Looking CD storage solutions

[3db]

I have a 2ft cube card box filled with CDs and the box is both unwieldy and falling apart. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[lovinthehd]

I use binders similar to this https://www.amazon.com/Case-Logic-BNB-208-Capacity-Prosleeve/dp/B000JJSQ1M/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?adgrpid=56099336815&dchild=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwl9GCBhDvARIsAFunhsksECIu_T7r4bz1CKlvW8a5zyuiZJQuYCdsKvIOTupto91h-jOM2pMaAm_wEALw_wcB&hvadid=274680964452&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9033078&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=385464618562239716&hvtargid=kwd-309911965635&hydadcr=19258_9666153&keywords=cd+binders&qid=1616155931&sr=8-4

 

[Bruce53]

I use binders similar to this https://www.amazon.com/Case-Logic-BNB-208-Capacity-Prosleeve/dp/B000JJSQ1M/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?adgrpid=56099336815&dchild=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwl9GCBhDvARIsAFunhsksECIu_T7r4bz1CKlvW8a5zyuiZJQuYCdsKvIOTupto91h-jOM2pMaAm_wEALw_wcB&hvadid=274680964452&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9033078&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=385464618562239716&hvtargid=kwd-309911965635&hydadcr=19258_9666153&keywords=cd+binders&qid=1616155931&sr=8-4

Does the binder hold the cases for the CD/blurays also?

 

[Mikado463]

do you want to keep them in their jewel cases ? if not then lovin's idea makes sense. But if jewel case retention is a must then plenty of options on Amazon

 

[John Parks]

Do you want them on display or, like @lovinthehd in a book? I chose the former - 20+ years ago, I got some awesome stackable wire units from Crate & Barrel. They kind of look like this:

But are stackable with front access like this:

Anyway, I got 21 of them and when I was ready for more, they were discontinued. So with that display, I was always limited to 588 CDs (which was helpful for me to decide which ones to sell). Years later, my collecting went a different direction and I needed more storage so I got some of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Stock-Your-Home-Electronics-Organizers/dp/B0019U03N4/ref=asc_df_B0019U03N4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198103118629&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5515447144122056499&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026840&hvtargid=pla-348258524566&psc=1

I like them because they are stackable (to a degree - nothing interlocks them) easily moveable, and the magnetically clasped front flap folds down for easy access.

 

[Bruce53]

Thank you both. I only have around 200 or so currently. Plan to get more, esp non-operatic classical.

 

[Pogre]

I store all of mine on a hard drive! Ha.

I do have a crap load of cds tho. I have quite a few in a lazy Susan style carousel, but I have a bunch in crates, boxes and an old entertainment center too.

That will hold around 144 cds by itself. I don't remember where we got it from tho. Had it forever.

 

[lovinthehd]

I store all of mine on a hard drive! Ha.

I do have a crap load of cds tho. I have quite a few in a lazy Susan style carousel, but I have a bunch in crates, boxes and an old entertainment center too.

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That will hold around 144 cds by itself. I don't remember where we got it from tho. Had it forever.

Yeah, used to have a couple carousels like that but think they were 6 levels each but they weren't able to hold all my cds, still had many shelves lined with them. I now rip them on receipt after a play or two in a player then pop them in the binder with their artwork. Only discs I display and play are the ones that are a pain to rip....SACD, bluray, dvd.....

 

[lovinthehd]

Does the binder hold the cases for the CD/blurays also?

I just put CDs away this way, and dispose of the jewel cases (if they're the plastic jewel cases, I do have a small shelf with the cardboard type still intact). The video discs I still play so still keep the blurays/dvds on shelving....and SACDs....as they're all a pain to rip/play.

 

[davidscott]

I've got a big enclosed entertainment center which gets too hot for my electronics but makes a great storage center for my 100 plus LPs and 300 plus CDs. And a nice TV and blue ray stand on the top for the bedroom. My main system is on an open stand in the living room.

 

[afterlife2]

I store all of mine on a hard drive! Ha.

I do have a crap load of cds tho. I have quite a few in a lazy Susan style carousel, but I have a bunch in crates, boxes and an old entertainment center too.

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That will hold around 144 cds by itself. I don't remember where we got it from tho. Had it forever.

I thinking of putting all my CDs on Flac or put them on a hard drive myself and sell them off. Haha got too many now that I can get them so cheap.

 

[NINaudio]

Ikea Gnedby shelves are great for storing cd/dvd/blu-ray's. I think they may have discontinued that and the replacement is the Benno. Fits nicely next to their Billy bookshelves.

 

[lovinthehd]

I thinking of putting all my CDs on Flac or put them on a hard drive myself and sell them off. Haha got too many now that I can get them so cheap.

Once ripped to flac you can put them on your pc or various types of drives but be sure to back them all up so you don't have to spend time ripping again! It is nice to be able to put significant amounts on thumb drives for some portable options with various gear....or could even back up the whole bunch if your collection would fit (I think I have something like 500G now).

Keeping the discs as ultimate backup is my approach as I'd find selling them a pain and am somewhat a collector when it comes to my hard copies of music, even vinyl (still keep it even tho I don't use it much but no way to make that smaller/more manageable )....or am I just burdening my heirs with the task of getting rid of all my collected music? Yeah, why not....earn their windfall

 

[3db]

I use binders similar to this https://www.amazon.com/Case-Logic-BNB-208-Capacity-Prosleeve/dp/B000JJSQ1M/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?adgrpid=56099336815&dchild=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwl9GCBhDvARIsAFunhsksECIu_T7r4bz1CKlvW8a5zyuiZJQuYCdsKvIOTupto91h-jOM2pMaAm_wEALw_wcB&hvadid=274680964452&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9033078&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=385464618562239716&hvtargid=kwd-309911965635&hydadcr=19258_9666153&keywords=cd+binders&qid=1616155931&sr=8-4

What do you with the artwork on the cover and the back?

 

[lovinthehd]

What do you with the artwork on the cover and the back?

Take it out of the jewel case and it fits into the plastic sleeves of the binder, either separately or even with the disc (depending on the content of the literature/artwork).

 

[3db]

I was thinking of this but I dont know if it holds the liner notes. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00F470F2M/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_8QKCATEF2H0FXDBBB691

 

[lovinthehd]

I was thinking of this but I dont know if it holds the liner notes. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00F470F2M/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_8QKCATEF2H0FXDBBB691

I have a similar box for some dvd rips ( ). I don't think the artwork would fit as well as the binders I've used.