Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

Dear Leon, Firstly just get rid of the flimsy & unstable suspension of that Studio (it´s floating not hanging) and you´ll be facing hugely improved performance level of that great DD TT. You can also tame the springs but it would be better to take them away altogether. Your Goldmund deserves this tweak.
Best regards

you could also let me know how much you want for it

may I suggest a public auction for the titanium armwand...as this thread is now over 420k views I think there may be interest in the titanium piece? The bidding method should fetch I believe the best price for Dover if he is interested in selling.

If I may start bidding at 100 Canadian loonies....(without pictures). I blame this ridiculous starting bid on the relentless pounding my ears have been taking from the crazy bird - the Loon, croaking of bullfrogs, wolves howling, hooting of owls, and the splash of jumping sm bass .. on the end of my line. must be delirious.

Look forward to seeing the pics...

Received two more emails from folks interested in the aluminum gooseneck and one of them wants two of them. Surely there must be a CAD person reading here that can help us out.

Firstly just get rid of the flimsy & unstable suspension of that Studio (it´s floating not hanging) and you´ll be facing hugely improved performance level of that great DD TT. You can also tame the springs but it would be better to take them away altogether. Your Goldmund deserves this tweak.

HNTB
This hobby being what it is - I would be curious if you polled 10 Goldmund owners who felt they had dialed this table in, how the split would be - springs and without ?

Cheers

Dear Ct 0157 (Feel like I'm in Star Wars here...)
& Dear Harold...

Thanks a mill for all the feedback, I'm digesting it all as I'm setting up the TT & ET, had some help getting started from an ET owner as some parts were missing or imperfect, a huge help thanks Gerald!

Have to do a few more mods to the Studio platform, possibly a hole for the air hose to allow free movement for the arm without causing bending stress etc.

I've had some Cardas interconnects made up, will probably hardwire the V D Hul cable from the ET to avoid contacts, with sufficient play, using an old MM magnet just to get started, so many things to learn here!

I can see where your critical comment re Studio springs come from, but surely they are intended to decouple the arm from vibrations? What would you use instead please, I'm definitely interested as I can see how much they move with the arm sliding...

Many Thanks, hope to get music out of there soon which is ultimately the objective!

Best LK

Dear Leon & Chris, I´m a man of peace & tranquility, that´s why I prefer solid TTs ;-)
To be honest (and to my own embarrassment), I wasted nearly half my life on suspended decks. Well tuned suspension works on all environments but it is always a compromise on sound nevertheless, unfortunately.
I would suggest large spiked brass columns attached under the upper plinth and you will have dead suspension.
Ugh, I have spoken.

**** If I may start bidding at 100 Canadian loonies....(without pictures). I blame this ridiculous starting bid on the relentless pounding my ears have been taking from the crazy bird - the Loon, croaking of bullfrogs, wolves howling, hooting of owls, and the splash of jumping sm bass .. on the end of my line. must be delirious. ****

Sounds like great music to me! I'd like to increase the bidding to 150 Brooklyn squirrels.....wait!....am I mistaken? Is it Down Under where Dover resides; or is it the Deep South, where squirrels are a delicacy? :-)

+1 on removing springs; certainly trying it. Never owned the Goldmund, but have done so with three VPI's with great results.