Each Unfinished Oak modules is handcrafted from furniture-grade oak, sanded smooth without lacquer or sealer. Unfinished shelves and accessories are ready for DIY staining and finishing, or can be used as is.
Each storage module holds +/- 150 standard albums. Our interlocking construction allows them to stack freestanding up to six high. Taller stacks may need to have their top shelf anchored to a wall. We offer three module styles for LP storage:
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UNFINISHED OAK LP MODULES are our least-expensive storage shelves. These modules are available with an optional slide-in birch overlay to accommodate smaller-than-LP-size vinyl.
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UNFINISHED OAK XL MODULES are a
taller version of our LP modules, sized for items up to 17" tall and also offered with an optional solid parquet top.
(Oak Eleganza and Heirloom LP modules are not offered unfinished.)
We offer Media Shelf Modules in two identical height versions:
• 3-TIER MEDIA SHELF MODULES for CDs each hold 177 standard discs.
• 2-TIER MEDIA SHELF MODULES are for 7" records and all other standard optical media including Blu-Rays, DVDs, SACDs, PlayStation, xBox, and PC game discs. Each module holds +/- 220 45s, 100 BluRays, or 82 DVDs.
We offer a limited selection of Unfinished Oak accessories; more are available pre-finished. Use the following solid Top and Base options to transform any stack of shelves into a low table, handsome shelving, or rolling cart:
• UNFINISHED OAK FITTED TOPS only increase height by 3/4" and are significantly more rigid when mounting a turntable or other component on top of LP shelves.
• UNFINISHED OAK TURNTABLE STAND TOPS offer enough surface area for most turntables, dust covers and air-dried maple isolation stands.
• UNFINISHED OAK TOSE-KICK BASES are for stationary stacks. They interlock with any LP or Pass-Thru module and back-to-back Media Shelves. They raise the lowest shelf about 2-1/2" off the floor and make stacks look nicer.
• UNFINISHED OAK CASTER BASES are rated to carry up to 660 lbs, 50% more than the full weight of six loaded record shelves. Easy and convenient to move on either carpeted or bare floors, this base raises the bottom shelf by 4 1/4". Provides easy access when storage space is tight—or roll your favorites out to the turntable.
• UNFINISHED OAK ELEVATED BASES are designed to raise the lowest storage module about 8” above the floor and are rated to carry six fully loaded record shelves (up to 660 lbs).
• BALTIC BIRCH OVERLAYS are a slide-in solid bottom plate that can be easily added to unfinished LP and XL modules to help on sliding records in and out. Offered unfinished, with walnut stain, or opaque Satin Black finish.
Choosing Between Unfinished and Finished Oak
Our unfinished oak modules are the same furniture grade wood and construction as our pre-finished shelves. The 3/4" thick oak is sanded smooth and provided without sealer. Unfinished modules can be used as is or are ready for DIY finishing. If you want our cheapest options, prefer the aesthetic of bare wood, or want to apply a specialty finish, unfinished oak modules will be your best choice.
If you want shelving units that are handsome finished furniture and think you'll save money applying a clear finish yourself, it doesn't work out this way for many customers. Unless you already have the necessary wood finishing supplies, their cost will significantly mitigate the difference in price between our comparable unfinished and finished oak modules. The time and labor necessary to create a furniture grade finish is another important consideration for those who are not woodworking hobbyists. We've spoken to quite a few customers who underestimated the cost, know-how, and elbow grease needed to create a furniture-quality finish and regretted not having ordered modules that were pre-finished by our Amish craftsmen.
For customers with minimal wood-working experience, we hope these insights are helpful in deciding between unfinished or pre-finished modules.
We offer myriad upgrades guaranteed to improve the sound of your favorite albums:
• Removing static and dust from your records with our uniquely effective
ANTI-STATIC BRUSH will make them sound better and last longer.
• Brush
SILCLEAR onto all of the connections on your turntable as well as on the rest of your system; you'll be surprised at the newfound clarity of your favorite music.
• Replace your conventional speaker cables with our purist
CLEARVIEW SPEAKER WIRES; you'll hear richer harmonic detail and more exciting dynamics in all your music. The difference is especially easy to hear when listening to well-recorded vinyl.
• For lots of ways to make your turntable and other components sound better at no cost, visit our
FREE UPGRADE ADVICE section.
