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anyone use ikea for lp racks?

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60071358

looks like it could be a nice lp rack, but ikea stuff is notoriously cheaply built and the dimensions listed are not too helpful. but taking the total heights/width and dividing by 5 and taking 1.5" off per opening for the boards I come to roughly 13x13" openings which would be good for lps, and figuring 65lps @ 200g/ea per 13 linear inches i get ~29lbs per shelf, right at the listed max weight capacity. seems too good to be true.

I'd be curious to hear if anyone else uses this for lps, and whether or not the shelves look like a compound bow after a year or so...
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dougdeacon
3,338 posts
 
I use Ikea Effektiv because
- it's more heavily and solidly built than Expedit
- solid back included, so no tipping or leaning
- it's a modular design, so readily expandable
- it fit my space better

Start with this on the floor: Effektive plinth

Attach these on top, as high as you want to go: Effektiv Add-on Unit, Low

Works for me...
zenblaster
504 posts
 
You don't want to put castors on this shelving. What you do want to do is fasten it to the wall in several places. Then it will be very safe and you will have no chance of damaging your records (or your pets/kids)
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
i would have gotten IKEA, but too far away. I bought some modular shelving from Target. After assy I screwed the modules together. So I have a six tall by nine wide in one room, and a six tall by four wide for just Jazz in another. Aprox. 6,500 LPs total.
I like the modular stuff because I was able to custom fit it into the space available.
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
I do Expedit shelves perfect 14x14x14 for records. Nice and affordable
david12
1,398 posts
 
I use Ikea too, one advantage for LPs and the Benno CD racks, is there height. They go up to near my ceiling, so are very economical for space. Frankly Jazzcourier, if I was in a large eartquake, e few LPs on the floor would be the leadt of my worries.
Plus you get the advantage of the great quirky names, biffo's boffo's zippo's
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