Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

@pegasus 

re: Decca.

Pegasus
Reflecting about this review, a suspicion came up: The double tie-back thread is probably for DJ cueing reasons, but... it stabilizes ("grounds" ?) the cantilever better, and must reduce horizontal compliance.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/7d6vyJLtu76XoCEC8

tie-back thread can be seen in above link. Very strange ? design ...

If anyone is interested in some...Go Karting....8^0 ....a Decca is available for what looks like a good price .....if you deal in US Dollars. 8^(
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Hi Chris it looks not the "traditional London way" as in your photograph, instead it's this way:
https://audio-intl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/c_91_pro.png
If one looks carefully, one can see the thread that "secures" the cantilever from the front against backward scratched groove motion, instead of pulling only from the backside.

- BTW - anybody had the issue, that the damping trough "moved" over a long time? Ie. the bonding tape letting loose slightly, not symmetrically bearing side vs. outer side.
In consequence the "oil bath" is not level with a level arm.

- Any plusminus systematic listening impressions with the long i-beam? Ie. whether the counterweight far out (lower i-beam resonance) is preferred to less far out and a heavier counterweight?
I tend to feel ( ;-) that the bass with my high compliance cartridge / ET 2.5 is unusually quick and extended with the long i-beam, and with the counterweight rather far out.

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Any plusminus systematic listening impressions with the long i-beam? Ie. whether the counterweight far out (lower i-beam resonance) is preferred to less far out and a heavier counterweight? I tend to feel ( ;-) that the bass with my high compliance cartridge / ET 2.5 is unusually quick and extended with the long i-beam, and with the counterweight rather far out.

The only negative for me so far. Sometimes my wife is careless and leaves the main floor door leading down to Dads's Hole ....open. Our Savannah cat likes to explore. So I have been researching the costs for an an acrylic cover to cover the entire ET2 tonearm and Verdier platter - and accommodating that long I Beam means .........a bigger Acrylic footprint now. The stuff is not cheap.

I tend to feel ( ;-) that the bass with my high compliance cartridge / ET 2.5 is unusually quick and extended with the long i-beam, and with the counterweight rather far out.

This is the recommended setup formula for highest vertical inertia.

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for non ET2 owners. The Curious 8^0 
Picture two friends equal weight on a teeter totter. That's the ideal setup for fun and ET2 setup.. 
If a heavier friend shows up instead he will need to sit closer to the center beam. Likewise with the ET2 the heavier weights move forward closer to the air bearing. Not ideal. With the ET2 this increases horizontal inertia. The ET2 already has high horizontal inertia and medium vertical inertia. We can modify this with the counterweights positioning and increase vertical inertia - less weight further out.