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

@faustuss 

You managed to authoritatively quote your own first post in this thread, in which you state that static (electrical charges that accumulate on the record's surface) does not affect the sound in any way.

"The crackling you hear during playback is the result of surface contamination and groove damage due to improper handling or improper stylus maintenance or tonearm setup. The inevitable electrical charges that accumulate on the records surface do not affect the sound in any way."

Does anybody here really believe that?

 

Spatial, that fan mentioned by Cliff more than likely generates ozone while also generating ions. Probably a tiny amount but I’d be judicious in using it.

The use of a word do not makes us smarter... The context where a word is used and what is the intention behind this word aim at a point (smart or not ) ...

Your post convey no critic of my use of the word in his context and is then a vulgar "ad hominem" attack out of his context thread ...

Attack my claim my post  in their context  and original thread not here, as a man with a brain not a vexed  child posting insinuation about someone at other place...

Is it clear ? 

@mahgister went on a jag like this over the term "anthropomorphization" in his post in another thread like he invented the word, repeatedly, in every possible context that he thought was valid. To me it doesn’t make him seem any smarter.

Well I learned from this thread that you really can’t completely eliminate crackles and pops in vinyl playback, and a word “anthropomorphization” that doesn’t help with static either

@faustuss

Learning new term like "triboelectric series" and beating it like a dead horse as has been done here to rationalize your inaccurate assumptions, really isn’t very convincing.

SAY WHAT!  I merely presented data that may help explain the observation and reports with measurements that the diamond stylus in sliding contact with the record does not cause static, and nothing else.

Peace