A question for Feickert Adjust + users

[kroslos]

Feickert claims that you should use the software to optimize Phase Angle in setting up your cartridge's azimuth. I'm a Adjust + user and have always, until yesterday, focused on equalizing the L & R Phase Angle readings as opposed to optimizing crosstalk. In a perfect world, optimizing one parameter would result in the optimization of the other; however, it's not a perfect world. I was pleasantly surprised in my listening session last night when I changed my approach and optimized crosstalk (although at the optimum crosstalk setting I was only off 12 degrees in phase angle).

Has anyone else use Adjust + to optimize crosstalk as opposed to the suggest phase angle? If so, I'd be interested in hearing your results.

Kyle

 

[advanced101]

Ive always had better results with Phase.

 

[kroslos]

Ive always had better results with Phase.

Do you recall how close your crosstalk measurement was when you equalized the phase angles?

 

[advanced101]

Within 2-3db. Around 40/37ish.

 

[Barry]

Have Adjust + but have not played with it a lot. Just curious, how much do channel separation, crosstalk, and phase change with changes in SRA/VTA. Anyone have observations?

 

[BruceD]

Mine co relate as here--as sample for this MC cart Azimuth set at +0.5.

BruceD