Hi,
I've been sorting out my old vinyl in preparation for transcribing it to digital media. LP's and 45's are easy to deal with. But, I have many 78's that I simply can't "play" (unless I find a PoS "record player" somewhere).
I was thinking of repurposing a Beogram 8000 to support the 78's -- either hacking the controller or "tricking" it (imposing a frequency multiplier in the feedback circuit to make it think it is running at a different speed).
Of course, I have no idea how the mechanism would behave at that speed. Nor the cartridge, tracking mechanism, etc.
Before *mangling* what is otherwise a decent turntable, I wondered if just *playing* the records at, e.g., 45 and post-processing the resulting audio *digitally* might give me "as good" results?
As above, there are similar issues with operating the mechanism at 45 while the medium was intended for 78. For example, the stylus/cartridge's low frequency response gets taxed more heavily.
I'm not keen on determining this empirically as I don't want to risk unnecessary wear on the media
*or* the stylus.Suggestions?