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Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Hi Frogman - both my I-Beams have a single spring in them. Thank you for the wire info Daniel. --------------------------------------------------------I havent figured out how to convert a bitmap to text. Need to download some program. Quicker to ... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Oilmanmojo, Daniel thanks for chiming in here with your experiences. Daniel – I modified mine quite a lot and tweaked it to what I think are the limits of it's design. I already posted the thread link to your table from 1993. Do you happen to have... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Apbii – You can see what I did to my TNT in my virtual system. I used a pneumatic suspension under the pillars - AT616’s. I am talking about speed stability. I personally was not aware of how much wavering there was until I heard different tables ... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
My account is all buggered up – cannot login – but able to now make a post. Frogman – very interesting about the balsa wood I beam – would love to see a pic ? Of the 3 different compliance I Beams you have which one comes closest to the stock ET2 ... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
HAVE A LOOK AT THISHi Apbiii – I would much rather be where you are in S. Cal. – it is 3 degrees Celsius here right now about 37 degrees F. :^(In those previous links see Detonearm’s comments in the threads. In the second link is the turntable wit... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
In fact, the best bass response and stability that I have achieved is with the weights about as far from the spindle as the cartridge is (in the opposite direction, of course). More to come Hi Frogman Are we to take your words literally ? The cart... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Thx for the link Ketchup will read through - Olimanmojo, Rushton, Piedpiper, Frogman, a few others helped me to get my feet on the ground with my first ET2 years ago on a nice piano black VPI HW19 MkIV. I hope those guys see this and chime in here... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Hi Ketchup – That phoenix wire looks interesting – is anyone using it ? "the four individual wires are separated from each other where they are exposed in the loop. This arrangement had the least effect on tonearm movement."You can see this in you... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Guys I wish we started this thread when I was off work last week. Steve - congrats on getting the virtual system up. yes the counterweight bolt mod. A significant upgrade for me was changing the horizontal/vertical ratio of the arm and how it affe... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Had stiffer bracket that joins armtube to bearing tube manufacturedReplaced wire with van den hul silver - hello radio campus ( rf ) Replaced wire with copper litz from Sumiko tonearm box, hung below pivot and soldered directly into MIT cable app... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Lew – re: the dv505- I sent you an email back in Aug that summarized the manufacturers thoughts on this.“Most Japanese tone arms (old?) including Dynavector tone arms were designed to be minimum tracking error at the innermost groove and this seem... 
Which Digital Level Gauge to buy?
I agree with Dgad that android phone application "Level" is really slick. 
MC versus MM. Which to choose.
Raul - from your last post which in your opinion are some LOMC's with clean and accurate highs. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone - Santa has to go get dressed. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
My handy measure is if it sounds good from the next room, it's ok. If it sounds BETTER from the next room, you might want to work on your rig a little...LOL ! My wife believes it would sound better next door. She likes 70 db :^( 
Rubber Washer VPI Scout
For flat records (most) I have filled in the platter indent with a piece of circular cut cardboard - cereal box - pick your favourite - Cocoa Puffs. It is the exact thickness in talking with Mike years ago. I then use the VPI clamp without rubber ...