I ended up with a Technics turntable that offered a line-level out feeding a CD recorder. Then, I rip the CD into an audio editing program to apply NR and break it into smaller chunks of music (some fancypants people call these "tracks").
The Technics TT was much more than an Ion-type setup, but I liked the idea of occasionally playing a record, liked the "pride of ownership" that I wouldn't have with a plastic Ion, and I justified it by accepting the rare call from a customer that wants to pay me for the service.
