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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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dlcockrum
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Hi nandric,

I don’t think you will experience reprisal here over your comments on the ET Two, made in jest or otherwise. We are all confident in the virtues of this arm based on years of listening (and also of tweaking) and comparing, thus knowing that the majority of criticisms come from those that have not made the effort/lack the knowledge to set it up right and/or tried to use it on an incompatible turntable.

Will do re: starting a new thread on the Electrets IF you will help get it off the tarmac.

Best to you nandric,
Dave
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dlcockrum
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@nandric ,

Electret thread initiated in analog forum: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/electret-transducer-cartridges-vs-mm-and-mc-what-are-your-exp...

Best,
Dave
tequila
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Hi there,

Here is my latest setup

http://vpiindustries.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8125

Cheer
Eric
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dlcockrum
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Awesome Eric.

Before you polish further, I have found that a product called "Detail Doctor Instant Restorer" I discovered in the "As seen on TV" section of Walgreen’s/Walmart works wonders. Just wipe on and wipe off. Take care not to get any on the glossy acrylic plinth.

Care to share your impressions of the effects of the Brightstar platforms on your TNT’s sound?

Have you tried using unwaxed dental floss in place of the belts?

Best to you Eric,
Dave
tequila
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Hi Dave,

I haven't tried the Brightstar Platform by itself. When this is combined with the sand box as you can see in the thread, I like the sound. Good solid sound stage and feeling very low noise floor.

The entire platform, sandbox and TT/Tonearm came from a friend (He sold me the ET2/TNT last year, then he found this Brightstar in his store room recently and send to me separately).

His comment is that with the Brightstar only, its good isolation but the sound is not solid (he describe the sound as floating, I hope you know what it means :P ). He is actually the one suggested me to add a sandbox on the Brightstar and the effect is exactly as he describe to me. He mentioned he did ABC test years ago with only Sandbox, only Brightstar and both.

Working like mine is best (Sandbox on Brightstar), but if only one can be chosen, he prefers the sand box, as this give good isolation and solid soundstage. The choice of sand is also important, we went into lengthy discussion and also based on my experience playing with sand in speaker stand. I choose rather large size quartz sand (each sand is the size of rice), too fine sand actually damp the sound too deadly.

For the Dental Floss, I haven't tried it yet, I need some education on this, how to source and fit. I did compare dual belts and single belt as suggested by some veteran in the VPI forum. And I agree that I like the dual belt setup better, seems to give me more solid bass.

Best Regards
Eric
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