Dealing with Static on LP palyback

@faustuss 

"Does your McIntosh MT10 have a Clear Audio Talisman cartridge? If so, it is probably responsible for the noise reduction since more advanced stylus profiles as a rule track more quietly than low cost biradial ellipticals"

YES !  As soon as I switched from my ancient Pioneer turntable with the 80’s cartridge to the McIntosh MT10 turntable with the stock Clear Audio Talismann cartridge, my records went dead silent.  I was absolutely amazed !

Shure did show and did publish data to show that when you discharge one surface of the LP, that charge can leak over to the side of the LP that is against the mat. 

Hmm...when I use my Zerostat on one side of an LP, static is reduced on both sides.  There is an increase in static after playing an LP side, as indicated by the attraction of a small piece of styrofoam taped to a piece of thread.  I don't know if this is from the stylus friction or from my transmitting static to the LP;  I'm thinking it only occurs after removing the LP from the TT, but I'm not sure of that.

After using the Zerostat before play, I hear no static, but the humidity in my home is about 50%.

As to the point of the statement about the charge migrating from one side of the LP to the other, we both ought to go and read the original text of the Shure paper.  It is on line.

Thanks for all the info.  I'm sure products in the $2000+ range work perfectly, but I would put that amount of money into a new tonearm first.  I'll check out Grove Glide and a carbon fiber tonearm brush and report back here..  

Just don’t confuse Gruv Glide with Groove Lube, which is a very different product.