Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Thanks as always, Frogman. I found a decent deal on a new Shelter 901 Mk II. Several reviews and owner posts say that the Mk II has similar tonality but incrementally better overall sound quality and a slightly higher output (.55mV) compared to the original. I am surprised that Shelter uses a .3 X .7 elliptical stylus on the 901. Care to speculate on the compatibility (sound quality/tracking performance) of a Shelter 901 Mk II with the aluminum armwand? Dave |
Hi guys, a classic Air Tangent on AudiogoN: http://app.audiogon.com/listings/tonearms-nos-air-tangent-tonearm-linear-air-bearing-tonearm-2013-11-12-analog-29732 Is there anyone who has experienced an AT ? Frankly, I was searching for it and a Forsell 5 years ago (I didn´t know ET-2´s excistence at the time) but I suddenly found the Trans-Fi arm and bought that immediately... and saved a fortune ;). It has proved to be the very best audio bargain in my history. The ET-2 is another very interesting tone arm though. Dave G, have you got an ET-2 already ? |
Dave, Prior to my buying the magnesium arm wand I used the regular aluminum wand with various MC cartridges including some that were much more "aggressive" than the Shelter including the Spectral, VDH Grasshopper and others, with no issues that I could definitely attribute to the aluminum wand. I think you would be fine with the aluminum; you can always easily add additional mass and/or damping to the wand. I will say, however, that on Dover's recommendation I went back to the aluminum wand when I started using MM's again with beneficial results. You can extrapolate from that experience. In general, the Shelter behaves very well in the ET2 with well controlled highs. The issue of output is curious. The Shelter plays almost as loud into my EAR phoo stage as a Benz Ruby H which has an output spec of .8mV @ 3.54 cm/sec; go figure. |
The easy way to tell if you are looking at an ET2 versus a ET2.5 ? To be so obvious that it is over looked ? We need to draw our attention to the end cap holding the counterweight assembly. On the base ET2 the end cap clearly overlaps the skinnier spindle. On the ET 2.5 the cap will appear flush with the spindle as the wider spindle has an aluminum insert that the end cap couples to. Cheers |
On the base ET2 the end cap clearly overlaps the skinnier spindle. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Eminent-Technology-2-Tonearm-/321252202495?ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:CA:3160 The overlap of the end cap on the spindle can be clearly seen in the second picture of this ebay ad. Not affiliated with the ad. |
