Converting Vinyl to Digital

As oberoniaomnia suggests, VilylStudio is excellent software.  It will rip to DSD.  "All" you need is an "ADAC" and a DAC.

I use a PS Audio ADAC that is not manufactured anymore.  And, my Benchmark DAC works very well. 

I second his comments on ultrasonic cleaning.  Consider that process after physically washing with Spin Clean.

The process needn't be too tedious.  I had c. 4,000 CDs. I took my laptop with a CD drive and ripped every single one to FLAC and copied them from my hard drive to a stand alone network hard drive 

converting vinyl to digital is a completely different process.

1. Ripping a CD is just hit RIP and wait for it to get done.

Digitizing vinyl is .

1. setting levels
2. dropping the needle
3. starting the recording
4. waiting 15 minutes or so for the side to end
5. stopping it
6. turning the record over
7. dropping the needle
8. starting the recording
9. waiting 15 minutes or so for the side to end
10. stopping it
11. cleaning up the file
    1. inserting song breaks if you wish
    2. labeling the segments with file names

for a 4 sided 45 rpm record add 2 more iterations.

 You are talking 40 minutes at least per record. For an occasional archive copy of a favorite record not available digitally it is worth it. Otherwise, pure hell for a big collection

Pure Vinyl software simplifies a lot of this but is WAAAY behind with updates, you need a very old Apple computer running an old OS to get it to run.

https://www.channld.com/purevinyl/

Analog to digital converters (prices not current):

1.5 Lake People ADC RS 04 Analog Digital Converter

4.0 Prism SoundTitan 

4.0 Lynx Hilo2 - MF uses it

8.0 QES Labs – PAD-2

8.6 emm labs adc8 mk iv

? ACOUSENCE system 193

I saw a turntable with an ADC built in on youtube somewhere. 

Check out the new miniDSP ADept ADC and Phono Premap

123dB SNR / -117dB THD+N ultra low noise and distortion