Frogman: Is/are/do these posts meet your requirements of being "succinct"?
If not, I'm still up for a challenge.
If not, I'm still up for a challenge.
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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CtO517, couldn't agree more, The 2 speakers I mainly use both have sloped fronts , time alignment , as its often referred to. Both the Meadowlarks and Gallos have only 1 capacitor to protect the tweeter . When you get into complex crossovers IMO it can be done but the cure is usually worse that the disease . |
Slaw, my friend, with all due respect, you've got to get a grip. From my vantage point there is a very strong passive-aggressive bent in the way that you try to have a dialogue; that doesn't work too well for me. Listened to this earlier today (with my ET2, of course). Love YouTube however; no high expectations about sound quality, just the music. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PRu18VpYEXk |
Chris, had almost forgotten about those pics. What the pics don't show is that the wire loom is the fourth different type of wire that I have used for my ET2. The AudioNote silver wire in the pic is the fourth, last, and best in my setup and for my tastes. The other three were Vandenhul silver clad copper, Cardas and Discovery. Does that qualify as a "project"? :-) Never knew that this hobby involved "projects". I always thought that it was about assembling a system or making a change of some kind in that system and simply asking oneself: does that change bring the sound of my system closer to the sound of music; or take it farther away? Who knew? Sounds like a great time by the lake. Your account made me think of "The Lake"; the second movement of John Adams' "My Father Knew Charles Ives". A tone poem of sorts that tells the story of a young John Adams vacationing lakeside and listening to the sounds of his father's dance band wafting across the lake. Interesting piece of music. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wriG62OtvTo |
Frogman - Does that qualify as a "project"? :-) Never knew that this hobby involved "projects". Canadians pronounce it PRO-ject. Proooooooo Americans pronounce it PRA-ject. Praaaaaaaaa Can't tell you how many presentations I did in the US when the room would look at me kind of funny; and not just because of how I dressed. After a few (presentations) I just gave in and started saying PRA-ject....:^( Then the Canadian clients would get on me about it. My bad Frogman. Personal work baggage using the word project, coming from too many years doing project management. A project to me is any activity that has a start, but does come to an end. It's temporary. How many audiophile activities does this describe ? I see setting up ones over all music room and gear as a series of mini inter-related activities (projects). All working together toward a common goal - in this case making music for ourselves . I typed this out as I listened to your music link. thanks. It brought out in me some strong images and emotions of the many aspects of lake life. |
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