Flux HiFI Electronic Stylus Cleaner

Not to change the subject, but since we are talking about record noise and static, I bought a anti static blower on ebay at 60.00 or 70.00 dollars.  I rigged it up to a computer monitor arm and run  it on low over the record as it is playing.  I hear a vast improvement in the reduction of tics and pops along with a lower noise floor.  I use it everytime!

I'm neither a physicist or acoustician. But it seems to me that the more inert (soft) a turntable dust cover is, the greater its tendency to absorb airborne sounds that would otherwise reach a records surface and tonearm.

Am I missing something?

Thank you.

Are you listening on a concert level when you are at home? Your turntable placed infront of the speaker? Your room is too small? What airborne vibration are you talking about? I do not use dustcovers on any of my 6 turntables. 

I live in a small apartment. So, no. Listening at concert levels would get me evicted in a hurry.

My Linn LP12 sits slightly behind the front plane of my ML electrostats.

The airborne vibrations I'm talking about are created by my speakers' playing back the music that originates in the grooves of the records I'm playing on my turntable.

I only listen to one turntable at a time; and with the dustcover closed.

Can you explain the theoretical sonic advantages of listening to music played back on your turntables with the dustcovers open?

Thank you.

See if your dustcover will slide up and off the hinges. I always remove mine before playing a record. Prevents the cover from vibrating. Be careful not to bump the arm or cart when removing or replacing it.