Even in the remastered versions of their early work I hear a very noticeable and annoying background noise in some of the songs. For example I hear hissing shortly before La Habanera begins, and it is very noticeable even in the newer albums, such as Motion Picture's Bubbling Under and Cyclops.
This isn't as much of a problem in The Eye though, it is by far the most clean-sounding album as far as my ears can hear.
Of course I can't put all the blame on Boris and his engineering, I'm not even sure in what percentages I should share the blame between the music and my listening gear.

If there are any experts on the subject here it would be great if you shared your thoughts. For one thing I'm a little confused why the background noise varies from track to track, in one song I hear background noise even at medium volume while in the next one I can't pick up any hissing even if the volume is loud enough to make my ears bleed. . .