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an et piece that broke.In 2003 I over torqued and cracked the very important end cap. In 2003 Bruce charged me $45 for it. Back in 2003 $45 also filled the tank of a 65 litre (17 US gallon) car gas tank at 68 cents a litre (3.78 litres in a US gal... 
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*** YELLOW STICKY FOR ET2 THREAD MARK - VTA *** I want to thank the recent private exchanges with Banquo363 for inspiring this post to be known hereafter as the Brothel Post :^) Why does the action of my ET2 VTA, resemble me Coming Out Of A Broth... 
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Hi Stu - welcome to the thread. This has continued for 2 months.With total respect to the relationship with your dealer; based on 2 months of waiting I personally would be inclined to demand better status information from the dealer; in order to s... 
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***** ET2 THREAD - BEARING STIFFNESS STICKY DISCUSSION *******Just so this info does not get lost here. :^) PegasusRegarding the pressure compensation, it might help to use the analogy of a stiff power supply (air supply & reserve connected to... 
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I volunteer to check and make sure those capillaries are not clogged Frogman your enthusiasm is commendable ! Will the technique used to unclog the capillaries, be the same technique you use to remove dimples from speaker cone caps :^) 
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The draft brothel post is complete ! Due to the sensitivity of the subject it has passed to Dorothy Click on me Darling for proofing. ☺️ 
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project time management reportingthe previous post took another 40 mins. First 20 mins to think it up, type it, push submit (all while being distracted by a puppy that seems to want to chew my leg leg off if he doesn't get 100 % attention) another... 
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I haven't felt this much pressure for a post since I stopped reporting to a boss (wife not included) you guys prove once again that sex sells well even if in theory only. Now to come up with something that is pertinent, force us to look at ourselv... 
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Richard its never the best way to just cut and past portions of emails and other info into a thread. Whats missing is the rest of the email, and the valuable info obtained from verbal conversations. Summary: Pump/Surge tank ---- long tubing (if yo... 
Metal "whiskers" on cartridge body
Intriquing so I did some digging. Example. Lyra Clavis from Stereophile. The Lyra Da Capo uses a "Ceralloy" composite cantilever. Ceralloy is a metal reinforced with ceramic "whiskers," which Carr tells me are stronger than carbon fiberMaybe Jcarr... 
Metal "whiskers" on cartridge body
It's not clear to me that such "whiskers" are actually metalInteresting - lets get a quick answer on this one. Dan, pull one of the whiskers off, walk over to your fridge and place it near the fridge magnet holding the picture of you with the tro... 
Metal "whiskers" on cartridge body
Hi Dan - my "guess" is they came from possibly your (modded?) cartridge itself, and what is floating around in your room. Have you been soldering around your gear again? :^)When I had a Benz Micro MC3 retipped by Soundsmith I inquired into getting... 
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*** YELLOW STICKY FOR ET2 THREAD MARK - AIR SUPPLY *** A series of posts to help me and others find stuff here - just working with the system ! This one focused on Air Supply/Manifold/Air Bearing Spindle ET2.0 (.5) Motto Better the air supply "AT... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
rotflmao !!Dutch Blonde Husband and Italian Brunette wife "without kids", take their sports car for service. While husband waits patiently in service area looking through the shop window at their "baby", the wife goes to admire the cars on the sho... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Lewm - The owner seemed like an interesting guy. Mine is a 1959 Giulietta Spider Veloce.Cool car Lewm...yes the owner has a horse farm with his wife nearby. I like the episode where he had to fly to Italy to get a part as it "needed to be original...