What's your most expensive interest?

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Auntblabby, you may be the right person to help me out with an advice on digitalizing analogue audio sources (inc. LPs) properly with an external USB unit connected to my laptop. What would be your suggestion that gives the best possible audio quality for the bucks at a reasonable price? I've been recommended this one: http://tascam.com/product/us-144mkii/

Many Thanks.

My most expensive hobby was when I was into 3d art.

Most parts for Poser go for 5$* to 10$, depending on what they are, and sell for more if they are high quality. This is clothing for a model, so for one scene you'd need multiple parts. Some come in sets, others do not. Big, big, really worthwhile stuff can go for A LOT more than 10$. Plus, Poser is expensive in itself.

I spent more than I should have for month to fuel art, which I was not getting paid for. And in the end, I did not stick with the hobby, either.

*All in CAD

Like others here, Cars. I have owned a great many cars and trucks,
my mother encouraged me, she somehow knew that I needed
a focus or a retreat. It is hard to explain the feeling I get when
I see a model A or other old cars, I think if a person needs to ask why the passion
they will never understand.
Was bitten by the dirt track stockcar bug when I was about thirteen
I wish now I never seen a speedway.
money spent; too dam much.

if i had money i would collect up 3 wheeled cars

My most expensive obsession? Honestly, I'm not sure because when I get interested in something, my interest ALWAYS runs DEEP, and I spend more than I should, every time!
Right now I have a deep interest in very old telephones, and if you've ever seen prices, even for reproductions, you know they are pretty expensive!
It would be nice to get an interest that didn't cost so much, occasionally. *sigh*

you're welcome but i'm afraid i'm a bit old-fashioned for you- the way i do it, is to use a zoom h2 portable digital recorder [using SD card memory] hooked up to the output of my d/a converter, with the turntable at the beginning- i hit "record" and then cue the needle, making sure i have the right levels [determined via pre-roll] and stereo/mono selected [depending on whether a record is in stereo or mono- mono cancels out about half the surface noise at no penalty on a mono recording], and let the record play until the lead-out grooves. then i take the SD card out of the zoom and stick it into the SD card slot of my pc in the next room, and just drag and drop the files i just recorded into my music directory where i work on them [audio restoration] before burning onto CDR. the reason i don't use an external usb unit is because i can't fit the pc into the same space as my record playback equipment which is fairly bulky. anyways, the zoom recorder gives me the best recording quality for the bucks IMHO, at least if one is satisfied with 44k/16 bit. i do all my editing at that resolution so i don't have to downconvert back to CD resolution when i burn my CDs. it enables me to know how it will sound on CD from the start.

another thing- in my experience, the vast majority of records sound best with a moderately elliptical stylus [such as .3 or .4 x .7 micron tip] - line contact stylii tend to be much more finicky about the vinyl they glide through, with the needle tending to ride in the wear zone more often than not- but the .3 or .4 stylii tend to ride higher above the wear zone. just a thought.