This was more common at the dawn of CD but there were fewer and fewer CDs that utilized it and, gradually, the number of players that could implement it reduced to very few, as well. You can effect a similar effect with a gentle HF rolloff.
Kal
Kal
Help with a de-emphasis list?
WOW! I just popped an old CD, that has always sounded crappy, into one of my players that happens to have a de-emphasis circuit and this thing sounds like an LP! I don't see any way to identify this in/on the packaging. Anybody have an idea how much music was coded this way? A list of favorites? The CD of mine is Tom Petty "Southern Accents". Is this niche worth rediscovering?