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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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pegasus
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@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.
frogman
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Chris, I don’t mind at all.  Are the oak leaves still (!?) falling?  Happy New Year to all!
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ct0517 OP
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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.

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nandric
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With all those compressors, tubes and other devices your ET-2

remind me of a patient on intensive care. The difference is that

you succeed to keep the thing so long alive (grin).

frogman
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Like a good rebel fighting the establishment’s attempts at censorship (something you know much about), the truth usually wins out. The ET2, complex by the standards of lazy audiophiles, is a work of art...truth in analog sound (redundancy?).  Glad to see that you decided to stick around.
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