Ikea Eket shelves with a large vinyl collection?

@awilson0601, you don’t want to get the doors for the EKET cube. For one thing, they won’t close all the way---LP’s come to within 1/2" of the front edge of the shelves. Plus, the hinges stick out into the cube, and block access behind them. LP’s can’t be stacked against the inside of either side wall.

@kennythekey
I too own the Kallax units for my LPs/gear display. I added some ripped 2x4s across the back of the Kallax units and secured them with threaded wood screws. This did the trick of helping to solidify the units and prevent the LP from sliding too far back. At the time I bought the Kallax, the Eket line  was not in production, otehrwise I would have considered it as a storage option.

Thanks @bdp24 . That's what I was worried about.

Ikea is the most popular shelves for record collectors worldwide. Everybody use them, they are cheap. Instead of one huge shelf you could use many smaller sections for safety reason. I am using 4 section models, two of them here on the right (earlier production with thicker walls). On the left side i have big one for 45s (7 inchers) from the old medical clinic, it was a present from my friend, very nice :)

My advice: buy 4 of them (with 4 sections in each one) and put them together as you wish. It will be fine and more rigid for 2000 LPs. Definitely better than one big shelf of the same size for same amount of records.  

If you want to build a tower up to the ceiling then it’s another story, but on the floor they are very nice and stable at least for 4 sections up.

Hey I bought IKEA used on letgo...there out there cheap you just need a pu truck.