I have been using the Destat III on the side to be played, then using it on the other side when when I flip the disk over. I'll try doing both sides before playing the first and see if it makes a difference. The reason for using it at all is not so much that I can hear static pops, but that it makes it easier for my rocket brush to blow any specks off the surface before playing.
Static on turntable
Hello all!
I see there are some very smart people here who can probably give me some advice.
I've been getting into listening to vinyl. Have a Fluance RT84 with Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge. I've upgraded to the acrylic platter. I have also been using one of the Fluance record weights. My receiver is a Denon AVR X2800h.
Everything has been sounding quite great until recently. Recently I listened to the Getz/Gilberto Acoustic Sounds reissue and it was wonderful. As was the Dave Brubeck Time Out recording.
I had gotten a Rachmaninoff album from Warner Classics. It was sealed. I did notice that the record seemed extremely staticky. I put it on the turntable and played it (after using the Fluance carbon fiber brush on it to remove static). Very quickly I started noticing some very loud pops (almost electric sounding). They continued throughout fairly regularly. When I took the record off the turntable, it seemed the entire platter and turntable were now more statically charged.
Then I tried playing a brand new copy of the Miles Davis Kind of Blue UHQR from Analogue Productions. Even this record was experiencing these loud pops.
I found that things seemed to improve when I took off the acrylic platter and washed it with a damp microfiber and then cotton cloth.
I then washed this Rachmaninoff album in my Spin Clean and it did sound better initially but soon seemed to recollect static and start popping.
Has anyone experienced such a thing? Any solutions? Kind of frustrating!
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@bdp24 I suspected that to be the case, but can't really say why. Static electricity is black magic to me, largely because it didn't figure much in my A-level physics. |
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