Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl


Hello Gon'ers,

Help needed. I took the grills off my new Vandersteen Treo CT's recently and noticed that when listening to vinyl, the bass drivers shake violently, meaning the amount and frequency in which they travel in and out. Then I played the same pieces of music from Tidal and they were relatively calm.

Is this some kind of feedback loop causing this? Has this happened to anyone else?

Thanks!
Joe
128x128audionoobie

Dear  @audionoobie  : " anyone know if there would be a compliance issue with my AT VM760SLC mounted on the stock Technics SL1200GR arm? ""

 

No, you have not is inside the normal resonance frequency range. You can improve the quality reproduced sound with better headshell wires connectors and you can try too a different headshell build material than the stock one but you are safe about cartridge/tonearm issues.

 

Good that the KAB filter works for you.

 

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

It is always 10" or below and always with turntables. With many amps going clear down to DC surface irregularities in the vinyl will cause the woofers to flap.

@mijostyn Back in the old days I used to run some Fried G2s which had a 10" IIRC and had no woofer issues. But you are correct- smaller drivers will flop about without much provocation.

@atmasphere , I was not so fortunate. The 10" drivers in my AR 2ax's use to flop around plenty.