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That's what makes this whole thing so ironic

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In Reply to: RE: My point was that you don't need ANY highly specialized equipment to detect LP static electricity. posted by Chris O on April 30, 2012 at 13:48:50

You assume that removing the static electricity from an LP is worth doing because the static charge is sombig, but don't think demagnetizing the LP is not worth doing because the LP is not magnetic, which you later changed to "the magnetic field is too small." You assume removing the static charge will make more of an improvement than removing the magnetic field. That's why they call these things, uh, controversial.

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You never played a LP record before? - Chris O 17:46:47 04/30/12 (1)
You should try it, they sound pretty good.
If you have played a record with a big static charge you would notice they have a tendency to pop and crackle when played.
And a LP has its own gravitational field, and yes, I also think it is too small to affect playback.

Edits: 04/30/12
- RE: You never played a LP record before? - geoffkait 03:19:08 05/01/12 (0)
  Nobody is disputing that LPs have a static charge. The issue is whether they also have a magnetic field that affects the sound. It seems reasonable to assume that ultra sensitive modern cartridges, esp. Moving coil types, are probably susceptible to small magnetic fields.

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