My experience is that the AD converter makes the most difference here. I have done a lot of studio work, and when I bought a Wadia 17 AD converter it really took things up a notch. When you buy an digital interface that does everything and is relatively cheap you don't get much in the way of AD converters. A nice outboard converter like the Wadia can make a world of difference. I just got into LPs and I plan to run from my record out of my pre to the Wadia 17 to a Marantz outboard CD recorder and make some CD copies of the LPs I have. I will have to sit and monitor the LP and insert the tracks to the CD via the Marantz remote, but that is the only work that it will take.
You can get an SACD burner made by Tascam. If you had higher bit rate converter and the right software you could in fact make hi resolution recordings yourself.
You can get an SACD burner made by Tascam. If you had higher bit rate converter and the right software you could in fact make hi resolution recordings yourself.