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Posted by chris harrington on Feb-23-2007 01:42:

What to do with Extra CD's

ok so i only recently started playing cds and now i have filled up my cd book (280 cds) and i dunno what to do with the cds that wont fit in my cd book anymore. I want to keep them organized but i dont want to get a bunch more CD books i would love to be able to keep them all in one place and in some sort of order so i can find stuff when i want them again. What do you guys do with your left over CD's?

Thanks
Chris

Posted by idoru on Feb-23-2007 02:13:

Just get another CD binder/book. It's easiest, ensures your old CDs have a safe place to stay if you ever want to use them again, etc.

I have two binders, and I went through re-sorting them. Once I purchased the second one, I dedicated one to "not-so-legal" music and one to legal music. Outside of that, my sorting system remains the same for both.

Posted by TwistedDUO on Feb-23-2007 02:42:

Again, this is a simple answer. Just buy another cd case. They're fairly inexpensive. Hell, I got one from a local radio station who was promoting at the Taco Bell near my bank. But if that doesn't work for you. You can save one of your CDR spindles and just stack them on that.

Posted by Trance Android on Feb-23-2007 11:58:

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Originally posted by TwistedDUO
You can save one of your CDR spindles and just stack them on that.

+1 thats what I do

Posted by Dojomaster26 on Feb-24-2007 15:27:

I just buy more CD binders. Every 128 CDs I know I need another binder, and they keep my discs in mint condition. I'm on binder #10 now

You could try buying sleeves for the extras, at $6 for a pack of 50. That would be cheaper now, but it would be better in the long run to just have another binder handy instead of having a tower of CD-sleeves.

Posted by djkoolaide on Feb-24-2007 16:06:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...d=1066095401949

That's the one I use...it's pimp!

Posted by ill0gical0ne on Feb-24-2007 18:25:

This is what I use: http://cgi.ebay.com/ALUMINUM-1000-C...1QQcmdZViewItem

I wouldn't trust the locks on it at all, but it keeps the CDs in great condition, plus it's really easy to find/organized your CDs.

Posted by chris harrington on Feb-24-2007 19:11:

ok thnx for the help guys. im gonna go oyt and get another cd case then

Posted by TwistedDUO on Feb-24-2007 19:19:

quote:
Originally posted by djkoolaide
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...d=1066095401949

That's the one I use...it's pimp!

I have two of these I use for gigs!!!
I love them!!!

Just don't forget your lock code, it's a pain to have to reset it.

Posted by Stu Cox on Feb-25-2007 10:57:

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Originally posted by TwistedDUO
You can save one of your CDR spindles and just stack them on that.

Believe me, that makes it impossible to find anything if you decide there's an older track you want to start playing again... I've got about 600 old CDs stacked on spindles here that I haven't got around to sorting out and I can't find a single thing when I want to!

It's ok for temporary storage, just don't let it get out of hand like I have

Posted by Chris Allen on Feb-25-2007 18:53:

I just stack the unused CD's in an empty CD spindle You never know when you'll need them someday.

Posted by justin on Feb-26-2007 21:15:

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Originally posted by Stu Cox
Believe me, that makes it impossible to find anything if you decide there's an older track you want to start playing again... I've got about 600 old CDs stacked on spindles here that I haven't got around to sorting out and I can't find a single thing when I want to!

It's ok for temporary storage, just don't let it get out of hand like I have

not if you have them all numbered and keep them in order with an index folder. It makes it very easy to go directly to the cd that you want and track number.

Thats what I do and it works just fine. Plus I don't have to waste money on sd binders by recycling the spindles.
Only problem with it is when I get too drunk, then i just start layin 'em on top of beer cans and ash trays and what not. But i'd probably do that even if i had a binder

Posted by Stu Cox on Feb-27-2007 18:04:

Fair shout. As I've only ever intended to use it as temporary storage I never came up with a system for organising it - obviously where I went wrong!

I think I'd still rather have them all in cd wallets anyway - I've got loads of old broken ones (the result of buying relatively cheap ones) lying around which need a little bit of sewing or something to make them useable again for light use at home, when I could never use them on the road cos they'd just fall apart.