static Issues...anybody know why?


When I use my Lyra Delos, no static at all.  When I use my Ortofon Quintet Mono, I have to pry the record off of the platter.  Why?
tzh21y
Off the top of my head I’d say LAST is wrong. But maybe I’m not as gullible as some folks.

Perhaps you didn’t see the comment in the OP,

”When I use my Lyra Delos, no static at all.”

Case closed.
Mijo, I am not sure what bone you are picking with Geoff, but the very same Shure publication you cited has a section on static.  There you will find some real experimental results, some of them showing that friction between stylus and vinyl is NOT a significant cause of static electric charge on LPs.  The mere act of removing an LP from its sleeve is much more to blame.  As is “us”, the shoes we wear, the carpets we walk on, etc.  The Shure article mentions use of electrically conductive vinyl as a preventive measure, but few LPs are made from such material; I think RCA Dynagroove may have been conductive.  Also, when you discharge the surface of an LP you are about to play, that charge is merely shifted to the down-side of the LP.  When you then remove the LP from the platter mat, the crackling sound that can be heard is the charge re-distributing itself over both surfaces.

Shure incorporated a brush into some versions of the V15 that removed static ahead of the path of the stylus; that’s why I suggest that the reason for the OP’s finding with two different cartridges might have something to do with how they are constructed, whether there is a path from the cartridge into the tonearm to drain static charge, etc.
another easy way to dissipate an electric charge is using a carbon brush that has a grounding cable on it. Oracle (the record player co)made a model years ago not sure if there are others out there, but my oracle brush works wonders to remove static before playing. 

 Audioquest has a new brush that's supposed to address this issue of a ground path. 
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Lewm, I think you miss read that. Yes they do mention moving records in and out of sleeves could cause static but it does not. You are only transferring static to the sleeve from a charged record. The amount of rubbing/friction is no where near enough. Again I encourage you to read why friction and heat cause static charges on non conductive objects. It will mean more if you get it from someone other than me. Oh and the Shure brush was attached to the plastic housing of the stylus body. It was not grounded and made things worse not to mention what it did to the skating force. I threw mine away. 
Thanx for the support sleepwalker65. I still have some hair left. 
On the bright side static is not even remotely my problem. My records have none. You can lead a horse to water.....