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CD Organizing Devices?

Posted by Cliff on from the easily-storing-the-lil-platters dept.

Dagian asks: "Like many of you, I have CD's coming out of every orifice in my office. I have been looking for some time for a device to store my collection of software, music and other assorted goodies. The standard faux-leather CD binders seem inadequate. Have any of you come across anything that will organize CD's and - most of all - make them easy to tote around?" The traditional CD wallets work fine when you are talking in lots of 10-15, but what about lots of 20? 50? 100? CD Organization can get hard when the numbers get large. So, big or small, what portable carrying objects do you use when organizing CDs?

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  1. CD changers and huge wallets by defective · · Score: 3, Informative

    It depends how frequently you used the CDs. Also, if you're toting them around to different computers on the same netowork, or you need constant access to many different CDs, check out: dvdchanger.com these 200 disk CD/DVD changers range from $1000 to $6000. The things are REALLY cool, go check out the specs (anyone know how to build your own?)

    If you're wooking for a CD wallet sorta thing, check out: Case Logic Nylon Case We use these at my work, we have well over 1000 CDs stored in these things. They work beautifully.

  2. Case Logic by zsazsa · · Score: 3, Informative

    I find that the standard Case Logic nylon cases to be the perfect balance of portability, density, protection, and durability. I have three of the 208-disc capacity models. (The 256 and 264 models are a little too bulky for me.) The faux-leather ones just seem a little weird for my tastes, and any hard-shelled cases I've seen seem too prone to breakage.

    They hold liner notes well, but of course that halves the capacity, but I find it worth it. The one that holds my CD-ROMs has just discs in it, though.

    Ian

    1. Re:Case Logic by RadioheadKid · · Score: 4, Informative

      I would be a little cautious about the Case Logic type solution, they have a tendancy to, for lack of a better word, dull the CD's (basically slowly rubbing off the coating) I think it's the combination of the plastic, the softbacking, and particles that collect in the slot, the nice thing about a CD jewel case is the CD is elevated, in these binders the sleeves are in full contact and rubbing against the CD's. I've seen this happen mostly in full binders. If you do decide to use them, I would recommend only filling them 75%. I think it also depends on how much you want to transport them, if the case moves around a lot, you may see this problem, for just storing them on a self, you should be fine.

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  3. Small shelves might work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I've seen wooden CD shelves that hold maybe 100-150 CDs and cases. I'd guess they're about 11" high, 20" long and 6" deep, and hold the CDs in two rows. They're fairly cheap (cheaper if you make your own) and they stack well. You could probably rig up some sort of net system to keep the CDs from falling out of the shelves while travelling (a couple of big elastic straps staple-gunned to the wood should be enough if you're not concerned with aesthetics). The downsides would be the huge size and excessive weight, and the fact that the only portability solution that I know of is a hack of sorts.

    I know you said that the CD binders were inadequate, but they kick ass for portability. Unless you've got 1000 CDs that you need to browse really quickly, a large binder or two would probably be the best choice.