Hello rex_dickens,
I'm new on the Photo Reading forum. Got on it yesterday right before placing an order. My kit will arrive on Monday.
I had planned to convert the audio into either CDs or MP3 CDs before finding bumping into your post a while ago. So if you're still providing the files, I'll request for the ftp address after I have received the tapes.
I have a concern about your using such low bit rate. For speech, 48kbps may be fine (I personally can hear a clear difference in speech when it comes below 64kbps). More relevant to my concern is that I thought that there was also music in some of the tapes, am I mistaken? If so, does 48kbps of music sound too thin?
I don't know if the music, if any, contains any subliminal messages, but in genearl, music under 128kbps with MP3 sounds thin or hollow to me.