Recommendations for archiving vinyl... ?

Any recommendations for archiving vinyl...turntables and software?

There are so many choices out there a Google search ill turn up tons of hits.
For myself I use Audacity an opensource free audio editor and recorder which does this and much more and does it well.
As far as turntables go if you're buying one now you can get USB connectivity built-in and would be the way I'd go. If you don;t get USB out make sure the turntable as line-out level outputs otherwise you will need to buy a phono preamp to boost the signals and to equalize the phono cartridge.

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