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Re: Sibilance

Posted by Brian_T (A) on April 2, 2007 at 02:03:50

In Reply to: Sibilance posted by middleground on March 31, 2007 at 08:44:34:

Sibilance usually indicates tonearm elevation is set too high. It can also mean there is a compliance matching problem between your cart and arm. Regardless, it's a source problem. Yes, speakers, placement, cables, and room acoustics can compound the issue, but to properly fix it, it needs to be dealt with at the source.

I checked your system profile, and see you are using a Rega P9 / RB1000 / Kontrapunkt B. I presume you can't adjust VTA, as is the case for Rega arms. I'm not familiar with the Kontrapunkt B, but it is a high compliance cart. IME, Rega arms do not work well with high compliance carts, they tend towards over-brightness. If you have 'dark' downstream components, then this can compensate, but this appears not to be the case for you. I suspect this and a lack of VTA adjustment is the root of your sibilance problems.

All I can suggest is you try a low-mid compliance cart that is not VTA sensitive. Dynavector carts work well with Rega arms. Personally, I don't like them, but one might be the ticket for you.

Good luck!
Cheers Brian

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