Setting by ear

Posted by tubesforever (M) on September 7, 2010 at 00:53:00

In Reply to: RE: You need to set this by ear. posted by AbeCollins on September 6, 2010 at 18:51:25:

This may sound like its tough to do right but its not at all that difficult.

If your speakers are set up properly you should hear a solo vocalist in the center of the sound stage with instruments right and left and front and back.

If you are not there, then use my Iron Chef speaker set up protocol to dial in your speakers to your room. Its the best way to set up speakers I have found in 35 years in this hobby. Its not my process. Its what John Hunter from Sumiko uses to set up $50,000 dollar speakers when they go out for review. Enough said.

Once the speakers are right then VTA/SRA is actually a great deal of fun when you have VTA on the fly.

Start off with the tail way down and then go up until you hear the vocals come clear. You will hear this very clearly.

If you start level then you might miss this. Who knows if the sweet spot is a little up or down.

When you are too far down the bass will be plentiful but muddy. The midbass will be playing away buy you might not hear any midbass growl.

As you move up you will hear the bass change as much as the vocals. That's why Blue Bayou can be such a great test album to set up your VTA. Linda goes from quiet to full tilt all within a couple of minutes. The stylus will either track it or it will cloud it up.

If you have a favorite female vocalist with certain song that goes from quiet to loud then you can substitute this track. It helps when you know the tune really well.

VTA on the fly is the best! I am glad you have it for this set up. Just remember the angle of the tail when you are done. You can replicate this with a non-VTA table in the future if you know where to start.

For those reading without VTA on the fly, I like Pete's recommendation of the playing deck cards or even business cards. Using cards makes testing and dialing in a lot less troublesome.

Cheers!

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Topic - SRA questions and my Soundsmith retipped Glider S cartride - AbeCollins 17:24:13 09/06/10 (16)

RE: SRA questions and my Soundsmith retipped Glider S cartride - tho-hu 12:03:25 08/22/17 (1)

RE: SRA questions and my Soundsmith retipped Glider S cartride - tho-hu 12:06:29 08/22/17 (0)

RE: SRA questions and my Soundsmith retipped Glider S cartride - ecir38 19:46:40 09/06/10 (0)

Abe is this on a table with VTA on the fly? - tubesforever 18:00:30 09/06/10 (0)

RE: SRA questions and my Soundsmith retipped Glider S cartride - Tre' 17:49:16 09/06/10 (12)

RE: SRA questions and my Soundsmith retipped Glider S cartride - Retipper 06:20:34 09/07/10 (0)

Brilliant! NT - P Fowler 18:12:27 09/06/10 (0)

RE: SRA questions and my Soundsmith retipped Glider S cartride - AbeCollins 17:59:22 09/06/10 (9)

You need to set this by ear. - tubesforever 18:15:09 09/06/10 (6)

RE: You need to set this by ear. - AbeCollins 18:51:25 09/06/10 (5)

Setting by ear - tubesforever 00:53:00 09/07/10 (0)

Start with the arm level i.e. - kavakidd 18:55:46 09/06/10 (3)

Makes sense.... thanks for the reminder. - AbeCollins 19:08:07 09/06/10 (2)

RE: Makes sense.... thanks for the reminder. - P Fowler 19:15:52 09/06/10 (1)

Thanks for the heads up.... - AbeCollins 19:25:16 09/06/10 (0)

RE: SRA questions and my Soundsmith retipped Glider S cartride - Tre' 18:12:18 09/06/10 (1)

RE: SRA questions and my Soundsmith retipped Glider S cartride - WntrMute2 04:04:28 09/07/10 (0)

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