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Dealing with Static on LP palyback

Anyone have any suggestions on how to deal with static build up on LPs as I play them?   Just playing one side is something enough to cause an arc when I pick up the album.  Most of the time I hear tiny, consistent crackles that sound just like static.

All the things I tried that claim to reduce static does not.  I must have four record mats and a camel hair tone arm brush, all of which claim to reduce static but have no effect that I can see.

spatialking
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spatialking OP
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Yes, I got that idea.

The record had no static when I put it on the turntable, the static built up during play back.  What I need here is a solution that kills static when the record is playing.

The turntable doesn't have a dust cover, that may have something to do with it.

BTW, it wasn't overly dry air, as it was raining that day here in CA.

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kennyc
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Static - challenges some more than others. Sometimes taking out of sleeves increase static. 

Milty Zerostat or Furutech Destat anti-static guns are applied just before playing, but I prefer a more continuous solutions from DS Audio ION-001 or CS Port Static Eliminator IME1. 

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