Eminent Technology LFT-8c Robert Greene review

@ ozzy62 The factory setting for the woofer volume setting is -13db. In my room, 11’ X 30’ with concrete floor and walls, I set the volume of the woofers at around -19db, so a lot lower than the pre-set.  Given that  bass response is produced by a front firing 8” and back firing 6” woofers, I find it more than plenty. I do play rock, but mostly jazz and classical. And the nuances of an electric bass guitar is clearly audible, on acoustic bass it is even better. But it is not cheat pounding, but tuneful.

i looked at photos of your nice listening room. I would expect the LFT- 8c to do well in it. Regarding the tuning of the bass frequency, you should assume that the L - R channels will not be equal despite a seemingly symmetrical room configuration. You have to tune for each channel. In my room the best setting is L -19.8db and R -18.9db so a 0.9 db differential. But with this setting, the bass is very precisely placed within the soundstage. 

@ledoux1238 

Thanks for the comments. I look forward to getting these set up.

@ozzy62 

Congrats. Good move. Looking at your room and power, I'd expect the 8c's will sound terrific. I'm still running the 8b's as the 8c upgrade parts are down south for a couple weeks yet, but I expect you'll have no issues with bass. I've read in reviews that the LFTs "won't play loud" and "have a small sweet spot"..I haven't found this to be the case. If you're feeling the urge to crank it up a bit, the LFTs will blow your hair back. I can't speak to how they are with metal or hard rock, but with jazz I've had all the clean volume I could want, on those rare tracks..

With respect to your system..I too am running a DS2 pre, and for the next couple months, I'll be powering the LFTs with a Sachs Kootenay.  I just hooked it up yesterday and the system is sounding very nice. Better than I expect actually as it's only pumping out 64 watts.  On dense music played at higher SPLs I can hear it gently starting to run out of gas, though that was at a higher volume than I'd normally listen. 

I typically run the LFTs with a McCormack DNA-1, but it's out for a rebuild.

I/we look forward to your thoughts once you get things set up. 

You will enjoy that DNA-1. A couple of years ago Pat did the whole enchilada on a 0.5 for me. I loved that amp and I really regret selling it. Good luck.

In regard to maximum output level, it is the single 8" woofer that limits the LFT-8b. Adding the 8c’s rear-firing 6.5" woofer I’m sure does the same thing that using the Rythmik/GR Research OB/Dipole woofer in place of the stock woofer does: increase the maximum spl capability of the speaker.

Another huge benefit of either woofer augmentation is removing the low frequencies from the signal fed to the amplifier powering the LFT drivers, resulting in more power being available for them, and with less distortion. And in the case of the substitution of the OB/Dipole Sub for the stock woofer, the load presented to the amp by the LFT midrange and tweeter drivers (using a 1st-order high-pass x/o filter frequency of 180Hz)  is increased from the stock 8 ohms to a very consistent (mostly resistive, very low capacitance---unlike ESL’s) 11 ohms, a nice benefit for tube amp users.