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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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ct0517 OP
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Nandric -I know of course that the Terminator is no match for the ET-2 but both are linear so why not try?
Hi Nandric (Nikola) Never heard the Terminator yet alone on the same table as an ET2. Feel free to share your impressions. There are Terminator owners here as you know.

I have found personally, and you can confirm this by looking at individual setups.

We SL Tonearm owners seem to share one thing in common- a straight line – anywhere on the LP.

From there we are all very individualistic. Not one set up is the same.

Cheers Chris
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ct0517 OP
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Slaw - Mark asked for an opinion - I gave one. I am done with cartridges myself. Unfortunately I keep misplacing/losing the damn screws in the carpet. I hear tinkle tinkle sometimes when I vacuum. Hence my post about the screws. Have a nice day. I have to go shovel snow. Haven't seen anything like this in 10 years.
Cheers Chris
dgarretson
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Nandric, Absent direct experience with Terminator, your remark would seem to be a good example of what psychologists call the false consensus effect.
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nandric
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Dear Dgarretson,If you called my 'assumption' the false 'authority consensus' I would agree. We are supposed to share information we have but this does not mean that we
checked everything in the sense of the truth value. I thought that the opinion of the mentioned desiger may be relevant info but my primary intention was to mention this
cheap and available alternative (M 312) for the 420 which is obviously difficult to get. My 'horses' are elswhere btw.

Regards,
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slaw
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It seems we may be getting into symantics,?

Read between the lines......

My message has been, 'focus on the music'. Why do we need to discuss varionses between this or that component... at this stage... the most important thing is the music. May be, we should be discussing how many times we seach out new music?

Myself, I'm spending $300.00 + per month on LPs!

Yeah, that sounds right?!
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