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Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Chris, do you sill have the springs in your TNT? I have seen much discussion about different drive belt materials but I have not tried it yet. Perhaps it is time. From my perspective I don't see how the background is going to get much blacker as i... 
How much would I benefit from an amp upgrade?
My experience is in going from a BAT power amp for two channel to a NAD 763 paired with a M15 prepro for video. I kind of got out of Vinyl for a while but recently replaced the M15 with a NAD T175HD in order to be able to decode lossless codecs an... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Frogman, do you mean 19 was a little too much and ...I think I agree that 16 - 17 seems to be the sweet spot in my system.Ct, that was an amazing setup on the Chinese thread. Do I understand correctly that he had mounted the arm from the top on a ... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Thanks Ct, I seem to remember reading in past about the hose/ coupling limitation. I have read the comments and discussion on Salvatore's site and found them interesting.I scanned the threads you linked and did not find anything about ET-2 or pres... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
On weight placement: whether you want the weights close to the arm tube or far away depends on the cartridge compliance. Bruce has a pretty good write up in the manual which is available on the ET website. 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
I have used an ET-2 since they first came out. It is now mounted on a TNT of early vintage (MK I, II??) which still has the spring suspension. I am about to convert it to the paddle ball suspension as soon as I can find some paddle balls and make ... 
Phono Preamp vs Preamp for a Turntable
Just remember that the phono stage is the most important part of the amplification process as it provides the most gain. This is especially true if you use a low output moving coil cartridge.My advise would be to buy the best used stand alone phon... 
Pros and Cons of "Staying with" Analog and Vinyl
I suspect one's preference may be influenced by the system they have. On a well setup high end system vinyl seems to be quite a bit better to my ears.Some sort of record cleaning machine should probably be part of the system. As for the pops etc. ... 
Which MC to use
Because its a pain to set them up in the ET and I suspect I would be back to the Genesis before long.In other words I suspect the Genesis is the best of the bunch but would like to hear other opinions.