1. Home
  2. analog
  3. 1325551242

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
apb3rd
9 posts
 

apb3rd, formally apbiii

Is anyone still interested in this stuff?

pegasus
120 posts
 

Well... this stuff ist still interesting:
2374 answers... but -
after 48 sides & 2374 answers there are probably not too many new questions to be asked.
Or do you have a question?

apb3rd
9 posts
 

any body understand using a bleed valve to keep the pressure regulator steady?

apb3rd
9 posts
 

apb3rd formally apbiii

For the record I am resurrecting a TNT / ET 2.0 high pressure setup after a 5 yr delay after a move.

pegasus
120 posts
 

I read your post on resurrecting your TNT. (And about your most interesting motor control approach too!)
I use such a valve, but it needs an "overhead" of pressure you don’t have with 2.7 psi. I used to "stack" two original Takatuki pumps, this is possible because their housing is airtight. Means hot glueing a short piece of silicone tube onto the input of the second pump. (Connecting the other end to the output of the first pump)
With two pumps you get about 0.4 Bar which is good enough in the sense of achieving quite an improvement over your present pressure.
There are two diameters of the high pressure manifold, one for the original bearing tube diameter, one for the considerable thicker bearing tube which is the modification to the ET 2.5.
Depending on your cartridge, the ET 2.5 may a bit on the heavy side (there are posts on the experiences with both).
I think the Genesis 1000 is among the MCs with a softer suspension. So staying with the original diameter - but changing to the high pressure bearing would be optimal, because:
The high pressure version is manufactured to an - even! - closer tolerance and therefore bleeds off less air. (We talk about +/- 5um...  and less for the high pressure manifold !).
So the high pressure manifold improves sound by itself and also increases the pressure you get with an existing pump. I think Bruce used to optimize the air film thickness for certain pressures for his high pressure manifolds.

More to discover