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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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slaw
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If I understand your issue correctly it looks as if the cueing support has been turned which causes the armwand to rest lower at the cartridge end. Some of your pictures show that support in a different position. Just turn it until you obtained your desired resting position.
vinylzone
288 posts
 
check the vta lever.  It's probably too low.
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djspinner
59 posts
 
I would read through the ET manual to get re-acquainted with the setup and maintenance again. Page 25 of the manual shows how you can adjust the cuing mechanism.  It almost looks like your cuing got reversed:  lever up -> cartridge down.  ET website has a link to download PDF manual if you don't still have it.

delm
54 posts
 
Has anyone noticed if their ET-2[.5] is acting like an antenna and picking up RFI  and what have you been able to do about it ?
dover
2,187 posts
 
Yes - I had rf issues with van den hul solid core silver.
Going back to copper litz fixed the problem ( and sounded better )

If you have the original wiring loom poor connections can be a source of rf - go through and clean all joints and resolder any dodgy looking soldered joints and check cartridge pin connections are nice and firm.

Failing that make sure that the wiring for each channel are a twisted pair - gently winding into a twisted pair +ve and -ve wires will help with the avoidance of rf.
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