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Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners


Where are you? What mods have you done ?

I have been using these ET2's for over 9 years now.
I am still figuring them out and learning from them. They can be modified in so many ways. Bruce Thigpen laid down the GENIUS behind this tonearm over 20 years ago. Some of you have owned them for over 20 years !

Tell us your secrets.

New owners – what questions do you have ?

We may even be able to coax Bruce to post here. :^)

There are so many modifications that can be done.

Dressing of the wire with this arm is critical to get optimum sonics along with proper counterweight setup.

Let me start it off.

Please tell us what you have found to be the best wire for the ET-2 tonearm ? One that is pliable/doesn’t crink or curl. Whats the best way of dressing it so it doesn’t impact the arm. Through the spindle - Over the manifold - Below manifold ? What have you come up with ?
ct0517
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Hi Harry
Still has not arrived. a border customs thing ?  
I have used a combination of different length I Beam bolt, the one the threaded hollow piece screws into that holds the weights, and different size cart bolts, to help get to the end of the I beam in the past.

Richard
I won't water ski for fear of throwing out, or twinging one of my knees. I consider my daily run as far as my health (physical and mind) goes - No. 1. Listening to music is a solid second.  

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Hi Chris,
Did customs figure out your $15.00 piece of plastic is not a danger to society yet?

Been reviewing prior posts and ran across those dealing with magnetic damping for the ET. I'd like to try it but, dunce that I am, I can't figure out where the platform to the left of the manifold where you put your magnet is located.

Harry

dover
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Harry,
You place the magnet under the bearing spindle, right next to the manifold. You want the magnet close to and parallel to the arm tube ( if you are using say a cupboard door magnet ). If you place it on the side opposite to the cartridge end then it won't affect the cartridge signal at the end of play.

Cheers  

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vpi
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Chris,
Got it.  I'll be off to Lowe's for a cabinet magnet.  I'm really enjoying Bruce's long plank.
Harry

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Harry
the previous post was from Dover. I do not use magnets on my 2.5.

FYI and FWIW
Some years ago, Bruce was intrigued about our experiments when I asked him about this. So much so that he did try it himself.

Feb 2013
  Chris,

I tried this with neodymium magnets and the resistive force is extremely low, almost nothing, the velocity of the spindle would need to be much higher to induce back emf. It is a neat concept and I would like for this to work because it is very simple and easy to implement, but the measured force applied to the spindle is so low that nothing happens to the frequency response of the cartridge at resonance. I hope this helps.

    brucet

When I asked him about how it was possible that people were hearing differences

......audiophiles believe quite a bit that is unexplainable from a science point of view, so yes it can be so.

    brucet

IMO - This topic goes "Into the Dark" category as far as Audiophilia is concerned. You will find supporters on each side. 
   
Now the magnetic damping happening with my turntable is indeed real. Two large magnets bottom one stationary, top one moving fast enough to produce by design - a braking effect - to deal with the records behavior.
See the gold rings in picture number 5 of my virtual system. 

Should be back home mid week will check the mail. 

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