what is sibilance

scottyboy76
scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
edited August 2010 in Speakers
i have read threads here where guys talk about sibilance as if it was child molesters. what is it and how would you deal with it.
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited August 2010
    that sizzle i have heard and it is distracting and ruinous of the illusion while listening. is it normally caused by speakers, electronics source material or any of above.
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  • JNL
    JNL Posts: 8
    edited August 2010
    I also get this on just words ending with S. I have replaced speakers and amp, but still there.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,019
    edited August 2010
    JNL wrote: »
    I also get this on just words ending with S. I have replaced speakers and amp, but still there.

    It's usually the source componant thats the culprit, but could also be the recording sometimes too. I have heard of some amps with the trait,but very few.
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  • John K.
    John K. Posts: 822
    edited August 2010
    Scotty, I don't know what any of those threads said, but sibilance is a normal and necessary part of human speech. It's a sort of "hiss" at the end of Ss and Ts especially. Good recordings played back on good speakers should reproduce this normal amount of sibilance, it's an excessive amount that gets to be annoying. This may be from the performer him/her self, from the recording, from the listening room or from the speakers. The exact range in which sibilance lives varies slightly, but typically is said to fall in the 4KHz-8KHz octave. The normal use of the treble tone control can help, but use of an equalizer in that frequency range is more precise.

    Of course a more basic approach is to buy well-recorded performances which don't contain excessive sibilance and play them back on speakers which have a flat upper mid-range/lower treble, which is what I attempt to do.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited August 2010
    scottyboy76 wrote: »
    i have read threads here where guys talk about sibilance as if it was child molesters. what is it and how would you deal with it.

    Ssssssibilancccce isssss evil. all sssssssssssssssss are terribly exagerated. It can become very annoying & hard on the earssss.

    Does thisssss give you a better idea of what ssssssibilancccce isssss?:eek::D
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,019
    edited August 2010
    Drink a half bottle of Jack,chase it down with a 12 pack, and you'll know what it is.:)
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 772
    edited August 2010
    tonyb wrote: »
    Drink a half bottle of Jack,chase it down with a 12 pack, and you'll know what it is.:)
    This is a good remedy for wife trouible, too! Especialy when she complains about all the expensive audio equipment you've been buying!
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited August 2010
    I find some recording have it as well as some tubes.
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