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.
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.
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).
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.
[0] https://www.denon.com/en-us/product/turntables/dp-450usb
[1] https://www.ortofon.com/ortofon-2m-blue-p-333
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.
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).
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.
[0] https://www.denon.com/en-us/product/turntables/dp-450usb
[1] https://www.ortofon.com/ortofon-2m-blue-p-333