Test Pressing Secrets - Chasing the Curve: The Pre-RIAA Era of Sonic Guesswork

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Test Pressing Secrets - Chasing the Curve: The Pre-RIAA Era of Sonic Guesswork

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Host Lenny Vaughn explores the chaotic pre-1950s recording era when every major label used different equalization curves, making records sound wildly different. Before the RIAA standard unified the industry, engineers navigated incompatible systems from RCA, Decca, and Columbia—turning test pressings into high-stakes sonic guesswork that shaped music history.

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