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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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nandric
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Dear Chris, I don't believe that your amount of TT's, tonearms, carts and more in particular speakers can be explained with your mom's upbringing methods. But I must
confess that my both sons whose education cost me a fortune still ask: 'do I got THIS from you or mom?' BTW my youngest (36) never say 'Hi dad' or something similar
but instead : 'any new tonearm dad?'
I think that Dover and I like gossip and that is why we occasionaly participate in 'your thread'(grin).

Regards,
saubmgc
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Sorry Guys, my bad...

I originally stated that there were a couple of Acutex 412's for sale on eBay, but in reality there is one 412 and one 415. I would copy in links, but am not in a position to do so.

I would be interested in other's opinions on these two cartridges in the ET2...

Regards,
Mark
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ct0517 OP
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Hi Mark – from the specs in the manual which shows all three the 415 is closest to the 420. I have the 412 not the 415. I found it wasn't as linear as the 420 (hf, mid, lf). Frogman is using a 412 to make a new body for his 420 ? Maybe he will chime in if he sees this. I recommend a quick post on the MM thread asking for a 420 and for someone to pm you. Pretty sure somebody will respond to you. I paid around 70 euros for the 412 from what I recall. Cheers Chris
saubmgc
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Hi Chris,

Thanks for the response. I'm not in the market right now, as I got a 420 from Nandric, but wanted to know for future reference. Maybe if the price is right on the 415, I might try it out for comparison purposes...

Regards,
Mark
frogman
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Chris is exactly right, the 412 is not a as linear as the 420; a perfect description. As far as I know, the body ("corpus", thank you Nandric) of the two are identical. The difference between the two is in the stylus assembly. If you don't plan on doing a lot of cartridge swapping, and given how easy it is to swap stylus assemblies, it might be of value to you to have a 412 stylus assembly for casual listening and thus save the stylus life of your 420 stylus assembly.
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