Vinyl Lovers

@ghdprentice: I started using the Zerostat when it first came on the market. It was somewhat effective, but required one to squeeze and release the trigger v...e...r...y s...l...o...w...l...y. A real pita to use.

When the Nagaoka Kilavolt No.103 was introduced I got myself one, and was pleasantly surprised by how much better it was. But it is unfortunately no longer in production.

I now use the even better Furutech DeStat III. It is not cheap (typically selling for $310-$330), but after keeping an eye out for one on ebay, I snagged one new-in-the-box for $199. Highly recommended!

Yeah, demagnetizers have different directions….squeeze trigger and slowly approach the vinyl careful not to make sudden movements…hover and slowly withdraw….. test by holding it next to your arm to see if the hair rises.  
If only you could do something like with a car battery where you put a penny near the negative terminal so the penny attracts corrosion instead of the battery post.

on a side note, with 500+ albums how do YOU sort?

my collection is 70%   60’s/70’s/80’s rock, then some jazz,  mostly modern and progressive.  So I sort kinda alphabetically…. Blind Faith goes together with Dave Mason, Steve Winwood, Traffic, Spencer Davis Group.

Or Al Dimeola goes together with Chick Korea and Stanley Clarke.

This system makes sense for me but with some artists the side collaboration tentacles just go all over the place.

Sorting vinyl? Reminds me of Nick Hornby's book High Fidelity (definitely read the book, not watch the movie), in which the main character's life revolves (!) as it were, about his efforts to find the best way of arranging all his vinyl albums.

Not that any of us resemble him in the least...

My Zerostat works great.  To determine the static charge of a record hang a piece of toilet paper down off of something close to your turntable.  Static charge is easily seen when the paper is attracted to the album.  Sometimes it practically glues itself to the paper.  I do four squeezes and the static is gone.  Then I place the album on the TT and use a high powered wired blower to blow off any dust.  Any brushing even with those "antistatic brushes"  adds static.  

This is the compressed air blower I use.  It's loud but does the job.  I also use it on the stylus, carefully.  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BL111DFG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Ketchup, you may be correct about zerostat emitting both pos and negative ions, which is a subject I didn’t address, but what counts is neutralizing the negative charge on the vinyl surface. Which was my only point.