Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners

Richardkrebs: I find your last post to be very relevant and more over, logical! I don't feel in any way, (from my reading/understanding of what Frogman just posted), that his response/conclusion/or any history, suddenly becomes (justified), regarding any projects (we are all unaware of) he may have undertaken. I do hold out that I may have somehow (missed) something. If that is the case, please let me know?

I still haven't received any response to my (wondering) if others have found similar/any results in using different materials in the similar situations that I described above? Thank you.

If my perception regarding my statement above is wrong, I'd really like for someone to explain to me how I may have come to a wrong conclusion?

Schubert: I don't know you but take your comment at face value. This kind of goes to my over-riding point of late.

I'm trying to start/have a discussion but am met with negativity (to a degree) and the fact that I let my personal thoughts go out (I had hoped to get some sort of similar thoughts from others), and kind of had them squashed... This is the environment that is the (norm) here, so it seems.

Why is it that as Ct0517 pointed out recently that this site has had over 1 million hits, but IMO, there are really very few responders? This, to me, is very troubling. I've tried to change this but with my socials skills very lacking, I doubt if I helped at all.

Here it is, with all due respect to Frogman, I love his views and especially his thoughtful writings, his knowledge and the way those writings draw us all in... for the life of me, I still haven't, just one time, heard Frogman state one project that supports the authority/respect, that would be appreciated and wanted by all, (including me) here. If, by reading this, Frogman decides to clue us in, I'd be "all ears" and have even more respect for his knowledgeable writings. If, even after this, the possibility of this would blow me away, I'd then ask, "Why, why did it take so long for us or the newbies here, to finally get some sort of "personal connection" with you that up until now, we all were looking for"?

I suspect, Frogman may have had another life in the Audio Industry.

Slaw, I made the comment in another thread of yours that you tend to personalize these discussions too readily. Well, you are true to form. To ignore your rant would probably be wise, but ultimately way too easy. I like a challenge :-)

Frankly, I have no idea what you are talking about or trying to say. I don't mind being drawn into a dialogue, but you're going to have to be more succinct and clear about what the issue is for you. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) the issue for you is that since you are not aware of any of my "projects" that my supposed "authority" is thrown into question. I have news for you: I claim no authority in audio matters. I would respectfully suggest that you not put so much stock in trying to be an authoriy on these topics; express your thoughts and opinions and leave it at that. If it's a worthy idea, the dialogue will follow.

I stand by my comments. If they don't resonate as authoritative enough to you, then simply ignore them; I'm ok with that.

Frogman: I appreciate your pointed criticism and hopefully I can try to become more self-aware of my failings. I also appreciate your willingness to respond.

I re-read your post above from 7/13 and this is now sinking in more. Since, as you say, all of our systems are inaccurate and we are all trying to find better ways of handling vibrations, it seems to me that the only informative way to do this is in the context of our own systems. Therefore regarding a portion of your statement... "in the context of our own systems"... I believe this is (all of our reference') as it relates to all of our posts.

Having said this, It seems to me that my trying to explain what I've done and the difference that was made, was/is probably really not relevant at all to any one else, because of the fact that my reference is taken from my experience within the context of my system. In that light, why are we even posting our experiences here if they are not relevant to another who has a completely different system/room/ear? It seems, in this context, a good argument can be made that this forum as it relates to this topic and the value we or the audio reviewer places on a particular recording or equipment is most likely a waste of time, unless we place innocuous terms/phrases such as... "this may be" or "you could hear this" or "you may have a different result" in reference to what we think others may find from our descriptions of our own findings within our own systems. ( I think this is why I cancelled my subscriptions a long time ago), also, (This may go to my posting elsewhere that there's no better resource than discovering things on your own.) I think my passion and my wanting to share that passion and my findings always over-rides my ability to express these things in a way that others would find engaging and enjoyable to hear/read.