Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

Fall is in the air. Felt like shopping this morning.
Here are Four opportunities Gents and (Ladies)

First one in the US.

Damn that US dollar.
A Base ET2 with the HPM (manifold) version (from the description).
Includes damping trough
You can tell it is a base ET2 and not the ET 2.5 by the overlapping (over the spindle) counterweight cap.
The parts look clean, clean, clean ....
Comes with extra leaf spring I Beams. But they appear to be all singles.
Those on the thread that have possibly been confused by our discussion of this advanced setup - see the pics in the ad.

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Second One - ITALY

ET 2.0 that was upgraded to an 2.5 (according to the seller in the ad)
Google translation is also my friend :^)

Not sure if it is a HPM model. Ask the seller.

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Third Opportunity - USA

A Base ET2 - includes damping trough.
Part of an elaborate setup. Here the pump has more value than the arm to the seller. (I like his speakers which can be seen - just saying)

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Fourth Opportunity - GREECE

This fellow has already had 9 offers according to the ad.
A Base ET2 with High Pressure manifold and includes damping trough.

Have a look at the manifold. It has a Green bubble level on it.

You CANNOT do the final set up of the arm this way. (This will not take into account the wire influence)

Just saying....:^)

Happy Hunting &

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Hi ye all! Did anybody ever try a Decca in the ET2.5 (or ET2 arm)?
I once did with an ET one and was not blown away - it didn't quite fit, but this was with a rel. light subchassis turntable, which acerbates several problematic aspects: High horizontal, quite low vertical compliance (one third!). Subchassis resonance above the horizontal resonance frequency of the arm/cartridge system.
I assume, but don't know, that using the decoupled counterweight could help here really. The question being:
Which stiffness, which weight/distance.
My feeling with decoupling and the rel. high compliance in the horizontal plane goes into the direction of
far out weight, with medium to low stiffness spring.
But I'd like to hear of real experiences, not virtual ones, or concepts. Of the latter, I have enough myself :-)

Pegasus, I tried a Decca "London" in my ET2 years ago. What I can tell you is that the problems that I encoutered with this pairing had more to do with grounding issues that I was never been able to resolve. I still own that Decca (three pins/shared ground pin) and for reasons that I cannot explain the only arm that I have been able to use it in with marginally acceptable levels of hum/buzzing was the Grado "Signature" arm that I had years ago. With the ET2 the ground noise was completely unacceptable. Of course, I tried every conceivable "fix" to no avail. Still, when I listened through the noise, the Decca magic was there. I did not hear (as one might expect) tracking issues any worse than with the other arms; except in very demanding orchestral passages. The fabled Decca immediacy and explosive dynamics were there and something almost indescribable that says this is what live music sounds like. Very frustrating experience because of the noise problem. All this was before I went direct to preamp with continuous run of tonearm wire. Now, with the continuous run and naked wire the noise is horrible and even worse. Every once in a while I will take that old Decca out again and try "one last time"; no better. Aargh! Have wanted to try one of the new generation Deccas for some time.

The Londons made since they have had four pins are better in numerous ways than the older three pin versions. Not only less noise, but different stylus profiles, improved tracking, tighter assembly standards, etc. There are now three different models, the main difference between them being the design and construction of the cartridge body housing, the moving parts being very similar.

Thanks a lot Frogman! The wiring is an issue for sure, but the EM-field situation is actually the cause, and the noise is the symptom. And the ET2 / wiring / Decca system seems to be very sensitive. What turntable do you use, and how close are other power supplies?