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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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vpi
I plugged in some longer ICs that I can move around. Moving them around makes a substantial difference but I can't listen standing on one leg with one cable around my left ear and the other between my toes.


8^0

As mentioned on this thread some time ago - these moves ^^^^ are known in the audiophile world, as "James Bond Maneuvers".

Picture him in movies, trying to allude deadly laser beams as he tries to get to the precious in the vault, and out again.  
  
Buzzing, humming, represents the cancer in our hobby - imo.

The lengths we go to, to eliminate these extraneous noises not on our source material, knows no bounds. May we all be grounded well and free of interference....

Thanks for proving my theory correct Harry. 

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@ct0517  my pleasure, Chris😇

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@gyneguy225,

Yes, for years. For years to come. See my virtual system page...what there is of it..

Sad they did not even notice your post!


Happy Listening!
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“they”=“we” 🤫
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VPI's HUM PROBLEM
Before I get started, so that no one's manhood be offended, please recognize this as HUMOR.

That said, here I stand thoroughly embarrassed and disapointed.  Embarrassed that after 50 years in this hobby I still don't seem to be able to correctly connect wires to my cartridge.  Disapointed in that none of you geniuses thought to suggest I check to see if my hum was caused by connecting the right ground wire to the left pin on my VDH and vice versa.  In your defense you probably thought that since I had been in this hobby since before many of you were borne I'd know how to wire a cartridge.  In my defense, Bruce's color coding doesn't match my VDH.

Today, the super, duper, triple shielded phono interconnects arrived. Obviously they did not remove the hum.  A light went off.  I checked and reversed the ground connections to the cartridge and, poof, hum gone.  Amazing how good a VDH Black Beauty sounds when properly hooked up.

In all seriousness I do appreciate all your suggestions.
Harry

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