Some readers might appreciate an observation about the budget-friendly side of A to D. Years ago I bought a Behringer U-Control UCA222 convertor. It cost less than $70. Reliability is perfect so far, and the quality of the recordings it makes are good. It is limited to 48kHz/16bit. I process the digitized music with Audacity, which is free. Despite the lowish resolution, I have made vinyl-to-FLAC conversions with it that sound more lifelike than commercially-available SACD versions of the same record. Just as not all vinyl recordings are mastered well, not all commercial high-res music recordings are mastered well. My $0.02.
