Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

Good Morning Chris,
Thanks for the detailed analysis.  I like the analogy.  I grew up in New England so I get it.  I can even drive on snow!  As you have no doubt gathered, even after nearly 30 years, I am still a little intimidated by my ET.  I know it's not as fragile as it appears, however, I can't bring myself to atempt extensive mods. I once sheared off a stylus on a Lyra  Clavis.

Agreed, on not being able to share listening experiences with the friends we make here on Audiogon.   I live in very rural, Western N.C. My closest audiophile friend is my brother in law who is 4 hours away.  I miss the sharing part of the hobby.  I'd love to hear your number 1 room with those huge towers.  I'll bet you can move some air with those woofers.

 My sub is crossed over at about 45  - 50 hz, but I don't run the mains through the sub crossover.  I run them full range.  Canalis says they are only 3 db down at 39 cycles.   I keep the sub volume dialed down quite a bit.  I'm not looking for boom, boom, just a nice foundation.  The sub is a Sunfire True that has enormous power but is not quite as tight as I would prefer.   Been thinking about a Rel, but that's down the priority list.  I did have to dial down the sub after my tweaks and once I got the VTA right.

Yes, I have a very large room but listen fairly near field (12 to 15 ft.) so as to maintain domestic tranquility.  I.e.  I use half the room.

I'm probably going to spring for the mag arm.

Harry

OK,
So I posted my system in virtual systems with pics of the modified ET-2 I-beam.
Have a look if you care to see a lot of antiques.
-John

John,
Saw your system.  Very nice, but be careful how you throw around the term "antiquated".   Some of us are a LOT older than your equipment.😏  The beam does not look like balsa.  What is it?
Harry

Chris,
i just ordered the Mag arm wand.  I'll let you know how it turns out in my system.

To Chris and everyone else, quote from Bruce: "The Audiogon group has been very good to me."
Harry

AudioGon Alert

ET2 Setups taking over the new systems category ...

Pegasus ! put up some pictures. Two is a couple. Three makes it official.

8^0

John - like Harry you have a nice airy room. Not familiar with those dipole speakers. I am a fan of dipoles. Not familiar with Harry's speakers either.

I gotta tell you. ...that is one long I beam you got there.....
Can you provide the details on how you got it/made it - I think you said you sourced it from the hobby shop ?

I have done the test going in with the most weight closest to the bearing and hearing the bass resonance/distortion in my room. if I kept going further in Bruce told me I would actually bottom the bearing out.

I think you said earlier that going further out with your elongated I Beam - and it became detrimental to the music in your room ? The weight positioning in the 2nd pic looks similar to the furthest you can go on a stock I Beam - your distance must be more hard to tell. Interested to know what happened to the music to let you know you went too far out.

Now that I think about it, I have never asked Bruce why he chose the size of I beam he did. Maybe due to measurements; maybe so it fit on the table. probably a combination of both ?  

Chris