2/28/2023 0 Comments How to get rid of sibilance![]() ![]() ![]() I had to turn the dial to nearly 4.5 before the stylus slowly tracked towards the spindle. Turns out I didn't have nearly enough anti skating. This allowed me to set anti skate by dropping the stylus in a blank part of the record (while spinning) and seeing which way it skated. ![]() Then I found a post on the SH forums about setting anti skate using the Soundsmith method. ![]() I had set my anti skate to 2 on the dial as I was tracking at 2g so I was pretty sure it was correct and I didn't think there was a reliable way to check it. I was sure the Fine Line stylus on the Benz would solve these problems but no go. I was also finding that the stylus was violently skipping the lead-in groove when I dropped it in. I set everything up, played some records and BOOM! Sibilance again. I also grabbed a Feickert protractor on the used market to make sure set up was bang on. I grabbed a PLX-1000 on a stupid deal (40% off RRP) and used a few contacts to get a Benz Ace SL and Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+ at good prices. Then the bug bit again and I decided I would give this one more crack. Eventually I became fed up with everything and sold the lot. I tried everything I could think of less VTF, more VTF, azimuth adjustments, VTA adjustments, no anti skate, lots of anti skate etc etc. I've been through a VPI Classic and a handful of carts and I just couldn't get rid of this terrible sibilance and IGD. Sorry for long title but I wanted to post about this. ![]()
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