Perhaps you should try CEDAR...
On 03/02/2019 11:07, Steve Smolian wrote:
> I'm of the opinion that average headphones deliver better quality sound
> than, say, average (computer) speakers. Given the lack of sound-absorbing
> quality of distance from speakers, what reaches the ear through such phones
> brings out more surface noise from acoustically recorded 78s. Computer
> speakers are not all junk, however. If you are willing to forgo deep bass
> the B&W MM-1 delivers remarkable sound.
>
> I'm working with a group of 78s of which there are few known copies and some
> are unique. Condition was highly variable, and there is one side where
> there is so preeminent a wall of mid-to-low range noise that RX is panting
> from exhaustion. In no case did I have a choice of pressings. Some are
> 10" and, to put 3.5 minute and slightly longer selections on them, they
> used a 1.8 or so mil groove. If a "permanent" stylus was used during
> playback at any time the record's existence, it cut a 2.7 to 3 mil groove
> into the walls. They were played back using whatever system was available
> to the user at the time and much of the remaining audio is near the groove
> bottom.
>
> They have considerable historical importance and, I assume, will be used in
> educational settings. Hence my concern. My tentative decision has been to
> assume that headphones of mediocre quality will be used but I'm open to
> adjusting it.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2019 9:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Restored audio. Speakers or headphones
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> With poor, noisy recordings which can just as easily have been recorded
> last week as well as 100 years ago, I think the problem is the same: we do
> the best we can. Our primary "audio restoration" tools for reducing
> background noise on discs are the same: obtain the cleanest, least noisy
> pressing, and play it expertly.
>
> I feel that trying to predict and make adjustments for people's particular
> listening conditions is like trying to predict the future. There are too
> many variables, and once a recording is "out there" we've lost control of
> how people will listen to it. But we read it on audio production forums
> that a good mastering engineer can make a recording "sound great on all
> systems". I'd like to see that...
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim Gillett
> Perth,
> Western Australia
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Smolian" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2019 7:26 AM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Restored audio. Speakers or headphones
>
>
>> I'm wondering as to the criteria used by those restoring old recordings
>> regarding the target listener is a speaker or headphone user. This
>> affects
>> the amount of background noise that has to be removed to give the younger
>> listener unused to 78s a comfortable listening experience. My focus here
>> is
>> on acoustically recorded laterally cut 78 sides. It seems to me that the
>> younger users are either listing through decent earbuds or terrible
>> computer speakers. Comments?
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve Smolian
>
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