Nrostov; no, your wife's hair dryer will not make a difference; even if it is one of those consumer 'tourmaline one's. those do not emit a sufficient amount of negative ions. OTOH if you get one that has a diffuser modified to hold lots of Tourmaline balls; you will get a very positive effect on the performance of your Lp or digital disc. and further; if you combine that with the use of a demag unit that will be the ultimate tweak you will ever hear.
i will try to explain.
caution; i don't really know about physics.....but this is how it was explained to me;
the hair dryer blowing hot air thru Tourmaline balls is a process called 'de-ionization'. it shoots negative ions at the static field on the disc to neutralize the random static field. you could also do this by using positive ions which will also neutralize the static field. there is a product called a 'Zerostat' which does that for Lps. the problem is that it is difficult to cause enough positive ions to be sent to have a lasting effect....whereas the Tourmaline does do that with negative ions.
the 'Zerostat' is designed to make it so an Lp will not have a 'pop' when the Lp is cued; it does discharge the static (lower the static) but does not have sufficient effect to completely neutralize it, even temporarily.
the stylus or laser reader cannot distinguish between static noise and recorded signal; we are all used to hearing our music with static noise included. once you eliminate the static; you hear what i have been talking about. it's not 'fairy dust'.
remember that the spinning disc is building up a static charge as it spins. how do you shoot it with enough neutralizing agent to hold off the static for an extended period? (hopefully long enough for one side of an Lp or the whole cd).
i have been using one of these for three months and it has been a remarkable experience. you can read about my experience on my system page (just click on my 'system' and go to my posts from two to three weeks ago).
one additional point; my hair dryer was modified by my friend, Andrew Kosobutsky. the hair dryer sold on the Audiogon ad is modified by Xtreme, Brian Kyle. i would expect Brian's unit to work well although i have not heard it. i can say that Andrew's works great. Andrew has no commercial product at this time.
i will try to explain.
caution; i don't really know about physics.....but this is how it was explained to me;
the hair dryer blowing hot air thru Tourmaline balls is a process called 'de-ionization'. it shoots negative ions at the static field on the disc to neutralize the random static field. you could also do this by using positive ions which will also neutralize the static field. there is a product called a 'Zerostat' which does that for Lps. the problem is that it is difficult to cause enough positive ions to be sent to have a lasting effect....whereas the Tourmaline does do that with negative ions.
the 'Zerostat' is designed to make it so an Lp will not have a 'pop' when the Lp is cued; it does discharge the static (lower the static) but does not have sufficient effect to completely neutralize it, even temporarily.
the stylus or laser reader cannot distinguish between static noise and recorded signal; we are all used to hearing our music with static noise included. once you eliminate the static; you hear what i have been talking about. it's not 'fairy dust'.
remember that the spinning disc is building up a static charge as it spins. how do you shoot it with enough neutralizing agent to hold off the static for an extended period? (hopefully long enough for one side of an Lp or the whole cd).
i have been using one of these for three months and it has been a remarkable experience. you can read about my experience on my system page (just click on my 'system' and go to my posts from two to three weeks ago).
one additional point; my hair dryer was modified by my friend, Andrew Kosobutsky. the hair dryer sold on the Audiogon ad is modified by Xtreme, Brian Kyle. i would expect Brian's unit to work well although i have not heard it. i can say that Andrew's works great. Andrew has no commercial product at this time.