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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I am looking for help.  So thanks for taking the time to read.

I am trying to get my 30 yr old Oracle / ET arm working again.  The first thing I did was take the table to the local Audio store.  They took a look at it and did not give me confidence that it was worth fixing.  Somewhere between transporting the table to the store and taking it back the swing of the tone arm has been significantly lowered.  The link below are pictures of the ET
https://photos.app.goo.gl/bbQALFNotPbF9Jec8
You can see that the two positions of the tone are are well below the platter.  It was not like that before.  My guess is that the support that holds the cueing lever in place slipped down.  But I do not see any indication of that happening.
I know that this is a sensitive installation, it was working fine 20 years ago and I don't want to cause any additional problems.
Also any thoughts on the best way to start up using again.  I have replaced the large filter that was inline and the aquarium like pump seems to be operational.  I did a basic cleaning of the arm and started up the pump to see if all was working.  It seemed to go smooth.  But I have not tested it on a record.  I may have real issues with the Oracle motor.

Thanks - Dave



If I understand your issue correctly it looks as if the cueing support has been turned which causes the armwand to rest lower at the cartridge end. Some of your pictures show that support in a different position. Just turn it until you obtained your desired resting position.
I would read through the ET manual to get re-acquainted with the setup and maintenance again. Page 25 of the manual shows how you can adjust the cuing mechanism.  It almost looks like your cuing got reversed:  lever up -> cartridge down.  ET website has a link to download PDF manual if you don't still have it.

Has anyone noticed if their ET-2[.5] is acting like an antenna and picking up RFI  and what have you been able to do about it ?