I had the Mapleshade brush and it works as described...HOWEVER.....be very careful. After awhile the little metallic hairs can break which attach themselves to the very powerful magnets on (MY) cartridge. I removed those hairs with great trepidation (very difficult to do without harm) and tossed the brush. The ground wire is extremely thin and broke twice even with the absence of any force at all....I spliced it together, but ....I guess I'll pass.
Does the MAPLESHADE STATIC DRAINING BRUSH work?
After hearing the DRAMATIC improvement in dynamics, clarity, and the blackest background ever from vinyl LPs while listening to my buddy's modest analog system I had to try the MAPLESHADE STATIC DRAINING BRUSH for myself. Yep. This plug in device really works. EVERY LP that I have played after brushing it with this device sounds dramatically better. Where I thought I was hearing ticks or surface noise in the vinyl (like between tracks and quiet passages in the music) I was mistaken. The noise was due to static OR magnetism because in EVERY instance where I had heard noise or ticks -- there was dead and I mean dead quiet silence.
Michael Fremer commented on an LP demagnetizer a couple of years ago saying that there are properties inherent to vinyl that can become magnetized. Problems in sound quality could vary but some issues are noisy vinyl, smearing, loss in dynamics, etc.
Well, Michael is right! After using the Mapleshade Static Draining brush every record has sounded much more alive, dynamic, and the noise floor is much blacker.
(We) spend hundreds or thousands of dollars buying cables and AC conditioners and cable elevators, etc. to avoid static but aside from using a Zerostat gun or antistatic brush (which actually adds static) it seems like a no-brainer to at at least give this device a try. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard the black and white difference for myself.
Has anyone else experienced similar results?
Michael Fremer commented on an LP demagnetizer a couple of years ago saying that there are properties inherent to vinyl that can become magnetized. Problems in sound quality could vary but some issues are noisy vinyl, smearing, loss in dynamics, etc.
Well, Michael is right! After using the Mapleshade Static Draining brush every record has sounded much more alive, dynamic, and the noise floor is much blacker.
(We) spend hundreds or thousands of dollars buying cables and AC conditioners and cable elevators, etc. to avoid static but aside from using a Zerostat gun or antistatic brush (which actually adds static) it seems like a no-brainer to at at least give this device a try. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard the black and white difference for myself.
Has anyone else experienced similar results?
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Lewm, It's true that improper use of a de-magnetizer can (will) have the opposite effect. However... 1) any such undesired effect is easily reversible; and 2) proper use is hardly difficult. A discussion of one inexpensive de-magnetizer and how to use it was posted here. Fully agree that the Furutech DeMag's $2500 price tag is a show stopper for most, including me. There's no danger of my being that foolish! Fortunately, inexpensive de-magnetizers work just as well, as reported on that thread by someone who compared them. Why not try it? Trust me, it won't challenge the brains, dexterity or income of a surgeon! Stringreen, That's scary!!! Thanks for a good warning. |
I'm a believer in some of the Mapleshade philosophy. The slabs and brass footers are under most of my gear-table,CD,speakers and sub. I tried the brush and and NO results other than bristles from the brush getting picked up by the cart. Their customer service is good so they gave me a postage return label and I sent that POS back. I REALLY wanted to believe the hype. Just my personal experience. YMMV |
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