Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
HI Phil – I ended up finding a decent magnet for damping on the fridge. One of those appointment holders for pieces of paper. I placed it immediately to the left of the manifold on the platform where the spindle comes out so it is under it. Some blue tac secured it. Some interesting info Eminent Technology Patent Info Cheers |
Apbiii - exactly. We are comparing apples to apples - well almost. What is the compliance of the cartridge u r using and where on the scale (what number) are your weights sitting at ? Mine are on the very end of the the IBeam past the 6 and it is a high compliance cartridge. From Frogmans earlier post as a guide. 2 or more leaf springs - heads more toward a leaner sound due to lower compliance – more detail and refinement. One leaf spring – best tracking - but sound can become too full, even bloated and diffuse due to the higher compliance of just one spring. This is what I am hearing going from a single to double leaf spring. Is this what u r hearing too? Now the hard part for me. It took me about 4 songs or – 20 minutes to find the right VTA in my system. The armtube when I look at it - seems to have a slightly negative VTA now - it was lowered. I am very close to the sweet spot stylus angle/groove with my records/system. Not finished. Bass returned but is now more refined/has real weight. |
Chris, The cartridge that I use has medium / low compliance (15x10-6) or thereabouts. I am using three small or one large weight and it is in the area of 5 on the beam. I did notice a little leaner sound with the double leaf spring but found a loss in bass so I went back to the single leaf. For what it is worth I play and listen to a lot of live acoustic music (I play guitar and upright bass in a bluegrass / old time setting several times a week) and I am not a fan of the lean hard sound some folks claim is "Hi Fi". I did change the VTA a bit but my cartridge does not seem to be terribly sensitive to VTA. |
