Comments on: Old Jazz Collector Habits Die Hard

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:13:13 +0000

Expedit Owners, do you affix yours to the wall? I just got mine and put it together. They are really perfect for holding lps, but I prefer not to affix to the wall if I can get away with it.

By: zarabeth47

zarabeth47 — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:17:01 +0000

DOCTORJAZZ: Did you make extention w/ the taiwan connection? It’s gone! : )

By: zarabeth47

zarabeth47 — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:35:33 +0000

DOCTORJAZZ: I have thought the same of the seller in Taiwan but have not pushed the button on some of his lps. He has decent feedback but, and many would agree, high dollar items bought abroad that aren’t graded properly are losing proposition in the nd (return shipping! which, btw, I’m tired of losing but that’s my fault for taking risks with unknown sellers)
MATTYMAN: My friend has the squarer larger black shelves for lps and they are very stirdy all around. Ideal for lps and cost effective! I prefer the modular kind you can get at Bags Unlimited. They stack well, are sturdy and don’t have the trendy IKEA look, which, for me, is the only bad thing about the IKEA stuff. You can just buy 2 or 3 at a time as well so they are fairly reasonable when you need shelves.
EVERYONE!: Speaking of 10″ I recently aquired a VG-/VG DEXTER GORDON on savoy!! Pretty cheap as well! Some surface noise but it sure does sound great! WHOOH!

By: London Calling

London Calling — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:53:36 +0000

They are indeed Benno. I link each to their neighbour at the top, and each tower individually has one small L-bracket that IKEA thoughtfully provide, that screws the top of the tower to the the wall behind, out of sight.

Their centre of gravity is such that they will fall over at the first opportunity left to their own devices.

The Expedit with their larger foorprint are much more stable

By: ceedee

ceedee — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:16:17 +0000

London,are those CD racks affixed to the wall or standing freely? If it’s the “Benno”,they supposedly need to be wall-mounted-true or not?

By: London Calling

London Calling — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:43:40 +0000

Closer to the front is neat too.

IKEA have the best solution for CDs too in my view – not that I buy many nowadays, but have to do something with a thousabnd of them:

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/739/ikeacd.jpg

Because the shelves are moveable it adapts well for the even fewer books and DVDs

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:28:36 +0000

Those are ones I ordered LC.
Thanks Al, the one problem I had with them sight unseen was the depth and the fact that something this affordable would dip in the middle. I’ve had cheap shelving do this, as well as some expensive shelving. I like the way they look, they just blend in. I would like my records to be closer to the front than the picture LC posted and it sounds like your modification would work great for that.

By: London Calling

London Calling — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:35:51 +0000

Not sure if this is the same as yours but I swear by these IKEA shelves, shown here holding my miserable paltry 500 record jazz collection

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/5529/recordcabinet.jpg

Still has room for a few more – probably nearer 600 in the pair when full

By: ceedee

ceedee — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:16:33 +0000

The expedit shelves also get my vote-extremely sturdy,no wobble or “dip” in the middle after holding weighty LPS and easily painted if you must. And don’t forget CHEAP(which is how to score some on craig’s list). Nice!

By: Al

Al — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:49:06 +0000

Mike – sure. I’m up in the country now, but I’ll take a picture next time i’m in the city, possibly this week.