Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
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. |
Very good explanation of the pronunciation of "project"! I was, of course, kidding re projects. I have so many unfinished ones waiting for retirement that it's not even funny; Forsell, ET2/Forsell shootout, Acutex cart cocobolo body, among others. My wife, like you, is a project manager and she loves her work. I did, however, have to put my foot down and ask that I not be presented with monthly pie charts of our expenses :-) Although our pond upstate is not a lake, I am typing while listening to a performance by half a dozen bullfrogs each making a sound that is remarkably like this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLOgAjPtA35NR28TypURaO-giLn9VMmw8S&v=nCAA2fEHaa4 |
