Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

"Stuck at the Border" - The True Meaning.

I recently learned, that the border "line" in shipping, is a lot like the "line" used to set up an ET2...

You see.....either "line" (the border-line, or ET2 set up-line) can be moved and put anywhere as long as certain conditions are met.

The above border - line, is defined and possible because of the magic of the "Bonded" carrier.

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My case in point. (just sharing )

The border "line" turned out to be, not the physical US/Canada border itself or even near it; but a warehouse less than one hour from my house, and more than a couple hours away from the physical border.
The Freight Company electronic shipment status proved frustrating as the Item in Question - My T-A-2000, is shown as being in this town warehouse, close to me, with a status of "Available for Delivery".

The frustration mounts as the days go by and no change in status. Meanwhile inquiries with the Logistics Company people are fruitless, as when they say "stuck at the border", they smartly keep this border-line information to themselves ....until you dig further.
Due for delivery later today.

Chris,
Glad to hear we don't have a northern wall.  Don't forget you are exempt from the steel & aluminum tariff.

Could be worse, my new Garrard 301 plinth has been "preparing for shipping" from Austria for 5 days.  I guess they can't find a plane coming this way.

I guess they can't find a plane coming this way.

Show them the money Harry....and a plane will appear out of thin air.

IMO - In our Audio Hobby - the rich one $$$ wise, can never find Audio Nirvana, due to being a "frequent flyer" with gear....just too much choice and temptation on a revolving door......but he does get his gear sent to him in the quickest time. 8^0

The shipping on the Aridyne 2000 due to its weight had to go LTL, and cost 2 times more than what I paid for it, using the cheapest method..... the slow boat as they say - and this for ground shipping.

OK, a little off topic but I must give a shout out to the U.S. Van den Hul rep.  Disclaimer first.  I have no affiliation with A.J. Van den Hul or his U.S. rep., Finest Fidelity. 

 As those of you who follow my ramblings know, a while back I purchased a VDH Black Beauty special X.  Well, in one of my OC tweaking moods I over torqued the bolts holding the cartridge to my ET arm wand and cracked the upper plate on the cartridge.  I contacted Randy at Finest Fidelity who is the rather new U.S. VDH distributor. 

This is a cartridge I purchased "as new" on U.S. Audio Mart from a gentleman in Washington who, for reasons I won't bore you with, I trusted implicitly.  Randy could have said, sorry, I can't help because you bought it second hand and not from a VDH dealer.  He didn't. Instead, he immediately (same day) contacted A.J. and said, yes it could be repaired; send it on to him.  

Well, to make a short story long, a month later my Black Beauty was returned to me, I set it up and the right channel had a terrible hum. I again contacted Randy who said send it back.  I did so and it made another round trip to the Netherlands (this time free of charge) and , today,  I received it back.  It is just as glorious as it was the first time around.  

Incredible customer service like this is hard to find from a dealer, much less a distributor.

If you need help with your VDH product, I highly recommend Finest Fidelity.

P.S. This cartridge just loves the ET with original aluminum arm wand.

I was wondering how a rewire through the spindle is accomplished with the connecting plug machined into the spindle, How does one access the pins inside the spindle?
-Brad