Static on CD playback?

Am I to understand that you solved the problem by cleaning the CD and lens ?
Generally you should not clean a CD lens by blowing on it. You can leave spit on the lens. I owned 5-6 CD players over the last 15 years or so, and never had to clean the lenses on any of them. Had some for 10 yrs+. I would go to radio shack and ask for a lens cleaning solution and a clean swab to do the lens cleaning. I think they sell compressed air too. Try the compressed air first. Don't try to use anything around the house because it is probably not clean and lint free.

For CD's, there are some products out there for cleaning CD's. See www.audioadvisor.com. I've occasionally cleaned fingerprinted cd's using dish soap, water and a drying cloth. I understand that you need to wipe the CD in a radial fashion rather than circumferential so that if you scar the surface, you will leave a radial scratch that will affect playback less.

Hi Yashu, there are several products that clean CDs. I use Discsolution with very good results. Believe it or not the soundstage gets bigger with better focus not to mention an over all improvement in sonics. I read about this stuff in TAS. I would hate to be without it.

Yashu; If the static is just occuring on one CD, then it may be the CD. For instance, I have a few CDs that have distinct "tape hiss" on them-- it sounds like low level "white noise". If it's not the CD(s), then John_1 and Brulee above have good advise. Good Luck. Craig.