Upgrading ET-2 tonearm to something better


I have had my ET-2 arms for 25 plus years.

What is there today that is better?     Does Tri-planar, Graham, SME V, Kuzma, Schroeder etc. eat the ET-2 lunch?  Which one?

Thank you

dcaudio

Showing 1 response by dover

I’ve heard the Kuzma 4Point11, SME V & Graham for many years with a variety of cartridges - friends still have them. I’ve had the ET2 for 30 years, along with a few other arms Naim Aro, Dynavector, FR64S.

None of these will "eat the ET2". You are more likely to go backwards.

Give the ET2 a birthday and send it back to Eminent Technology for a full service.

You can get it upgraded to ET2.5 but that will require revisiting air pump requirements.

In terms of soundstage transparency, tracking distortion, and coherency no pivoted arm can match it.