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I use a miniDSP SHD digital preamp/DSP so my phono preamp goes into the ADC input of the miniDSP box. All my vinyl listening is digitized and a by product is that I get a digital output from the USB connection. I capture pretty much everything I listen to because I can. Any DSP used in the SHD is encoded into the USB output so I have a saved set-up with no DSP and 0dB input gain and 0dB output gain. My phono preamp has three gain steps and one of them gives levels -3dB to -2dB full-scale for the loudest cuts so that is just about ideal.

After capturing in Audacity I use Vinyl Studio to de-click using the least intrusive setting globally and then higher settings manually where needed. Vinyl Studio is a complete ripping eco-system that organizes everything for you but I only use it for de-clicking by importing .wav from Audacity and then exporting the de-clicked file as .wav. Note - the free trial version of Vinyl Studio says it will only work for 5 albums but if you import .wav files I have not found any limit and still use it for free.
After de-clicking it is back to Audacity for any edits (fade-ins or fades outs) and then tagging and saving into tracks.

As I am always listening to a digitized signal the needle drops sound exactly like the live LP. And with the clicks removed maybe better but I am not sure if listening to a file is quite the same experience!

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