Interesting about the MF Beatles. Maybe they tuned out the sibilance ;) I do have an aversion to it and what you're hearing probably sounds normal to you. Anyway I've always felt that the Goldring series 1000 cartridges with their higher than normal output (6.5 volts) were sibilance magnets.....pun intended. I experimented with a Nagaoka MP110 cartridge and it was a revelation. Best mm I ever heard in fact. Unfortunately I was having massive static issues and on two different arms that I gave up......for now. I have worked out a solution to the problem which I'll try out sometime in the future.Cyndale wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2017 8:43 pmThe only copies of Revolver & A Hard Day's Night I have are original Mobile Fidelity LPs. I have just played both LPs and I have to say 'sibilance' is not something that jumped out at me. I would have thought it would be pretty obvious on the Mobile Fidelity LPs which I regard as thin, hard and bright.cybot wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2017 12:13 pm
Sibilance:
The only Lps I can think of is what I'm listening to at the moment. Anyway I'm just curious to see if the Quadral's can render the sibilance more benignly in the sense that you can hear them but they're not intrusive. Anyway here's two:
The Beatle's Revolver : For No One - I personally think that Paul's sibilance is exaggerated on purpose.
The Beatle's Hard Days Nignt : Things We Said Today.
The only Thomas Dolby album I have is his stunning soundtrack to Gothic. Thanks for the link I'll listen later.
Despite my love for The Beatles, I just hate listening to their LPs on a good hifi system, I have always believed the only way to listen to them is on a cheap player or on the radio, am I mad or what. For all the praise heaped on producer George Martin I think it is more for helping The Beatles produce better music than better sound, if you know what I mean.
If you can think of some other LPs that have sibilance, post them to me.
Just finished playing The Motels debut LP and it sounds terrific on The Quadrals, one thing I am noticing is that the snare drum on my good sounding records has much more snap to it on the Quadrals than the B&W CM7. Have a listen to the The Motels Total Control, this sound wonderful on the Quadrals, the bass, the snare drum and her voice just fills the room and all the while the incidental bits of backing are clear as day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MFlHGP0VAc
I hear you about the Beatles on a good hi fi system! Thankfully I actually enjoy them on my own system probably because of the richness/fullness of sound which actually enhances George's production. But I know exactly what you mean. A friend of mine was demoing a pair of Howard's against Martin Logan's one time. He's a massive Beatles fan. They sounded absolutely awful on the ML's. Needless to say he eventually went for the Howard's.
Thanks for the Motels track. Will listen later as I always manage to forget to listen before I write this :) The Thomas Dolby track is stunning alright. Never really got into him. Went for Yello instead :) I used to get phone calls from my other friend who was worried about all the sibilance he was hearing on the Yello Lps :) His was a Gyrodeck, Audio Innvations Series 500 and ProAc Response One system......