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How do you cope with dust build up ?

Over the years I am constantly battling dust build up. Although I dust with feather duster, there are places that you cannot get to unless you disconnect equipment and or move equipment ( in my case very difficult to do).
I'm pretty sure that the dust build-up is a major problem with equipment. It gets into the cases, on the drivers, on the connections.. pretty much everywhere.
What do most of you do about this?
My LP collection suffers same fate and it's in a cabinet..
Not a sealed cabinet however. Yes the Lp's are in sealed covers( mostly) but dust builds up on covers etc.
Any suggestions?
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shventus
77 posts
 
Is it true that ionic room purifiers are deleterious to speakers & rubber components? Thanks.
quincy
322 posts
 
I use a couple of cans of 'caned air' a year to keep things tidy! Works great for hard to reach or very delicate areas.
danlib1
819 posts
 
I'm with Quincy. Compressed Canned Air.

And Treed- what's a "cleaning lady"? Is that the same thing my wife keeps wanting? :)
tfkaudio
591 posts
 
What about inside components? In the case of large solid-state amplifiers, the top of the component is usually a grille. I'm sure a fair share of dust has gotten in there.
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daveyf OP
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Like Tfkaudio said what about inside components?
I've looked inside my pre-amp and the amount of dust build up was amazing. I blew most of it out but?
I don't live in a particualrly dusty climate and the I clean the room regularly. But, the build up is consistant and I wonder what the effect of dust on components/sound is?
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