I should add, as far as I know, all of these measures are temporary and on a bad dry day, you might
get static built up enough to pop before you're finished playing Side A. If you're lucky, some
combination of steps and tricks will get you an enjoyable listening or transfer play.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] static electricity noise during playback of open reen tapes
> Hi Rod:
>
> This is an age-old problem, and some cartridges pop louder than others when they discharge
> built-up static. The best solution is find a cool place with 50% or higher humidity and play your
> records there, but in the real world, there are some devices. I've had good luck more often than
> not with the ZeroStat gun, but it doesn't always work and you gotta use it right, exactly per
> instructions. The LP brush with the groundwire attached seems like it might discharge some static,
> that one's sold by Acoustic Sounds. Sometimes, a quick dunk in reverse-osmosis or distilled water
> in a metal sink, followed by pat-drying rather than vigorous static-generating drying, will help.
> I'm not sure if cold water is better than luke-warm or if warm is better, I just use
> room-temperature water -- I find this works on thin Euro-vinyl records that won't get de-static'd
> any other way. The theory with this is the same as how you discharge static into water when you
> wash your hands (assuming copper pipes and proper grounding). The sink, metal, is a big discharger
> via the pipes, to ground. Emersion discharges the entire record surface at the same time. Gentle
> drying avoids further static buildup (for the time being). Don't wear static-prone clothing like a
> polyester fleece while you do this, and I'd say shuffling slippered feet on carpets might transfer
> a bunch of static right back onto the vinyl. You could also run a humidifier in the room where you
> play records, but I find these don't compete at all with winter dryness, even when the heat is
> kept low in the studio area. I also spray Scotch anti-static-cling stuff on my chair, clothes and
> carpet around the phono before I play records in the winter.
>
> One man's tips, experiences, etc. None of this is preferable to a more-humid environment, that
> will lick static problems quicker than anything.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rod Smear" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 4:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] static electricity noise during playback of open reen tapes
>
>
> Can anyone help with the static problem as it relates to the playing of vinyl LPs on my home
> stereo system?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rod Smear
>
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