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Static electricity: Unique to Vinyl Systems?

I have recently replaced a turntable/cartridge and a phono preamp, but on both systems, I get a lot of pooping and clicking noises that occur even when a record is not playing. This does not happen with the digital sources in the same system.
Is this some kind of static electricity that only effects analog? Would something like a zerostat fix this?
richardfinegold
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marakanetz
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Definitely it's not RFI, but static charges that haven't been filtered or choked. Poor caps or weak caps, poor circuit engineering is the cause.
I get them once in a while becouse I need to recap my full function preamp.
richardfinegold OP
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I'm a happy camper now because I plan to spend the next several months listening to as much vinyl as possible.
I fail to see how I solved a static problem with a new preamp.
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atmasphere
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If the previous preamp employed a poor grounding scheme that is all it would take.
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