Milan, Italy: Duomo and plaza. Small image

The Plazza del Duomo is one of those "typical" Italian plaza's, with statue and pigeons, nevertheless it is incredible. Incredible in size and in the buildings that border it. The statue is that of Victor Emmanuel, Italy's first king. The Duomo is the third largest church in Europe. It took almost 500 years to build. The exterior is decorated with over 2,245 marble statues. The arch to the left is the entrance to the Mall. Not your average mall, however, a beautiful 19-th century structure, complete with arches, a dome, and frescoes. There is an aspect of local culture you should be wary about: there are plenty of characters around that would gladly part you with your wallet, so pay attention!

The Virtual Reality movie will make you feel you are in the middle of the square. Full-screen, full-resolution version available, for even better immersion.

Milano - Duomo and plaza
(360 degree view)

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No. Listed below are some of the limitations. We want our customers to be informed. Please familiarize yourself with these limitations and write or call us if you have any questions. Read also about the Types of Noises Successfully Removed or Diminished and our Noise Reduction Philosophy. The quality of our work is 100% guaranteed, but this guarantee does not apply to defects that are impossible to fix, such as those described below:

	Unplayable disks: Please do not send disks that are cracked, warped, or otherwise unplayable.
	Off-center hole: Some LP's have the center hole slightly off-center. These records will play with the pitch varying slightly at each revolution.
	Skips: If the record "skips" on your machine, it may "skip" on our machines. If the needle skips forward we will continue processing. If the record skips in place we will push the needle gently into the next groove. We will repeat this a few times until the needle will track again. Some discontinuity may be noticed. We may not detect if the needle has skipped only a few times and then continued. If any of these conditions are not acceptable, please do not submit records that skip.
	Severe scratches: We routinely eliminate 50,000 to 100,000 clicks, pops and scratches per record (!!!) We have cleaned up recordings of over 400,000 imperfections with great results. Most clicks are completely eliminated, without even a trace. However, if the scratch is very severe (the underlying music is gone for a considerable amount of time) there will be a trace of a "pop" in the restored version.
	Distortion: Distortions come in many flavors and have many possible causes: over modulation at recording, defective microphones or recording equipment, faulty stamping or quality control when the record was pressed, playing the record with a worn needle or with improper tracking force. A distortion becomes part of the sound. The computer (and filtering equipment) can not decide what is distorted and what is not (sometimes even humans have trouble hearing all forms of distortion). Therefore, if your source recording is distorted, the restored copy will also be distorted (only the sound will be "cleaner").
	Trade-offs: 1) Intense computer processing of very degraded signals may result in music that sounds somewhat muted. It is a much more enjoyable experience to listen to a clean sounding recording, but somewhat muted, as opposed to a recording with severe hiss, crackles and pops. 2) There are cases when a recording sounds clean for the most part, and needs a less drastic approach in restoration in order to preserve the "liveliness" of the original recording. In this case it is more desirable to apply less severe processing, which may leave some occasional imperfections more audible. We would like our customers to be aware of these trade-offs.
	No pause between tracks: Please note that there must be few seconds of actual pause (silence) between the songs in order for us to be able to accurately assign tracks. If the original material does not contain a few seconds of silence between the songs, and timings are not provided we will try to guess where the tracks should begin, but may not exactly match the tracks of the original. This happens frequently with "live recording" albums, medleys, opera and sometimes with compilation tapes. If our "guessing" is not acceptable, please do not submit recordings without a few seconds of silence between songs.
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