How do I keep my dedicated room & gear cleaner?

Thank you so much Elizabeth, the info you provided is very helpful. I am kind of a clean freak when it comes to my audio system, and I hate when all my "toys" look all dusty and upkept, (a condition that is common to most of my friends and audiophile club members). It has bothered me when I go over to share an evening of music listening at someones place and their beloved equipment looks as if it hasn't been dusted, or cared for in years. I take much more pride then that and I could never treat my prize possessions with such carelessness. So I clean, and vacuume, and dust, and constantly wipe things down. My dedicated listening room has been a 20 year labor of love. Not to mention a sizeable investment. But I struggle constantly to keep it all clean and dust free. It's kind of a pain in the butt, and time consuming to do it. I have gone so far as to have "custom" covers made for EVERYTHING, (the B.A.T. amps which sit on stands, the MBL 101e's, the subwoofer, the main rack with all my front end components), but that is a royal pain to always have to cover everything up. Especially when I like leaving my system on/listening to music all the time. Unfortunately, living out in the country, (and closer to all the natural elements), makes for a much dirtier existence then living in town...where streets are paved. In town there are no tractors or other farm equipment working the "field". My cars are NEVER clean. Much as I love the FRESH air, I never run my "whole house" fan. It works wonders to circulate stagnent air inside my home, but sucks in every bit of airborn dust, pollen, and particulate. So everything inside my entire house gets super dusty...all the freakin' time! I also have ceiling fans in every room of my home, including my dedicated audio room. All they do is circulate the crap around even if they do provide air movement within each room. The area of California I live in gets very hot in the summer so fans and air conditioners are a must. I try to open windows, use fans as often as possible so as not to run the electric bill through the roof. Which I do anyway during our long, sweltering summer days. Oh the price one must pay for peace & solitude...and better air quality! Another question I posed earlier in my original post: Does constantly having dust on, and getting into the nooks and crannies of speakers, and air vents of pieces of gear, cause any long term negative effects on performance? reliability? lifespan of components?

A word of caution. A few years back I obtained a few of the Oreck air filtration machines which have ozone generators. Later on my audio dealer advised me that ozone wreaks havoc on rubber products. Sure enough all of my o-rings and belts on my VPI turntable started to crack in a relatively short period of time. He also said any phono cartridges with rubber suspensions could be affected as well. I've since turned off the ozone generator on the machines. I would look into filtration systems that don't have ozone (i checked online--some hepas do not have ozone) or have a turn-off provision.

Hello Elizabeth, about your post on 3/17 you made mention that the Pedals, and bases of my speakers are BETTER OFF without the dust being wiped off. If I understand what you are saying correctly, i should not wipe them off at all?
Leave them dusty otherwise run the risk of scratching them when i try and dust them? If that is what you're saying then what am I to do? Leave them the way they are? Oh man, they really start looking like crap if I dont do something. Which do you think would sustain scratches easier? The Lamellas(petals)which are made of some space age alloy. Titanium and Aluminum i believe? Or the high gloss piano black finish on the subwoofer portion of the cabinet? I have been using compressed air from a can to blow dust out of the little nooks & crannies. I also employ a nice soft feather duster to dust the "orbs", i use supersoft micro fiber cloths and the feather duster to GENTLY remove dust from the lower bass cabinet without scratching it. So far I've been lucky and done no damage. I can honestly say that I have racked my brain thinking of better ways to keep the dust off. If you have some better suggestions on how to do that, by all means share those with me. I agree with you, and i know it will just be a matter of time before something happens, and i accidently do damage to one of the surfaces. I did have special custom dust covers made for the MBL's which actually work very well....IF I want to leave them on most of the time. But that's not very realistic as I have my system on for many hours both day and night. Those covers do no good sitting on the floor next to the speakers when they're playing music. Bummer! Just short of constantly cleaning and dusting, or keeping them covered up, the only other option i see is keeping the air in the house cleaner. Hence the question I posed to all Audiogoners. You, Elizabeth have given me my best information so far. The Honeywell HEPA room filter. If you have any other helpful tips on proper/safe cleaning of RADIALSTRAHLERS, I'm all ears! I also appreciate the info from Hifigary regarding Orek air cleaners and the ozone generator inside it. Who knew? Definately will dig deeper into what that Orek does,(and does not do), before moving in any direction or making a purchase. Those late night Orek "infomercials" make it seem like one hell of a nifty, useful device. But is it worth $400? And does it emit OZONE? I gotta do some research into this. Other Ideas and suggestions are wanted, and welcome. Thanks for the input thus far.