Digitizing LPs

I ripped 4,000 CDs in my collection and it took me a long time (I did it while watching TV in the evenings).  No way would I want to rip in actual time on a turntable.

If someone comes up with a laser player like the Finial that rotates the laser read head instead of the LP and can do it at several times normal play speed - taking maybe 3 minutes a side, I might be on board. OTOH, I LIKE spinning records - when I have a rip of the same recording in digital as I have the LP, it is usually the latter that I play. 

The only thing I really value with my digital collection is being able to search and find things and not having to refile piles of LPs!

Wow, I'd like to digitize some of my LP collection and all of my 78 rpm collection but that would take the rest of my life.  I have 25,000 lps and 7,000 78s.  I digitize for musicians/conductors who want to hear rare and obscure performances/works using an Alesis Masterlink.  I intend to digitize all of my 78s and noisy lps using the Sugarcube SC2 which has a direct USB out.  That will really benefit the 78s although I have many mint 78s which don't have snap, crackle or pop, just background surface noise (especially those vinyl 1940's 78s).  

I have put together an inexpensive and extremely satisfying system to do high quality needle drops. You can read the post on the Atlanta Audio Club forums by clicking here.

I don’t want to create CDs, I just want to send a copy of each to hard drives so I can stream them. I am digitizing my CDs too.

@echolane I understand what you're saying but I'm a bit confused by the last sentence in your statement "I'm digitizing my CD's too."

Just to clarify, the data stored on a CD is already in a digital format.
CD/DVD's are digital storage media. When your computer reads the information on a CD/DVD, it is reading 0's and 1's.  There is no analog information stored on the CD.   LP's on the other hand are analog storage media and require conversion to digital before you can store and/or stream the information on them.  But you already knew that.

My audio dealer has a large vinyl and tape collection. He spends hours converting music on LP and analog tape to digital, except he burns CD's to play in his audio store.  Not sure what his equipment setup is, except to say it's very expensive stuff - but that's his thing.

Have fun!

I’m not sure if Ayre still makes or sells them but I would check out the Ayre QA-9, this A/D convertor is well known to produce excellent results. So if you have a nice vinyl rig and cart, this could be a good solution to convert to digital. Good luck!

https://www.stereophile.com/content/ayre-acoustics-qa-9-usb-ad-converter-page-3