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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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus