gyneguy225
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| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners -Screwed up again with my address to Chris and not Harry. Maybe I should eat breakfast before reading and posting? Maybe don't end your posts with a quote, and I'll keep it straight. Hypoglycemia? -At least I can still hear.Go, Braves!John | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris,It's the endless enigma. If I didn't have all those options, it wouldn't be fun. For that matter, it wouldn't be mine. (or me)An old audiophile buddy of mine, now deaf, used to tell me, "don't F with it." I just can't resist.-John | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Well guys,Sorry for my mistake. I do know who everybody is.Harry, whatever works for you is what's important.I never could get used to the idea of the bypass loom straight to the preamp. I'm pretty satisfied with Bruce's very tiny litz wire harne... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris,Sorry the 100 ohm loading didn't work for you. Do you know the capacitance of your loom? I guess everything matters including your tastes, equipment, and listening acuity. But Mr. Carr is the designer, and I'll stick with his recommendation.... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners The AQ interconnect I acquired has a capacitance of 20 pf /foot or 71 pf/meter or thereabouts. Combined with the ET-2's cap of 40pf that's about 110 pf total. I tried it today and am very happy with the improvement. When I added the new phono prea... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hey Chris,Thanks for the link to that rather involved discussion of the interaction of cartridge, interconnects, and loading. I must say I'm more confused than ever, but have learned a few things.Has anyone taken into account the break in of the c... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Glad to hear that Harry. Did you visit the "Bluebird cafe"? I'd love to make a visit.I'm excited about a new acquisition, arriving on Wednesday. -An Allnic 1201 phono preamp. It's tubed, but uses a transformer based input. I'll have to stick with ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris,Harry, and all,I have to amend my thoughts on cartridge loading. I tried 47K over the weekend and cymbals did seem to shimmer a bit better with no downside to the bass. I believe that the tweaks on the ET-2 have enabled me to appreciate what... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners It's too bad that audiophiles abandoned bass, midrange, and treble controls in the interest of fidelity to the source. It's also too bad that many master recordings can stand a bit of tweaking. I liked my old Marantz receiver just fine for this, b... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hi Chris,I checked with Bruce about the gap between the VTA mechanism and whatever. He said " The gap does not need to the same between the VTA shaft bearing blocks and the manifold housing. The four screws should not be torqued down to close the... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hey Harry,I know that resistors aren't directional. I would check the type of resistors in the original CAT plugs, and buy the same quality. You probably need metal film resistors (1/2 -1 watt) 1% tolerance. Definitely 100 ohms and if you have eno... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Lyra recommends between 90ohms and 47Kohms for your cart. I really think you would benefit from somewhere in between, especially if you're trying to improve your bass. The bass will improve while the treble gets less strident as you decrease the l... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hey Harry,I asked what load you were using on the Delos because my Kleos is very similar.I found 100 ohms worked best for me. Very much higher made the highs get a touch strident. What have you found? It was easy to switch loads with the ARC ph-5 ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hey Harry,I'm happy as well that you're enjoying the arm. By the way what loading are you using on the Lyra Delos cartridge? I'm at 100 ohms with the Lyra Kleos, but using some pretty low capacitance pure silver interconnect (old AQ diamond X2) fr... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks Harry,I still think you should get an aluminum base. It's much more rigid and Bruce will cut you a good deal. After I got mine, it took me six mos to change it out, because you almost have to start from scratch, setting the arm back up. I d... |