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| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Bh80201,Thanks for chiming in. I need all the help I can get. Nice rig by the way.Chris,I can do a very short run. My TT sits immediately to the left of the CAT and one of the mods Straightwire did to the CAT was to move the phono in plugs from ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hi Chris,Not sure exactly the distance your are asking about. From where the tonearm wires exit the bearing spindle to the VPI clear plexiglass phono block is probably about 6 inches. Then I have one meter interconnect cables with RCA's going fr... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hello Chris,My post from yesterday was mistaken. I adjusted VTA post up to get more clarity on the Way Out West album. In the interim, I have gone back to two springs and after considerable listening I'm pretty happy with what I'm getting. Reall... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hello Chris,Thanks again for the extra tips. I'm going to do some more listening before I go back to the double spring plank. I'm just starting to play with VTA after many years. Before these latest improvements I really could hear only a subt... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners P.P.S. Chris, I didn't respond to your blu tac question. I didn't notice any deadening with blu tac on the single spring plank. Having said that, with three springs and no blu tac things tightened up further. This setup is, however, ruthless. ... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? To answer the original question posed by this forum, I realized vinyl was superior to silver discs about a year after purchasing my first CD player. While digital disc playback has made leaps forward since then, in my system vinyl playback is sti... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hi Chris,Bruce's I Beams arrived today! Contrary to what I previously advised, when I removed my single, spring beam it did have some type of damping material on either side of the spring. What appear to be small rectangular pieces of plastic or ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Well Chris, it was not imagined, blu tac tightened things up. Of course it's the same wine. Bruce says the new I Beams are on the way. I'll leave you alone until they get hereHarry. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Good morning Chris,Nice story about your preamp. These are some of the adventures that make this hobby so much fun. As you probably are aware ARC was acquired be the huge Sonus Faber conglomerate and it appears their services (and prices) are be... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners The VPI with your first ET2 was the same as mine. Not sure if mine is a III or IV, but it is piano black, suspended with the acrylic deck and arm board. I've toyed with the idea of replacing the springs with pucks but am concerned about footfall... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners No dust cover? How do you sleep at night?😰 Ok, a little hard to see from your pictures, but it looks like I just glue (super glue?) extra leaf springs to the front side of the I Beam (the side with the numbers). I shot off an email to Bruce an... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Just got your response and still have questions but it's very late here. I'll respond more tomorrow. I can't resist commenting on your last paragraph, however. My lord you are more OC than me. I keep a sheet of green felt on top of the dust cov... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris,Yes, I appear to have one leaf spring and examining my Beam/Spring where it connects to the spindle it does not appear that I have any damping material. Looking at Bruce's parts diagram it seems a simple process to remove and replace the I ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris and Frogman. Your tips are very much appreciated. When I work up enough bravery I'll pull the manifold and scrub it clean. I had read Chris' earlier posts on the Timeter and was quite intrigued, however, my house won't allow me to get ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I think I'll try my thumb first. I've never tried pouring alcohol down the tube and firing up the pump for the very reasons you describe. BTW I live in very rural Western North Carolina. Earlier this week I woke up to 24 deg. F and the day topp... |