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| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Hey guys,I just wanted to give a quick update... as is visible from my "zenith" picture above, azimuth was off a bit. I fixed that last night, but I haven't listened yet. I'm going to recheck alignment also one more time on the MINT and then check... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Axel, Doug - Thanks again for your time and thoughts.Axel and I discussed his comments over email, and it looks like I have a little bit of tweaking to do. From the picture, azimuth does look to be a little bit off... but I think the reason for th... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Hi Guys, I have some updates! ;)a) verify that you've set the correct VTFLooks good to me: VTFb) try using absolute minimum anti-skate. I've actually fiddled around quite a bit with anti skate. Mike at VPI told me that the Nordost wire on the Jmw9... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Hi Guys,I am definitely on board with aligning the cantilever, and not the cartridge body. I'm going to take a picture of the cantilever sitting on the MINT's null point.Here is what Yip at MINT has told me about the 'tractor:1. Mounting Distance,... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Hello all,First of all - thank you for spending your time and thoughts on this! I will try each recommendation that is posted on here within the next couple of days, and I will update the thread as I go along with more photos. | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Hi Doug - Just saw your comment before I posted!I had been running with the built in phono stage in my Supratek Syrah preamp, and I actually bought another phono stage specifically to further this cause and make sure that it's not a phono stage pr... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Here is a fresh picture of where the cartridge is mounted in the headshell (post alignment):cartridge picDoes this still look to be too far forward in the headshell? Islandman - Thanks for the comment. As far as I can tell by eye, the cartridge lo... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Hi guys, thanks for the notes so far!!The one thing I realized is that the photo may have been taken before the alignment was finalized! I will take another tonight and add it to the thread. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century One of my Syrah's phono battery holders was glued, and had come loose. Thankfully it was just the battery case and not a power supply cap... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers with “Big” sound? Definitely Dynaudio for a big, dynamic sound from a standmount. These are at home in a larger room.Look into a Contour (1.3SE or S1.4), or even better, the special 25. | |
| Ripping 700 CD's to HD using FLAC-How much space? RAID is great when it works, but can be difficult to setup properly for non IT administrators. A NAS with built in RAID is a good option, but you do pay extra for this.Another option for safety is just to pop in another drive that's the same capac... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 01' VW Passat GLX V6 manualSaving up for a '10 Audi S4. They are replacing the V8 with a supercharged V6, getting like 30% better gas mileage and shaving 0.5 seconds off the 0-60 | |
| Wilson Sophia 2 vs Revel Salon2--fair comparison? Basically it comes down to this - You have found a speaker that you like, however, there is another speaker that you can get for a "deal," but you haven't heard it so you don't know if you like it.Hands down, go for the Sophia. You already know yo... | |
| Rythmik Subwoofin' - 1st Take I've got a Rythmik sub. It's a 12" sub, with the PEQ plate, and the GR-Research driver.Great sub. It replaced a Velodyne DD15, and it's tighter and integrates better. | |
| Mapleshade boards under speakers I spoke with Pierre a little while back about my setup with Gallo 3.1s. My current sound is so-so, and I'm 99% sure that it's all about the room.Pierre's take on things is that it has nothing to do with the room, and that I should REMOVE all my ab... |