Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

Slaw –
My first 420 str, I tried out as I did the other MM’s the last year or two on my pivot arms first as they have removeable headshells and make it easy; and another big reason I hesitated putting it on the ET2, as Mark has already pointed out; the angle of the cartridge pins can be a real PITA on the ET2 armtube if your wire leads are long.
Here she is on the pivot arm – well sort of a hybrid arm in this case – DV505.

http://cgim.audiogon.com/i/vs/i/f/1322856939.jpg

I got the 420 to sound good, but it didn’t better a couple other MM cartridges I already owned.

It was not until I read Frogman’s post about it on the ET2, that I removed a cartridge that was on it, put the 420str on the ET2 and it was like – holy crappola.

BTW - I am not sure if Nandric is coming back here although I hope he does. You have been away for a while. I think it has to do with being on the "wrong thread" and being asked to consider taking a Red Pill.

Dear Chris& Slaw, I sold my last 420 to Mark but am still
'loaded' with other ,uh, interesting MM carts. If you
promise not to tell the guys by the MM thread I will
confess to prefer the MC kind. I spend a fortune on those
lately: Kiseki Silver Spot, Shiraz, Benz LP S and Magic
Diamond. The last mentioned really deserves the adjective
'magical'. It is of course not done to try to sell whatever
via our forum but it is also very rewarding if one can help
an co-memeber. Even more so if the person in casu is a
friend of my friend Chris. I hope my address is still by the member list.

Regards,

Nandric - do you have a ranking for your MC's at this stage. Am very interested to hear what you think of the Magic Diamond. The Kiseki Silver Spot I know well so if you do a comparison to that then I can work it out from there.

Dear Dover, I hope you realize that we are again in the wrong thread? Except of course if we intend to hide our preference for the MC carts from our MM 'comrades'. My
provisional ranking is: 1. Magic Diamond;2. Miyabi Standard (aka Krell KC100);3. Benz LP S 4. Kiseki 'Silver Spot'.
First of all I am informed by an owner that the Magic with a ruby cantilever really exists. So the one we both have seen on ebay.com is not a 'fake'. Second I am not sure if my Kiseki is 'Silver'- or 'Gold spot'. My has 5 screw holes on each side while according to some this should be the 'Gold one'. Anyway the cart is very fast and very dynamic, similar in this regard with the Miyabi. The Magic is, uh, 'magical'. Probable too good for some Balkanes. I would say really 'neutral' and refined. But only the Miyabi is in my main system at present .With Basis Exclusive, Kuzma S.R. the Reed 2 A, etc. The rest I tested in my second system with FR-64S/ SP 10 Mk 2 and Jasmine LP2. Hence my 'provisional' ranking.

Regards,

02-04-13: Nandric
Dear Dover, I hope you realize that we are again in the wrong thread?

Dear Nandric (Nikola)

My mother used to say to me.

“That is wrong son...don't do that”
“Don’t do that son, it is bad for you”
“If you keep doing that son, your xxxx will fall off”

The funny thing is, I remember that the more she said things like this, the more I ended up wanting to do those things.

Back to normal programming.

Here is something alien but valuable I think.
Alien Screws

Just received in the mail the brass screw set. Seems like a good price for the quality. Not affiliated with the site.

As a tweak for ET2 owners, if your current cartridge set up does not allow you to get to end of the I Beam with the lead weights putting the next size screw / bolt on may be all that is needed to get there. I keep losing the things myself.
Cheers