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sibilence....any cures out there?

I have recently accuired a pair of Nola Viper 1A speakers, while their performence is outstanding generally, the only problem is highlighted sibilence on vocals which is very annoying!!! Is this down to the speakers? Would a change of interconnects help? Any ideas from you guys would be appreciated greatly...
swampdog
arnettpartners
312 posts
 
Don't believe it. Tweeking is fun and worthwhile.
rockadanny
1,037 posts
 
I ended up curing my system's with less toe-in and also interconnects. For me, interconnects were very frustrating and costly to evaluate and I feel extremely lucky I ended up with ones which mate perfectly with my system. Now I can listen to Diana Krall and Eva Cassidy "Live at Blues Alley" without being bothered by sibilance. YMMV.
rwwear
2,692 posts
 
Yep. Toe in is cheap and easy and doesn't involve any sort of Voodoo.
jylee
306 posts
 
Diana Krall has naturally sibilant singing style. If you don't hear Diana's sibilance the system may not be resolving enough.
bjbcab
131 posts
 
swampdog, Jylee is on to something. What kind of music do you listen to? Some sibilance is natural. On rock and pop recordings I hear a lot of processing of female vocals. See Adele for recent example. WTF they do that for?
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