et-2 damping trough-good idea or not?

Dear @ct0517  : """  When they are put against a moving vinyl record which is not perfect, and has imperfections I discussed previously - like the ripples; these imperfections, since this is a vibration resonance activity - EXCITE - the resonances.  """

It does not matters almost all what you posted because linear tracking or pivoted tonearm designs those resonances exist and here we are not discussing if in the pivoted ones are higher or not what we are discussing is the existence of those resonances/distortions that exist in the ET tonearm and that damping helps a lot for a better overall quality performance levels.

As I said in normal use we can't overdamp a tonearm and what frogman like it or not is just what he like it or not but in some way deny the damping function and like me frogman is only an opinion and nothing more.

Btw, you do not yet post/share your experiences with your system regarding the use of that ET damping that Bruce promotes.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

Raul, I realize that your audio system is perfection exemplified to the degree that only components which are themselves perfect and absolutely neutral in the truest sense of the word and completely free of distortions of any kind merit their inclusion. Additionally, on a perfect system such as this adjustments of any kind, including resonance control, are unnecessary since perfection obviously cannot be improved upon. I have sadly resigned myself to the reality that an audio peon such as myself has to attempt to maximize the performance of the lowly components in my audio system by nudging their aggregate sound in the direction of what more than fifty years around the sound of live acoustic instruments (for probably an average of four hours each and every day) tells my ears what neutrality (musicality) truly is.  Affirmation and the silver lining for me is that in the case of my chosen tone arm the designer of this piece of audio genius agrees with what those ears are telling me. 
Saludos.

Raul - what are you trying to gain from this thread ?
I thought it was to learn about ET2 damping, which means to me, learning about how resonances affect the tonearm, and how it deals with them. Apparently not from your response.
The OP of the thread got his answer a long time ago.
So whats your objective here ?

Dear @ct0517  : I appreciated your posts, now you ask for my objective here but you did not answer my question about your own experiences with that ET damping that the designer promotes for good reasons.

I'm talking that in normal conditions we can't overdamp a cartridge/tonearm combination and that's why I made my question to you that till now there is no answer.

I know that the OP already has answers to his thread subject.

Seems to me that for any unknow reason for me you don't want to give the critical damping importance in any analog rig and especially at the cartridge/tonearm scenario.

Again, which are you experienced with the Bruce damping addition to the ET tonearm and different cartridges you own?

As I posted the true enemy that we have ( is a must to. )  to " figth against it and try to win in any analog rig are: generated resonace/vibration/developed distortion, named as you like or want it.

My question to you is still there. Thank's in advance.

@frogman  my system is far away to be perfect and that's why for me the damping issue is so important as for the same reason try to let at minimum on it every kind of resonance/vibration/distortion in and at each single link in my room/system.

"""  tells my ears what neutrality  """, well in my understanding in room/audio systems just does not exist a true " neutrality ", I think that as me some other music lovers/audiophiles  are in the quest/look for that neutrality that can puts me nearer to the recording and then nearer to the lievent where the recording microphones pick-up the recorded signal in the LP grooves.

I think that all we know that in any room/system and no matters what we can't mimic the characteristics that only the live MUSIC has. Not in your system and certainly not in mine.

R.