Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

Hey Harry,
I'm happy as well that you're enjoying the arm. By the way what loading are you using on the Lyra Delos cartridge? I'm at 100 ohms with the Lyra Kleos, but using some pretty low capacitance pure silver interconnect (old AQ diamond X2) from the junction box to my phono preamp ( total capacitance 60 pf using Bruce's standard harness). -Lyra states their cartridges don't do well with high capacitance cable. So. I'm trying to keep it as low as possible. At 100 ohms, the base is incredible and vibes come thru perfectly.
Regards,
John

Hi Frogman,
Guess I didn't know the platter height was adjustable.  I'm about 1/4 inch + above the plinth.  It would have been interesting to try.  Not possible now unless I lower the arm board because my platter extends just a hair over the arm board and the clearance there is very small.  I must confess while I've read about bearings and thrust plates for years related to TT maintenance, I'm not sure I know what the thrust plate is or how to adjust it.  Good lord, not something else to adjust?!

I too am rather surprised at what I can hear.  I'm 73 and spent 5 years as a Naval Flight Officer so I do have some hearing loss.  I doubt I have anything left above 8-9k hz.  That said, I can hear room, air and low level detail on well done recordings.  Guess it is the harmonics.  I suspect my hearing loss contributes to the difficulty I have with VTA adjustment.  I think sometimes in search of the higher frequencies I tend to push the cartridge nose down too much.  But I'm learning.
Cheers,
Harry

Hi John,
I'm using 1 ft long pure silver unshielded, cotton insulated interconnect from junction box to my CAT SL-1 which  is supposed to be 47k ohm.  The IC is made by a fellow in Texas and is sold only on eBay.  I don't know it's capacitance.  It should be pretty low.
Cheers, 
Harry

Hey Harry,
I asked what load you were using on the Delos because my Kleos is very similar.
I found 100 ohms worked best for me. Very much higher made the highs get a touch strident. What have you found? It was easy to switch loads with the ARC ph-5 on the fly with the remote, and I could tell instantly which was best.
John

Well, my CAT preamp has RCA inputs into which I can plug loads to change the loading but the only loads I have are 40 and 80 ohms.  I've tried them both and found them to roll of the highs a bit much for me.  But, then, there is my hearing loss in the high frequencies.  Most of the bloggers I have read relating to the CAT seem to prefer it straight in at 47k.  I do wish I had the luxury of remote to compare loading from my sweet spot.  Alas, I think I'll be buried with my CAT.

Convergent Audio is a rather unique company.  They have no web site and no published email or phone number.  I don't believe they even advertise.  Ken Stevens is rabidly protective of his dealers and forces all contact through them.  Makes it difficult for the tweakers among us.  Unlike, ET you can't just pick up the phone and say, "Hey Ken, send me down some loading plugs."  

The company was not that way in its earlier days.  In fact, I actually spoke with Ken a few times shortly after purchasing my preamp.  I'm not denigrating the company.  Ken builds a super product.  At the risk of alienating others on this thread, the only preamps I've heard that I thought were in the same league are the ARC SP-10 and SP-11.  I do confess to have an interest in the ARC SP-20.  I need to get down to Atlanta to see if I can listen to one.  Purchase would have to wait another year or two for prices on the used market to come down some.
Harry