Yeah they said they will try and source one to demo.
I also want to demo the Rega Aria which is built for the Rega cartridges.
It isnāt when reviewing your commentsā¦
Anyway, like I said best of luck
Because I am not sending letters in triplicate and contacting my payment authority? There is a point where I think one has to accept the consequences of a purchase. If the item was faulty or I was willfully misled during the sale it would have been a completely different matter.
I had an issue many years ago ā¦ when Rega Planar 3 ā¦K9 cartridge had sibilenceā¦I found that cartridge bolts had worked looseā¦I tightened them bingoā¦solvedā¦just a thoughtā¦
That definitely something I can check. Thanks!
I found they needed to be really quite tightā¦be careful not to put strain on arm bearingsā¦I sure someone can advise hereā¦
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Your description that some records donāt exhibit the sibilance problem is very significant (assuming they contain vocals with the āsā sound). Also of relevance is that several at least of people responding here have not detected a sibilance problem on the clip you posted, and that your dealer didnāt consider the sibilance any worse than normal, or than he would expect.
To me it points in one direction but rather different: given your sensitivity, maybe vinyl is only for you with some LPs, and not all, and you will have to choose your records based on their sibilance.
I suggest one thing worth investigating is whether the sibilance is as bad on all pressings of a recording, or if it varies by pressing, meaning that if you keep trying different copies you may find one OK.
Canāt see how the Phono can be blamed.
Thats a point ā¦ I remember being driven nutsā¦by the track ādiamonds on the soles of her feetā this track had some nasty sibilenceā¦at one point. Years laterā¦my streamer plays this track ā¦ an guess what its still there. My streamer has no sibilence issuesā¦so for fact its the track recording. Another one is Rebecca Pigeon āSpanish Harlemā she sings to begin with and you can hear some sibilenceā¦then instruments cut in ā¦ then she sings againā¦this time sibilence is totally goneā¦I am convinced she either changed position or the mixing guy tweaked somethingā¦
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This could very well be true as well. I have just not investigated this far enough to be satisfied that this is the way it is. Until I have tried a properly matched up phono and a cart with a a finer stylus I will be in investigation mode.
That is also something indeed. However, the song I have placed the recording off on this thread I happen to own on two different vinyl pressings, the album and a greatest hits, so this is also significant I think.
I remember reading something somewhere about the capacitance setting. Rega recommends 1000pF for the Ania. My phono can only do 475. And the way I understood it is that the capacitance has something to do with buffering high frequency interference or something like that. So it is something I would like to try at some stage, run the cart exactly as Rega recommends.
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I also recall from when I had a vinyl collection that sibilance worsens over time as discs wear.
Its not ideal but really you should take the deck to the dealer and test it in the shop against a reference turntableā¦using the same discā¦
Well the dealer already brought his deck and phono to my house and it was exactly the same result.
I rest my case.
No one on this forum will ultimately help you resolve your issue, it will be down to the dealer who isnāt giving you satisfaction and Rega.
Its possible there could be some rogue samples out there. In any case I dont believe Rega would bring a product to market that has the issues you describe when set up correctly.
You can adopt the good old British stiff upper lip attitude and do nothing, itās your money, or go round in circles on forums and throw more money at the problem.
FWIW Iāve heard a P6 Ania in an all Rega system at my dealer and wouldnt describe it as sibilant, Iāve just had a look back at a few reviews and not seen it described as having a sibilant characteristic, far from it.
Hmmmm
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Btw dont as someone has suggested start messing with the mounting bolts or anything else, you may end up in invalidating warranty ( or at least give the dealer a get out excuse)
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Oh I am not doing anything wild to that deck. But a check for something obvious loose exists in the realm of possibilities.
All of which the dealer should be doing for you
Is he/she a bona fide Rega dealer?
Yup.