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...
wrtickle

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I love it, it's wonderful, I have friends who are using it, and I have no idea why jazzcourier would post such a comment, perhaps they had one of the older units. The newer ones with the dowel rods are extremely sturdy. I have the 5 by 5 and it's full, it doesn't budge. If you were worried about it toppling over, just attach it to the back wall with the hardware included, mine's on carpet and it's still solid. My only beef for a record rack is that the records can slide backwards, so most people attach some kind of backing or crossbars of wood or such across each opening to prevent that. It's nice to do it about an inch or so inside at the back, so then the records all line up evenly in the front.
Get one and enjoy!