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Recommended cork platter for my SL 1200 GR Technics TT

Howdy folks-

I'm new to the vinyl kingdom but have some early success with cart, phono pre and turntable selections. Most pieces of the system are new and coming together nicely. 

Problem is the Gosh Darn static. Dang! All new and old vinyl is cleaned through my Record Doctor and come off looking good with no charge. Next step into the MoFi static free sleeves and wait to be played. When it's game time, I pull them from the sleeve, no charge but I hit em with the Milty Static Gun, then onto the table to be groomed by my Audioquest anti static brush and played. 

When I pull the record off the table, most have a static charge and some you can feel the charge coming off the record like it's an electrical storm! Dang sauce! 

I'm also running my dehumidifier between playings. I'd say the humidity is around 45 to 55, but doesn't seem to make a difference. 

Cork platter? Shrimp platter? 

Thanks for chiming in!

Brent
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bpoletti
1,556 posts
 
I might suggest an alternate approach.  And maybe the culprit isn't the turntable.  Maybe you are generating static electricity which discharges when you touch the table. 

So try this....  Grab a small allen wrench (usually plenty around audio equipment) and MUTE THE SYSTEM.  Touch the allen wrench to the preamp chassis to discharge any static you might have generated.  Then see of there is static when you raise the tonearm or touch the record.  

My listening chair has upholstery that tends to generate static electricity which I have to discharge before touching any equipment.  
browndt
97 posts
 
You house is probably too dry. Add a humidifier to you HVAC. The cork platter will change the sound and usually not for the better.  Notice that many of the best turntable manufacturer's don't use mats. 
chayro
3,008 posts
 
Hate to say it, but I agree with the Gruv-Glide idea.  In the past, I've had huge problems with static and GG totally eliminated it.  If you apply it properly, it leave minimal residue, which is removed by the stylus after a play or two.  Now I don't seem to have the problems with my Basis, which has a separate ground for the bearing, so I don't use it much if at all.  BTW, I think Nitty Gritty Pure2 cleaning fluid has an anti-static agent in it. I think.  It's good stuff too, which never hurts.  
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chakster
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@bpoletti 

My listening chair has upholstery that tends to generate static electricity which I have to discharge before touching any equipment.  

Just take your shoes or slippers off and try it again, should not be a problem.  
lewm
13,279 posts
 
 This is a totally subjective opinion, but it seems to me there are two kinds of static electricity that develop in connection with playing records. The first is static that develops on the record service itself as a result of playing. That  is the form of static that could conceivably interact with the cartridge so as to affect its performance. Second is static that the user brings to the turntable when he walks across the floor to touch the LP or change the LP. That latter source of static charge build up  May or may not be a problem with respect to actually playing LPs. Since the second source of static electric charge build up is impossible to separate from that which occurs during the playing of an LP, it is difficult to know when you have a problem. But I do advocate any and all of the curers that have been advocated by previous contributors to this thread. 
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