I had a $75 analog set up and my digital gear with diy streamer and commercial DAC (together $16) equalled, sometimes bettered, analogue. However LPs that were recorded in analogue eg 50s, 60s, 70s jazz were generally preferred depending on the mastering. Modern vinyl was usually a waste of time, the digital source easily matched and often outstripped the vinyl unless it had been produced as an all analogue item. Unless you want to purchase AP remasters 33rpm or 45 rpm ( I have most of the originals I want on vinyl anyway) digital is probably all you need.
No matter how good a system you have, the quality of the recording influences the final outcome, poor recordings can sound better but inevitably the software governs the hardware and final outcome.