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This always had me curious. I remember the excitement when digital encoded LDs came out. I asked as oposed to what? It's a descrete medium. It would be like an analog CD. Was the old LD like the new SaCD format where the single bits determine change at an incredible rate, rather than accummulating them into numerical bytes at a slower rate & later spline?Anybody know?
I believe audio was recorded using frequency modulation, much the same as stereo TV signals, but with a higher bandwidth allowing better channel separation and frequency response. It was indeed analog though, and discs that didn't use CX noise reduction had an objectionable level of background hiss/noise. Specks and sparkles that can be seen on many discs also could be heard as well.
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