Best Turntables for Analog

i purchased the audio-technica at-pl120 professional direct-drive turntable specifically to transcribe the analog records to digital.

i really researched buying a turntable to not only play my old lp's, but that had a phono pre-amp that would allow transferring those analog recordings to cd or mp3 format.

however, microsoft plus analog records eliminated the few remaining faint pops.

after looking at all my lp's stored in the basement, i thought i'd like to enjoy the analog sound again.

the sound is amazingly good considering the analog source, and the noise removal function of the software works so well that it cuts down the volume of the recording by 1/3.

because you are starting with analog files, each song has to be recorded and titled seperately if you want to later select what you listen to by individual song.

after listening to mp3s in the car for a while i popped a 20 year old analog tape in the deck.

i found the audio-technica at-lp2da lp-to-digital recording system to solve the problem of digitizing analog recordings.

i had all these aspirations of jamming out to "highway to hell" with the classic analog sound, but now i'm stuck with digital media.

first, you transfer the music on your analog vinyl lp's to a digital format, which can be replayed on your computer.

no messy analog connections to computer or computer sound card, bypassing any potential quality issues during conversion.

i basically use the analog recorder from the microsoft plus software package and audacity (when needed).

i would argue that an inexpensive sound card does as good a job of converting analog to digital, so why the need for the usb?