CD Sleeves

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With about 4000 CD's and needing the space these take up plus not wanting to just use a typical sleeve as I want to keep the booklet and art work I went with these CD Accessories - Space-Saving CD Sleeves CD they hold the cd, booklet and art work.....anyone else using these?

[NorthStar]

No good; you can't read the spine (side). ...Not a good way to organize and quick pick a selection from your music CD collection.

I keep all my CD jewel boxes, and all my audiophile CDs are inside a clear plastic wrapper, including the jewel box (no dust can enter), just like serious music LP collectors do with their albums (the entire album's art work is inside a clear plastic).

As for space, yeah, just rip your walls apart and build inside CD shelves. It looks super cool, and a 20' by 8' wall can have a lot of CDs.
And five of those walls (spread here and there in your mansion) will take care of roughly 40,000 CDs!
...Including all their jewel boxes.

And! You can find easily what you're looking for by reading their spine (side); when your collection is well organized (music genre, alphabetic order, etc.).

That's my opinion Jeff (for me, in my own space at home).

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Having walls of CD's is what I want to get rid of.....walls of LP's no problem but not CD's

[Mike]

Having walls of CD's is what I want to get rid of.....walls of LP's no problem but not CD's

+1

[Mike]

You have to wonder really how much space will it save?

Right now, I'm building custom shelves from ceiling to floor for my LP's, CD's and BluRay's.

Here's the work in progress.







This is in a little 5 x 5 at the back of my room.

[A/V Solutions]

You have to wonder really how much space will it save?

Right now, I'm building custom shelves from ceiling to floor for my LP's, CD's and BluRay's.

Here's the work in progress.







This is in a little 5 x 5 at the back of my room.

Looks good Mike but unfortunately my space is limited......The space I'll need for my 4000 CD's will take up 75% less space and that will give me more room for LP's

[Mike]

Looks good Mike but unfortunately my space is limited......The space I'll need for my 4000 CD's will take up 75% less space.

What about ripping them all to a NAS, backing up to an external drive and then selling all the CD's?

I know it would take a long time, but if you did them in batches of 100 - you would be surprised how fast you get through them all. That's what I did.

You could then buy something useful like more LP's!

[NorthStar]

Having walls of CD's is what I want to get rid of.....walls of LP's no problem but not CD's

Walls of LPs, but not of CDs?!! ...Makes as much sense as the statue of Liberty.

* Some places you get banned for using CDs instead of LPs! :eek:

[Mike]

Walls of LPs, but not of CDs?!! ...Makes as much sense as the statue of Liberty.

* Some places you get banned for using CDs instead of LPs! :eek:

Don't give me any ideas Bob!

[NorthStar]

No Mike, your idea is a good one; ripping all your CDs (and albums too) on hard drives.

That's living in touch in 2013; digital music servers.
...Put Picasso and Dali and Monet and Gauguin paintings on your walls instead.

[Mike]

No Mike, your idea is a good one; ripping all your CDs (and albums too) on hard drives.

That's living in touch in 2013; digital music servers.
...Put Picasso and Dali and Monet and Gauguin paintings on your walls instead.

Or Ella, the Stones and Beatles.

[NorthStar]

Or Ella, the Stones and Beatles.

Ella, Billie, Miles, Thelonius, Chet, Sonny, Louis, ...yes, them (posters) too.

[Mike]

Ella, Billie, Miles, Thelonius, Chet, Sonny, Louis, ...yes, them (posters) too.

Even better. And I have to have a Willie poster in there too!

[NorthStar]

Nelson? ...From the Dominican Republic?

[GaryProtein]

No good; you can't read the spine (side). ...Not a good way to organize and quick pick a selection from your music collection.. . . . .

I was going to say that!

[dlb2]

Don't give me any ideas Bob!

When you firing up the new analog only forum Mike?!!!


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[Mike]

When you firing up the new analog only forum Mike?!!!


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Now that's an idea!

[Mike]

In all seriousness, buy a Synology 1812+ NAS (or similar) and 8, 3TB Western Digital Red drives, rip the CD's slowing but surely to lossless FLAC using DBPowerAmp or similar. Then, add a Linn Klimax or Akurate (read: no computer required) or the new Sony DSD player: http://presscentre.sony.co.uk/conten...0&NewsAreaId=2 OR something similar like the new Lumin.

Add iPad, and stir.

[NorthStar]

Jeff, you started this thread; is she taking you in the right direction(s)?

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Bob.....My listening is about 75% LP and 25% CD even though I have many artists on both formats, most of the time the LP is what I prefer. When I built my listening room I had the CD's in the room on the back wall, it screwed with the sound having all that hard plastic reflective surface behind the listener (me) so out they went and sound improved. Fast forward to today and all my CD's reside in one of our spare bedrooms taking up wall space I could use for other things plus I'd really like all my music in my listening room. Yes the ripping thing is a possibility but its something I have no desire for at this time, it still sounds like digital no matter what, its good but not LP sound and that's what I'm after, to each there own Yes?......My goal is to replace my CD copy with the LP copy as this will rid about 3000+ CD's I have. For the time being getting the sleeves solves my spare bedroom issue, I can have all my CD's in the listening room or at least the one's I desire to listen to and they will be in nice cd storage boxes and yes it may take a few more minutes to find something but with an outer label with the artist and title on each sleeve and good organization its no big deal to me. So yes the direction of the thread is fine by me as I wasn't asking for approval merely sharing......I hope all is well and happy Listening.

[dlb2]

Rid yourself of those pesky cd's and their plastic cases once and for all. You have so much vinyl that you won't even notice they're gone, except you have more space in your bedroom.
Sell them on the black market, give them away for Halloween, perhaps even a sacrificial bonfire...
Cut the cord and just be done with it. Change is good!


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[Petro85]

When you firing up the new analog only forum Mike?!!!


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+1 I'm in

Rid yourself of those pesky cd's and their plastic cases once and for all. You have so much vinyl that you won't even notice they're gone, except you have more space in your bedroom.
Sell them on the black market, give them away for Halloween, perhaps even a sacrificial bonfire...
Cut the cord and just be done with it. Change is good!


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Lmao!!!!

[NorthStar]

Bob.....My listening is about 75% LP and 25% CD even though I have many artists on both formats, most of the time the LP is what I prefer. When I built my listening room I had the CD's in the room on the back wall, it screwed with the sound having all that hard plastic reflective surface behind the listener (me) so out they went and sound improved. Fast forward to today and all my CD's reside in one of our spare bedrooms taking up wall space I could use for other things plus I'd really like all my music in my listening room. Yes the ripping thing is a possibility but its something I have no desire for at this time, it still sounds like digital no matter what, its good but not LP sound and that's what I'm after, to each there own Yes?......My goal is to replace my CD copy with the LP copy as this will rid about 3000+ CD's I have. For the time being getting the sleeves solves my spare bedroom issue, I can have all my CD's in the listening room or at least the one's I desire to listen to and they will be in nice cd storage boxes and yes it may take a few more minutes to find something but with an outer label with the artist and title on each sleeve and good organization its no big deal to me. So yes the direction of the thread is fine by me as I wasn't asking for approval merely sharing......I hope all is well and happy Listening.

Ok.

[sharkmouth]

Rid yourself of those pesky cd's and their plastic cases once and for all. You have so much vinyl that you won't even notice they're gone, except you have more space in your bedroom.
Sell them on the black market, give them away for Halloween, perhaps even a sacrificial bonfire...
Cut the cord and just be done with it. Change is good!



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DAMN!!!!!!

[MusicDirector]

Those sleeves would be better if they fit into a notebook (3-ring binder) like case. Using them to stack on shelves would soon result in the covers getting all crinkled and such. Plus the data side of the CD is against the back label which is worse than sitting in a jewel case undisturbed. In those cases you have to slide the CD out thus sliding the data side against the paper back every time you take it in and out. Jewel case you lift up and away from the plastic tray, no sliding for potential scratching. For sleeves hold CDs I like the soft lined ones. That way the sliding doesn't lead to scratching so easy. Sadly they don't make those to hold the art work, booklet etc.
Just FYI: I have over 1000 CDs in their jewel cases and I just broke down and built cabinets. I have room for about 90 more before reaching capacity. I'm limited for space too. I have my vinyl records in crates from The Container Store because I have zero room to store them any other way and with current count at about 300 records I have room for only about 40 more records before have a storage problem for vinyl records. Not because Ilike them less than CDs, I like many of them better, I just have no space for an Ikea cabinet or anything like that.

[A/V Solutions]

Rid yourself of those pesky cd's and their plastic cases once and for all. You have so much vinyl that you won't even notice they're gone, except you have more space in your bedroom.
Sell them on the black market, give them away for Halloween, perhaps even a sacrificial bonfire...
Cut the cord and just be done with it. Change is good!




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That's the plan eventually

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Those sleeves would be better if they fit into a notebook (3-ring binder) like case. Using them to stack on shelves would soon result in the covers getting all crinkled and such. Plus the data side of the CD is against the back label which is worse than sitting in a jewel case undisturbed. In those cases you have to slide the CD out thus sliding the data side against the paper back every time you take it in and out. Jewel case you lift up and away from the plastic tray, no sliding for potential scratching. For sleeves hold CDs I like the soft lined ones. That way the sliding doesn't lead to scratching so easy. Sadly they don't make those to hold the art work, booklet etc.
Just FYI: I have over 1000 CDs in their jewel cases and I just broke down and built cabinets. I have room for about 90 more before reaching capacity. I'm limited for space too. I have my vinyl records in crates from The Container Store because I have zero room to store them any other way and with current count at about 300 records I have room for only about 40 more records before have a storage problem for vinyl records. Not because Ilike them less than CDs, I like many of them better, I just have no space for an Ikea cabinet or anything like that.

Sliding the CD in and out is no different than an LP in and out of its sleeve, pay attention and all will be fine plus getting a sleeve that holds the art work and booklet is a plus for me, very few do. The Sleeves are pretty good (quality) these days (clear 4mil thick archival polyethylene) also......I've spoke with a few that have been using this particular type for years and no issues. I find this to be the best scenario for my situation and eventually I will have replaced the majority of my CD's with a LP copy and the small amount of CD's that remain due to not being able to find a LP copy can be ripped or what ever.....I'm in hopes of being 99% LP and 1% CD and also Tape is soon in my future also

[Mike]

Sliding the CD in and out is no different than an LP in and out of its sleeve, pay attention and all will be fine plus getting a sleeve that holds the art work and booklet is a plus for me, very few do. The Sleeves are pretty good (quality) these days (clear 4mil thick archival polyethylene also......I've spoke with a few that have been using this particular type for years and no issues. I find this to be the best scenario for my situation and eventually I will have replaced the majority of my CD's with a LP copy and the small amount of CD's that remain due to not being able to find a LP copy can be ripped or what ever.....I'm in hopes of being 99% LP and 1% CD and also Tape is soon in my future also

Vinyl rules!

[NorthStar]

Cassette tapes?!!

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Cassette tapes?!!

r2r

[Mike]

r2r

Is that déjà Vu all over again? . I had a killer AKAI R2R. Should never have sold it.

[NorthStar]

r2r

Star Wars?

[sharkmouth]

Star Wars?

Someone needs to get out of the igloo.....

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Is that déjà Vu all over again? . I had a killer AKAI R2R. Should never have sold it.

yep.....

[NorthStar]

[A/V Solutions]

on my list The Audio Archive, Inc. - STUDER A810 Professional Tape Recorder

[NorthStar]

on my list The Audio Archive, Inc. - STUDER A810 Professional Tape Recorder

One of the bests! ...Right on Jeff!

[NorthStar]

Here's an A 820 ::