Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question

If you hear static when playing music, get some static spray. I clean my equipment - especially in the dry, winter months -  with Nordost's ECO spray, but I bet a supermarket static spray for clothes might be a decent alternative.

Winter's dry here in the DC area (and Connecticut, where I'm from,  but I don't know if you're in a dry area that causes static. Is static normal for you to experience in your home during winter months ?

@atmasphere

Ralph, I just want to thank you for all your input, especially around cartridge loading. There is so much wrong information floating around.

@gbmcleod 

no , you can hear static when record is not playing, and I'm in Chicago so relatively humid place 

Okay. 

Have you had any luck with the suggestions from the board?

@ssg308 Its a good idea to make sure the arm and cartridge are compatible before you play with loading. If the arm can't track the cartridge properly because the mechanical resonance of the two it outside the ideal window, loading really won't help things.

Use this calculator to sort things out:

tonearm/cartridge compliance calculator