CHIME IN-Vinyl Storage
jrgoswick
Posts: 159
OK, I've been pondering this for a while. I have two different schools of though of how to properly store your vinyl for optimum playback. In a jacket is kind of a no brainer, but what about orientation?
1)-Store Vertical-this seems to me to be the chosen method. While this makes it easy as far as indexing, it seems to me that it could possibly flat spot the side that is on the bottom. Warping the medium.
2)-Store Horizontally-Makes more sense to me as it won't flat spot one side. HOWEVER it will slightly compress the grooves, altering the tracking and depth-thus compromising the integrity of playback.
What I'm looking for is the optimum way to store LOTS of vinyl in a limited space without damaging ANY of the media. I know there are a few of you here with VERY LARGE collections(George Grand seems to be in the lead at this point), and I'd like to know how you guys store your LP's for optimum playback. CHIME IN.
1)-Store Vertical-this seems to me to be the chosen method. While this makes it easy as far as indexing, it seems to me that it could possibly flat spot the side that is on the bottom. Warping the medium.
2)-Store Horizontally-Makes more sense to me as it won't flat spot one side. HOWEVER it will slightly compress the grooves, altering the tracking and depth-thus compromising the integrity of playback.
What I'm looking for is the optimum way to store LOTS of vinyl in a limited space without damaging ANY of the media. I know there are a few of you here with VERY LARGE collections(George Grand seems to be in the lead at this point), and I'd like to know how you guys store your LP's for optimum playback. CHIME IN.
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Onkyo M-501-Given to my father.
Onkyo DX-C730 CD Changer
Onkyo DV-BD507 Blu Ray player
Onkyo CP-1036A turntable with Grado, Audio Technique, and Azden cartridges(GOT CARTRIDGE??)
Polk Monitor 12's with RDO's and XO's
Polk CS300 Center
Polk Monitor Series 4 rears
EBAY is like cocaine. At first you only look, next thing you know, your house is full of crap you have no idea why you own.:eek:
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You should never store horizontally. Since the center and outside is thicker than where the grooves are they will warp into a bow towards the center. Also you end up with more weight as they pile up. Standing up vertical is the ONLY way to store them. I remember reading the national archives are stored vertical and are rotated every so often. What you want is for them to be absolutely vertical with no weight pushing against them such as you would have if they are in a shelf and leaning to one side or the other. I have also noticed that when stored in this fashion for a few years tend to loose any warp that they had. I keep my shelves full to keep completely vertical but not packed to the extent they push on each other. My collection is at about 2000 records at this point.
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NEVER HORIZONTAL!!! Always vertical on a flat hard surface.
