Eric,
You have come out again... my friend!
Referring to a Decca must energize your senses?
Love it!
You have come out again... my friend!
Referring to a Decca must energize your senses?
Love it!
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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Couldn’t resist Steve! I’ve been refraining from engaging lately, both here and in life. It’ll pass ;-) . A pretty good guitarist I’ve known since I was 18 was way more moody than I, and not too long ago drove his Chevy van off a cliff in Arizona and killed himself. He was drunk, but word is he did it intentionally. Suicide by driving? The most deeply miserable musician I’ve ever know (a great guitarist and songwriter named Dan Bernard, with whom Los Straitjackets’ bassist Pete Curry and I were in a band with in the late 70’s) drank himself to death before making it to 40. Took Evan Johns ’til he was 60 to do the same. Another is a guy whose fantastic first album you may have: Emitt Rhodes. Very talented, very unhappy. But he’s a smoker (Jazz cigarettes), not a drinker. I don’t know whose idea it was, but the cover of his recent album is a photo of him looking to be sobbing. Weird. |
slaw - I hope you buy one so you can report your findings, for my benefit. @slaw Steve - I took an interest in the London Decca cartridge 5 years ago. But it was at the same time as my Quad 57 subwoofer project in Room 2, which took priority. That Sub project went really well. Last few years I have plodding through my library in music lover mode with my "Freedom Fighter" cartridge - a Benz Micro MC3 retipped by Peter of SS. Top one in this picture. https://photos.app.goo.gl/jMNhVwaXMUnRZqrw9 It's a great cartridge for playing many records as it makes all of them sound good with minimal VTA changes needed. So, with being stuck inside during winter, I am starting to do more research on the London again; with the objective of coming up with formed opinion based on theory. These "theory" opinions - imo (8^) are worth 10% of real experience opinions. They are good enough opinions though, I think, theory opinions, for spotting a good deal when it comes about. I never buy anything unless it's a good deal, and the Canadian dollar has pretty much killed buying audio items except for maintenance items, like my recently re-tubed RM9 Music Reference amp. Cheers Chris |
Frogman, Slaw et al I found this post from bdp24 (Eric) goes back to Dec 20 2015 Its a good post that explains differences between the Londons. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/london-decca-tzar-dst-and-similar-cartridges/post?postid=1287... |
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