Question CD Storage

[barcpc]

Forum, good morning (At least in my timezone)

I have over 500 CDs, and I keep buying more so I bought myself a https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/usa/en/products/hi-fi/cx-series-2/cxc but now my quest is: How to store all of those CDs?
Right now I have them all in boxes and it is very inconvenient to use, and I hate that.

Did you make a furniture just for them, just leave them on the floor on in a shelve? How do you store them in a way that is convenient and looks nice ?

Any suggestions? Can you share some Pics?

 

[Symples]

I'd suggest buying something like a bookshelf, but for CDs


For example

Techstyle Pigeon Hole 480 Cd 312 Dvd Bluray Media Cubby Storage Shelves White | Robert Dyas

 

[Samd]

Some years ago now but it's still going strong, I bought some steel rods about the thickness of a pencil and a number of hardwood battens around 1" square. I simply measured ample height for CD and access space and with fore and aft vertical battens holed for 2 rods across for each row they sit in the side of a chimney breast; look the business and work well but then, as designer, builder and author of this piece I am more than a tad biased!

 

[barcpc]

Some years ago now but it's still going strong, I bought some steel rods about the thickness of a pencil and a number of hardwood battens around 1" square. I simply measured ample height for CD and access space and with fore and aft vertical battens holed for 2 rods across for each row they sit in the side of a chimney breast; look the business and work well but then, as designer, builder and author of this piece I am more than a tad biased!

Can you share some pics.

I'm looking for ideas,

Thanks,

 

[Gray]

while ago now but I just went to B&Q or Wickes and bought 1 (or 2?) 6" wide planks.
Started with a frame.
Then reduced the width of the 4 horizontal dividing shelves - making it easier to grab hold of the discs.
It holds around 250, about a quarter of mine.
I put a thin board back on it, then wall mounted it:

 

[barcpc]

while ago now but I just went to B&Q or Wickes and bought 1 (or 2?) 6" wide planks.
Started with a frame.
Then reduced the width of the 4 horizontal dividing shelves - making it easier to grab hold of the discs.
It holds around 250, about a quarter of mine.
I put I thin board back on it, then wall mounted it:
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Nice !!!!!

 

[Gray]

Nice !!!!!

Thanks, but believe me I'm no carpenter.
Think it cost about 12 quid....probably be a fair bit more now.
Those places have a nice choice of different Conti boards.
If I was to do it again, I'd probably use light oak to match my speakers.

 

[Gray]

...of course, an alternative is to store them all as FLAC files, on a micro SD card, physically the size of your thumbnail 😉

 

[twinkletoes]

supesct ikea have somthing. i use kalax ( think that's how its spelt) for my records. cheap and many creative mods on Pinterest to jazz up their storage units.

 

[matthewpianist]

CD storage is a major problem for me. I have a total of around 4,000 discs. Some of them are in big box sets (classical sets like the Yehudi Menuhin, Solti, Glenn Gould, Bernstein ones etc.), but there's a massive number of single album CDs. It isn't only the storage units that present issues but also the need for plenty of wall space.

I've reached the point where I'm massively reducing what I buy, limiting it to new recording/albums that I've listened to on Tidal and feel I like enough to listen to a lot. I've set a maximum of 2-3 discs per month, with the intention of hardly ever reaching that.

 

[WayneKerr]

Ikea have got these: CD storage tower in various colours. I currently have some Argos versions but need more storage so could be looking to Ikea soon.

 

[Samd]

Can you share some pics.

I'm looking for ideas,

Thanks,

This site doesn't permit jpegs (or ,at least, not mine - sorry!)

 

[Al ears]

Most of mine are now out of their cases and stored in large 'photo album' type files, four to a page.

 

[doifeellucky]

Most of mine are now out of their cases and stored in large 'photo album' type files, four to a page.

I do the same for CD and Blu-ray discs. I have a few of the ones that hold 128 discs so they’re not rammed in too tight. £18 each.

 

[Wilts Hobbit]

I have started creating almost like a cd library, picked up 4 of these vertical units for a fiver a piece and have started sorting the discs alphabetically by artist. The lamp has like a handle and a long enough cord so I can pick it and read the discs spine. Cheers

 

[Gray]

I have started creating almost like a cd library, picked up 4 of these vertical units for a fiver a piece and have started sorting the discs alphabetically by artist. The lamp has like a handle and a long enough cord so I can pick it and read the discs spine. Cheers

A couple of this type of thing bolted to the top would do you.
(Obviously not an expensive outdoor type like this one though)
I would do something like it on mine, but to be honest I hardly touch them now.

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[Gray]

supesct ikea have somthing. i use kalax ( think that's how its spelt) for my records. cheap and many creative mods on Pinterest to jazz up their storage units.

My hi-fi rack is a heavily converted 'Pax' double wardrobe

 

[Al ears]

I have started creating almost like a cd library, picked up 4 of these vertical units for a fiver a piece and have started sorting the discs alphabetically by artist. The lamp has like a handle and a long enough cord so I can pick it and read the discs spine. Cheers

I'd have stacked them horizontally for convenience.......

 

[WayneKerr]

I'd have stacked them horizontally for convenience.......

 

[plastic penguin]

Purchased my self assembly storage unit from Argos. It sits flat against the wall and they are fairly cheap. It holds around 200 CDs. The rest are on the bottom two shelves of a bookcase.

 

[singularity6]

Forum, good morning (At least in my timezone)

I have over 500 CDs, and I keep buying more so I bought myself a https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/usa/en/products/hi-fi/cx-series-2/cxc but now my quest is: How to store all of those CDs?
Right now I have them all in boxes and it is very inconvenient to use, and I hate that.

Did you make a furniture just for them, just leave them on the floor on in a shelve? How do you store them in a way that is convenient and looks nice ?

Any suggestions? Can you share some Pics?

I have 2 of these, and need another soon. My collection is probably around 900 at the moment.

https://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-Maxsteel-Tier-Shelving-Contemporary/dp/B00005OT5X?th=1

 

[Gray]

I'd have stacked them horizontally for convenience.......

...and not in alphabetical order.

 

[Al ears]

...and not in alphabetical order.

i was referring to the actual racks not the CDs themselves.

 

[nopiano]

supesct ikea have somthing. i use kalax ( think that's how its spelt) for my records. cheap and many creative mods on Pinterest to jazz up their storage units.

IKEA Kallax I think it is.

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I think my CD ‘towers’ were from the Billy range, but those are upstairs. Downstairs they’re in a bookcase, and a purpose made Quadraspire cabinet that was discontinued.

 

[iMark]

The old range that worked with the IKEA Billy was called Benno. I still have a couple of them as spares standing in the garage. In case we want to get the CDs out of the storage boxes. They are very similar to the Gnedby.