This is the thing. If I had gotten a PLX-1000 for the bit more money (not much), I would have had no limitations to upgrade other parts. I had a ceiling past the 2m Blue. Black revealed the anti-skate weakness, and to this day I have albums I played with the 2M Black during that time which have inner groove distortion because it was not adjustable. I didn't know it at the time.
I used to get that every so often and have taken note that during the winter when it's dryer, I clean my albums before spinning and that takes care of it, I'll usually only clean as needed, but that seemed to fix the issue during winter months, doesn't happen in the summer. I can't remember if you have an RCM or not.
I find it weirdly funny that for the things I do spend money on in this hobby, I have a hard time dropping the coin on a ZeroStat
I’m a bit of a static factory of a human being. Hate that damn useless thing but I’ve found that sleeving in antistatic sleeves after cleaning and a 20 second brunch with a carbon fibre antistatic brunch on the spinning platter before I drop the needle to be really effective.
I find it weirdly funny that for the things I do spend money on in this hobby, I have a hard time dropping the coin on a ZeroStat
I have a spin doctor but I kinda hate it. Am pretty lazy and impatient. I usually have a record cleaning solution I concocted a cleaning solution of Purified water, isopropyl alcohol and Woolite detergent that I will spray exceptionally dirty LPs and wipe clean with a washed, clean microfiber towel but these haven’t been exceptionally dirty records so I have not been going out of my way to clean them.
Same. I remember my Pop had one and me and my brothers would treat it like a toy gun and he would get really pissed. Now that I am a record collector, I understand why.I find it weirdly funny that for the things I do spend money on in this hobby, I have a hard time dropping the coin on a ZeroStat
It does absolutely work, but the mechanism is indeed pretty delicate, albeit repairable to some degree.
Science with crystals which is the best kind of science.
The piezoelectric effect is borderline magic.
Yeah, I am using a cork mat currently. I just had never had the issue previously so I was curious if the amount of tracking force potentially has an effect on static. More force, more friction, more static, maybe? I just lightened it a quarter of a gram, let’s see how that tracks.
Think I will pick up this solution. Been having a lot of static created from cleaning since I got my spin clean! Would I essentially use this in place of their solution? Drop a cap of the distilled solution over the cleaning pads?
I had to clean my mp200 every single time I used it. It's ridiculous. I'm pretty clean but it just seemed to attach every bit of dust about. When I took it off the table I checked the base of the cart and it was disgusting. No such problems with the AT
Ugh, that sounds like my nightmare. Part of the reason I went with the MP-110 was because most of the reviews I’d read stated they were a fairly unfussy work horse of a cartridge. I guess everyone’s results will vary. I just started on side 3 of Destroyer Kaputt since changing the tracking force; so far, so good. There is a tiny bit of static but nothing like the shot gun pops I was getting previously, hopefully this will do the trick.
