Calling all VDH Colibri Fanatics and Experts ...

Of course. Your Frog may have different cantilever position and it is all individual per cartridge settings. But this is interesting. 

Yes, about 92-93 degrees. But i do not make a thesis of this.

So you are having the tonearm level at the moment and this gives you current 93.17d?

I aligned the tonearm horizontal by eye and measured about 93 degrees. A.J. looked at the picture and said this is absolut correct.

ninetynine,
with regards to SRA settings you mentioned earlier that you started from the level settings and ended up at 93 degrees. Was the final setting achieved by hit/miss listening or some other way? Also with your current SRA of 93 degrees where are you with regards to the level position? I am 5mm above the level with mine currently. It sounds really good but a little bit edgy and I wonder if the current level isn't too high. 

Hi, i have a Dinolite 4815ZT.
Yes, the SRA is about 93degrees, but the cartridge has only about 100 hours and the SRA will get down a little bit

ninetynine.
I just checked again our picture with SRA measured. Are you sure the result >93 is the correct one? BTW this is really nice quality of the pictures you took of the stylus. May I ask what microscope you are using. I am using DinoLite AM3111 but cannot get such closeups like you did.

I was trying to set it by ear listening to some mono records and looking through magnifying at how the cantilever reacts (left, right, nothing) when the stylus touches spinning vinyl. Also watching how the tonearm behaves in the wider inner groove (is it slow/fast). But this is approximation I think. 

It is not the accuratest one, but better than nothing.

I like the 2nd picture idea. We shall see how it goes. 

You can try to measure AS so

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3i8rnq3p55zd5q0/AS%20Messung%20mit%20Faden.jpg?dl=

https://www.dropbox.com/s/blqmbi9o3ix5n72/AS%20Messung%20mit%20Waage.jpg?dl=0

I know this AJ recommendation. He also says that the optimal antiskate is at 1/3 of VTF. But  in my case AO PU7 does not have the scale but the weight that you can slide up or down the metal stick with no scale. So my settings could be wrong yet I do not know where I am with these settings in terms of measured value. I think I would have to use some math formula to measure it. I measured all the elements of this mechanism and this is as follows: 
Metal Stick length: 17mm
Wheel diameter: 20mm
Weight mass: 0.73g
Metal stick weight: 0.30g
I think having the right formula I could measure specific antiskate force but I can't find that formula. Maybe that is physics formula.

By hearing 1 at SME Scale. A.J. wrote about 0.6-0.9

And how did you set antiskate for your Frog?

160Ohm

http://orangeaudio.de/temp/Tracy_Frog_Colibri.wav
First the SME-Frog and than your´s

Or my load is too much. I run my preamp at1kOhm. And you?

Hi, i have not considered of L and R when connecting the Focusrite Saffire audio interface.

Yes, i hear the same as you. I have recorded 4 different Frog cartridges and all sound´s the same. On a Micro Seiki MA505 it sound´s not so balanced like on the SME V. Maybe you habe the wrong tonearm.

Thanks. Quite a different sound but really nice and very well balanced overall. Mine is perhaps too edgy in comparison, too bright with less bass present. I noticed that either you or I have L/R channels swapped.

Thank you, here is mine. The first song is the Tracy Chapman song
http://orangeaudio.de/temp/Frog_SMEV_XP25.wav

OK. Here it is. For My Lover sample from Tracy Chapman s/t German pressing in the form of WAV 96/24.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0dnir6m00ei2gmf/Sample%20TC%20ForMyLover.wav?dl=0

OK

I think 2min?

How long the sample should be?

Got it. 

Ok, i will record "For my Lover" from the Tracy Chapman LP. Please make it too in 96kHz/24Bit Wave. We can compare it.

Not too many. Apart from SV I see The Beatles UK Blue Box, German press Tracy Chapman, Sgt Pepper UK1P, German press Abbey Road, EU McCartney New and 2011 EU Pink Floyd Dark Side. Thats about it. 

What vinyl`s do we have both?

I am not sure what you mean with telling a view vinyl's. Pls clarify. 

Last week i have measured 4 Frog´s with Adjust+.
All tracked well and had good measured datas. If you want, i can measure your Colibri, but i am from Germany.

Please tell me a view vinyl´s from us both to compare the recording.

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what is the source of this sibilance in the right channel on too many records. 

I use Audio Origami PU7 tonearm. Compatibility test with Colibri gives me 9Hz resonance. 

Puhhhh, this is heavy. I have no vinyl with this problems.
The Van Halen is from my youth and in no good condition.
Do you have listet your collection online?

What tonearm do you have?

Here is the sample from Suzanne Vega st German pressing. Very good example of the my major Issue with my Colibri - sibilance in the right channel. I think I dialed all antiskating possibilities yet it is still there. Does your copy have that sibilance?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o8oxaajycvj81ho/Sample%202.aif?dl=0

OK. I went through your collection and I have some of these pressings. I will try to rip something of this and post the sample so we can compare. Interesting that you have Gwrman pressing of Van Halen 1984 which I just ordered as I am not too happy with Rhino 2010 and 30th Anniversary from 2015. Rhino is very bright and sibilant while 30th Ann. Is about right but Hot For Teacher is quite sibilant.  I hope original German press is free of this. 

No. This is original UK1P A2/B3. 

Hi, it sounds good. A little bit of less low end, but here at work i have not the best playbacksystem.

Is the recording from the original Japan pressing?
You can look at my Discogs collection (name: orangeaudio)
If you find a vinyl that you also have, we can compare the recordings.

So here is fresh rip with XGW. Do you think I could get better settings with my XGW than this? I am not sure if that is the sweet spot.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4kwanj9iknnaql9/Sample.aif?dl=0

Well that is historical rip from 2015 done on my 2nd XGP LW. I will try to post fresh one later on today with my XGW. 

Yes, your rip has hot s-tones and sound a bit bright. A lot of today masters sounds to bright with pushed treble. I don´t know if this is the reason or the cartridge.

If you want a cartridge which is unsensitive with sibilance, go for EMT
This is a rip from me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TndhsOrI6Nc
But the Frog sound so much more natural and with more resolution. I have sold the EMT

It is not a rip. This is from digital file. From anyone. I want to show you, that the original audio file has to much sibilance.

Really nice rip. Here is some of my rips done with my XGP LW. Played on LP12
(Cirkus/Radikal/Kore) w/AO PU7 tonearm. What did you play it on yours?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3fmuu0lu0uygdu2/09%20Brain%20Damage%20A3%3AB3.wav?dl=0

I never tested another SRA. Not each vinyl is cutted with the same angular.
Temperature and VTF affect it too.
Only one vinyl from 500 hisses a little bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-zhkLm3pQM
at minute 1:02

So you're getting the best possible  sound at 93 SRA? Any sibilance at that level?

Yes the front looks similar to my XGW: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rrrxy9nzzelzz6e/Photo%20Dec%2030%2C%2010%2059%2033.jpg?dl=0

Mine on XGW looks like it is slighlty rounded on the front and has flat cut on the back. While yours and mine on XGP LW looks like a spade really.

I think it is the same. Tonearm was parallel adjusted and SRA at 93°
Here some more pictures
http://orangeaudio.de/temp/frog1.jpg
http://orangeaudio.de/temp/frog2.jpg

Link once more https://www.dropbox.com/s/yp1w5uc5u56p8vi/Photo%20Jan%2004%2C%2010%2003%2037.png?dl=0

Interesting. I've got Colibri XGP LW with that stylus shape. I think it is called VdH 1S. However it looks like on my Colibri XGW there is a different shaped stylus: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yp1w5uc5u56p8vi/Photo%20Jan%2004%2C%2010%2003%2037.png?dl=0

Or it is the same but with more glue on it?

I measured SRA from my Frog with USB-Microscope
http://orangeaudio.de/temp/Frog%20SRA.jpg

It sounds so good, that i think a inspection in Netherlands is not needful. Never touch a running system....
Channels seperation is 35 and 36dB - LR identity ist 0,2dB - Phase is 82 and 85°
http://orangeaudio.de/temp/frog_azimut.jpg