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Ok guys

My question is this, nothing major, more of a curiosity. When playing an album does it make a difference if you leave the dust cover up or down? Probably stupid  question but hey there are lots of opinions out there
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uberwaltz
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You know what I have really had it with you pair of clowns and your arrogant posturing here there and everywhere trying to insinuate that only you know anything and everyone else is sad and pathetic.

Sure I clown around but no freaking way would I be caught spouting off trying to insist that my opinions were the only ones that were correct.

You pair have made these forums extremely depressing and as such I'm done.
Good job boys.....
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1- It is well known (and undisputed) that a stylus traversing an LP groove causes friction. That it causes a static charge is an assertion I had never before heard.

2- As soon as it became available, I started using a Zerostat in an attempt to neutralize the static charge created on the LP I had just cleaned with a Discwasher (this was in the 1970’s). I found the Zerostat to be somewhat "fiddly" to use (that pistol had to be squeezed VERY slowly, lest it would just "click"), so was very happy when the far superior Nagaoka Kilavolt No. 103 was introduced. I still own and use it, a great product. Discontinued long ago, I don’t know where one could be found.

3- The problem of creating a static charge on an LP during cleaning was just about eliminated when I got my first vacuum record cleaning machine, a Nitty Gritty. It’s even less of a problem with my VPI HW-17F, as it takes but two revolutions to completely dry the LP, leaving a clean yet static-free disc.

4- I have NEVER removed an LP---it having been vacuum cleaned just prior to playing---from my turntable and seen or felt any evidence of a static charge created by the playing of the LP. Sounds like "fake news" to me ;-) .

scaf_007
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Wow.. ok guys, from the sound of so many EXPERT opinions, do you think I should remove the top cover of my SACD and any/all my bluray players? From a few opinions, it sounds like if I let all my redbook CDs lie out in the open they should sound more open.  Maybe that would work just as well with all my cassette tapes! And going one step further, I bet all my recorded VHS tapes should be stored in direct sunlight! I would hate to know what would happen to them all if they were to stay under optimum operational temperature for more than a few minutes, let alone for more than a decade.. 
genez
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Dust covers as they are plastic, are susceptible to sympathetic vibrations with bass notes.
fusian
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I have a second turntable next to my tube preamp, which the cat likes to sit on. The dust cover is good on the Rega so Skeeter the Cat doesn't step on the spinning record or tonearm when she saunters up to her heated electrode nest.
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