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When Is A Restoration Really A Restoration?
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I agree with Dave here. In the end we all end up drawing the line in a different place that makes sense to us. Since we mostly do this for fun, when we are personally satisfied, our restoration is finished.

I work on the principle of 'doing no harm' and would rather have an imperfect radio than do something that someone else couldn't undo later on. Even if I had the skills to 'over-restore' something, I would not feel the temptation to do that. But I do try to keep raising the standard of what I do, which means I become disssatisfied with earlier efforts that I then feel the need to revisit.

Not logical in any way but it keeps me happy !

Chris


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RE: When Is A Restoration Really A Restoration? - by Chris Cusick - 03-25-2012, 01:01 PM



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