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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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Frogman can you provide us with a music selection that in your opinion exemplifies this...

I'll bet there's some passion for music there! Jazz, in particular. Huh, you say? Look up the original meaning of the word as used by musicians :-)

I am in big, big doo doo if my wife ever find this thread.
frogman
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The first two that came to mind:

For pure class:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QBmrDS2Zhaw

And then there's that other thing.....Well, you know what I'm talking about:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRbajsztig

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z0st6lGHXVc
richardkrebs
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Frogman
I enjoyed the tracks very much.
Thank you!
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Frogman your Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa videos had me looking for something to mix with my morning coffee (...and maybe a cigarette?)
only to find my liquor cabinet has been pillaged.

The Nancy Wilson video sure harken's back to a much simpler time imo - boy, times have changed.

I tell my 19 year old son, "the girls never approached you in clubs when I was your age"; "the guy had to have a plan and a good introduction to go up and approach a girl in a club". He doesn't believe me, as these days according to him, the woman have become the hunters. I wish I was 19 again.
frogman
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Richard, glad you enjoyed the tracks. Chris, times truly have changed; but, maybe it's all just less subtle now. Truth is that in many ways they have always had the power and control. They can turn us into mush with a look from those Beth Hart eyes. They have what we want; the "fire". More Beth Hart (those eyes!):

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fALdOkf_eCM

Wifes, if you're sneaking around here, this one's for you (and don't be too hard on us). One the greatest singers of all time:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K-mI3k6YIFM

and one of the most beautiful and, in its way, sexiest records ever:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7OtpZe_HSNg
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