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"Capacity will be 840 discs, as soon as I finish this"

Really? That's all?
I did a quick "well those saw horses look THIS wide" conversion, and I figured it at well over a thousand.
Looks WAY taller than mine, and that's what mine holds.
Oh Ch#*$t,
I'm in for it now, aren't I?

Shelves are 24 - 5/8" wide, holds 60 cds, and X 14 shelves. The overall height is 107.5 ", including the 3.5" kick toe base.
One reason for the extra height is each shelf is faced with a piece of 1 x 2 oak ( 3/4' x 1.5'), this conceals the dados for the shelves, so every shelf adds 3/4' to the height. I only allowed 5.25" inches for the cd, or else the darn thing would have been even taller. LOL
The height is not a big concern, more important, was that it need to fit in a specific area and hold as many CD/DVD/PS2/GC that it could, and fill a rather uselss corner. I will still need to build anotehr unit at some point, but that will go in the puter room, which is next to the family room, so it will work out eventually I think. LOL

That seems insane to me, with a quick "count and multiply" here I'm at about 250 CDs and I'm struggling to find other CDs when I feel like new tunes. Even with money and availability no object, I'm not sure I could top 500.

Bren R.

Well there are 3 people living here, so all do not belong to one person. Also one roomie gets about 20 per year as x-mas presents from realtives in the east, easy thing for them to shop for. lol

Dennis, you should know that the first thing out of Peter's mouth when he came home was along the lines of "Oh. My. GOD!"

Count me in on the next trip out there, Peter & Ken.

"That seems insane to me, with a quick "count and multiply" here I'm at about 250 CDs and I'm struggling to find other CDs when I feel like new tunes. Even with money and availability no object, I'm not sure I could top 500. "

Yeah, Me Too! ;-)
Actually I am starting to hit the wall as well.
But, I am somewhat of a binge buyer.
Got into Electric Miles, and had to have it all. Then all of the acoustic stuff with his two important bands. Same with Coltrane. Then it was on to Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock. Geeezzz, that Jazz thing is really the bottomless money pit!
I'm kind of a complete-ist. All of the Los Lobos. All Dave Alvin, ect, ect...
And I go through fazes. Jazz, Latin, Dylan, John Lee Hooker, Live Zappa, whatever, and kind of go crazy for a while, devouring everything I can get my hands on.
And there are some guys that I just think deserve to be supported because of their commitment to their craft, and I want to do my little part to see that they get to continue to record. David Grisman, Dave Alvin, Rick Shea, Wilco, blah, blah. So I'll buy anything they put out.
I don't listen to a lot of it all of the time, but when I want to hear something, I can pull it out and listen.
Hey, it could be worse. Could be Slow Horses, Fast Women, & Cocaine!
Or Halos and M80s! ;-)

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I hesitate to say this (sorry Saturn and mwc), but the M80s with the EP600 driven by the Halos were the best I have ever heard (with the only slightly possible exception of the Revel Ultimas). Better than the Magnepans. Better than Paradigm Studio 100s. Better than Hales. Better than B&W.

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Hey, thats cool! I haven't heard the M80s but I've heard Brady's (bray) very impressive M60s and to me they sounded as good as any "box" speaker I've ever heard (also with the exception of the Revels and the 800 series B&Ws). Judging by what Brady's M60s sounded like, I can only imagine that five M80s must sound incredible. But you gotta' wonder what five 1.6QRs would sound like in the same setup in the same space.

I'll give you that. That's why I specified "system" and "that I have heard" Hey, you got it, I wanna hear it!

Frankly, I think the EP600 made a huge difference; it's really an incredible sub.

Okay, I will admit I had condisedered the Magnepan MG 1.6, I have heard them and really like the esthetics of them. They were ruled out for two reasons. First because of the lay out of the room, the fronts would be a real problem, as I still have an issue with an M80 and a firplace.
Second was the Bengal cats, they have a lot of the 'wild' in them, and seek out and climp to the highest places they can find. Both have managed to climp up a 48" smooth surface only to sit and observe things, balanced on 1.5" wide surface, so they would be perched on top of the Magnepans all the time. All of that flat surfaces would just be a tagret for climbing.

Both have already taken over the top of the EP600, and do jump to the tops of the M80, but as of yet, have not managed to knock them over. Also have not managed to put a scratch on then yet, and are not attraced to the grills, so all is well so far.

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not attraced to the grills, so all is well so far

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a cat that is attracted to my M60 grills = a dead cat!

bigjohn