record storage

I love my Ikea record shelves. It's something they do right that's fairly durable.

Holy shit, one of those cubes is $190 + shipping, and they're wonky?

I feel like they raised the price over the last 10 years, when I got my first couple. I don't mean incredibly wonky. But when one buys say, a table, they expect the tabletop to be flat right? Maybe my expectations are too high.

Not sure what shipping cost is for 16 cubes but even if it is not that bad it seems like this would cost at least $3500 to replace my particular set up. Plus I forget what it is called but I got a pretty nice faux wood finish color of my ikea piece! It’s not the standard birch... anyway, I’m also happy with mine!

https://ibb.co/85c9FMx

That's my setup. I don't know how to directly link images, apparently. I have another set that you can see intruding into the corner, but they have tchotchkes and art books on them.

I put masonite panels on the backs of all of them to make them sturdier and so the records don't poke out the back, also to cut down on dust. The little bins up top with white cloths on them hold my 45's.

i love that color orange on you

Thanks! That used to be my favorite shirt, shorts and chair.

BrickBox makes a modular cubes similar to what majorairbro posted. Seem to be non-wonky, and cheaper (though still beyond what I'm willing to spend). I think they look great:

https://www.modmobili.com/

(they're Spanish-made, but the link is for the US distributor)

I got two 3x2 units from Target. they were about $100 apiece and look pretty nice. you can then go to Home Depot and buy a piece of wood to nail into the back so there's a backstop.

Cow_Art i'm in awe of your listening room. Serious #goals.

i'm lucky in that I used to be pretty good friends with a guy who did carpentry and interior design. he gave me cost price for a custom birch ply setup with these sorts of cubes, but as drawers, built to the height that you'd want to put turntables on top of. i've still never seen anything like it for sale.

i say "used to" - nothing happened, but he moved to the swedish countryside a few years ago, so it's pretty hard to see him.

Thanks! It’s our living room; my wife is cool as hell. She was a little put out when I put the stereo gear in the fireplace, but we live in Georgia. When the hell are we ever going to need a fireplace?

That’s a life-size self-portrait in bronze, btw.

i initially thought it was a mannequin! your response to my joke had me perplexed :)

i bought my ikea shelves used on craiglist. they have never been super nice. after moving about four or five times, they're plenty dinged up and not at all sturdy.

i don't need anything super fancy. in fact, i've been looking to construct something similar to the shelves in bulb's link. just something simple, economical, and sturdy for all my books and records.

a friend recently spent $5k on two shelves that probably hold around 1000 records? they look awesome but

jeez, I built my own shelf that holds more than that for maybe $200 in materials

you should post new pics so we can see how they're holding up after 14 years

those are the old ones, they look the same. the new one is prob built to the same general specs as shelf #2 above, but with real wood not particle board, it's a tank

just recently got hold of 15 metres of old recycled oak boards which will soon house the rest of my lps currently residing in boxes with some room to spare (i hope!)