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----- Original Message ----- From: <Paulzric@aol.com> > Recently bought a turntable--a belt drive Stanton STR8-20--simply to >start > capturing my albums to CD. Anyway, to make a long story short, the high, sibilant > notes are killing the mix. What is wrong? I have a compressor set to >lightly catch > these enormous signals, but it's still not enough. On the turntable >right now is Derek > and the Dominoes, and every time EC Sings an S Sound, it's a blast of SSSSSSXXXXX > times 10. > > I thought that by buying a $100.00 turntable, I'd be able to at least >play my old > albums. They are clean. No scratches, new needle. Are you feeding the phono cartridge to a phono preamp? I.e. is the RIAA curve being applied to your signal before going to your computer? Whay are you compressing at all? In order to make audio fit into vinyl grooves, a LOT of compression has already been applied. And compression can actually cause sibilance problems. Upgrade your phono cartridge. The one that came with your $100 turntable probably sucks. I've heard an LP sound fantastic with a $50 phono cartridge. The $1000 turntable supposedly made up the difference. I don't know if this was sales hype. I've never investigated this phenomenon. Ii was mid '80s and I was looking for my first CD player when this hi-fi sales dude tried to steer me to the $1000 turntable. Apply as many grains of salt to this particular suggestion as you feel are required. Cheers, Bill =============================================================================== Host of EMUSIC, an electronic, ambient, and space music show. Thursdays at 11 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and Bethlehem and 93.9 FM in Easton and Phillipsburg. http://wdiy.org/programs/emusic All times are GMT-5:00 Listen on-line to WDIY at http://wdiy.org and click LISTEN To subscribe to the EMUSIC on WDIY list, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emusic-wdiy and click on [Join This Group!] Host of the AM/FM Show on WMUH Allentown 91.7 FM every other Saturday at 6 am. Host of Afterglow on WMUH every Thursday morning from 8:00 to 9:30. http://soundscapes.us/~bill/amfm http://soundscapes.us/~bill/afterglow Listen on-line to WMUH at http://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh and click REAL AUDIO Personal site: http://soundscapes.us/~bill All times are GMT-5:00 SOUNDSCAPES Concert Series: http://soundscapes.us