Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

Slaw.
"Variations in the degree of trueness"
Totally agree. Since I had the luxury of building the arm and TT, almost concurrently, I could deal with these topics in real time.
Getting accurate alignment when two components are brought together from different manufacturers, without the ability to adjust, would be pure luck.

Slaw – good to hear from you again.

You are the only music lover I am personally aware of that has the capability and makes his own custom listening chair!

Thanks for sharing the pics of your setup Richard. An obvious amount of time and passion went into your setup. Interesting the side the oil trough is on.

I have thought a couple of times of removing the back end of the ET2 that holds the railing and handle to raise and lower the ET2. My Dynavector DV505 is without a lift and I hate it; but it also at the back which makes it awkward. I like having my ET2 arm lift especially into those late listening sessions. Putting the cartridge down is not the problem – its lifting it at the end – knobby fingers and a 10 year habit with the luxury of that elegant lever – I am not taking a chance on an expensive cartridge.

I believe Dover posted that he inserted some material in the handle to decouple it more.

Slaw.

Wrong thread I know, but are you in a position to tell us about your "up coming tt project" ?

Chris.
Yes lifting off at record end is an interesting exercise after a few glases of fine NZ Pinot Gris.
Which end for the trough? The one with the least amount of joins and material changes before we get to the cartridge. In my most humble opinion :-)
Was it Townsend that put the paddle on the headshell itself?

Does your design allow enough adjustment for the differing heights of the various cartridges out there? How about overhang? Any adjustment for this? Of course, these two go hand in hand most of the time.