Old vinyl records problem voicing "s"

[freebee]

I remember that my Shure sounded great with the standard phono card of my old Quad 33. Apparently it deviates from the standard 47K

 

[merlin el mago]

Left record a lot of sibilance, right record a little bit but listenable. Both are stereo.

 

[merlin el mago]

I remember that my Shure sounded great with the standard phono card of my old Quad 33. Apparently it deviates from the standard 47K

Do you remember the load values?

 

[freebee]

I can look it up on dadaelectronics website for you.

 

[merlin el mago]

Thank you, also do you remember the capacitance of your phono cable?

 

[freebee]

68K

 

[merlin el mago]

It's very high, near the maximum for V15 III. No capacitance in parallel?

 

[freebee]

Standard phono cable (Mogami) and 120pF 630V FSCEX 1% Polystyrene Audio-grade on the phono card.

 

[freebee]

I later changed it to 47K which sounded a bit less open, but still very good.

 

[merlin el mago]

I use 47K without any capacitance added.

 

[freebee]

Could it perhaps be the alignment of the cartridge which accentuates the top end?

 

[freebee]

Perhaps you could solder a capacitor in the RCA plugs to test if this makes a difference?

 

[merlin el mago]

VTF 1gr
VTA 15º

 

[Boydk]

Funny no one has mentioned cartridge settings, stylus pressure, cartridge adjustment in general.
I have the mentioned Billie Holiday record, and I have absolutely nothing of the sort (ss/tt) after carefully fine trimming my turntable setup. Modified Ikeda 9ts playing through Pass Labs X-Ono clone. Sounds awesome 🙂

EDIT: Freebee beat me to it 🙂 🙂

 

[Boydk]

VTF 1gr
VTA 15º

You should try VTF=1.5g

 

[billshurv]

Parametric EQ is a good starting point for a parametric.

 

[merlin el mago]

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[freebee]

It depends on many parameters. Increasing the downforce might help if the match (compliance) between tonearm and cartridge is sub-optimal.

 

[merlin el mago]

I measured the FS with a vinyl test & it's OK.

 

[merlin el mago]

You should try VTF=1.5g

Mine Ekos is middle mass, I guess isn't a good idea to increase the VTF but I will try.