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Annoying Sibilance Problem

Ok so here's the scoop.

I've got a Grado Gold mounted on my Technics SL1200 and everything sounds wonderful, except on some recordings I get some pretty nasty distortion on hard T sounds and S sounds in vocals. It's not on every record but when it's there it's very apparent. I can't imagine the records are the problem as some of them are new, but I do not have another table/cart to test that right now.

The funny thing is if I swap the preamp over to mono the distortion is pretty much gone. Any ideas why it's doing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
silvergsx

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dlcockrum
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I have a Grado Statement Reference low-output cartridge on my TNT with JMW 12 arm and I get excessive sibilance on some LPs, especially female vocals. I think that this is a known trait of Grados if I am not mistaken.

Jaytea is right - trying different VTF and anti-skating settings (if your tonearm is so equipped) will help reduce this problem.

Good luck.

Best,
Dave
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