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| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @harryz: have you tried disconnecting the woofers and just evaluating the volume from the mid/treble panel? How about vice-versa? Are the impedances equal, R-L? And I assume you've swapped speaker cables R-L and the 3dB drop is still present on th... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @bdp24: So that we are being clear, the LFT8b/c do not have a wood frame. The frame is entirely welded steel. There are narrow strips of wood that screw onto the steel frame, but they add no structural rigidity - that’s all up to the steel frame. ... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @bdp24: No, the 8c is not as long, front to back. The width and height are the same, but the terminal blocks have been moved and one sits where the rear grillcloth frame rests, so I my rear grill sits up about 1/8" higher than with the 8b woofer c... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. The way ours are set up, the sweet spot is actually about 2' wide and 6-7' long. Our couch is closes to the speakers, and our dining room table is inline with the centerline of the converged speaker output. My wife can sit inline on one side and I... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. I have had a pair of LFT8b speakers for over 3 years and recently updated them to the LFT8c versions with the DSP bipole woofers. The panels are welded up and assembled in Florida, not China. I don’t know if the ribbons are made in the US or not,... | |
| Paul McGowan gets asked about rotary subs. Yes - we also have the Sound Anchor toe stubbers. I do think they improved the sound of the LFT 8bs. | |
| Paul McGowan gets asked about rotary subs. We have a pair of LFT-8b speakers, and the sound is wonderful. Very detailed, great separation and frequency integration, though we do use them with subwoofers for extended bass. I have to agree that the finish is not as high as many expensive sp... | |
| Needle Clinic-Andy A couple of weeks ago I broke off the tiny aluminum cantilever from my EAT Jo #5, which was already a really good sounding LOMC cartridge in my set up. Thanks to some recommendations from several cohorts whose experiences and opinions I respect, ... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock If this topic hasn’t bored everyone already, here are a few informative resources. I have no affiliation and haven't read through every word, but they may be of interest to you: https://www.aikenamps.com/index.php/grounding Shock Hazard and Grou... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock @jea48 Yes, on reflection you are correct and I didn't express those thoughts clearly. But as I said, there are many grounding schemes for signal grounds. Also, I have seen and have used loop breakers for power supply grounds, but the concern here... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock @10229 Two-prong plug devices are usually either double-insulated, or there is a SMPS that has additional isolation that protects the chassis from potential AC faults. I have several CD players like this, but I also have 30 year old preamps that o... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock Set aside who designed the amp and look at it from a design standpoint. I’m not an EE but have built about 22 tube amps and repaired many others, and have built and repaired a lot of solid state gear. I rely on current information on safety from b... | |
| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? dancub:Most entry-level tube testers are old; the new units tend to be feature-rich and expensive. Cheaper, old tube testers generally have minimal features and capabilities, with emissions being the most common. Better is a transconductance teste... | |
| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? I’m surrounded by tubes - many hundreds of them - in gear and in boxes awaiting use. I build/repair tube guitar amps as a hobby, and have built tube mono block audio amps, and repaired tube audio preamps. So, while I’m not an EE or professional te... | |
| My #@%$ Cat Destroyed My ARC REF 5SE. Soliciting Suggestions. Very sorry for your situation. I agree 100% with teo_audio. I've repaired amps, preamps, crossovers and other gear with printed circuit boards, built circuit boards, amps, preamps, and more. I've rebuilt traces, cleaned boards, repaired burned boa... |