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Digitizing Rare Vinyl

Posted by kdawson on from the quarter-taped-to-the-tone-arm dept.

eldavojohn writes "While the RIAA is busy changing its image to a snake eating its own tail, one man is busy digitizing out-of-print 78s. 'There's a whole world of music that you don't hear anymore, and it's on 78 RPM records,' he stated to Wired. Right now, you can find about 4,000 MP3s on his site, with no digital noise reduction implemented yet."

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  1. Re:Firsssssssst Posssssssst by Air-conditioned+cowh · · Score: 1, Troll

    I just checked one. It's only 128kbps. At that bitrate MP3 is a poor choice for archiving compared to just about any other format. If not OGG then at least AAC. Personally, I'd prefer OGG, but I accept that most player device manufactures haven't touched it. I'm just relieved it's not in WMA.