![]() ![]() Use the gun on the vinyl before you clean your vinyl (or after, depending on what cleaning tools you use) and again before you place the record back in the sleeve to reduce this issue. In a tiny way, sure, but it will happen and, over time, will hasten your record’s demise.Ī Zerostat will help that issue. The result is more noise during play and, because dust abrades, that dust will increase wear and tear on the vinyl itself. ![]() Specifically? Have you ever taken a record out of a sleeve and heard multiple cracks from static as the LP emerged? This means that your LP is covered in static electricity and is currently attracting dust to its grooves, inside the sleeve, when it hits open air, when you put it on the turntable and while it’s playing. While everyone will benefit from a Zerostat, some people will see greater value for money if they live in a house with drying air or if their listening room is in a bedroom environment where dust is prevalent. That is, with regular use, dust will not follow your LPs like an airborne stalker, infiltrating its grooves and creating noisy playback. This little beauty actually removes static. Call yourself Technology Magic Man! Weddings, bar mitzvahs and hi-fi clubs… You could even charge for it. Rub vigorously for a few seconds or long enough so that, when you lift your hand from your clothes, the wrap sticks to your hand through static electricity. Take the wrap in the palm of your hand and place it against your clothing or a passing dog or cat. When you open the box for the Zerostat, don’t throw away the shrink wrap. There is a better experiment to try, though. Milty does supply a nozzle which, when attached, lights up when the Zerostat is in use – well, it tends to light up when the device makes that cracking sound, actually. If you’re suspicious that the Zerostat is doing nothing and Milty is merely serving you a con wrapped in formed hard plastic, then you can perform your own experiment even before you get anywhere near a record to prove that this thing is actually for real. Hence, this tool will remain useful for many years, if not decades. Milty says that the Zerostrat should last for around 50,000 trigger operations. That’s it, there’s no batteries, no power supply. In fact, if you want to neutralise a single area, I would have thought keeping the tool at the steady distance would encourage an even application, one that will receive both positive and neutral ions in equal quantity. Some people talk about pulling the gun away from the record during the trigger release stage but I find no advantage in this practice. If you’re doing that, then stop and start again. ![]() If you’re too impatient, the Zerostat will emanate a cracking sound which reduces efficiency. Then, when you can’t go any further, maintain the gun’s position and slowly release the trigger. Just like Dirty Harry taught you too, all those years ago. Hold the gun about 12 inches from the centre of the record and gently – and I mean gently – squeeze the trigger. In action, you point the gun at your vinyl, point it at the spindle hole to give the ions an even spread. The intended prime target being your vinyl records. The idea is too neutralise the area of static charge, the thing that attracts dust to the area. So, what exactly is it? The Zerostat 3 is a gun-shaped device set in moulded hard plastic that produces a combination of positive and then negative ions at the ‘target’. ![]()
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