eminent technology 2 setup help

If the armboard is already drilled correctly for the arm, the ET tonearm can be set up successfully with the plastic cartridge alignment card that came with the arm (a clear rectangular piece of plastic with a hole at one end to fit over the turntable spindle and a scribed line along its length), an allen wrench (or two) and a six inch level. A small machinist square (3") to set the post is useful, but not required.

ET made a jig for setting up the arm, but it is not required, just makes it a bit quicker. You just need to step through the process logically and methodically starting with the turntable being level. If you spend some time with the manual understanding the configuration of the arm, and the interaction of the various adjustable components, you can move through it one step at a time and be successful. Just remember that all of the adjustments interact and that the desired outcome is for the arm tube to be level and tangential to the radius of the record.

1. I have tried to download the manual on two different computers and am not successful. Please check the link.
2. I have my ET2 installed on an Oracle. The armboard is not very precise and it takes a lot of effort to make sure it is in the correct place.
3. Final step is to make sure tonearm is absolutely horizontal. Waterlevel is not sufficient precise. Need an antiskating track on a record to ensure that the stylus does not move in or out but straight. Adjsut tonearm horizontal position using the feet on the turntable
Good luck. It is worth it.

Mike, i think that i have the ET set-up jig somewhere around here. I'll take a look for it this weekend and get back to you. That is, if you're interested.

As far as the link that Johnnatias provided, it does work without problems. You might want to make sure that your Adobe Acrobat is up to current spec i.e. download the updated version. When i clicked on the link, it downloaded 68 pages of PDF files. You better have a fast connection and a fresh printer cartridge / plenty of paper if you want to download and print this. For your convenience, i've provided a direct clickable link. Sean
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ET II manual

PS... Does anybody know what this person is referencing in the link title i.e. writing entries in the diary? Wanna take a guess???

If you continue to have trouble downloading the manual, try "save target as" (if using Internet Explorer) and save to a file first, then open it.

BTW, for leveling the tonearm, a great tool is a blank-sided LP, e.g., a multi-record set with the final side left blank, or some of the single-sided 45 rpm discs (but only those with **smooth** blank sides!). You'll be looking to accomplish neutral drift with the LP spinning and the stylus lowered onto the surface of the LP. The other alternative is to use a bit of electrician's putty (or mortite) added to the counterbalance weights to bring the arm to a neutral balance, and then check for drift with the stylus floating in the air.

As noted by Dcaudio, using the turntable feet to level the arm works well, but make sure you've first setup the arm with the arm pillar perfectly perpendicular to the surface of the platter or you may find that your VTA changes as the arm crosses the surface of the record because, while the arm is perfectly level, it doesn't run at the same height across the entire LP.

What table are you setting the arm up on? Some tables work well, others are an absolute pain! Rushton offers the simplest advice and it works well if the table is predrilled.