Vinyl Storage, Organization and Cataloging. Help?
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jwrosenthal
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Jim Eck: That lane cabinet is very handsome...with a peice like that, "handsome" is the period correct terminology ;-)
Cactus Cowboy.....Holy Crap Man!!!! You do have the sickness!!! I thought I was kickin' ass with over 1k albums, but you just made me very excited, and repulsed at the same time!!! Hope your floors are reinforced for the load.
I need to catalog mine as well, since my catalog is in my head, and I tend to buy duplicate albums when I'm on a buying spree (cant's remember what I have). Now, if I could get a portable system like my I-tunes, where I could cross reference by any title, artist, composer, etc....with a picture of the album jacket, I could check my collection in my palm while shopping.....I think there is an idea here for a new product!!!
James R.
Cactus Cowboy.....Holy Crap Man!!!! You do have the sickness!!! I thought I was kickin' ass with over 1k albums, but you just made me very excited, and repulsed at the same time!!! Hope your floors are reinforced for the load.
I need to catalog mine as well, since my catalog is in my head, and I tend to buy duplicate albums when I'm on a buying spree (cant's remember what I have). Now, if I could get a portable system like my I-tunes, where I could cross reference by any title, artist, composer, etc....with a picture of the album jacket, I could check my collection in my palm while shopping.....I think there is an idea here for a new product!!!
James R.
Funny, my wife uses the term "sickness" as well.
The shelves in the second photo are wall mount, supported by steel brackets that I fabricated and welded. I used some substantial lag bolts going into the studs. There's about half a ton of LPs in that shelf. All the LPs (approx. 2,500) in that photo were acquired in 2007 and are in the process of being cleaned.
The other shelves are sitting on a concrete floor. With the exception of that little 2 level shelf, they're all bolted to the wall for safety.
The small 2 level shelf is made from a dresser I bought at a yard sale for $5.00. I knocked out the supports for the first and third drawers, and painted it white. I cut some pieces of 3/4" Melamine to size for the two shelf bottoms. It holds about 250 LPs. I've got my Childrens LPs and a few dozen Soundtracks in there.
x_25
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Funny, my wife uses the term "sickness" as well.
The shelves in the second photo are wall mount, supported by steel brackets that I fabricated and welded. I used some substantial lag bolts going into the studs. There's about half a ton of LPs in that shelf. All the LPs (approx. 2,500) in that photo were acquired in 2007 and are in the process of being cleaned.
The other shelves are sitting on a concrete floor. With the exception of that little 2 level shelf, they're all bolted to the wall for safety.
The small 2 level shelf is made from a dresser I bought at a yard sale for $5.00. I knocked out the supports for the first and third drawers, and painted it white. I cut some pieces of 3/4" Melamine to size for the two shelf bottoms. It holds about 250 LPs. I've got my Childrens LPs and a few dozen Soundtracks in there.
Do you actually manage to listen to all of them? That looks like it is starting to approach the limit for what one can listen to in a life time.
Mr. Lin
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Or maybe even two.
For a spreadsheet, use OpenOffice, which is FREE.
And there is a FREE database program called MySQL.
x_25
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I'm using OpenOffice on my desktop for cataloging but saving to an excel format so I can export it to my palmtop PC which runs on windows CE 3.something.
I like the idea of an off the shelf music data base and see that the music collector product runs on a mac (which I need it to do). It does seem though that all the off the shelves are written for cd's but used by lp owners as well. I have lots of lps that were not available as cds. How do those of you that use these programs handle this? Is it just the old 95/5 rule and you start typing the information for the 5% that were never released as cd's? Also, does anyone have experience with any of these on a mac platform?
SkyLounger
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Agreed 100%, that's how I'm set up. And will be modifying 4 or 6 compartments for CD. Will post pics later.
Nitro
Active Member
You might wish to list the catalog number, what variation of that number it is (label variations, etc. affect value), the condition (I use the Goldmine grading system), what you paid for it, and it's value. That could be very useful for insurance purposes. I also list where and when I got it.
x_25
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Its a little late for doing how much I got them for but for any new ones I pick up I will defently do that. The value will take a bit more work and I decided to put the catalog # and condition of both the record and the sleeve. I kind of use the goldmine grading system although I think I might be a bit more harsh then they are on standards for VG+.
Garrard201
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Just an FYI, the Expedits are only rated for 29 lbs/shelf. I'm not sure how many disks you can get on one shelf, but I am willing to bet it's more than 29 lbs. Multiply the overage by a lot of shelves, and it could be problems.
Sometime between 1996-2001, Michael Fremer wrote in Stereophile about something from IKEA like the Expedits, but much more LP friendly. I remember the name was something like "Dick" or "Dyck" because he made the obligatory joke about it, but I can find nothing on this on the IKEA website. Maybe discontinued? Renamed? Maybe I'm spelling it wrong? Anyone remember?
Sometime between 1996-2001, Michael Fremer wrote in Stereophile about something from IKEA like the Expedits, but much more LP friendly. I remember the name was something like "Dick" or "Dyck" because he made the obligatory joke about it, but I can find nothing on this on the IKEA website. Maybe discontinued? Renamed? Maybe I'm spelling it wrong? Anyone remember?
I was looking at these from Ikea, but then realized I could make some out of birch ply cheaper, if I only had the spare time...
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50105071
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50105071
SpeakerLabFan
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I hadn't heard about a shelf rating, I wonder if that's per "cube". I use several large Expedits for vinyl storage, they work great, defintely seem up to the task unlike standard bookshelves.
penkosey
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I always wondered if the Ikea shelves would sag (like you often see with fake wood bookshelves, etc).
It doesn't look like yours are bowing/sagging at all, though.
Garrard201
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I would assume it's 29 lbs per cube. If you have time, can you just pull out one shelf's worth of disks and stand on the bathroom scale with 'em, then weigh yourself and subtract the difference? I live 10 minutes from IKEA and am buying these this weekend if the shelf rating thing works out. Although I would have to fill each cube because of my space situation. : (
Ikea Shelf Cube Size
What is the demension of one cube? The only reason i ask is im looking for somthing to store my Vinyl and my stereo. Not sure that my recievers would fit and i wanted to check the width and height of the cubes. .
29lbs per cube seems wimpy. I sure like the idea of a cube of records...then a componet...then another cube of records and another componet. I think that would look great! Too bad it doesnt come in wood grain
What is the demension of one cube? The only reason i ask is im looking for somthing to store my Vinyl and my stereo. Not sure that my recievers would fit and i wanted to check the width and height of the cubes. .
29lbs per cube seems wimpy. I sure like the idea of a cube of records...then a componet...then another cube of records and another componet. I think that would look great! Too bad it doesnt come in wood grain