Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!mat From: mat@hou5e.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: why do they call it dust cover? Message-ID: <497@hou5e.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-May-83 12:04:08 EDT Article-I.D.: hou5e.497 Posted: Mon May 23 12:04:08 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 29-May-83 08:53:13 EDT References: ihldt.1640 Lines: 8 My understanding about dust covers and static and whatnot is that the static charge that accumulates on a record comes from two sources - contact with the stylus and contact of the highly modulated and sharp-edged groove with the air. If this is the case, then one would ALWAYS want to keep the dust cover down while playing, since the record acts almost like a magnet for dust. Am I off the wall? Mark Terribile hou5e!mat