New Kiseki blackheart cartridge not sounding right.
Just purchased a new kiseki blackheart today and upper frequencies are too pronounced. S’s are to much and sound smeared. Have about 2 hours on it. Any ideas what might be causing this? mike
Excessive sibilance can come from incorrect VTF, VTA, azimuth, antiskating. I assume that your tonearm bearings are in perfect shape. Pronounced upper frequencies due to loading or wrong VTF and VTA. Your cartridge is new, and assuming that your basic alignment is correct, run it some hours with full tracking weight and then recheck your settings.
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