Thanks for the feedback. I own the Zerostat and use it, but some records have more static than I can get rid of. I have my phono preamp properly grounded so it doesn't pass any along. I have the Shyla pretty well dialed in. I'm, happy with the Pass preamps. I think they're about as close to tubes as I'm going to get in solid state. And you're right about VPI. They are good folk. I've dealt with the father and the son and the mother over the many years I've owned VPI.
Vinyl foibles
I'd like to make this a space to ask questions about vinyl problems you're having trouble solving. I have a lot of questions, but I think it's better if we ask one at a time, or else I think we could have long lists.
Here is my first question. I have a Degritter album washer. I think it works great. I wash all my albums once, but not before I play them again and again. Somehow, though, and this includes new albums no one else has ever touched, they pick up ticks and what sounds like scratches. I rewash the album and it sounds like new again. I only touch albums by their edges. How do inner bands become so dirty that sometimes a smudge can last a minute or more? I've been playing vinyl albums for more years than many of you have lived, and I have learned to be very careful with vinyl. Are there vinyl gremlins haunting my album shelves?
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