How To Best Store CDs
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- With over 12,000 CDs in my collection, I’d love to be able to keep them all on display, but when space is limited, you have to get creative. Join me as I run through some of the best ways CDs can be stored plus good housekeeping tips for best storage practices to keep you CDs safe and in the best shape.
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The Container Store and Amazon sale media storage boxes that store around 90 to 100 CDs. It has three rows. These containers work great.
Man, I thought my 6080 (as of today, anyway 😉) was bad; I can't imagine having twice as many! 😱
Like you I have all mine on shelves vertically. My collection is all stored alphabetically by Artist. How do you keep track of what's in those boxes in the closet?
My other issue is that I can't possibly listen to all the ones in my collection in my remaining lifetime, yet I keep buying more ...🤕
Yeah, why do we keep collecting? I have that problem with CDs and DVDs. I have way too many and I keep adding to it, although I've been slowing down. When I pass on, nobody in my family wants them. The same thing happened when my father died, nobody wanted his books.
Very awesome tips. But then again you always have great advice when it comes to storing CDs. This is why I come back everyday to see what you are up to. Glad to call you friend. 🎶🎵🎹
Just curious if you have seen or used the large carousel cd shelving unit where you can store say 1500 cds in one piece that can be spun around. It has 4 sides that hold about 350 cds. The benefit is that it takes up less wall space.
I’m not a fan of those. They take up too much space IMO because of the clearance around it.
I take them out of the cases and put them in CD sleeves. Probably not so great for rare expensive ones, but it saves a ton of space.
CDs are the best. Always will be
Thank God for SoulSeek, prirate bay and vpn
What causes cd rot and how do we avoid it?
Well that’s different than how to store a CD but that is related to the conditioning of a space. If there is too much moisture and humidity it will cause CD rot. So eliminate the moisture.
I am 100% on the jewel case train. I think I switched to booklets when I was like 14 or so and switched back when I was maybe 22 or 23. I'm never looking back. All those CDs from my teenage years are ROUGH. And it wasn't me abusing them. Those darn booklets are just awful.
Great video , I go one step further and use resealable 5 1/8 x 6 1/8 Polypropylene bags for all my CDs .
Great video, Brendon. But man...I really hate to say it now...but buying CDs (and sometimes vinyl records) has unfortunately become a millionaire's game. I remember when I could buy them cheap. Those days are long gone now. I want to continue buying and collecting CDs, but it's really hard. Those Discogs prices stagger and kill me at the same time.
For collectible stuff yes. Mainstream, new stuff is still pretty economical on CD.
How expensive are cds? I still buy them cheap. I don't buy collectors stuff etc because tbh I just want what I want, never thinking about what is hard to get etc
My problem is; It's kinda hard to admire every single album when one of the other album have bonus songs from the other album. So i more often stay away from a cd which has hit songs from the other album. Am i taking it too serious? (Though i don't mind to have one with unreleased tracks which weren't included on the original release of the album).
What's your opinion on this kind a situations? does it bothers you too? And which cd has value with bonus trackss or without bonus them?😐
I’m not following your question or what is has to do with storing albums. I’m fine with an album having bonus tracks, though I prefer them to be unreleased song and not live or demo versions.
I know that you never lay CDs down with the labeled side facing the ceiling. That mars the CD. Labeled side should be facing the floor or table top, instead. I learned this from my days as a college DJ nearly 3 decades ago.
Great video, Brendon! I have clear plastic drawers to protect my CDs from dust and I can actually see the CDs I have in my collection. I did not know that moisture could damage CDs, though. I'll have to look into getting a dehumidifier!
Lol
Very solid video. Thank you so much for this. I have hundreds of CDs and just trying to figure out the best way to store. I am impressed with your collection. ✌️🎸🎹🥁
I recently learned about the warner brothers issues on DVDS. Half my Tales from the crypt discs are just unplayable. I bought them new, store them in climate control room, neatly on shelves, yes I tried other payers , and yet my discs are just bad. I have yet to find this issue in any of my old cds but I am wondering if you or anyone has head of it with cds? I store all my cds, books, and films in a climate control room on custom shelves thinking they were safe but bad manufacturing is something I never considered.
It’s a real thing - disc rot. My experience with disc rot is tied to WEA box sets for Aretha and Rod Stewart and Led Zep’s first box set (which Zep’s label is part of WEA). Those sets all date back to around 1990. My home is tight and my music has always been kept at room temp and dehumidified. Good to keep checking discs you haven’t played for a while and to make save it copies of everything you think may go bad.
It’s a real thing - disc rot. My experience with disc rot is tied to WEA box sets for Aretha and Rod Stewart and Led Zep’s first box set (which Zep’s label is part of WEA). Those sets all date back to around 1990. My home is tight and my music has always been kept at room temp and dehumidified. Good to keep checking discs you haven’t played for a while and to make save it copies of everything you think may go bad.
I took your example from a previous video for storing CD's , and am using 2 And 1 shoe boxes works good 2 rows, as I an havining to rebuild my collection after losing a lot of CD's in a flood back in 2017. Thanks Brendon
Storing is important but so is backing up your cd's.
Some great album cover art out there. I store most of my cds on a shelf, but I also invented a tack that allows you to put your cds and vinyl albums on the wall.
Have you ever thought about having an entire blank wall full of CDs from top to bottom? Think Belle and the giant bookshelf with ladder in beauty and the beast
I do have an entire wall of CDs it’s just that my wall is short but it goes to the started of the slopped ceiling 😂
Hi my name is Lori black is a d OK if it is pre owned
Those banker boxes are so spendy. I have probably 15 of them so far but i need more. I cant justify the cost for a cardboard box but im always on the lookout for more at a decent price.
It’s only $30 for 6 boxes which makes each one $5. You’ll be hard pressed to find anything else for $5 that isn’t cardboard. I’m not sure what you’re paying but $5 to me is cheap as dirt and totally worth it. I’ve had some of mine for 15+ years so at $5 that was totally worth it. But to each their own.
Hello your channel is very helpful for me as an collector. I have an question,an stupid seller have shouved an supper thick and supper phat booklet in to an front tray with 6 booklet holders,the booklet is fully folded over one of the middle booklet holders,its an foldout folder booklet,there is not any way to take out the booklet,if take this booklet out from the left side it will rip the page off,if i take the booklet out by the spine it will allso rip the page off. I dont want to press this page down until it lays under this booklet holder because that will damage this page on the edge,this page is allredy worn on the edge from the wrong handlings of the seller. Is there any safe way to broke the front tray or to broke the booklet holders without that the booklet gets damaged,the jewelcase is allredy damaged so i have nothing to loose about this jewelcase even if this jewelcase was not damaged i would broke it to protect this booklet. I cant understand it how this seller have could have make this mistake,even because of the fact that this booklet is way to phat for an 6 booklet holder tray, if the booklet was put in safely than the booklet would have siting under all of the 6 booklet holders . Normally i take the booklet out by the spine and the booklet will come out safe without any damage,bud one page of this booklet is fully folded over this middle booklet holder. Hopefully you have some advice for me. Thanks in advance. I dont know the exact name for these 6 things on the side that are made to protect the booklet so thats why i call it booklet holders. kind regards
From day one back in the 90s I have always enjoyed CD RACKS. I have two 1000 CD Racks, and two smaller racks that holds about 200 plus CDs. Displays great and easy to find everything.
Ok…I’ve got 12,000 and have racks for 4,500…so what happens then? 😂
@@BrendonSnyder You buy 8 more 1000 CD Racks and you're all set😁
Hi I think you are missing a couple of tricks to increase capacity. 1. Put units around the barristers. 2. Make your 2 L shaped units U shaped so they come out into the room, also have them double sided. Remember you saying you liked to sit on the floor close to the CDs, and for each half to be it's own zone, this would really enhance that without compromising the room as a walk through. This might get you up to 50% of your collection on display. Cheers Mark
No thank you. I thought about many layouts and I like what I achieved. Remember I’m a designer for a living so aesthetics is also something I consider. I prefer open uncluttered spaces. Cheers 👍
Hey I was curious, how do you store cds that don't fit standard jewel case dimensions?
Jewel cases are naturally the most common in my collection, but I do have several digipaks which are taller, cds with special plastic sleeves that make them larger overall, etc. and buying storage to accomodate them has been a pain. Most options I see have me stuck between storage made to fit standard jewel cases exclusively with no room to fit even somewhat larger cases, or more generic storage which takes up significantly more room space.
I love those Staples boxes. Helped me out a bunch. Thank you 👍. I'll check my record store now
*What size are the bigvboxes that they ship cd's to the record stores??*
Hi Brendon 👋 I live in a one bedroom unit. So I don't have much space I have a large collection of cds. I have them stacked up against two walls. The only thing is it can take me a long time to find a cd. And also I have had cds fall down. Recently i got a couple of cardboard boxes from a supermarket and i have put cds in them. I like your system. I'm going through my cds playing ones that i haven't listened to for ages. I have them stacked by my bed. I like listening to music in bed in the evening, and i have Edifier speakers 🔊 for quality sound connected to my Sony cd player. I have a lounge cd player and one in my bathroom set up so i have music to listen to while showering . Do you like Nick Cave ? , I'm listening to him as I'm writing this message. I saw him in concert here in New Zealand in 1982 with his band .
I've been thinking of putting my cds in the cellophane wrappers that protect the jewel case and cd, what are your thoughts on the cellophane protectors?
I’m just wondering if you play them
That’s a stupid question and usually I would tell you there is no such thing. Obviously I was wrong.
I'm slowly converting my 6,000 CD's into the soft PVC sleeves so I can fit more CD's onto my bookshelves - I totally get your point about not being as secure, but I keep some of my favorites in the cases and the more generic in the plastic sleeves. I'm also hoping to reduce my CD's since I have over 2,000 LP records and 6,000 CD's so need to reduce my footprint. I use dividers to easily identify the section of CD's since the downside is that you can't read the spine when they are in sleeves instead of cases. My radio shows I keep in a binder.
I have my whole collection alphabetically.
How many of these do you listen to on a regular bias? Ever heard of streaming.
How to keep your cds clean that are in your book cases do u just use a duster?
Occasionally yes. But dust doesn’t accumulate all that often because I’m always in and out of there.
@@BrendonSnyder well that makes sense.
Me i have these CD towers that spin...4 sides...as well as a plastic/metal rack unit, then 3-drawer plastic units with clear drawers...but lately, i did something really radical to save space...with artists with big catalogues, 3+, i take the discs, booklets & back sleeves, and combine them in ziplock sandwich bags, i put everything inside the booklets and "stsck" the booklets in the ziplock bags... nothing gets bent, all protected, discs don't get scratched, nothing...when i did that, the space of my CD collection (not the size or amount of titles) was cut by over a third!!
Stack them...and I prefer digipacks & cardboard CD wallets...those stay intact, it's the jewelcases I do that to...
Can-Am Cabinets are by far the best storage compartments out there. They're not cheap, but they're a high-quality and very attractive way of storing a CD collection.
I been using an ammo container and its fire asf
I love Cheap Trick
Do you have all 12k of your cds on a pc music server or nas?
looks like you need more racks
Perhaps
Great video brendan i have plastic boxes with lids called really useful boxes holding 18 cds i find that more manageable when looking for a cd I want but im also going to label in some way so i know whats inside you can stack them i have alot of them but haven’t got anywhere near your collection. I have more vinyl which are all on good old kallax. Love the video as no one really explains storage of cds or vinyl. Thanks joe
Great video once again. I like the variety of topics in your videos. 👍
Thank you! I’m so glad to hear you’re enjoying the variety of content I’ve created for the channel. 👊
I just found your channel a few weeks ago. It's really inspiring to see the kind of passion you have in your physical media -- even with storage!
Thanks for this video Brandon. I live in a condo and am limited for space. I have some of my CDs but have a room in my parents basement with a bunch of my other CDs but would eventually like to have all my CDs in my condo. I’m going to try some of your ideas with the boxes.
It's all well and good storing them in the correct climate, but they also need to be catalogued so you can search for them to find where they are located, especially when you're talking thousands of discs.
They’re alphabetical…so I know exactly where they are 😂
Serious question, no shade intended - do you have a video that explains WHY you own 12,000 CDs?
Yes I sure do! It’s called Why I Bought 12,000 CDs….see link, ua-cam.com/video/LsqKdvztLII/v-deo.htmlsi=jFxh3UYS7FnuCXCo
WTF is a record store?
Well, back in the day....Lol.
😂 very funny. On record Store day. I actually went to my local record store and purchased something.
Been living under a rock?
Are you 10? 😅
No. Not back in the day. They are still quite around. Smh. 🤡
Thanks for doing vids like these, Brendon. I started collecting CDs in the 80's, and wonder just how long they'll last and be in playable condition. It seems folks have varying opinions on the continued durability of CDs after 40 and 50 yrs of life. If you have any definitive info on this, I'd be grateful for info. Enjoy your channel and have discovered many artists under the radar, thanks to you!
Vinyl collectors say records from the 1960s and 1970s still play for them if kept clean and unscratched?
CDs should hold up for even longer than vinyl. My oldest owned CD is from 1987, 36 years ago- it still plays perfectly fine with no discernible deterioration in sound quality at all.
@@jimmycampbell78Same here - my oldest CDs are from 1987, no problems. I also think "CD rot" is a myth. Nothing's forever, but if you just treat them nicely CDs should last a lifetime at least.
Great advice, B. 😃👍. When you previously showed the banker box cut-downs, I employed that method. It was a great option. They stack nicely in a closet. I also use wooden crates like you use the cardboard ones. They are sometimes hard to find but Hobby Lobby has them in the wood craft area. For digipak CDs, I use Square Deal CD outer sleeves and put them in tiny wooden crates into a white bookshelf, They look like tiny LPs. With the chunky boxed sets, I do the same thing but with little clear plastic bins into a white bookshelf. The little crates and plastic bins are found at The Dollar Tree. Then I have all manner of little metal ones and lucite ones that I place on top of the bookcases. Of course, I have several of the pressboard cases that you assemble. Whenever I am junk hunting, I look for CD storage solutions. There is a ton of old 1990s Laserline CD stuff out there that just needs a little dusting. I do not think that I will ever have as many CDs as you have, but my collection is more than just right for me and still growing all of the time. I remain so glad that I found your channel. Rock Always! - Heather
Hi Mr syder is it OK if I
Buy a pre own CD OK to buy from Amazon Lori black
Yes, I purchase through Amazon’s Marketplace all the time and have good luck with it. If you have any issues you can contact Amazon and they will help you resolve it.
@@BrendonSnyder thank you so much Lori blask
How dare you put Metallica in your basement lol..jk!!
As I said…those are duplicates. I’ve got a Metallica box like the Alice Cooper box filled with Metallica in the closet including 72 Seasons. Had to buy a duplicate when I found a place giving away guitar picks with it.
I gotta have mine in a book case...boxing them. is to much of a hassle searching thru them especially when stacked...I don't have near the collection you have...aren't you concerned it time you're gonna be overwhelmed with cds?
Where did you obtain the file boxes? Good idea. Thanks for the video.
The file boxes are cut down to size. But I bought the original boxes at Staples. They are standard banker boxes. You can buy them anywhere office supplies are sold.
Great video. I know previously that you have said that you would never sell/trade any albums but do you think there will become a point in time that you might have to ?
After a decade or so of not selling anything, when I moved I did thin the heard and sold 90. But even that was hard to come up with that many. So it’s not something I plan to do or worry about but if I find that I really don’t like an album and it’s just taking up space, I will get rid of it.
Bought SONY CD PLAYER for 22 USD.
a quite good sterei digital out one.
I really used the last 10 years to collect where no one wanted.
I NEVER sold mine knowing exactly that this would be the worst to do.
So I kept them and now they gain worth again. Great deal.
I think you need a segment on recommended books about bands and musicians with so many on the bookshelf.
👍
I would love to see everyone's opinion on if you should use the plastic baggies for jewel cases or the harder clear plastic protectors. I have been using the harder clear plastic ones for the cds on the shelf, but I realized they don't offer water protection - just slight fall protection.
Should I switch to sealable baggies vs the hard clear guys? - Thanks in advance gang!
I cant find the 33250 boxes on Staples.. do they still have them?
They’re called Banker Boxes. They’re a standard size. Any banker box can be used.
@@BrendonSnyder OH! I just face palmed! Thank You!
ULINE sells a great box 12x10x6 and fits two rows perfectly. 54 regular CD cases will fit. S-4130 is the product number.
Good information ❤
Glad you found it useful!
I have a few hundred CDs and I store mine in a media cabinet. I have CDs on one side door that can store DVDs and VHSs as well.
Hi people!! I just saw a great deal on blank CDs and was wondering if it's okay that they're packaged without any sleeves, just all of them stacked and wrapped in plastic? The same guy sells paper sleeves for them, is it worthy?
Ha, I just mentioned you over on "All or Nada", storing CD's and all that stuff. Nice coincidence!!
I have like 60cds why am I watching this 😂😂
I'll seen the plastic ones (with lid and spine up storage) in the same size as the 90 cd cardboard boxes...I tried to find them but have not yet. Need to check the container store I guess.
Is your tongue pierced?
Yes 👍
I have over 16,000 CDs including several hundred box sets of various sizes all in one room and all on display with easy access to every title. Everything is in alphabetical order. I also organize each artist in order of original release date oldest to newest within the alphabetical order. Every spine is viewable. I custom built standard CD jewel case size shelving along each wall from floor to 10’ ceiling with the reachable top shelves deeper that are deep enough to hold any oversize box set. The box sets follow alphabetically by artist the standard jewel case CDs below them - all the way around the room. I added controllable lighting in eight sets around the room so that every title is lit and easily readable. The room is large enough to include on one end a top end audio system with 18 different playback and recording formats that are controlled in a central mix system. My 8,000 vinyl albums and 45’s are housed in this floor to ceiling system cabinet. At the other end of the room a current vintage large widescreen offers glorious video with awesome surround sound. My many music videos flank the big screen TV. The head in the system sends audio to all rooms of my three story home as well as to all sides of exterior of my home so that I can hear audio anywhere in my yard and garden. I have a custom German handmade 9.2 surround system in this studio room as well as stereo or surround in all of the rooms of my home. Been collecting since I was five starting in 1964 with “Introducing The Beatles”. May sound like a brag. Not my intention. I am a music nut like the rest of you and I assembled this piece by piece over these many years and I chose a profession in the pro audio industry that gave me the contacts and the means for assembling what I have today. I haven’t many years left but I will enjoy what is to come. Thank you for reading this.
100% bragging. Your comment offers nothing to the subject only to braunge about your possessions.
Very cool
Thanks!
very neat storage amazing
best way, give it all to me 😁👍
😂😂😂😂
Storing CDs with left spine up, do you find more damage to booklet due to pressure on those right sided tabs on jewel case?
No, the booklets don’t weigh enough to cause any issue.
thank you🥰👍🏼
kool, bro
12000 you will never listen to. 🙂
What makes you say that?
I found out myself that I go on using my time for family mire than music so I declared it as an archive where I just can grap an album time by time.
But it is very very funny to count the years it would need to listen to all at once.
12000 cds = 1000 days
About 3 years constantly listening.
I just know we have so much music we can never ever listen to all also do not want to listen to all.
To me it got just fun to wall to them and just if I have fun take one and listen.
@@BrendonSnyder
@@lukasjacobi627thank god for soul seek, Pirate Bay, VPN and Apple Music
@@BrendonSnyder a mathematics. Otheewise you will fail on your loved ones to share precious time with them.
@@lukasjacobi627He can't share his time with them while listening to music? He can't share with them the enjoyment of music? That's ridiculous.
Interesting. Thanks Brendon!
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it.
Yah it’s the called the garbage can. Bro it’s 2023. Do you have a book shelf as well?
Bro…don’t be a dick. It’s a good rule for life as well.
You are repating content. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
How do you figure? I’ve shown my collection and touched on some of this but never dived into the specific topic not gone into detail about how to protect them. Maybe you chose not to watch the whole video and missed content. 🤷♂️
What the heck is repating?
Great video! Thanks for sharing...
I know it's easy.... put them on a hard drive then trash them! CDs are worthless.
Haha…shows what you know! Some CDs are worth thousands. Somehow I don’t think a digital file will ever reach that value.
@@BrendonSnyderPlus, hard drives crash, I don't trust digital formats.
@@BrendonSnyder
Shows what you know (inhales) Whoahahahahaha 😂.
you're annoying
@@lamarravery4094You have to make a few backups on external hard drives. Even the externals can fail. Which is why i suggest multiple backups in different ways. External hard drive, a sd card, a usb flash drive. Etc.