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Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners


Where are you? What mods have you done ?

I have been using these ET2's for over 9 years now.
I am still figuring them out and learning from them. They can be modified in so many ways. Bruce Thigpen laid down the GENIUS behind this tonearm over 20 years ago. Some of you have owned them for over 20 years !

Tell us your secrets.

New owners – what questions do you have ?

We may even be able to coax Bruce to post here. :^)

There are so many modifications that can be done.

Dressing of the wire with this arm is critical to get optimum sonics along with proper counterweight setup.

Let me start it off.

Please tell us what you have found to be the best wire for the ET-2 tonearm ? One that is pliable/doesn’t crink or curl. Whats the best way of dressing it so it doesn’t impact the arm. Through the spindle - Over the manifold - Below manifold ? What have you come up with ?
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dgarretson
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Funny, Acman3: with the same cartridge and tonearm I have been cycling through the entire Who catalog. The 420's tremendous sock, clarity, and separation play well with the power trio's delineated guitar, bass, and drum lines.
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slaw
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Dgarretson: The "Rymin' Simom" has several tracks with a siblnce issue, IE... "Something So Wrong", (must be all of those S's.) Any way for siblince, this lp should meet your criteria except for a female lead. It has several tracks that can show well in good set-up with depth, soundtage, ambient info, several great African American singers and their placement along the stage.

I'm thinking about aquiring an Acutex. If so, I might have to use a lead weight/shim in order to have room to fit my cartridge leads in. Would this affect this carts abilities significantly/at all?????
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slaw
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Forgive me above, "Something So Right" is the songs name.
dgarretson
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Slaw, to resolve the clearance problem with M420 I added a graphite shim. In the past I've fabricated shims from hardwood for this purpose. I can't imagine why Acutex made this cartridge body so short with angled pins.
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ct0517 OP
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Hi Acman3 (Danny)
I don't know what direction you are wanting to go.
I myself will go any direction (no biases here) as long as it provides the chills and goosebumps when listening. This hobby for me is a means to end and is much safer than - car racing ? - and the reason I’m sure my wife puts up with me.
Welcome to the thread – thx for the lp recommendation.

Hi Dover
On the track titled "Five guys named Moe" there is a part where Moe is repeated 5 times. With the ET2 you can clearly hear each utterance and the position, starts front slightly right of centre and each "moe" is behind and to the left of each preceding one.
Nice test – those 5 Moe’s go by really fast. I am going to try this one with my pivot arms.

Slaw - the top two leads on my setup are crammed pretty tight on the ET2 with the 420 right now.

DG – I think you could sell your shims as fast as you can make them here.
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