Vinyl collection, now what?

Appreciate the responses!
I am perhaps an intermediate newbie to audio.
But a rank beginner with vinyl.

@mid40sguy - I have been wanting to get into vinyl for a while. But haven’t gotten around to looking into turntables.
The record collection I’ve been given has really stoked my interest.
Just can’t stop thinking about getting a turntable, especially after my uncle played tracks on the record, then the same tracks on CD.

The difference was very noticeable to me. I kept wanting to hear more records while I was there.

My uncle still has records and is using his turntable.

@ Roberjerman  - I will take a look at the Pioneer PLX1000 and Grado offerings.

@fuzztone - Your response has addressed my "how expensive" question. Thanks!

Seems like 2-3k for a decent turntable is what I should be looking at.

Would my upstream gear (tube vs SS) have anything to do with turntable selection?

I am considering a Clearaudio Concept.

It is not possible to go listen to gear for me right now so any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

@hleeid  $2-3K for a turntable with decent cartridge is indeed a good place to start.  If you can add $500-1000 for a good preamp as well you'll be hearing that music as it was meant.
That's where I STARTED, LOL.  I love the vinyl sound so much I've upgraded my gear several times now.  Enjoy the new trip.

@snackeyp  - I have a Bryston BP26 preamp.  Would this be ok?

@fuzztone,

Excellent post with some great advice.

"Don’t even get them near a cheap USB table."

Absolutely.

Vinyl has the ability to outlast all digital formats therefore it deserves all the care and good handling you can afford.

Needless to say, it also deserves a cartridge which has excellent tracking properties.

Digitising LPs is not the great sin that some claim it is, but as @fuzztone said, it is quite a specialised job.

Heck, even Michael Fremer has done it.

Does the  Bryston BP26 preamp have the phono board?