LPBin LP storage cabinet - I like it!

I just got it put together last evening. I installed a 23" fluorescent under the top shelf for the lower section. Capacity is 560 LPs. Since just getting back into vinyl a little over a year ago, this will hold me for quite some time. Currently, I have around 200 LPs. Tonight, I will sort the LPs, and get them in alphabetical order.

 

I have one too. Love it!

 

What are your store hours?

 

Sorry! By invitation only.

 

I actually still have someone many of the alpha bin headers from when I worked in record stores in the 70s. Would fit right in there ;-)

 

I have one of these as well, friends really enjoy coming over to the "store"

 

Oh man! That's awesome!!

In the shot where we can see the bottom of one of the bins . . .is it corrugated, to prevent LPs from sliding?

EDIT: Ah, never mind, it's the "groove mat" per their website.

 

With my back, my selections would be "top shelf" only.

 

Built mine for 50 bucks

 

Looks great. I will have to try to build one of those. What do you put in the bottom so the records don't slide forward when it's not full?

Pat

 

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=337891

 

I use shelf liners to keep them from sliding.

I've got 2 and one of these for records in the current rotation. I suppose I could save some money by building my own but I'm not handy at all and don't really have time for such a project.

Great product. A lot more fun than trying to read the spines.

 

More records

 

I wish I could have my records in something like this to flip through the covers rather than trying to read the spines. It would be so much more fun to figure out what I'm in the mood to play. Unfortunately they would take up the whole house

 

Indeed! LPBin does make this unit w/metal sides for retail stores.

 

Thanks! Those are the Groove Mats that LPBin sells. Price is $24.95 for the set of 2.

 

Some storage solutions work better for some folks than others. When I was spinning vinyl back in the 70s, and all the way to 2007 when I began selling off my vinyl, I never really had a good storage for my LPs. This photo is how I was storing my LPs most recently. It's an unused Armoire that we have in a spare bedroom. Perfect for my LPs! But, what I quickly discovered storing them in this manner with all of my LPs having outer sleeves, it really is a pain - especially putting them back, with the sleeves wanting to slide off. Lol!

And, since I have no woodworking skills, I'm glad I found the LPBin. It's sitting in my office which is only a short walk from my living/listening room.

 

That's why I store mine with the clear plastic sleeve opening at the top, and the disc outside of the cover, on the back cover. (Also prevents ring wear and seam splits to the cover.)

 

Man I want to get one after my move this summer.

 

that's a good option, too!

 

Yes indeed! I have LPs that I bought new in the 1980s and have always stored in this fashion, and the jackets have absolutely no signs of wear.

 

When I order LPs - new or pre-owned, I always ask to have them packed so the vinyl is in the sleeve outside of the cardboard. That solves the problem of seam splits in shipping. I put all of my LPs in Mofi inner sleeves with the original sleeves alongside.

 

I built 3 of them with very minimal woodworking skills. The big box hardware stores will cut the wood for you. I only had to make the angled cut on the sides. The pic is dark because it was taken with my phone.

 

I see that you guys keep the records slightly tilted. Is that healthy for them? I always keep them straight vertical (filling the empty space with textbooks), being afraid of warps. Am I too paranoid?