Where can you get access to great quality vinyl rips?


I think it would be great to get access to great quality vinyl rips from records that are in great condition (perhaps gotten an ultrasonic cleaning first) and with great equipment producing the sound (super high end tables, arms, carts, phono preamps, cabling, etc...as well as an excellent ADC for the conversion (Multi-bit ADC possibly???). I like this idea rather than buying CDs since the masters for vinyl typically have much higher dynamic range than their digital counterparts. Theoretically, if done right you could have a copy of an album that sounds like it does on an analog front end costing multiple tens of thousands of dollars. (I know this is a little blasphemous, but I think you could get it close if you have a good DAC) Anyone know of a service that does this?
bstatmeister

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Yeah, probably will do some ripping myself soon. I was thinking of getting a Schiit Jil and a new needle, likely a new Jico SAS to go with my Shure m97xe. So at least another $400 to get me started. Just got a record doctor V and that has worked wonders to reduce surface noise.