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It's all over now, baby blue. Or is it not?

My son is 5 months and soon to be a toddler/stumbler/walker/grabber. I have q wall of CDs and LPs, as well as a Salamander cabinet full of pricey stuff that I would like to keep out of his reach. I am wondering if any of you have experience with child proofing your gear. I am especially curious about options to get the CDs off the wall - filing only the discs in space saving/child proof organizers and if so which are decent enough to protect my precious plastic? Or should I bite the bullet and digitize? i currently have vinyl in Boltz shelving which feels heavy enough to be OK with the baby but again, input is appreciated.
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Karim
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brf
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Anchor all shelving to the wall studs to prevent the CD/Vinyl rack from being pulled down. If you have speaker grills, put them on. Exposed drivers are like magnets for toddlers.

Congratulations, the fun has only started!
buconero117
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Congratulations, you have now entered the 'lost years', when ever extra penny, and ever extra moment will be devoted to child, and maybe the many others to come. It will be necessary to 'drop out' of the hobby till the final college payment is made, it happened to me. So don't worry about 'child proof', retire it all to storage. Keep all the media, it never goes out of style. WAF will rein in the many years ahead. Listening to your rig will be considered 'child abuse/neglect'. Have faith, great listen will return, even if the kids move in with you after college, which today is a real possibility.
mt10425
1,138 posts
 
Trek on down to the nearest farm supply store and get some wire and a charger. Putting hot wire around "off limits" items is a great training tool!

Just kidding.

Common sense, paying attention to infant activities and the word "no" will work just fine. Keep your stuff out and continue to use it.
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marakanetz
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Your analogue rig will b safe as long as you don't use it and keep it child-proof. Your records are not in danger where they are.
Digitizing frequently listened vinyls is a good idea as well as having some media computer to store even your CDs there and play.
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swampwalker
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Congrats and enjoy every minute. Before you know it, they will be grown and moved out :-(

Until you get a chance to rip the CDs, Slappa and others have notebook type CD storage w zippers all around. They can store dozens in each binder and you can put those nasty jewel cases away in storage.

Enjoy the ride.
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