDT
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   Two tidbits (news heard from a friend, who is following this topic
in magazines etc.), may be unfounded rumors, but would be great if true.

- there is a regular broadcast carried by many NPR stations, called
  Audiophile Audition or something like that (BTW, most stations
  apparently "download" it from a satellite & store it on *digital*
  tape for later broadcast.) Anyhow, they recently had a demo of the
  infamous notch: a piece of Debussy with & without CP. Guess what:
  according to my friend it was rather distinctly audible! I wonder
  if anyone on the NET has firsthand knowledge/impressions of it;

- a few days ago RIAA (one of the proponents of notching) changed its
  position, saying publicly that they no longer support the thing. It
  sounds too good to be true, but my friend is a rather serious guy
  and April 1 is long gone. Any hard facts on the subject?

What's great about the first item is that if it's so easy to notice
(on the radio even...) it shouldn't take much to get the whole absurd
killed.
                                 Eric