gyneguy225
Responses from gyneguy225
| 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... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hey Harry,Your explanation is very helpful. I'm not sure I have an issue with this as I've never messed with the top two bolts out of fear. The manual just says to adjust the bottom two. However, as I see that pic from Chris, the gap gauge he is u... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks a lot Chris,Now I have something else to worry about with this arm. Could you kindly elaborate on the gap between the manifold housing and VTA adjuster? Should the gap be the same at all 4 bolt positions or what? I thought that they simply ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Harry, I can't remember if you have the aluminum base and whether the three points of the base are on wood or metal. The points can dig into a nonmetal armboard throwing it out of level when you change the VTA. -Just a hint.John | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I guess I'm not sensitive about those terms, but I did get a bit hurt when someone, a young know-it-all, referred to me as "old school."Experience helps. I've stepped in most of the potholes already. Some people have a long way to go to catch up w... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Well Harry,There you have it. I wouldn't argue with freebies, but YMMV.What a great resource this thread has been!Cheers,John | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hey Harry,I'm not sure that a piece of godawful sorbothane between armboards would be good. Some areas are meant to be rigid. Then again maybe harmonics would not be crushed by doing this with the VPI? I would check with Harry Weisfeld before doin... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners We audiophiles all have our graveyard for old or unused equipment. I, too, still have a Tice clock, a box of various footers, (sorbothane, black diamond racing cones,Walker valid points with lead pucks, the original mod squad tiptoes, Michael Gree... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I wouldn't have thought you could gain a lot of height from longer spikes, but Bruce knows best.I emailed him about the joint with only two mounting holes, and asked if getting the manifold even with the platter was critical.-No response as yet.John | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I don't believe that Bruce's aluminum base will do the trick. It's just a thin metal plate which you put between the armboard and ET-2 base, to prevent the feet of the base from digging into a wooden armboard. I vote for a new thicker metal armboa... |