

Unfortunately, these devices are prone to damage over time. Cassettes, in particular, made home-recording accessible. The devices most of us own are cassette tapes or vinyl records. The first viable units, though, were disk records. Early examples of audio devices are phonographs and cylinder records. The audio devices of today developed over a series of iterations. This presents a need for conversion methods. One cannot replace these once destroyed or damaged. Home recordings, in particular, are priceless to the owner.

In some cases, it is of historical or cultural importance. The outdated format carries information that is still valuable. This poses a problem for the owners of existing old tapes and vinyl records. Even the recordings take place as digital files. As a consequence, most modern audio players cater to digital audio formats. Most audio today exists in the form of digital files.
