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A quick question: Do air purifiers, such as the Ionic Breeze, destroy the surrounds on speakers?I recall reading something about that, but it's been so long that I'm not sure if I read the article correctly.
Thanks for any help.
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...also, the ionic breeze is the one product that airpurifier.com and consumer reports both agree on... it's the worst air purifier on the market. while it's true that sharper image spends more than anyone else on marketing this thing, it does very little to clean the air. fwiw look into the units from blue air. they're quiet, affordable and they actually do what they say they do.
Ionic Purifiers do a pretty poor job of actually trapping particulates because they move such a low volume of air. The ozone produced does give the air a fresh scent, but it is not good to breath and is highly corrosive. I would be particularly concerned with plastic and rubber compounds, which means speaker cones and surrounds (particularly the surrounds) and phono cartridge suspension parts.If you must use them, keep them as far from the system as possible. Because ozone is so highly reactive (quickly converts to regular O2 oxygent), it does quite quickly dissipate.
Some produce ozone this will react with lots of things in a - way.If you use a ionic pro etc get a new one with ozone gard.Or keep it far away from plastics etc and set it on low.Clean often or they can be a fire hazard.A hepa filter will also clean air but they add noise easy to turn off for listening.
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