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Anti-skating problem

I have an unusual problem, it does not matter how much I adjust the anti-skating on my turntable (Oracle delphi V - SME309 and Grado Sonata) I can never get the left channel to sound as detail as the right. I must admit that they are pretty close, (same output levels, same amount of details and depth) but if a play a choral work, (like a Bach's cantatas) I hear the "Shh" from the chorus on the right channel, but very little from the left. Can anyone tell me what's wrong? I checked VTA, Tracking force, Azimuth and the level of the turntable and all are correct.

Any help would be appreciated.

Miguel
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viridian
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Does this happen with CD replay or just LP?
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viridian
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It doesn't surprise me, as my post above indicates. Before working on room acoustics I would suggest walking around the right side of the room and putting your ear to all of the pictures on the walls, pottery, nicknaks, chairs, etc, while music is playing that highlights the problem. Often these things are just sympathetic resonances in the contents of the room. It's also interesting that in your original post you identified the left side as having less detail on choral recordings than the right and believed that this was the side with the "problem". As audiophiles we are often mislead into thinking that distortion is detail; just one of the many pitflalls. Oh, and good you don't use those nasty digital sources too often.
Marty
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