storing your cd collection

[MagicRat75 0]

Obviously CD's should be protected from humidity ( esp away from radiator and window ) and dust as well as possible, but does it matter whether they are stored vertically or horizontally?

I am sure I read somewhere that for more than 5 years CD's should be stored vertically - like books.. how correct is this?

[Jediwashington 59]

No idea. My guess is that gravity might cause the CD casing or something to clump at the bottom, making it unbalanced and such, but you won't have that problem until the material itself starts to deterierate after like, 100 years. I would say it doesn't matter. Just make sure you have a copy of anything you really want to keep on tape, because there have been questions as to the longevity of digital material on CD's. Most of them have been worked out, but just in case.

~JW

[Johnnyecks 33]

I've always stored my discs vertically. Rarely have I come across one that was damaged over time (cd rot). I prefer them vertical, they just look better and are easier to handle/categorize (alphabatize).

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I store mine hermetically in mayonaise jars.

[King Mark 3,631]

Vertically,in a cabinet that has glass doors.I'm thinking of putting the c.d.'s in boxes since I hardly use them.I use my MP3 rips.

K.M.

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

i got mine on a shelf (quite near a window frankly, and weather is humid and hot here all year round. but the window is usually closed with curtains and more than half the day the air con is on.), arranged vertically like books, in composer>series>chronological order.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I really store mine flat like a platter, that is the best way to store them. Best way to read the label too.

[Johnnyecks 33]

I store mine in my cats stomach.

Vertically.

[Damo 0]

How come CD racks are horizontally instead of vertically??

[robthehand 3]

They take up less desk space.

[minimike 0]

But surely if they are stored vertically then it is much more likely that they will scratch each other when you move them?

[Ollie 1,059]

I have mine stored vertically.

[Johnnyecks 33]

But surely if they are stored vertically then it is much more likely that they will scratch each other when you move them?

Uh, store them inside their cases and it will prevent that.

[futuremartymcfly 0]

I pretty much just stack them all up in a shelf, but I don't use the CD's that often, like KM, I usually just use MP3

[Johnnyecks 33]

Ugh. I can't even imagine how un-organized your life must be!

[Trent B 337]

Hey marty just make sure that your shelf doesn't break and your CD's go bye bye onto the floor scratching them all.

LOL Sorry Johnnyecks but I had to say that...

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I store mine in my cats stomach.

Vertically.

yeah we know the truth on that, you store them in your cats ass vertically, and you can believe it only takes one cat, its got a tardis for an ass. But getting them out can be a bitch.

Here's a picture of your cat all bloated from too many cd's

here's a picture of your cat when you mistakenly pull out AOTC, now thats one nasty turd.

[Johnnyecks 33]

Joe,

Knew I could count on you for a crazy picture.

Vosk,

...watch yourself pal.

[Trent B 337]

Or what something bad will happen to me? LOL

I'm only teasing you man.

[King Mark 3,631]

I don't think i'd touch a cat like in Joe's picture.

K.M.

[Ollie 1,059]

If I looked like that cat I'd probably have that po'ed look on my face as well.

[ymenard 54]

Vertically, and from time to time there are size gaps between composers/types, so they end up diagonally I'm filling the spaces with Williams-related bookends

[Johnnyecks 33]

Vertically, and from time to time there are size gaps between composers/types, so they end up diagonally    I'm filling the spaces with Williams-related bookends

Which bookends? I'm having the same problems with diagonal cds. It's very irritating. I've been looking for some kind of bookends to use, can you tell me where you get them?

[John McClane 1]

It's curious how John is interested in this subject...

Really, that has been a really important period for the board, I remember you uploading a lot of photos, it must have been a very baaad moment.

I still wonder how tragic must have been the very moment you saw your whole collection as it is in the pic in your signature.

[Johnnyecks 33]

Yes it was.

Trying to get over it.

Anyhow, any word on those bookends?

[John McClane 1]

Trying to get over it.

I can image it, altought seeing it everytime you don't use quick reply I don't think it helps.

[ymenard 54]

They are just various stuff connected to the work of movies John has scored. There's such stuff possible, from figurines to books to movie-props.

[Johnnyecks 33]

They are just various stuff connected to the work of movies John has scored.  There's such stuff possible, from figurines to books to movie-props.

Ahh I see what you mean. Not exactally "John Williams" Props but more like 'John Willams Movies'" Probs.

Understood you wrong.

Thanks for the clarification.

TJ,

My pic in my sig is not so much so that I remember what happened, but that everyone else remembers. It's important that everyone keeps this tragedy in the back of their minds, so that it dosen't happen again.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

My pic in my sig is not so much so that I remember what happened, but that everyone else remembers. It's important that everyone keeps this tragedy in the back of their minds, so that it dosen't happen again.

I put it right up there with the collapse of the WTC, the Challenger explosion, and the debacles that were the final episodes of Mash and Seinfeld.

[John McClane 1]

John, I'd link the "Never forget 9/19/04" line to the thread of the tragedy, so that all the members who joined this board since then can be informed about that dramatic period, and all the steps to trying to go back to what it used to be before the C-Day (Collapse-Day).

[Trent B 337]

I went ahead and searched Johnny's postings and found that old thread he started of that incident. All I can say is......DAMN. I hope that would never happen to me. I have since pmed Johnny and apologized about poking at him in regarding the incident...

I didn't realize how disasterous it was until I saw the before and after pictures. Glad you were able to re-build it Johnny.

[Johnnyecks 33]

Here is a great way to store your cd's.

Vertically.

This is what I now use.

[nightscape94 965]

Doesn't look very sturdy.

Tim

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Yeah, I wonder what would happen to it if you spin it really...really fast!

[nightscape94 965]

Johnny, not to be negative, but it seriously looks like that type of storage unit is about to topple over at any minute. The fact that the picture was taken on an angle doesn't help either

Tim

[Johnnyecks 33]

Neil would make fun.

Johnny cries.

Thats what will happen.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Here is a great way to store your cd's.

Vertically.

This is what I now use.

that picture is so familiar, I can't quite place it, but lets hope a pair of 767's hijacked by muslim terrorist doesn't crash into them, or that a 70's style gorilla doesn't climb them.

[Johnnyecks 33]

Jesus Christ Joe!!

Anyhow, they are actually very sturdy and stable. I haven't had any .. uh .. issues with them.

[Ollie 1,059]

[King Mark 3,631]

Another disaster waiting to happen I say....

K.M.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

one tiny spark becomes a night of blazing suspense.

Joe who wishes he could do photo shop, because this just screams from one.

[Ollie 1,059]

Oh the ideas floating in my mind, but some would definately offend people.

But damn I could have fun with that image.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Mark, you dastardly man.

foiled by technological inability. damn.

[A24 4,331]

That was actually very funny, Joe.

[John McClane 1]

Anyhow, they are actually very sturdy and stable. I haven't had any .. uh ..  issues with them.

...yet...

However, didn't you rebuilt the CD storage as it was before? I remember pictures of the "after" being almost identical of the "before", I mean before that day, I thought you rebuilt everything. I'm referring to this photo.

And I remember those spinning twin towers, if I recall correctly you already had some of them (from the thread where everyone posted pics of their CD collection), like this. This was posted before the c-day.

[Johnnyecks 33]

Anyhow, they are actually very sturdy and stable. I haven't had any .. uh ..  issues with them.

...yet...

However, didn't you rebuilt the CD storage as it was before? I remember pictures of the "after" being almost identical of the "before", I mean before that day, I thought you rebuilt everything. I'm referring to this photo.

And I remember those spinning twin towers, if I recall correctly you already had some of them (from the thread where everyone posted pics of their CD collection), like this. This was posted before the c-day.

Yes, I owned one of this spinners for quite a number of years before the wall. I dissassembled it when the wall was built, and put it into storage.

I moved since that day, and while I can build another one where I am living now, I decided against it for the sole reason of not wanting to go through with building it yet once again. So I bought extra spinners, and they now hold everything quite nicely.

Say what you will, but these are very sturdy and very stable. They are wider than what they look like in those pictures, they're about a foot and 1/2 wide on each side. They aint' toppling anywhere unless one gets pushed. Which, there is not a soul in the this house that will do that.

[Trent B 337]

Right now my actual physical CD collection is a bit small, only 30 CD's so they're stacked up some what close to my monitor on my computer desk.

However after I've really built up my collection with physical CD's and CD-R scores I'll be buying this here for both my CD and DVD collection. Of course I'll be getting the deal in black since I hate most furniture stuff like this in red...yuck.

[John McClane 1]

John, so you rebuilt the whole wall, and then after a short time you changed house?

I posted pics of part of my CD collection in the photo thread some time ago.