Converting LP to digital. Advice please...

I used to think about buying the Alesis when it was best bang for the buck.  Then I switched to thinking about the Tascam. But I know my own habits all too well, which means I know that I will never invest the time it takes to convert even a small fraction of my own 2500 LPs to digital. I don't even particularly want to do that.  I try to keep up with what's happening in that area only because I am attracted to the gadgetry. These days it's difficult enough for me just to get time to listen to music. 

All I can say is: Sweet Vinyl SC2 = $2,000 retail
Tascam = $1,000 retail, and can be had at a modest discount.

Also, two experienced and technically knowledgeable guys on VA swear by the Tascam.  Both say they either cannot distinguish the recording from the original vinyl or that the two are so close in quality that the difference is trivial.  Dave Garretson has already performed a modest tweak to the PS of his Tascam and reports an upgrade, from "barely different from the LP" to "no audible difference compared to the LP".  Dave's vinyl system is first rate.  But I admit this is all hearsay.

I don't question your basic premise that (digital) technology marches on and that eventually something better than the Tascam will come along, just as the Tascam has eclipsed the Alesis.  Whether the Sweet Vinyl is that new product, I don't know.

PS. I don't like the idea of hooking up any digital device in the signal path of my phono.  Removing "ticks and pops" cannot be a free lunch with no untoward effects on the music.  Plus the mere fact of running the signal from a phono cartridge through an extra pair of male and female connectors before it gets to the phono stage (assuming the SC inserts at that point) cannot be without penalty. Moreover, ticks and pops are a rarity in my system, not really bothersome at all, even when occasionally they do occur.  Of course, anyone else who is totally allergic to ticks and pops may go ahead and indulge.  I will look up Fremer's review.

Tascam has superseded the Alesis Masterlink as best bang for the buck, but not just best bang for the buck; pretty darn excellent against any comparator.  Look for posts on vinyl asylum by John Ellison and Dave Garretson.  If I were at all interested in doing this, I would buy the Tascam in a heartbeat.