Since I am Dutch I was going to digitize my old audio tapes with an old "brand new" Philips DCC player/recorder.
Brand new because it has never been used by me. A DCC player/recorder will do anything digitally and will have the ability to enhance the quality as far as I know.
Read here more about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Compact_Cassette
Connecting it to my son's gaming machine which includes:
Motherboard fabrikant: Asus Prime X370-Pro
Motherboard EAN Code: 4712900665369
Which has the RealtekŪ ALC S1220A 8-Channel High Definition Audio
Processor fabrikant: AMD
Processor Type: Rijzen 7 - 1700X
CPU Cooler fabrikant: Noctua
CPU Cooler Type: NH-U12S SE-AM4
CPU Cooler Type: 120mm U-type tower cooler
Memory Type: GDDR5 - 4 * 8Gb
Grafic Card fabrikant: MSI - Radeon RX 580GDDR5 - 8Gb
SSD fabrikant: Samsung - NVMe SSD 960 EVO m.2
SSD Model: MZ-V6E250
HDD fabrikant: Western Digital
HDD Type: WDC_WD20EARS-00MVWB0
HDD Size: 2 Tb
The reason I am pointing the Philips DCC is that I believe these machine were also sold in America. Look here to buy a second hand one.
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/digital-compact-cassette
Go to
http://www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/phi...dcc_recorder/#
to read more about it and maybe find some other (service) manuals. (Sorry not for free)
Reading the wikipedia page you can read that there is a DCC which had the capability to link directly to a computer.
The manual can be found here
https://www.download.p4c.philips.com...05_dfu_eng.pdf
Read more from a Dutch enthousiast in English here. (We Dutch are so considered)
http://xs4all.goudsm.it/dcc-faq/connect.html
This person is now an American citizen.