Shrinking my CD collection
I mentioned in my last thoughts post that I got the idea to reduce the size of my CD library - at least, the physical footprint of it. I'm not getting rid of any CDs1.
My sleeves2 arrived yesterday. My wife and I sat down to watch the Sens vs. Red Wings game after we came home from dinner so this was the perfect opportunity to do something productive instead of reaching for my phone to scroll around social media. Going through the first crate took the better part of the 2nd period of play, and I started working through a second crate after (though the second crate had more cases that I didn't convert to plastic sleeves).
Left: the original stack of CDs in my crate; Right: the massively reduced size of the stack. Note: I used an Android app called Collage Maker to make the image.
I think the picture above does a good job illustrating the huge difference in size the collection now occupies. This is going to give me so much more space! I neglected to count the entire number of cases I threw into the recycling bin but doing a count from the image, I converted 18 jewel cases to sleeves from that first crate alone.
Some "rules" I'm following:
- digipaks stay in their packaging
- Dual CDs keep their jewel case, otherwise I need to get sleeves with an extra pocket for CDs
- Don't be precious about the collection. Favourite bands do not get an exception for display purposes (so my Sloan & Our Lady Peace CDs are given plastic sleeves just the same as everyone else)
I bought 100 sleeves, I'm not sure if I have that many CDs in my collection. Next up will be doing the same thing for my DVD collection (except BluRay and 4K...I like displaying 4K cases and BluRay cases don't take that much room).
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Yet. I'm probably going to evaluate some CDs as I go through this process.↩
I bought the following from Amazon: Tarifold DJOIS CD Protective Sleeve as well as Clear Mini LP Anti-Static Plastic CD Inner Sleeves.↩