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| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Slaw, I will post a picture of my ET on my TNT6 next time my son comes over with his digital camera; being a bit of a Luddite, I don't own one. No, no relation to R Vandersteen. Curious, why do you ask?Ct, look closely at the leaf spring on your I... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Dertonarm's observations are spot on, and mirror mine. His comment about the ET being THE tonearm for opera lovers may raise some eyebrows, but is particularly insightful. For me, the two greatest attributes of this tonearm are it's correct and mi... | |
| Which Cables Are of Most Importance? Any information lost cannot be retrieved further downstream, no matter how good the cable (or other piece of gear) further downstream. Any distortion added to the signal cannot be corrected by a better cable (or other piece of gear) further downst... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Re compliance of the I beam springs: my ET2 came with two I beams of different compliances. The lower compliance is achieved by using two (instead of one) leaf springs glued together. It is possible to lower the compliance further (which is what I... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Apbii, yes 17 was the best in my system. But keep in mind that this had everything to do everything else in the system. I don't think it is a matter of the ET "working best" at 19 (or 17) psi. I think I can safely say, after working with this arm ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners ****Are we to take your words literally ? The cartridge is about 7 inches from the spindle ? Have you come up with ET 3.0, a longer I beam that I have only been thinking about, or are you talking about removing enough lead and having your weights ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Great tonearm. I have used one for many years and now sits on a VPI TNT6. High pressure manifold/Medo compressor (17psi), homemade surge tank, damping trough, and AudioNote silver wire in one continuous run from cartridge clips to preamp. I can't ... | |
| Building a System around Magnepan Speakers... When reading the above advise concerning the room and power requirements of Maggies, remember that (IMO) much of if is for achieving the best sound that they are capable of. Maggies are capable of spectacular sound with ideal placement and with id... | |
| Double blind test on Strads As with most "tests" of this kind, some very important factors are conveniently overlooked. What makes some instruments (not just violins) great are characteristics that are not uncovered by a minutes-long playing session. Ironically, sometimes a ... | |
| VPi HW 19 jr upgrade Here we go again. Some well-intended but questionable info so far. The MK2 and Mk3 platters were the same platter; no difference. It is a very good platter, but not as good as the heavier Mk4/TNT platters. The difference between the Mk2 and Mk3 ta... | |
| Musical Fidelity A1 experiences "Proactive Tablettes" !?! I cracked myself up. Should be "Proac", of course. My IPad's spellchecker strikes again. An interesting paralell to audio, IMO: sometimes what we think is an advance, is not an advance at all. | |
| Musical Fidelity A1 experiences I remember visiting a local NYC dealer years ago while helping a friend shop for speakers. I still remember being amazed at the sound that the A1 produced driving a pair of original Proactive Tablettes. It was beautiful, with electrostatic- like c... | |
| Interconnect question I THINK I understand your question. So, just remember this: any information lost cannot be retrieved by better gear further upstream. IOW, the quality of cable from table to pre is probably more important than from pre to amp. Although better cabl... | |
| Much better MM cartridge than Shure V15 IV? Respectfully disagree with Pasecorrect's otherwise good advise, re the addition of a good sub. A properly integrated sub will retrieve hall information/ambience in good orchestral recordings now missing due to your main speakers' limited bottom en... | |
| VPI HW-19 MkII Vs. MkIII, how are they different? Are you confused yet? As Salectric says, a lot of questionable info above. First of all, the HW-19 Mk3 is a terrific table; so is the MK2. The difference between the two are (and this is the real truth and nothing but the truth) that the MK3 used ... |