78rpm Records Digitized
The trouble with digitizing analog mediums (especially vinyl) is how much your equipment can alter the sound. Given a different tonearm, cartridge, amp, etc, the same record can sound very different.<p>I’ve had some luck digitizing some of my collection with a DP-450 [0] and Ortofon Blue [1], but had higher end stuff end up sounding less interesting to my ears.<p>This is the trouble with audio in general: people not only prefer different sound profiles but also perceive sound differently, which makes it difficult to get rips (at least in my limited experience).<p>There is a lot of sibilance in the recordings I sampled from the OP link, whoever did the digitization would have benefitted from cleaner records, probably an anti-static brush, a fresh cartridge, and possibly some post-processing since they’re already digital. It’s better than nothing, of course, but it could be a lot better.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.denon.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;product&#x2F;turntables&#x2F;dp-450usb" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.denon.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;product&#x2F;turntables&#x2F;dp-450usb</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ortofon.com&#x2F;ortofon-2m-blue-p-333" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ortofon.com&#x2F;ortofon-2m-blue-p-333</a>