Now regular 78's can be de-popped digitally and restored fairly straightforwardly.
Even ones which are badly degraded can be laser scanned and restored - even ones which have been broken or delaminated. For example using IRENE https://irene.lbl.gov/ . There is a wonderful recording of Alexander Graham Bell's soft Scottish voice from 1885 scanned optically using Irene and restored digitally here http://irene.cornell7.net/volta-release-2013.html
Craig
Even ones which are badly degraded can be laser scanned and restored - even ones which have been broken or delaminated. For example using IRENE https://irene.lbl.gov/ . There is a wonderful recording of Alexander Graham Bell's soft Scottish voice from 1885 scanned optically using Irene and restored digitally here http://irene.cornell7.net/volta-release-2013.html
Craig
