Vinyl Storage

BaggedLancer
BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
edited January 2008 in 2 Channel Audio
After an endless search for a cheap vinyl storage solution and searching through Polk and Audiokarma I came across a partial picture of a rack sold at Lowe's that someone was using for vinyl. Decided to go check it out and found that you can also put casters on these racks, a huge plus if the rack is full of vinyl and very heavy to move. The box says the shelves are rated for 350 pound each but I have no desire to test that and don't believe it anyway. It is more than sturdy enough though for rows of albums.

The total for me came to about ~$73($55 for the rack, $14 for the casters) and it works perfect. Right now I have my TT and preamp on the top 2 racks but eventually those will be off when I dump my Salamander rack for something else. Here are the pics if anyone is interested....the shelves are fully adjustable and I figured by leaving the poles tall at the top it makes for another shelf to put vinyl on when it gets to that point. I have more vinyl than this but this just gives you an idea.

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2008
    Not bad.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    yeah.. that would be great for keeping your vinyl on even after you get the salamander. i like that it has wheels.. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :)
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    yeah.. that would be great for keeping your vinyl on even after you get the salamander. i like that it has wheels.. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :)

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  • jm1
    jm1 Posts: 618
    edited January 2008
    For a cost effective solution, I would suggest the Expedit series form Ikea. Each of these will hold about 800 LPs.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    jm1 wrote: »
    For a cost effective solution, I would suggest the Expedit series form Ikea. Each of these will hold about 800 LPs.

    Ooooo...me likey!
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    jm1 wrote: »
    For a cost effective solution, I would suggest the Expedit series form Ikea. Each of these will hold about 800 LPs.

    Great suggestion, I'm willing to bet this will hold about 800 at the end as well but can also be rolled around and is also cheaper.

    The albums are staying on this rack....when I get rid of my Salamander, I'm moving the turntable and phono preamp to a new rack.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    Cart rides!Wheeeeeee!:D

    Yes Darla....you could ride this cart around your house....down the street...to the mailbox, etc. The wheels are actually pretty good quality, I'll be holding onto this rack for a while.

    Now I finally can go through my mom's old albums and pull out what i want. So far I found the Village People - Cruisin....absolutely hilarious album
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Quick update, 180 albums on one shelf and it's not full yet. So this rack should hold 800 in the end.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited January 2008
    Nice I might have to go to Lowes this weekend. My vinyl collection is growing. Just today one of my coworkers gave me a crate of about 100 albums including the dark side of the moon which is in excellent shape.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited January 2008
    BaggedLancer,

    What Technics turntable do you have?
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    SL-BD22 with an Audio Technica DR150 on it. Probably have it for another 2 months tops.....
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2008
    Mark, you shouldn't wait....

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited January 2008
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    SL-BD22 with an Audio Technica DR150 on it. Probably have it for another 2 months tops.....

    Did you change out the detachable power cord and interconnects? That may improve the sound quality.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2008
    jm1 wrote: »
    For a cost effective solution, I would suggest the Expedit series form Ikea. Each of these will hold about 800 LPs.

    That's exactly what I use, I have both the 8 shelf and 16 shelf in black - both just about full.

    Cheers,
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Mark, you shouldn't wait....

    http://buy.audiogon.com/cgia/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1205147796

    HEY! You aren't supposed to post that yet....I'm going to look at it hopefully next week. :o
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    Did you change out the detachable power cord and interconnects? That may improve the sound quality.

    Nah not even worth the money to me when I see bigger things in the future.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited January 2008
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Mark, you shouldn't wait....

    http://buy.audiogon.com/cgia/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1205147796

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA you don't know the half of it Ric.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited January 2008
    Not to burst your bubble there little brother but you need to place something flat, like a slat of wood or glass, over top of those wire shelves, they will leave indentations on the bottom edges of your LPs.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Not to burst your bubble there little brother but you need to place something flat, like a slat of wood or glass, over top of those wire shelves, they will leave indentations on the bottom edges of your LPs.

    There is cardboard under them already. :)

    You can just barely see it under the 2nd shelf in the picture, but the bottom shelf has it as well now.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    That's exactly what I use, I have both the 8 shelf and 16 shelf in black - both just about full.

    Cheers,
    Russ

    IKEA wanted $150 to ship one of those.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited January 2008
    Cardboard over time is not a good option.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Cardboard over time is not a good option.

    Yep, for now it's going to work. I'll get some 1/8" glass cut in a couple days.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Cardboard over time is not a good option.
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Yep, for now it's going to work. I'll get some 1/8" glass cut in a couple days.

    Try using American Cheese slices in the meantime.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2008
    I prefer huge Parmesean wheels. I'm a fan of the hard cheeses.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    I prefer Gouda wheels.....smoked preferably.
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited January 2008
    Looking at the link provided for the Ikea rack, it states that the shelves are only rated to hold 15 lbs. Russ, have you had no sagging problems with yours? It is a nice looking rack.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    It appears that I am 4th in line for that TT listed above. In other words, if it makes it to me then there is soemthing wrong with it.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2008
    Just keep in mind that each lp weighs about .5 pounds.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited January 2008
    I'm in the Ikea Expedit camp...that's just a pretty cool piece and will work well in my living room. Plus, for what it doesn't fill up in LP's, I can put some other decor things in. I've seen pictures of different peoples Expedit racks holding quite a few LP's on each shelf and have been for a couple years or so. Hopefully that means they are good for the long haul.

    If I could just figure out how to make it hold about 800+ CD's as well....
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Just thought I'd do a quick update. So I did some modifications to the rack today, since my dad is a master plumbing and I've been doing it since I was 14 I figure some pipe hangers would be used well to add a bar across the side and the back so the albums cannot slide out. It ended up working out awesome, and as you can see from the pictures the albums are pushed all the way to the bar and they are still near the front of the rack.

    I got just enough material to do 1 shelf, but I'm happy with the results so I will do the other 3 as my vinyl collection grows.
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