Record collection

Duo · 12th June 2005, 07:47 PM

This is not a post I often have to make. haha

I've recently obtained a record collection of some 17000 albums, of which about 97% appear to be in mint or near mint condition.

The entire collection is classical, baroque, romantic period music.

If you wish, I can post some of the labels on which they are pressed.

Does this normally happen to people?? lol

leadbelly · 13th June 2005, 03:56 AM

!

audio-kraut · 13th June 2005, 04:24 AM

As a canadian fellow citizen, i find your posting really unpolite - who the hell is donating something like that to me?

I just wish you don't have the space to store them, the rats eat the labels and you lose your job because you can't do anything else because you have to listen...and you wear out the needles and have no money to buy replacements

Hah, thats gonne teach you to brag..

fcel · 13th June 2005, 04:28 AM

Is that 1,700 or 17,000? What's the story behind it?
If you got all that for free, are you going to share?

audio-kraut · 13th June 2005, 04:47 AM

Quote:

If you got all that for free, are you going to share?

Hey, thats only between us canucks - stay outta there!

Try to get things for freeandnotlettingourcowscrossthebordergonneshowyou whatitmeanstobecanuck

soongsc · 13th June 2005, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by audio-kraut

Hey, thats only between us canucks - stay outta there!

Try to get things for freeandnotlettingourcowscrossthebordergonneshowyou whatitmeanstobecanuck

Need to get closer to the equator to live things up!

audio-kraut · 13th June 2005, 04:57 AM

Wrong - just because we are freezing our behinds off half of the year does'nt mean we aren't lively - just the opposite - when you stay put, you freeze, gotta keep moving.

Duo · 13th June 2005, 06:08 AM

For one, i said 17000, not 1700. And two, I'm not bragging about them.

I simply wish to know if this is considered a large collection or not and perhaps some good ways of storing, maintaining, and keeping these.

Thanks

soongsc · 13th June 2005, 06:45 AM

How much time did you spent on opening them up and examining them?

You are asking how to store these? I would do it for you, but we're a little humid here.

Being serious, you actually want to know what's the best way to store them. Right? How were they originally stored?

audio-kraut · 13th June 2005, 07:08 AM

I would recommend you get a whole bunch of Ikea "ivar" shelving units.
Records should be stored upright, and under dry conditions.
I have about 1500 and need a shelf 42" wide by 84" high, so you need about 11 - 12 of those shelfs.

A cheaper alternative - with low SAR are milk crates. Those are stackable - on the sidewalls, the records - remember - always upright.

If you are really taking care of the collection - purchase yourself a cleaning machine.

How do you intend to play those? Do you own a player already?
Your question of how to take care lets me doubt that.

12th June 2005, 07:47 PM	#1
Duo diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada	Record collection This is not a post I often have to make. haha I've recently obtained a record collection of some 17000 albums, of which about 97% appear to be in mint or near mint condition. The entire collection is classical, baroque, romantic period music. If you wish, I can post some of the labels on which they are pressed. Does this normally happen to people?? lol __________________ -- Duo, W1ngs, VA7MON, and lesser known handles. -- -- http://www.w1ngselectronics.com -- My Work and Projects --

13th June 2005, 03:56 AM	#2
leadbelly diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta	! __________________ Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. Enzo Ferrari

13th June 2005, 06:08 AM	#8
Duo diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada	For one, i said 17000, not 1700. And two, I'm not bragging about them. I simply wish to know if this is considered a large collection or not and perhaps some good ways of storing, maintaining, and keeping these. Thanks __________________ -- Duo, W1ngs, VA7MON, and lesser known handles. -- -- http://www.w1ngselectronics.com -- My Work and Projects --

13th June 2005, 06:45 AM	#9
soongsc diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Taiwan	How much time did you spent on opening them up and examining them? You are asking how to store these? I would do it for you, but we're a little humid here. Being serious, you actually want to know what's the best way to store them. Right? How were they originally stored? __________________ Hear the real thing!

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13th June 2005, 04:24 AM	#3
audio-kraut diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 12km off the alaska highway in northern BC	As a canadian fellow citizen, i find your posting really unpolite - who the hell is donating something like that to me? I just wish you don't have the space to store them, the rats eat the labels and you lose your job because you can't do anything else because you have to listen...and you wear out the needles and have no money to buy replacements Hah, thats gonne teach you to brag..

13th June 2005, 04:28 AM	#4
fcel diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: LA County	Is that 1,700 or 17,000? What's the story behind it? If you got all that for free, are you going to share?

13th June 2005, 04:57 AM	#7
audio-kraut diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 12km off the alaska highway in northern BC	Wrong - just because we are freezing our behinds off half of the year does'nt mean we aren't lively - just the opposite - when you stay put, you freeze, gotta keep moving.

13th June 2005, 07:08 AM	#10
audio-kraut diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 12km off the alaska highway in northern BC	I would recommend you get a whole bunch of Ikea "ivar" shelving units. Records should be stored upright, and under dry conditions. I have about 1500 and need a shelf 42" wide by 84" high, so you need about 11 - 12 of those shelfs. A cheaper alternative - with low SAR are milk crates. Those are stackable - on the sidewalls, the records - remember - always upright. If you are really taking care of the collection - purchase yourself a cleaning machine. How do you intend to play those? Do you own a player already? Your question of how to take care lets me doubt that.

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