"Needles on domestic record players ignored the signal, often physically destroying the delicate groove in the vinyl that produced the spoiler." Ah. The good ol

"Needles on domestic record players ignored the signal, often physically destroying the delicate groove in the vinyl that produced the spoiler." Ah. The good old days: when the forces of greed and corruption were constantly shooting themselves in the feet. Of course there were some regrettable casualties. Like DATs. Having started out in the vinyl era, I got about halfway through recording my 400+ album collection when I lost interest. Played with CDROMs a bit, but couldn't bothered to continue. I'm probably not typical, but for me the assault on DAT killed any desire to keep feeding the RIA machine.