Sibilence in one channel means?

I really appreciate the responses. As mentioned above, I have a VPI Scoutmaster but I'm not using the anti-skate device (mostly because mine sort of broke). I know many people use the wire-twist method and I haven't done anything with that either - mostly because I'm not sure how.

Could someone educate me on which way I should try twisting the wire?

Thanks!

Counter-clockwise is the way to twist it. I use no anti-skate at all with the 10.5i and prefer it(recommended by Stringreen and others). As I understand it, shorter arms benefit from anti-skate more so you may want to try the twist though many use the 9s without also. Also, bear in mind that some records have siblance as part of the character of the recording and may not be correctable.

With a line contact stylus tip, azimuth and anti-skate are very critical settings.

If you have this loupe, or equivalent, you can set it up on a record that has some non-recorded area. Place it on the record and in front of the cartridge. You'll be able to see the stylus tip and its reflection on the record. When the stylus tip and its reflection form a vertical line, the tip will be perpendicular to the record and azimuth will be set correctly. In my set up, when I set the azimuth with this method, I get no sibilant issues whatsoever.

As for the anti-skating, I used the Hi-Fi News Test LP. This helps with better focusing of the sibilants.

I recently took delivery of Dr. Feickert Adjust+, but I have not set it up yet. Once I do, I should be able to verify if I was off with my settings.

Best,

iSanchez

I use one counter-clockwise turn on my Scout (as if uncoiling the wire) and it seems to work fine. I do not detect any sibilance issues.