good to hear. all of the major brands had holograms in 1998.

so the answer is?

brucee


On 10 December 2013 13:42, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:

> On Mon Dec  9 21:23:18 EST 2013, bruce.ellis@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Well there is some truth in all these emails. First let me say that no
> > recording studio records in mp3 and no studio software does unless you
> > really force it. Not even Garage Band - the baseline. (Note that I will
> > usually make a mp3 for my phone after a mix.)
> >
> > That said the dudes compiling and selling CDs will grab the data in any
> > format and decode it and sell it.  Just 'cause you bought a CD doesn't
> mean
> > it was really uncompressed DDD. Certainly a worse story if you don't know
> > if it's pirated. How many CDs do you have with a hologram on them, Erik?
>
> almost all my cds were bought first hand before 1998.  all
> came with proper packaging, and silkscreening on the front side.
>
> even so, as you point out, the quality does vary.  i find some remastered
> AAD or ADD disks to be of good quality.  listening to muddy waters,
> "folk singer" as i type.
>
> > That said 9 out of 10 British housewives etc.
> >
> > It is not too hard to tell and clearly Simon has the tools. I do. Just
> > checked out a suspect disk. Hmm profile is strongly correlated with
> 96kps.
>
> very interesting.  time to do a little investigation.
>
> - erik
>
>