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.
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.
- ...
- 96 posts total
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 ?
|
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 |
The key to The Triboelectric Effect Series - AlphaLab, Inc is looking at the values and then comparing values to estimate the relative charge affinity between materials. For example, HDPE which is used for many (MoFi) record sleeves has a charge affinity of -90 while PVC has a charge affinity of -100. They are close, but the table predicts that if HDPE & PVC slide, HDPE will give up electrons to PVC which will gain, and PVC can develop a static charge. Ergo, when removing records from HDPE record sleeves, remove slowly. Otherwise, if you check other triboelectric series, you find glass to be one of the most positive - it wants to give up electrons. No, there is no specific data for diamond that I found (and I am not going to dive deeper) other than the article I spoke of earlier, so there is the need for some deductive reasoning.
My textbook only quotes THE WEAR AND CARE OF RECORDS AND STYLI, by Harold D. Weiler, 1954, and states: I.1.2 “Record dust/dirt when examined under a microscope consists of grease, stylus particles, abrasive material, and solids which resemble wool fibers covered with a soft waxy substance. An analysis of the "dust" removed from a number of stylus tips, which had been used on dirty records, showed that it consisted of approximately; 12% jagged silica particles, 35% diamond dust, 40% miscellaneous particles, including soot, grit and particles worn from the record groove itself. The remaining 13% consisted of fibers and lint.” Unfortunately, Weller never differentiated the particle size, and those materials, diamond dust should be of no consequence because of how fine it should be. My textbook states: VI.13.3 "...This has to exist as a very, very fine powder and the finest diamond powder you can buy is 100,000 grit which is 0.25 micron. So, the diamond wear powder on the record is probably less which in the end becomes inconsequential so long as there is no cleaner residue." However, the silica (which are like sand) and miscellaneous particles from the pressing factory (think about unsealed concrete floors) and the residential home can be sources. As far as aluminum platters, in Chapter VI of my textbook you will see where I grounded my VPI Al platter (all the way back to the source outlet), and where I use a DIY record mat made from a three-layer vinyl (with conductive center) electrostatic discharge control (ESD) mat, but it can only be used with a reflex clamp since it has no record label depression. Take care, Neil |
- 96 posts total