LP Crate suggestions

dromunds
dromunds Posts: 10,016
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A buddy of mine is I reading his album numbers and wanted to know what were some recommendations for crates for his LPs. Thanks
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,016
    I just read the initial post and it should have said a buddy of mine is increasing his albums. He would like suggestions on good lp crates. Fer fox sake, I hate autocorrect
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,126
    Does he want to have them available for quick easy browsing, or is stashed away okay?

    I've tried some stuff from The Container Store. Can't say I've found any one thing that checks all the boxes.

    Their record crates were flimsy last I bought some.

    I've seen a couple of the Ikea boxes/cabinet things. Was it @nspindel who posted a photo of one? It was like a mini wall of cubes behind a couch, iirc.

    That or someone else who posted one with a taxidermed bear or mountain lion or hedgehog on top.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,111
    msg wrote: »
    a taxidermed bear or mountain lion or hedgehog on top.

    Manbearlionhog?
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,529
    A lot of LP collectors use Ikea Kallax storage cube units for LP storage. There are many videos on Youtube that show improvements that can be made to make them very sturdy and functional.

    https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/kallax-shelf-unit-white-20275814/

    There are also other brands that have similar function such as BetterHomesandGardens that can be found at WalMart and elsewhere. I have one of the four cube units from them.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,505
    edited October 2023
    I was purchasing crates like these (Supreme crates?) from, might have been, the container store. They were tall enough for albums, stackable and nestable. This place has a similar crate.

    https://www.milkcratesdirect.com/super-crates/set-of-4-s-crates

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,563
    I hate autocorrect
    Fer fox sake, TURN it OFF!!

    😉😉
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,185
    https://www.peachesrecordcrates.com/
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,016
    Thanks fellas, good suggestions.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,016
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    I hate autocorrect
    Fer fox sake, TURN it OFF!!

    😉😉

    I would but I don’t know how. Lol. Reminds me of a story from when I was a kid: my friend’s older brother bought a used cop car that had a spotlight. Kind of like the car in the Blues Brothers. He goes to the drive-in and parks near the front. At a particularly important point in the movie he turns on the spotlight and points it right at the movie screen, creating a white-out so nobody could see what was going on in the movie. People started yelling to turn that damn spotlight off. My buddy’s brother acted like he was fussing with the spotlight and yelling, “I’m trying to shut it off, but I don’t know how it works!” He kept yelling, “I don’t how this thing works!” Meanwhile, the most important part of the movie was over. Then he shut it off, acting like he had just figured out how.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,300
    I don't feel you guys are considering my feelings when you use terminology like "Fer Fox Sake"

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  • bcwsrt
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    On an iPhone (and maybe other iOS devices), it’s Settings > General > Keyboard.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    edited October 2023
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    I don't feel you guys are considering my feelings when you use terminology like "Fer Fox Sake"
    With the utmost respect: It is possible that not all of us might have realized that you identified as vulpine.
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    Or is this more about rice wine?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,563
    Dammit Doc quit using big short words ....

    😜
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,053
    I'm hoping to have the time soon to build one of these:
    https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/record-bin-from-single-4-x-8-sheet-of-plywood-plans.337891/
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,563
    muncybob wrote: »
    I'm hoping to have the time soon to build one of these:
    https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/record-bin-from-single-4-x-8-sheet-of-plywood-plans.337891/

    I think @SCompRacer built something like that, very nice they are.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,505
    edited October 2023
    The one I built is shown in this thread. Holds near 300 IIRC. Dimensions and build details are on page two. I did a two piece, so it was easier to move around, empty of course. Large dowels were used to attach top. No dividers were used between rows. We have pushed it around quite a bit since to clean and relocate.

    I have alphabetized my albums since and the remaining several hundred are in stackable crates. Under contract with the wife, this rack and a demo album rack were all I could keep in living room, although I am pushing it with a couple crates up there too. :D

    https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/184917/record-storage/p1

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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,961
    I guess fruit crates are out of fashion :#
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,505
    Fruit crates are still kewl! Just can't stack em.
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,961
    this looks like the one I bought in red...

    https://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-Gardens-8-Cube-Storage-Organizer-White-Texture/785851050?athbdg=L1102&from=/search
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,652
    I have had one of these for some time along with an IKEA Kallax 1x4 set.
    Sound Stash Record Storage

    I am moving the Kallax out and getting a couple more of these to go along with my 2 bookcases (book storage only)
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  • Dr_Wu
    Dr_Wu Posts: 338
    I have Peaches crates and stack one on top of another with no problem - open side facing out.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,505
    Dr_Wu wrote: »
    I have Peaches crates and stack one on top of another with no problem - open side facing out.

    My bad should have been more specific.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    I got one like the better homes and garden one only I bought it at Menards but have yet to put it together I will need a 2nd to fit all my albums in.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,652
    Here's my suggestion for you, Steve...

    https://www.blacktailstudio.com/shop/sculpted-record-cabinet
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  • Milito
    Milito Posts: 1,960
    I got mine on Amazon, but there are no longer available.

    Here is some listed there. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=record+crates&crid=Z49GL5I7419K&sprefix=record+crates,aps,107&ref=nav_signin
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  • joebass3
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    michaeljhsda2 wrote: »
    https://www.peachesrecordcrates.com/

    Nice! I made some of these for a batch of cassette tapes I have. Maybe I'll try a couple for LP's also.


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  • SCompRacer
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    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    Here's my suggestion for you, Steve...

    https://www.blacktailstudio.com/shop/sculpted-record-cabinet

    Wow! Only $29K!

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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,185
    joebass3 wrote: »
    michaeljhsda2 wrote: »
    https://www.peachesrecordcrates.com/

    Nice! I made some of these for a batch of cassette tapes I have. Maybe I'll try a couple for LP's also.


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    Great job!
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  • msg
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    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    Here's my suggestion for you, Steve...

    https://www.blacktailstudio.com/shop/sculpted-record-cabinet

    Might as well pick a few up, myself...
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,652
    msg wrote: »
    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    Here's my suggestion for you, Steve...

    https://www.blacktailstudio.com/shop/sculpted-record-cabinet

    Might as well pick a few up, myself...
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    He does some gorgeous work but man, I want the pockets some of his customers have!
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