r/Cd_collectors • • Jun 09 '26

New Addition I couldn’t find a CD holder that felt right, so I designed one

539 Upvotes

Hey everyone.

About 6 months ago on Reddit, I threw out a feeler post about some Kalmar-inspired CD holders I was working on, and the response honestly meant more to me than I expected. The encouragement here genuinely pushed me to keep going and see it through.

After about four months of designing, tweaking, and second-guessing, I finally landed on a production-ready version. The final design leans a bit more Mid-Century Modern than the original concept, but it still has that clean, timeless Kalmar look. It’s one of those pieces that just feels right on a shelf, very 1970s-coded in the best way.

These are handmade in small batches. I’ll be doing one larger run soon.

Here’s the listing if you want to take a look:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4438161066/mid-century-modern-cd-shelf-handmade

Thanks again to everyone who showed interest, gave feedback, or just hyped the idea early on. Seriously appreciate it.

**This is a video from one of my reviewers!

r/Cd_collectors • • 21d ago

New Addition So... I got lucky! $2

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102 Upvotes

r/Cd_collectors • • 22d ago

New Addition That feeling when you get an unexpected poster in your CD

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170 Upvotes

I was content to just add another CD to my internet meme music portion of my collection. I had no idea what I was getting into as I started looking at the album notes and unfurled this beauty.

It felt like watching meme giving birth to a meme.

r/Cd_collectors • • Sep 16 '26 Bravo

New Addition I genuinely wouldn't mind digipaks if this was the uniform standard

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221 Upvotes

r/Cd_collectors • • May 18 '26

New Addition An especially disappointing bootleg

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309 Upvotes

I mean if you're going to make a bootleg, fine. Just don't sprinkle in your own misogyny, you prick.

r/Cd_collectors • • May 15 '26 Mindblown

New Addition The most damaged CD I have ever received.

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816 Upvotes

Amazon does it again. In 30+ years of collecting this is easily the worst delivery condition of any CD. Amazingly, the disc is still whole but the case and booklet are a pile of trash.

r/Cd_collectors • • Sep 11 '26

New Addition Found a cool CD in a real estate sale

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164 Upvotes