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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Taking the thoughts above to the extreme.. think of using the very best material directly under a spinning platter/bearing, that one has found in their system testing to be their most favorable. Taking that material solely as the platters' base and machining it in the very best way in order to drain resonance away, my feeling is the end sound would not be very pleasing. This goes to my/others' over-riding point of the delicate balance in mating/using differing materials in order to achieve best sound. Resonance is a necessary factor in good sound. The controlling of resonance is the on-going/hard to grasp issue.
Goeffkait: I had the same stand as you described, unfortunately, I cannot describe my listening results as I sold it a long time ago. I do wish you'd go into more detail regarding your conclusions VIA your obvious systems' reflections of these comments. Thank you!
Geoffkait: I believe this whole conversation is well served by ones' projects laid out in more detail. This is what I feel Richardkrebs and I have tried to lay out for everyone here. I appreciate and await your more detailed responses. Thank you!
Geoffkait: So far, regarding your latest response, involving the Arcici stand, is not really, in all due respect, relevant in this discussion (that has been described by two of us, who have posted our own individual projects based on our (own) results), then our ultimate findings. I hope you can see/accept the difference. I'd love to hear more in detail, any projects you've accomplished vs. manufacturers end products,.. not manufacturers products vs. other manufacturers products. If you feel that my statement above, slighted you in any way, please let us know and accept my apologies.

Ct0517: Turns out, I have quite a bit to say. I can see this thread going into another subject, altogether. Should I/we start another thread, based upon the association with the one you started?
I'll leave you all with this "simple test". If you have a component shelf, that, upon your touching it, is vibrating, then you apply pressure...

This makes the vibration go way? To an extent. Where does it go? It has to go back into from where it came, right? I can think of no other option.

"Food For Thought"