This is a addendum review for LFT8A's. The main difference is the relocated tweeter to the center of the panel, crossover changes, updated bass driver and the Sound Anchor stands which I understand now are included in the 1800.00 list price. These speakers are a great value for the money and Bruce at ET is very helpful. I did modify the crossover with higher quality parts and raised tweeter capacitor value to 4.5 MF. This mod in tandom with high quality silver IC appears to deliver all the high frequency energy I need in my 18x28 listening room. These speakers do something nice in the midrange in that they make the image big, deep and seamless. I believe the the midrange driver operates from 180 hz up to 10K. It is asked to do alot of work, but there is no crossover getting in the way of the music or voice in this area. I have found that I needed aleast 100 watts per side to drive them and ended up in a vertical Bi-Amp set-up with 260 watts per side. I also wired in a powered transmission line sub in the the system by using a spare pair of pre outs from the pre amp to a crossover/amp for the sub. This gets the bottom octave to a solid 20 hz as measured by HP Spectrum Analysis.
Associated Equipment:
Music Reference RM Mk4 preamp
2 Kinergetics KBA 75 class A amps in a vertical bi-amp
MSB Link DAC 3 with upsample chip/NEC CD drive
Sony SACD player/also used as a drive
Roksan Xerxes table/RB 300 W/cardas wire/Ex cart
IC and speaker wire are Music Meter
Associated Equipment:
Music Reference RM Mk4 preamp
2 Kinergetics KBA 75 class A amps in a vertical bi-amp
MSB Link DAC 3 with upsample chip/NEC CD drive
Sony SACD player/also used as a drive
Roksan Xerxes table/RB 300 W/cardas wire/Ex cart
IC and speaker wire are Music Meter