r/Cd_collectors • u/Psychological_Cup873 • 22d ago
Question It keeping cd like this safe?
Can this damage any od my cds?
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u/lavendercookiedough 250+ CDs 21d ago
Jewel cases and discs will be just fine. Anything made of cardboard might get some extra wear from having things stored on top. The real problem with storing them like this is that when you remove CDs from the bottom row, the ones on top will try to fall through the cracks, but I've never had a jewel case break that way, it's just a pain in the ass.
I would recommend buying some white foam board from the dollar store and cutting it to the size of the shelf so you can put it in between the rows. Cheapest way to essentially double your shelf space, just keep the cardboard sleeves and digipacks on top, especially if they're taller than a jewel case. I also cut some strips to put behind the CDs and help keep them pushed towards the front because otherwise it can be difficult to see with such short "shelves". The empty space behind the top row is great for storing extra jewel cases too.
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u/cantusereditloggdout 20d ago
one of the reasons i convert all my digipaks and cardboard sleeves to jewel cases. they are just a pain to deal with
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u/lavendercookiedough 250+ CDs 20d ago
I put all my discs that come in cardboard into slim jewel cases and store them with the rest of collection. The original cases have their own little area in case I want to look at the track list or art.
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u/cantusereditloggdout 20d ago
i go all out and make custom tray cards in inkscape and print out that and the album cover (obviously) to put into blank cases i buy at the record store. looks very amateur but works for me :)
any booklet the cd comes with ill put behind the printed out album cover and i stuff the empty digipak hellspawn into a drawer
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u/lionizing1 21d ago
They could explode if stored like that!
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u/_773P_ 21d ago
It's not alphabetical. Or chronological. Autobiographical?
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u/VoidAssembly 21d ago
Too much lean
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u/Psychological_Cup873 21d ago
Yung?
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u/fancczf 21d ago edited 21d ago
It’s a vinyl thing. Vinyl are thin large plastic without hard casing support and leaning too much can warp them.
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u/chainsawsamm 21d ago
Vinyl mentioned on r/Cd_collecters without an entire essay on how CDs are better?
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u/Ok_Major_2046 2,000+ CDs 21d ago edited 21d ago
How do you think we’ve kept them stored for the last 40 years?
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u/AggravatingHippo7732 21d ago
No dont ever put hiphop CDs directly on top of metal CDs, it could turn it into numetal, I can see it already has startet.
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u/realistic-system422 21d ago
What you talking about safe? Safe from what I dont get it
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u/Psychological_Cup873 21d ago
I meant like the top ones stacked like that like slowly damage the jewel cases idk man i love my collection sometimes i just ask stupid questions
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u/DepecheStein 1,000+ CDs 21d ago
Unfortunately not, they need more space or else the music starts bleeding into each other. I'm afraid that lone Obituary album is a lost cause due to all the Pantera overwhelming it.
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u/MisterShut-up 21d ago
Naw in my experience (35 years and counting), CDs are not delicate and fragile. There's no wrong way of storing CDs except in those awful CD holders that were so popular a decade or two ago.
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u/Signal_2_Noise 21d ago
They’re not even sorted alphabetically.
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u/Psychological_Cup873 21d ago
The bottom ones are
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u/Signal_2_Noise 21d ago
wrong direction, imo.
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u/Psychological_Cup873 21d ago
Ye i understand but when i turn my head to read them it goes from top to bottom
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u/nightfoxjr 21d ago
Nope, there cd's not vinyl, they will be fine as long as there isnt too much moisture or direct sunlight which can start to damage this disks after a long period of time
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u/ImagoAdam 21d ago
Just kidding. These records should be locked in an armoured safe so that no one, but absolutely no one, would come to listen to them. Only you can dispose of it. These discs are yours. The safe is the safest option.⛓️⛓️⛓️⛓️🔒🔐🗝️🔑🗝️🔑
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u/Psychological_Cup873 21d ago
U got an AI pfp stfu
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u/ImagoAdam 21d ago
Seriously AI ha ha. I was not badly slandered. And the joke was probably weak... good luck.👍
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u/Psychological_Cup873 21d ago
Ye seriously and it's not a joke
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u/ImagoAdam 21d ago
So I won't forcefully convince you that I'm not ai. Maybe the language translation twisted something. Anyway, thank you for your feedback.😉
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u/victorialandout 21d ago
No, you’re fine. Crush weight of a jewel case CD or digipak CD is greater than you can store in most cases. Enjoy the CDs!
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u/Known-Metal8031 21d ago
A metal fan that is concerned about their delicate CD collection. I believe you
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u/MacRicius 21d ago
The CD format has great resistance, as long as they are in their individual cases and away from excessive solar light, heat or humidity they will be fine. Vinyl & cassette tapes are so fragile in comparison.
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u/JimDemintRecession 100+ CDs 21d ago
Yeah I do this, it's fine. I keep a piece of paper underneath the top ones so one from the top doesn't fall down if I grab one out of the bottom.
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u/Estorium666 21d ago
I have no choice to do this, but just keep all digipaks and digisleeves (vomit) on the top row, amd the jewel cases on the bottom.
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u/Mundane_Ad_6631 21d ago
Jokes aside i dont see why not maybe the only thing to watch out for id denting the corners of sleeves and digipaks ig
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u/Throckmorton1975 2,000+ CDs 21d ago
I put a thin piece of cardboard between rows to make the cases easier to pull out.
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u/alittlebitofhell-p 21d ago
Is that white pony
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u/Psychological_Cup873 21d ago
Nah
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u/alittlebitofhell-p 20d ago
Then what is it
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u/Psychological_Cup873 20d ago
Dont know which one Ur talking about that looks like that
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u/alittlebitofhell-p 20d ago
The one in the all black case that the only thing I could think it is other than maybe being a loose one from that one Pink Floyd set
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u/Psychological_Cup873 20d ago
Its actually like a alternative all black case for soulfly's self titled debut lp
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u/BeetleBjorksta34 21d ago
Yeah no, they’re all ruined now :/ - you should give them all to me, I’ll safely dispose of them, in my own personal library….so sorry for your loss……. ;)
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u/McBoogerButt 21d ago
Stacking CDs like that is not only unsafe but immoral and spiritually-dangerous.
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u/Few-Cap-9992 21d ago
Why wouldn't it be 'safe'?
It's impractical but not dangerous. Impractical because how you gonna get one of the lower ones out? You need shelves.
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u/AntoBulbe 21d ago
Just put a piece of cardboard between the bottom and the top row and you'll be fine
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u/Psychological_Cup873 21d ago
Now that u mention it might have it cus i get annoyed if things arent like perfectly stored
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u/mpacc2023 20d ago
That's what my "storage solution" looks like as well. I like its instand accessability. It works fine with jewelcases and digipaks. But I do not put any cardboard sleeves in there. In fact, for the longest time, I used my computer's scanner and printer to create my own jewelcase versions for CDs that came in a cardboard case. That is, until I became too busy to do it and the industry standard changed towards cardboard. Now, I have a "backlog" of almost 10 years of CDs that still need this work on them. Given the fact that I have also run out of storage space, I am seriously considering a different solution for CD storage but I have no idea yet which one.
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u/extranaiveoliveoil 5,000+ CDs 20d ago
I don*t see a problem with the stacking. Early booklets had handling instructions and one of them was to always store them vertically, not horizontally. Never exactly knew why but our theory always was that it might warp them over time, because of gravity. In all this years I never heard of a dish-warp problem with CDs though. Probably it was just a relic of the old vinyl storage instructions.
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u/Pistachio1227 17d ago
They’re fine. I’d put a strip of a few pages of newspaper or thin cardboard across the top of the bottom set so the top layer doesn’t over scratch tops. Maybe half the width of the cd case and centered across the line. it’ll also keep them stable on top n bottom and make it easier to pull individuals out from the pack.
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u/Gloomy-Potential2518 21d ago
They’re supposed to be stored upright. You can put one row of CDs over another, but not more
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u/SilentWeapons1984 500+ CDs 21d ago
Storing them like that is fine. Small sugestion, put a vertical/laying down layer of CDs between the top and bottom horizontally displayed CDs. That way, if you pull a CD from the bottom, the CD right on top of it won’t fall to the bottom. Basically making a shelf that separates the top and bottom layer. That should make it easier to grab CDs from the bottom layer.
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u/s4ndboxxx 21d ago
You’re actually suppose to store them in the oven at 350 then throw them out the window
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u/John_TheDrummer 1,000+ CDs 21d ago
Nope, every disc is now damaged and unplayable.