On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:03:15 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:


Most experienced hands judge these kinds of situations by listening to a
range of recordings, and applying logical deduction to their judgments. If
the excess sibilance appears only on old recordings, then it is probably
correct to blame the recordings. If the excess sibilance shows up on new
recordings but primarily at high levels, then the problem is more likely to
be with the new cartridge.

It seems to show up pretty much everywhere...not on all records all of
the time, but on enough variety with enough frequency to bother me,
esp. when I *bought* the damn thing to finally transfer stuff over.

If this happens with recordings known to be in good shape, the finger points
more directly at the cartridge or how it is set up. Can you increase the
tracking force? Is there some chance that despite all the supposed
guarantees of proper adjustment inherent in the P-mount system, the
cartridge is still misaligned?


I don't know. I don't have the instructions for the turntable...I
never did. It's second-hand. I don't know what this "tracking force"
is supposed to look like, or what I'm supposed to do with it.

EDUCATE.


If the problem is more prevalent at the beginning of the recording, you
might want to look at your anti-skating adjustment since the skating force
is largest for the outer grooves.

Nah, it frequently happens in end-of-siders.


Sounds like mistracking. Adding stylus force may be a solution. Perchance
the stylus has picked up a big wad of dirt and needs to be cleaned?

This doesn't *look* like the case, but then again, I suppose "big"
here is very relative.

Have you listened to the MP3s? I could throw up a few more. Generally,
the signal suddenly has a lot more clicks/pops when lots of
high-frequency info is present.


Could this problem be cartridge related?

Maybe.

Is it fixable?

Maybe. One possible fix might be another cartridge.

Ugh.


Might my records just be kinda trashed?:-(

Probably not all of them, but possibly the ones you like to listen to the
most.


Yeah.

Thanks,




-D