I may have been the person who said not to bother, but that is based upon having digitized 900 of my own albums. My point in the other thread was that it's very time intensive. However, if these are one off tapes and your friend is only looking to archive, as opposed to regularly using the digitized music, then it's really not that difficult a task.
At the low end, but still good quality, a stand alone CD recorder will do the job. Sony, Tascam and TL (formerly HHB) all make machines in the $500 to 600 area.
A step up in quality is the Alesis Masterlink. It will allow you to recorder at 96kHz 24 bit rates. It also offers some editing capabilities. I think the street price is around $1,000.
Adding an outboard A/D converter such as an Apogee to any of the above would be a subtle, but worthwhile upgrade.
If you want to go all out, you might consider the Genex. It will record up to 192kHz PCM and also DSD. Sorry, I don't know the price.
At the low end, but still good quality, a stand alone CD recorder will do the job. Sony, Tascam and TL (formerly HHB) all make machines in the $500 to 600 area.
A step up in quality is the Alesis Masterlink. It will allow you to recorder at 96kHz 24 bit rates. It also offers some editing capabilities. I think the street price is around $1,000.
Adding an outboard A/D converter such as an Apogee to any of the above would be a subtle, but worthwhile upgrade.
If you want to go all out, you might consider the Genex. It will record up to 192kHz PCM and also DSD. Sorry, I don't know the price.