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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Not quite like on a perfectly set up ET2 and Acutex 420, but a great tune nonetheless:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QwVjTlTdIDQ

"It ain't over 'till it's over"
"It ain't over 'till it's over"

yes - they are in deep doo doo now - Down like the Jays were 3-1.
In today's game have your pitcher like in game 1 - once again throw close to their lead off batter (who always swings on the first pitch)
This time - make it even closer.
Moustakas will really lose his cool this time and run into the field at your pitcher.
He will be ejected. One up Mets. All is fair in sport - that's why there are rules.

Cheering from this side of the border :^)

more Billy Joel

Until the Night

One of my favorites. The lead up from the 4:00 minute mark to the climax gets to me every time.
For the romantic - a good one to crank up for those times when you put yourself in big doo doo with the wife.
You know...a successful marriage requires 1/2 dozen songs like this ...ready to play at any moments notice :^)
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Hi all - interesting bits & pieces!
Ct0517: interesting to hear more from internal design parameters of Bruces bearings. Some time I'll make photographs of my wiring etc.
Dover: The wire experiences are very interesting, as they are real findings. I'm not convinced however that the reason for the RF issue is solid core or silver, it could be the insulation environment of the wires affecting HF reception too, or the smaller wire diameters. As always the observations are true, the causes sometimes can be more complex than expected.
Were the silk litz wires individually isolated (HF litz) or just the whole bunch? (Besides HF detection / diode-property could also be a cold soldering joint, but I don't suppose that).
My turntable still has the original alu plinth (not too long anymore), but the motor is fed by batteries and the tt as such has no connection with the mains when running. grounding a "raw" alu plinth surface is a PITA...
The Deccas by definition have each channel ground connected ("matrix" summed through the vertical coil). So the ground loop is there for the small EM-field buggers to sneek behind and find. Luckily they oversee the possibilty under certain circumstances - but which? Hum is a dark asian martial art, teached under monumentally wound trees and learned by the nasty little buggers. There is some hope though in the light swords of master Yoda...
Your check list will be very helpful for many in trouble! Like a friend who messed up the ground connection on his new, outstanding phono stage, complaining about everything except his wiring arts.
- Generally, I find that one considerable advantage of low impedance MCs is that they don't need screening through bypassing / dumping external EM-fields through their low impedance.
It's certainly a drawback that exactly the type of cartridge that is more sensitive to capacitive loading - and therefore the sound of the dielectric too - needs screened interconnects. IMO & IME screening doesn't help the sound quality except for eliminating potential hum.