I've never owned a Colibri but have heard it in many high end systems. It is EXTREMELY finicky with respect to set-up. When not properly tuned, the sound will tend to be as you describe and there is a very fine line between heaven and strident.
Sibilance from Van den Hul Colibri
I have the light weight gold coil acrylic body XGP LW Colibri on a Well Tempered Reference Arm and Table. Though it is a dream with about half my collection, on the other half it has excessive sibilance, sometime with a searing high end that ruins the playback
I have about 200 hours on the cartridge, and have done some limited adjustment w VTA and loading to no avail.
Any vdH Colibri owners with experience who notice this ?
Has anyone come up with a solution ?
vdH Colibri, Well Tempered Ref w Arm, Spectral DMC 20 ( no SUT), moded Luxman 3045MB tube monoblocks (Russian EL 509II output tubes) 800 ohm loading, von Schweikert VR 4 jr w "EuroMod". Cables are MIT/Spectral
I have about 200 hours on the cartridge, and have done some limited adjustment w VTA and loading to no avail.
Any vdH Colibri owners with experience who notice this ?
Has anyone come up with a solution ?
vdH Colibri, Well Tempered Ref w Arm, Spectral DMC 20 ( no SUT), moded Luxman 3045MB tube monoblocks (Russian EL 509II output tubes) 800 ohm loading, von Schweikert VR 4 jr w "EuroMod". Cables are MIT/Spectral