gyneguy225
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| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hey Harry,Your explanation is very helpful. I'm not sure I have an issue with this as I've never messed with the top two bolts out of fear. The manual just says to adjust the bottom two. However, as I see that pic from Chris, the gap gauge he is u... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks a lot Chris,Now I have something else to worry about with this arm. Could you kindly elaborate on the gap between the manifold housing and VTA adjuster? Should the gap be the same at all 4 bolt positions or what? I thought that they simply ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Harry, I can't remember if you have the aluminum base and whether the three points of the base are on wood or metal. The points can dig into a nonmetal armboard throwing it out of level when you change the VTA. -Just a hint.John | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I guess I'm not sensitive about those terms, but I did get a bit hurt when someone, a young know-it-all, referred to me as "old school."Experience helps. I've stepped in most of the potholes already. Some people have a long way to go to catch up w... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Well Harry,There you have it. I wouldn't argue with freebies, but YMMV.What a great resource this thread has been!Cheers,John | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hey Harry,I'm not sure that a piece of godawful sorbothane between armboards would be good. Some areas are meant to be rigid. Then again maybe harmonics would not be crushed by doing this with the VPI? I would check with Harry Weisfeld before doin... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners We audiophiles all have our graveyard for old or unused equipment. I, too, still have a Tice clock, a box of various footers, (sorbothane, black diamond racing cones,Walker valid points with lead pucks, the original mod squad tiptoes, Michael Gree... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I wouldn't have thought you could gain a lot of height from longer spikes, but Bruce knows best.I emailed him about the joint with only two mounting holes, and asked if getting the manifold even with the platter was critical.-No response as yet.John | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I don't believe that Bruce's aluminum base will do the trick. It's just a thin metal plate which you put between the armboard and ET-2 base, to prevent the feet of the base from digging into a wooden armboard. I vote for a new thicker metal armboa... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners -Lots of choices here. I'm not the expert on this, but if I owned the VPI table, I would call VPI and get a thicker armboard -metal if there is one. The adjustment feet on the base tend to dig into wood and loosen over time. On my SOTA, the armboa... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hey Harry,I wish that I could help more but I'm not that familiar with the VPI tables. In my case, I have the scribe line on the manifold just .5 cm above the platter. I think that this might be close enough. I think you should first put the VTA a... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks for that, Chris.I got it pretty close. I listened tonight and got blown away by the bass and most everything else.I'm a happy camper at present. It's set up properly, and I probably wasn't careful and patient enough with that in the past. I... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris,I don't know why I got one with only the two mounting holes. I assumed that all the new aluminum joints came that way. This one is straight from Bruce. So, I never told Bruce about it. Maybe I got one from the bottom of the barrel. He did gi... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks for the advice, ChrisUnfortunately, I have the aluminum joint as well, and it is missing the top mounting hole, making it impossible to get the manifold on plane with the platter and the tonearm level at the same time. I.E. I have to mount ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks frogman,I don't overtighten my cartridge screws, and my wand is spanking new.So, can I assume that if the wand is parallel to the record, the cartridge top is as well? I just need a starting point.John |