Tonearm recommendation

Dear chakster: I don’t like unipivots ( even that I own some of them. ) and the 401 has no universal removable headshell but Denon had other good tonearm as the 307/309 that I owned and are good options too.

I think that a very good option for your system is the EPA 100 or GST 801, better than the JVC 7045/7040 that I brought to this forum first time years ago. I’m not saying that the JVC is not up to the task because it’s but the other two are better ones. Grace gimbaled tonearm designs are good option too.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

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I have wired my ET 2's up with a straight shot wiring as well as my SMEE 3009. Chris is absolutely right you get huge improvements eliminating all those connections. And with regards to rauls comments about the ET's bass, if it is set up properly there is no lack of low frequency information. In fact there is hardly any added extra resonances which I know raul is a huge fan of. Sometimes that may sound like less bass. 
Properly set up (which is very easy) an ET two is a Sota arm. It is different to set up however. Approach it with common sense and you will be fine. 

Dear lewm: """  with the arm mounted according to factory instruction   """

What I'm saying to you and dover is to use Baerwald/Löfgren alignment according the " numbers " calculated in those alignments: offset angle, overhang and P2S, what must stay the same is the 505 effective length.

You did not changed the P2S and that's one of the main problem with those distortions you mentioned.
I know that's a pain in the ass to change ( in any tonearm. ) the P2S each time we want to change the alignment but if we choose ( example ) B/L alignments and we want to stay with the same distoertion levels then we have to mount the tonearm and cartridge according to those alignment calculations if not then distortions goes higher as you experienced.

Anyway, only to clarify my opinion .

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

analogluvr

" ... And with regards to rauls comments about the ET's bass, if it is set up properly there is no lack of low frequency information. In fact there is hardly any added extra resonances which I know raul is a huge fan of. Sometimes that may sound like less bass."

Agreed, absolutely! It's not uncommon to confuse excessive arm resonance with extra bass response.