Getting a bit of static on my Clearaudio Emotion TT as not using any mat on the acrylic platter.
Anybody use a ZeroStat - are they any good?
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I'm Russell.
ZeroStat Gun - do they work?
Getting a bit of static on my Clearaudio Emotion TT as not using any mat on the acrylic platter.
Anybody use a ZeroStat - are they any good?
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Yes, they help. As do anti static inners
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I'm Russell.
Thanks Grant.
My TT (Clearaudio BlueMotion) is grounded at the centre bearing / spindle as well as arm.
I don’t hear static through the cartridge but when I come to take the record of the platter you can feel the force of the static that’s built up as well as the crackling etc.
I use Nagaoka sleeves and also clean records using the Disco-AntiStat system as well as a carbon brush before I spin them.
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I've found this brush to be very effective and better than the Zerostat.
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NOo need to use one, if you wet clean your record on a RCM
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I always statted my records after I washed them.
I had another beside tt but wasn't used so much
Regards,
Grant
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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I'm openingabottleofwine.
I just use a Decca carbon fibre record brush. I don't use any aftermarket platter mat (though I have tried a few), and simply rely on the manufacturer's rubber mat.
I rarely got problems with static, and now I don't have any at all - once I realised that one should touch the metal work of the TT with one hand, whilst holding and using the record brush in the other.
Having a frequently watered pot plant near your TT can help with static problems.
Barry
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I'm Paul.
In what way ?Originally Posted by Barry
Genuine question, like to know more.
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The increased local humidity of the air in the vacinity of the TT will help neutralise the static. It's not a guaranteed solution, but can work in some situations.
Barry
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I'm Paul.
Thanks, will give this a try.
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