Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

@chris:

This is for SLAW and it is also for PEGASUS  
Jcarr and the ET2 VTA

Can you please explain why these two names in big letters?
Did these two persons something wrong in your opinion?
I don't hope so.

I don't think that any sort of superior beings / majesties exist in this thread or in engineering. There is only superior design.
The VTA design of the ET2 design has it, but with certain qualifications, as seen above.
Engineering is optimizating for and starting with certain parameters. Bad engineering is forgetting important parameters. But even good engineering can only optimize for a given *choice* of parameters. One necessary choice  of the ET2 VTA arc design is that of a certain precise height for defining 0 degrees. Therefore the optimization only works ca. perfectly for the chosen parameter. As explained by Richard.
I did own already an ET one, which was followed by the ET2. And I most usually never needed any lessons about setup or tonearm geometry.
cheers...

@Pegasus 

Yes, it's obvious that neither you or I had a basic understanding of the workings of the ET.

Happy listening!

@slaw 
but you commit the continuous crime of not using the ET 2 for now.
This is a crime onto your ears... ;-)
I did the same for a certain time.
And I admit the crime of not using my Thales Easy for the moment.
Probably because I don't understand it. As a stubborn swiss I am uncapable of understanding superior engineering and mechanical skills.

Chris, I don’t mind at all.  Are the oak leaves still (!?) falling?  Happy New Year to all!

Are the oak leaves still (!?) falling?

Indeed Frogman, this unprecedented cold snap, seemed to have caused many of the remaining brown oak leaves to finally lose their grip, and float down on top of the fresh white snow. Looking almost plague like.
Any talk of global warming will fall on deaf ears here.