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Hmmmm....vinyl ionizer....(link)

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Posted on August 6, 2020 at 08:06:09
viridian
 I have never had issues of static build up, even with the dreaded Linn and Rega felt mats, but for those that suffer the malaise, there is a cure for every sickness. See link:

 

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RE: Hmmmm....vinyl ionizer....(link), posted on August 6, 2020 at 08:10:40
Frank_Locke
 I would enthusiastically Demo that if anyone would care to send a sample.

 

Probably costs more than my turntable, wot? /nt\, posted on August 6, 2020 at 09:45:00
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RE: Hmmmm....vinyl ionizer....(link), posted on August 6, 2020 at 10:39:33
belyin
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 And in audio, "there is a sickness for every cure!"

 

RE: Probably costs more than my turntable, wot? /nt\, posted on August 6, 2020 at 15:15:17
Frank_Locke
 LOL in my next life I'll be a hi-end audio reviewer. :D

 

RE: Hmmmm....vinyl ionizer....(link), posted on August 6, 2020 at 15:20:22
flood2
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 The Milty Zerostat works fine and costs a tiny fraction of what that gizmo would cost!

Ticks and pops are usually due to contaminants left over from cleaning solutions improperly rinsed off or leftover particulates so I rarely need to use the Zerostat.

The zerostat really works - if you transfer cereals like rice bubbles to storage containers, you will typically see crumbs attracted to the plastic bag or container walls. Zap the container with the ZErostat and they fall off!
Regards Anthony

"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats

 

Why not the zerostat, posted on August 6, 2020 at 15:33:18
3db
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 It works extremely well and isnt ridicuously priced as that gadget.

 

Not if I get there first! /nt\, posted on August 6, 2020 at 17:35:47
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Opus 33 1/3

 

RE: Why not the zerostat, posted on August 6, 2020 at 18:31:55
BE
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 I bought a ionizing air blower ESD fan that I connected to a computer monitor arm so I can swing the fan over the record as it plays. Surface noise dropped significantly. No static. You can find them used on ebay for under $100.00. You have to drill holes in the fan case to connect it to the monitor arm.
Bill

 

RE: Why not the zerostat, posted on August 6, 2020 at 19:11:49
Cpwill
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 How quiet is that fan? Seems like a possible pissing in the wind situation, pun intended.


"Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it." - Yogi Berra.

Cpwill

 

Mine has been getting quite a workout lately, posted on August 7, 2020 at 06:38:45
1973shovel
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 ...which is unusual, given the time of year. Usually I only experience mat cling in the winter, when the heat is on.

Matt Cling, Private Eye. The title of my first novel. But I digress...

 

RE: Why not the zerostat, posted on August 7, 2020 at 07:41:45
BE
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 The fan has a speed control so I use it at its lowest setting. I can barely hear it between cuts. Once music is playing you can not hear it at all
Bill

 

Yes, the, more apt, corollary. nt, posted on August 7, 2020 at 09:39:36
viridian
 Nt

 

Doesn't look as "cool" OR cost enough for the demographic ..., posted on August 7, 2020 at 09:55:29
musetap
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 That doodad was designed for and is being marketed to on that hip site.

Zerostat and a negative ion generator nearby should suffice but will look much more mundane.

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure



 

It was a dark and stormy night, but I had my trusty Zerostat . . . nt, posted on August 7, 2020 at 11:33:09
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 nt

 

I had one years ago..., posted on August 7, 2020 at 14:29:35
ghost of olddude55
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 My friends and I used to get stoned and zap each other with it.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

Stylus friction as a cause of static charge on LPs, posted on August 7, 2020 at 18:51:58
Lew
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 The advertising blurb on the website posits that friction of the stylus tip in the groove is one cause of static charge build-up. The idea seems plausible to me, so I don't dismiss it out of hand. But in the only "scientific" study of static charge on LP surfaces that I know about, published in a white paper by Shure Corporation probably more than 50 years ago, the Shure investigators said they looked for evidence that stylus friction causes static charge and found no good case for it. Unfortunately, while the paper describes in detail many of the experiments they performed in order to characterize static charge on LPs, it does not describe the particular experiment they may have done to rule out stylus friction as a cause; they just say results were negative.

It may be that the idea is just one of those ideas that has been repeated and re-repeated so often it has become "true".

 

I see you've read my work (nt), posted on August 8, 2020 at 04:39:22
1973shovel
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These kids today..., posted on August 8, 2020 at 04:46:57
1973shovel
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 ...have it so easy with their damn tasers. Why, back in our day...

I thought of you last night, Ghost, while playing Dwight Yoakam's Hillbilly Deluxe. It's too bad more albums aren't recorded this well.

 

Got a copy of that LP..., posted on August 8, 2020 at 05:25:09
ghost of olddude55
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 haven't listened to it in a couple of months. Need to give it a spin.
Yeah, that thing with the Zerostat...you those stories to young people today, they don't believe you...



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

I would go with Shure on this one (nt), posted on August 8, 2020 at 07:22:09
3db
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 Nt

 

Just the facts Matt, just the facts . . . nt, posted on August 8, 2020 at 14:49:28
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 nt

 

They probably don't wear polyester pants do those protests anymore either., posted on August 8, 2020 at 14:56:43
alaskahiatt
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 A Zerostat was perfect for getting rid of polyester cling.

 

Cost of $1800.00!!!, posted on August 8, 2020 at 17:55:55
MikeWI
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 Yes, I have been doing this for years! DIY, of course. My cost was minimal (link below) compared to this unit. Built both + and -. Mine does not look nice at all but it works well.

The vinyl always has one charge when I remove it from the platter, which is expected based upon the triboelectric series. In anything but deep WI Summer, I can hear the charges neutralizing when I circulate the record under one of the emitters. Don't recall which one (it's the left one!:)

Mike

 

RE: Hmmmm....vinyl ionizer....(link), posted on August 9, 2020 at 06:45:30
alc777
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 One of my fellow vinylphile bought this and did comparison videos posted on Facebook a few months ago. I think the effect is quite obvious. Unexpected, but that would be nice for someone who has the money for it.

 

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