[pumpkinman]

From Cheap And Cheeful Pumpkinman

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=92520.0

[Jlappy]

From Cheap And Cheeful Pumpkinman

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=92520.0

   you do be the cheep pumpkinman  nice job reinforcing the big lots shelves 

i need to relocate my lps and build a DIY shelf in a confined space 39'' high by 104'' wide    . . . my lps are currently in a 5x5 ikea expedit bookcase that was well worth the ~ $180 if i remember.  yet one of my son's claimed our home office as his bedroom  he claimed his brother he roomed with was too messy ....

[kgcdc]

Pics would be great. Like the style of what is on that site.

Here you go...

[roscoeiii]

kgcdc,

Those are beauties. Have a ballpark guess how many LPs those shelves will hold?

[kgcdc]

My guess is ~500 for the whole thing, top and bottom.

But it's the same dimensions exactly as the lpbin.com version, so whatever those will hold is the best answer.

Thomas does beautiful work and it was a *great* price.

[Sonny]

My guess is ~500 for the whole thing, top and bottom.

But it's the same dimensions exactly as the lpbin.com version, so whatever those will hold is the best answer.

Thomas does beautiful work and it was a *great* price.

How much was it, may I ask?

[Sonny]

Ideally I would want the rack with pull out drawers to hold more and save space!

[lazydays]

here's what I did:

I had a series of rectangular cubes built that are about 46" long, 15.5" high, and 11.5" deep. The cubes are stackable with a divider built in the middle. Mine are white laminate covered for easy cleaning (windex). I also had them build a framework to use as a base that can be leveled. Reason I went with an 11.5" depth was for ease of pulling a record out of the shelves, and would not think twice about doing it again. The material was 3/4" thick, and this leaves me with 14" inside (will handle all box sets). Built mine to hold about 4,000 LP's, and by the time they were finished I had already out grown them! Looks like I need to build another five cubes to hold about 1200 more LP's. I also have plans on building two more units tat will hold nothing but boxed sets, and they will be seperate.

What I really need to build now is an LP rack for my living room (furnature quality) that will hold about 600 LP's.
gary

[kgcdc]

How much was it, may I ask?

$650. I don't know what his price would be now that he's made the first one. He's a great guy to work with, though, so feel free to ask him. Contact info is at http://loft3f.com/

[vinyl_guy]

I needed to add more storage and just ordered these from Mapleshade. Available in finsihed oak, unfinished oak and the finished maple I ordered. http://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Finished-Ambrosia-Maple-Record-Shelf-System/productinfo/RR-MAP-CL/

[decal]

I needed to add more storage and just ordered these from Mapleshade. Available in finsihed oak, unfinished oak and the finished maple I ordered. http://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Finished-Ambrosia-Maple-Record-Shelf-System/productinfo/RR-MAP-CL/

Nice looking but mighty expensive for crates.

[vinyl_guy]

Nice looking but mighty expensive for crates.

I have seen them up close and I would not call them crates, not even close. They are high quality furntiure.

[cheap-Jack]

Hi.

I use the single cube version of it just stacked up.  You don't have to worry about sagging at all.

Acoustically, any tall solid structures standing in the listen area are NOT recommended due to uncontrolled defraction of the soundwaves emitted from the loudspeakers.

Tall record racks are typical examples which unfortunately are used so commonly to hold records or CDs in many many vinyl fans homes.

My way to kill such undesired soundwave defraction is to place all my many hundreds of LPs in paper boxes custom-built from packing carton boxes, face out. These boxes are placed side by side neatly ON the floor which holds up the very heavy weight of the hundreds of LPs.

All those carton boxes, being paper & sitting lowly on the floor, will cause very very little, if not none, soundwave defraction. They cost me nothing moneywise.

So, no costly tall rack which will sack later if not sooner due to LPs very heavy dead weight to purchase & to replace, & to worry about their acoutical effect to the sound.

Besides, the records are all out of my sight so that I can focuss at the music.

Win win situation.

c-J

[*Scotty*]

Well cheap-jack, I have been to Woodsyi's house and I have heard his system. He in no way has a problem with "undesired sound wave diffraction". If you view his gallery you can see the position of his record storage cubes. The image posted shows the free standing record storage racks are at the rear of room and  add some useful diffusion.
Scotty

[cheap-Jack]

Hi.

Well cheap-jack, I have been to Woodsyi's house and I have heard his system. He in no way has a problem with "undesired sound wave diffraction". If you view his gallery you can see the position of his record storage cubes. The image posted shows the free standing record storage racks are at the rear of room and  add some useful diffusion.
Scotty
[/quote
My comment is on general situation where tall standing structures should be avoided in any sound rooms.

In the case of Woodsyi's room, the image did not show me it
IMO, it is not recommended even if the racks are placed against the rear wall, which serves as a reflective wall for the loudspeakers front soundwaves.

Yes, you might hear any problem acoustically there, but I can you if all the racks are removed to another room, the imaging & sound balance would be even better.

c-J

[Delta Wave]

I needed to add more storage and just ordered these from Mapleshade. Available in finsihed oak, unfinished oak and the finished maple I ordered. http://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Finished-Ambrosia-Maple-Record-Shelf-System/productinfo/RR-MAP-CL/

There's a guy that makes those for like $40 a piece out of oak/maple. I'll have to wait until I'm not on my work PC to send a link.

Found it... http://www.tonyswoodshop.com/

Lots of info and links here... http://jdorganizer.blogspot.com/2008/01/storing-vinyl-record-collection-what-to.html

[decal]

I have seen them up close and I would not call them crates, not even close. They are high quality furntiure.

My comment was not meant to be disparaging in any way, sorry if you took it that way. They are nice looking, just expensive in my opinion. I'm sure they will store albums very nicely as they are intended to do.

[vinyl_guy]

My comment was not meant to be disparaging in any way, sorry if you took it that way. They are nice looking, just expensive in my opinion. I'm sure they will store albums very nicely as they are intended to do.

No offense taken. I did not consider them to be expensive. To me, to be able to buy hand made, beautifully finished modular record racks that hold 150 records each out of air dried maple for $100 per rack is a very reasonable price. I think highly of the products Mapleshade develops and sells. I have their 4" maple platform for my TT and it is gorgeous besides being very functional in terms of resonance control. Their finished record racks are high quality furniture.

Laura

[vortrex]

to be fair, those seem to be $40 for a unit 1/2 the size of the mapleshade ones, so it's only like $20 cheaper for a comparable setup (24" wide).

There's a guy that makes those for like $40 a piece out of oak/maple. I'll have to wait until I'm not on my work PC to send a link.

Found it... http://www.tonyswoodshop.com/

Lots of info and links here... http://jdorganizer.blogspot.com/2008/01/storing-vinyl-record-collection-what-to.html

[vinyl_guy]

Hi.

Well cheap-jack, I have been to Woodsyi's house and I have heard his system. He in no way has a problem with "undesired sound wave diffraction". If you view his gallery you can see the position of his record storage cubes. The image posted shows the free standing record storage racks are at the rear of room and  add some useful diffusion.
Scotty

My comment is on general situation where tall standing structures should be avoided in any sound rooms.

In the case of Woodsyi's room, the image did not show me it
IMO, it is not recommended even if the racks are placed against the rear wall, which serves as a reflective wall for the loudspeakers front soundwaves.

Yes, you might hear any problem acoustically there, but I can you if all the racks are removed to another room, the imaging & sound balance would be even better.

c-J

I too have been to Woodsyi's house several times and heard his system. It is one of the best sounding systems I have ever heard. Great imaging, a 3D soundstage, great clarity, detail and tight bass slam and control. I can assure you that the racks have no adverse impact on imaging and the sound of the system.

I had a very respected home audio engineering company (Rives Audio) design an acoustic treatment package for my family/listening room. Part of the design was to place floor to ceiling book racks along the rear wall to absorb, difuse, and scatter sound waves to reduce the reverberation and reflection off the rear wall back to the listening position. The rest of the package included absorption panels RPG B.A.D. panels, low frequency traps in the corners behind the speakers and 1/2 round plywood on each side of my wall mounted plasma TV for dispersion off the front wall. In most rooms one must somehow tame the reflections off the back wall with a combination of absorption and diffusion. There are photos in my gallery.

Laura