Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

you´re a man of humour

Dear Harold, et al

I have always believed but the last two years have solidified my belief, that lurking in the belly of every seasoned audiophile is a comedian waiting to bust out. Every seasoned audiophile, if he/she took a good look at themselves, is carrying enough material/stories with them to allow them to do stand up comedy in countless shows for years. However lets think about two scenarios. Would a seasoned stand up comic get a better reaction from an audience of serious audiophiles or an audience of serious music lovers?

10-23-14: Harold-not-the-barrel
Adjusting and running an air bearing tonearm needs lots of humour.

I am tempted now and again to join the party and provide my thoughts whenever I read yet "another" thread on how to "really" properly Align, or set Anti Skating on a Pivot arm. But the little voice inside says "Don't go back in there man, you made it out !"

The key to leveling and lining up an air bearing linear tracker is to do it when the bottle of your choice is still un-opened. As you know the road is clear and straight. There are no curves with two markers hiding along the road that you need to make sure you visit along the way. :^) This reminds of the time before kids and marriage when I used to go out with my buddies. (lol)
Afterwards some were able to walk the straight line better than others.

When my previous company shut down our Canadian group 2 1/2 years ago, it was a wake up call; but as I was in shock, I did not wake up from the event till 6 months after. It was the most serious of jobs to imagine what I used to do. No humor serious stuff. Now I can't get enough of Comedy Festivals, sometimes laughing uncontrollably. My family gets concerned sometimes at this behavior and they say - "Dad why don't you go listen to some music".... Wow.... can life get any better than this ? All is not great however..you see in my subconscious, I think there may be a desire to become a comic one day, but I hit a big road block recently. I have discovered that my wife is funnier than me.

And why am I surprised? As I sit there memorized, in a trance like state by the reproduction of my favorite singer, group / band's music in my room, unable to move, she has been observing all of this from THE OUTSIDE IN

God only knows the stories she could tell.

btw - that pic is still the best definition of Nearfield that I have ever seen anywhere.

From one linear guy to another.

Cheers Chris

For the tonearm collector
An ET1

btw - interesting tonearms on the table this seller has the ET1 mounted on.

For the Music Lover

Base ET2 Low Pressure

Right here at Audiogon. Just remember, if last weeks posts have not made it clear; as with any musical instrument, lessons are recommended with the ET2 :^)

(in my previous post memorized should read mesmerized) :^(

**A vinylphile, on his way to loan his buddy and fellow LP-lunatic his prized vacuum record cleaner, decides to make a quick stop at the bank for some cash. He pulls into the parking lot and nervously decides that it's probably ok to leave the machine unattended on the backseat of the car for just a few minutes. Runs into the bank and makes the quick transaction. On his way back out to the car....SHIT!! ....the rear window of the car is smashed to bits and the door wide open! He slowly peers into the rear of the car, and on the back seat he sees....two record cleaners!**

A twist on a classic viola joke (the viola, popular subject of ridicule among musicians). This one, also easily adaptable to the subject of this thread:

Q: How can one tell that the floor of the stage is level?

A: The viola player is drooling out of both sides of his mouth.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9CdVTCDdEwI

Frogman - I think this the 4 th time you have made me spit up coffee on my keyboard.

Q: How can one tell that the floor of the stage is level?

A: The viola player is drooling out of both sides of his mouth.

What happens to the poor guy when the stage is tilted back a bit ?

maybe I don't want to know...

Hi All.

I have been experimenting with the air supply again. This after earlier experiments implied that the output pressure from the regulators I am using oscillate around their setting.

The change I made was simple taking a few minutes but furnished a worthwhile improvement.

initial setup was... Compressor, inbuilt regulator, 6feet soft PVC tube, 1/4" needle valve vented to atmosphere (barely open), second regulator water trap, 30feet soft PVC tube, arm.

The new configuration places the needle valve immediately after the second regulator. The theory being that both regulators are unstable and bleeding some air to atmosphere via a non compensated needle valve will smooth the regulator perturbations in the air stream to the arm. I had to increase the setting on the second regulator a tiny amount to bring the pressure seen by the arm back up to the pre change figure.

The hissing of the needle valve is not an issue since this setup is in another room.

The result is an increase in "tightness" notes are more visceral and solid. Soundstage larger in all directions, greater differentiation of the sound between records and individual tracks of the same record . An agreeable result.

All testing was done with the compressor cycled off.