Using the “free downloadable audacity software” you can easily digitize music from any source you can plug into your computer. I have used it to digitize the output from an amplifier (as music was being created) and also old tapes, using a tape player with a headphone jack.
BUT, my tape player is cheap and adds hiss to the sound. (And isn’t very good about playing the tape at exactly the right speed, it goes faster or slower, probably depending on the friction in the old tape.)
If anyone could recommend a decent tape player, currently on the market, with a headphone jack, AC power, and decent sound quality, is be grateful.
I was under the impression - mainly from a book from the producers of Antiques Roadshow - that says that 78 RPM records (especially Enrico Caruso ones) are not nearly as rare or valuable as people think, especially if they have been played quite a bit. Is 100 78s for $149 that low, especially as few people still have 78 RPM turntables?
Caruso, probably so. He was hitsville in his day. But I understand “race records” are quite valuable now. They were made in small quantities for a limited audience that didn’t have much money, and very few have been preserved. That pretty much makes them rare.
So if you find an old blues record on an obscure label, it could be valuable to collectors.
