I'm seriously considering switching to something like this:
http://www.mmdesign.com/multimedia-storage-cabinets.htm#chest
...getting rid of all my jewels cases, and putting all the CDRs and legit CDs in the same spot.
the drawbacks are that it's expensive, it'd be a bitch to unpack every CD i've got, and i'd have to get a ton of those sleeve thingies along with it. and i'm worried i'd miss the jewel cases at some point!
but i'm really tempted, for space reasons. has anyone done something like this? recommendations?
― gff, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 19:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
― rogermexico., Tuesday, 4 September 2007 20:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
yeah, my cd's are basically backed up digitally and then stored in boxes. the shelves above are for vinyl.
― will, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 20:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
hmm i'm not really feeling the digital option, if only cos i don't want to rip every single one and i'm a little afeared of head crashes and the like. but, maybe.
― gff, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 20:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
i now have 2 of those CD wallets i posted up thread. they are pretty good. could do with a leetle more space for booklets - there is some space at the front for the large mini-books (like with the pet shop boys repackages) but it's tight.
so that's ~550 CDs in the wallets, about 250 albums and 100 singles dumped on oxfam, leaving only ~150 jewel cases in the house. sorted.
― Alan, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 20:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
I lost a 200GB hard drive last summer - I know I should've made back-ups - but I'm reluctant to go down that road again.
I started an Excel sheet about 10 years ago when I didn't have the internet and I just kept adding to it - my librarian-instincts kept telling me to create some sort of database but I never got round to it. I lost the original sheet in the afore-mentioned hard-drive crash, but I was bored last week so I just sat down and added them all to a new one, I might do something more interesting with the data later. I'd never actually heard of recordnerd.com, mind. USP - I can finally stalk people who've bought my 7".
― Bocken Social Scene, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 08:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
Numbers I just put where it would be if they were spelt.
What about foreign names? Years ago when I could last be bothered to alphabetise I had my 22 Pistepirkko carefully under K for the Finnish for 22, Die Goldenen Zitronen under G, and agonised a little over Les Savy Fav.
Of course as long as you remember it doesn't actually matter. I think I just wanted visitors to look through my collection and say, "hey, you have such astounding CDs and organisational skills that I must sleep with you right now, but why is this under K?" and I would get to look clever irredeemably wanky. That should have happened all the time, right?
I use shelving I got long ago from a great source in North Carolina. They went under and I had to get a new type of shelving which is good in that it stores a lot but doesn't match my other shelving.
This is the story of all my music shelving purchases.
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 10:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
Current sitch: abt 5-600 CDs, maybe 1-150 DVDs, and a couple hundred records. I WILL NOT get to of jewel cases and I don't want to spend more than $100; should I just pick up an Ikea Billy and some addt'l shelves? Also there will be quite a bit of dead space behinds the CDs/DVDs; anyone have suggestions re: spacers? Also also the records will stick out maybe an inch out of the bookshelf: is this bad for long-term storage?
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Why so adamant about getting rid of jewel cases? I'm on the verge of doing just that, probably next year.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
ikea expedit
― omar little, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
it holds approximately 70-80 lps per square if i remember right. inadvertently the best LP shelves on the market. for what you have you may want a 4x4 as opposed to the 2x4, esp if you figure on expanding your vinyl collection and considering your cds and dvds.
― omar little, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Are there any inserts to break up the squares so I don't have to stack CDs? I've thought about the Expedit but the lack of adjustable shelves turns me off.
Xp also I meant I will not get RID of jewel cases, for a variety of reasons, but mostly bcz I take my CDs places a lot (cars, work, parties, etc) and don't want to transfer them to a wallet. Also, I have
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
OMG! Come on man, don't do that to your readers, what do you have? :-)
― StanM, Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh no I forgot!
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 29 April 2012 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was prob going to say something abt Digipaks
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 29 April 2012 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
possibly helpful
http://littlecornerhouse.blogspot.com/2011/11/ikea-hack-expedit-for-closet.html
― omar little, Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Funny how my media storage needs have changed in the last 10 years since starting this thread. Now I just use spotify.
― Jeff, Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
That is p Great! But I'm afraid that at $150 for the 4x4 and $20 per insert the cost will add up fast; the Billy's only $50
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 30 April 2012 01:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
> Are there any inserts to break up the (ikea expedit) squares so I don't have to stack CDs? I've thought about the Expedit but the lack of adjustable shelves turns me off.
yep, all sort of them - one that breaks them into quarters when inserted, one for two stacked drawers, colored or mirror doors, all sorts of wicker baskets, and others. I've bought four Expedit shelves (some 1x5 rather than 2x4) - they're v. sturdy, and fully finished front and back, top and bottom. So if the top surface gets scratched over time, you turn the whole thing upside down and now it looks the same as before but with a pristine surface on the shelves and top.
― Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 30 April 2012 03:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Billy better for CDs and DVDs though - shallower, somewhat adjustable shelves, has a back surface, less expensive. For a vinyl collection, Expedit's size and strength are perfect.
― Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 30 April 2012 03:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
You buy 5-6 of those wacky doodads though and you've quickly doubled the cost of your shelves. I love my Expedit shelves, though!I've cut up little pieces of cardboard to stick between rows of CDs on tall shelves, allowing me to stack multiple rows of normally-oriented CDs on one row of shelving. Looks grody but it works.
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Monday, 30 April 2012 03:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ya it's a mostly cd and DVD collection and the records are almost an afterthought.
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 30 April 2012 03:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
place a row of cds at the front of yr shelves, then screw a piece of wood horizontally between the shelves behind and flush w/the top of that row of cds, then put yr 2nd row of cds on top of the wood and boom yr cds are arrayed in a pleasing stair style layout and the structural wood is concealed, thats what i did once long ago when i had cds
― lag∞n, Monday, 30 April 2012 03:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
You buy 5-6 of those wacky doodads though and you've quickly doubled the cost of your shelves. I love my Expedit shelves, though!
Yeah i'm convinced that's how Ikea makes money - sell cheap furniture and then charge alot for accessories. Kind of like how McDonalds loses money on hamburgers but makes it back selling a cup of Coca-Cola at 4x their cost.
― Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 30 April 2012 03:48 (1 year ago) Permalink