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Kuzma 4 Point owners - Do you use damping?

Hi folks,
I have a Lyra Delos mounted on a 4 Point on a Satbi Reference.

I find my left speaker woofer bouncing quite a bit more than the right speaker woofer (on the majority of flat LPs, not warped) due to subsonics, but the soundstage is well spread and vocals centered. Not that I can hear anything from the subsonics, but I find it unnerving looking at it. And I have no "subsonic-off" switch on my equipment.

I think my cartridge is mounted "precisely" as far as I could, but I have no test tool to check for Azimuth or anti-skate.

I cam curious if anyone uses the damping trough on the 4 Point arm. Will damping help?

All other advice are welcomed too.
Thank you.

PS: I used to be a Rega user, so it's fascinating that I have so many parameters to play with...
hamburger
bpwalsh
1,207 posts
 
Hamburger, having gone to all that expense and not having everything aligned well is unwise. Either do it yourself if you can or hire someone to do it for you. As for damping, just try it. The paddles for horizontal and vertical damping should probably just skim the surface of the damping fluid, but it's free to experiment. The 4Point is an amazing tonearm when set up correctly.

Good listening!
hamburger OP
132 posts
 
It sits on a Solidsteel 5.4 rack and it was leveled properly. I also checked that the cantilever is straight and true in the mounting.
sarcher30
596 posts
 
If possible try moving the location of the rack your TT is on. It is weird that it's happening only with one speaker though.
pojuojuo
92 posts
 
Congrats!! You have a good combo

Is the problem affecting all LPs played?
hamburger OP
132 posts
 
Thanks, everyone for chipping in.

Areas to investigate:
1) alignment issue
2) rack placement

Alright, let me try them out and I will report again.
A friend is going to lend me his fozgometer. So let me check the azimuth and anti-skate first.

Cheers.
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