What about this Dust Bug?

[Azimuth]

I saw this on the auction site and wondered if anyone knew anything about it. Back in the day i had a Watts Dust Bug, but this looks like the only one available now. Any comments?

 

[dosmalo]

Be patient, I've seen Audiotechnica models on there. It's just hit and miss as far as finding them.
If you wait, you may find one that has the little bug/brush instead of just the brush.

 

[johnwilliam]

Is that the Tonar one? I have been wondering how useful it would be myself for a while. I have recently seen a Thorens one, which looks the same but costs a lot more. I think Rek-o-kut make one too and maybe some other brands, maybe re-branded. The Thorens one looks a bit tougher but is AUD$85. I have an old watts dustbug but I thought the idea with the wire to discharge static is a good one, but does it work!? I don't know.

 

[petehall347]

i remember these 40 years ago they were cheap then ..they did work but was just a bit of a lazy way really ..i never thought much of them

 

[Robint]

I use a groov-kleen, even after using a carbon fiber brush the Groov-kleen still picks up dust. So I am happy using one. Still available on that site. No affiliation.

 

[Sanc]

I've been looking for something like this for my table too. I've heard some designs have negative impacts on the sound though for some reason.

 

[flyz51]

These seem to work quite well. I use one and find that it gets dust a carbon fiber brush misses. The attached lead connected to the grounding post also seems to help control static and reduce further dust accumulation. I can't discern any sonic differences between when it is and isn't in use. Mine was ordered on-line at Sleeve City.

 

[Sanc]

Just found it. http://www.sleevetown.com/turntable-accessories.shtml Scroll down a little and you'll see it.

I read somewhere that the devices like this that use nylon brushes tend to get into the grooves and sort of distort the playing. Anyone have any experience with this? Carbon fiber such as the one on sleevetown or nylon? How do you even mount these guys anyways?

 

[flyz51]

The device comes with a removable adhesive pad that secures the base to the turntable and the static discharge wire plugs into it. The base is adjustable in terms of height to level the arm relative to the platter/LP. There is a movable weight that slides along the brush arm to set the brush tracking force. It's a unipivot bearing design, one simply adjusts the weight so the brush barely maintains contact on the record and slowly tracks the grooves ahead of the stylus.

Having never used the Watts Dust Bug type of nylon brush device, I can't comment as to potential playback degradation issues with that type of brush. As for the soft carbon fiber brush, I've never noticed any problems over the past couple of years I've used this device. If anything, playback is quieter because this keeps static and dust accumulation to a minimum.