Dealing with Static on LP palyback

@speedthrills 

"Admittedly this will read as snarky but its not meant to be. Having been frustrated with the expense and tedium of vinyl myself, my advice is to cut your losses on vinyl and go back to streaming, no one will convince me vinyl’s a better all around experience. It's nostalgic - for a while- then the realities of its drawback and limitations set in."

You're probably completely lacking in self-discipline.

@faustuss on self-discipline…..

l agree that this hobby demands self-discipline. It understandably requires positive thought patterns to be applied. With LPs a keen ear and understanding of “vinyl foibles” was comprehensibly covered in the recent discussion above. 

Some new entrants will always fall by the wayside if attention to detail is beyond their remit, even if they have the $£ investment for the job sat right in front of them.
 

@chayro Thanks for the tip on Gruv Glide!

Yep!  I am sold!

I purchased it and it arrived yesterday.  I followed the instructions, and my wife and I listened to a Neil Diamond record post ultrasonic cleaning and then a before and after test using the Gruv Glide.  The music was definitely more musical, more liquid sounding in the midrange and high end, the bottom was a bit more pronounced.  No change in detail, just more musical.  The difference is more than subtle and noticeable when doing the comparison.  Without comparison, the system just sounds a lot better, without a focus on exactly what is better. 

As for static, I did a tough test.  I played the treated record without the static draining tonearm brush and at the end of playing, there was no static.  Zero, non-whatsoever.

The only catch here is getting the right amount on the record.  Too little and it has little, if any effect.  The instructions state to use it sparingly, which is what I am doing.  As such, I haven’t had a case where I applied too much.  I might give that a try and see what happens.

Overall, I am going to treat all my LP’s with this.  Seriously, in this hi-fi game, anything that works this well usually sells for $50+ for 25 records, not $30 for 150 records.  I am definitely sold on this!

R

@spatialking 

glad you like it. As I said before, a lot of audiophiles hate putting any products on the records, but GG definitely cures the static issue. On the first play, your stylus will remove the excess product, but it is just soft fluff you can easily brush away. Actually, I don’t use it all that much anymore, but when I had my Linn with a felt mat, I had static discharges that would knock the stylus out of the groove. In any case, now you can enjoy playing records without all the static-removal rituals. 

Yes, but I will continue to use it just for the sound quality as well as static.