Eminent Technology LFT-8c Robert Greene review

There is also a 0.6mc time delay that you need to dial in. It’s supposed to be pre-set, but mine was not. 

@ozzy62:

Of course a problem with bass may be a room issue, not the speakers themselves. The increased bass output of the 8c dipole woofer (in comparison with the monopole 8b woofer) may be loading the room in a way the 8b didn't.

One reason I have found the Rythmik Audio/GR Research Sub to be so remarkable is that it is not only a dipole design, but also an open baffle. OB's don't pressurize the room the way sealed and ported woofers do (even if of dipole design). The OB/Dipole Sub sounds surprising like the bass panels of the Magneplanar Tympani T-IVa.

This room is capable of excellent bass and is heavily treated. I have moved them (and me) around and around. I have tried all bass module volume settings. The 0.6 ms delay is pre programmed, I checked.

They show promise on jazz and vocals. But I think their sound may just not be for me. I know if I turn them back around, someone will get a screaming deal.

I was the one (Schroeder, not Schneider; often mistaken identity issue) who did the stacked LFT-8A's many years ago. I love experimening with systems, and I tried them with tweeters to outside and to inside. I found that if the speakers were toed in toward each other slightly, the comb filtering could be ameliorated. 

Currently using/own the prodigious Kingsound King III electrostatic speakers, reviewed at Dagogo.com. I also did a review of the conversion of the LFT-8A to the 8B version, once again for Dagogo.com. Very happy I chose to review the King and then King III. These are like big brothers to Quad speakers. 

The LFT-8 series imo is as great, and perhaps even greater gift to budget audiophiles than Magnepan or Vandersteen. I have owned all 3 brands through the years. 

@ozzy62 Sorry to hear about your bass issues. I hope you can work things out. In the event you can't and need to move on, where are you located? Send me a PM if you like. I know someone that may be interested if your anywhere, regionally close.  

As for my midrange panels on the inside setup..even today (after listening for 6 hours yesterday) they still sound new and different. Big improvement. Of course, in my head, you seldom get anything for free. An improvement in one area often leads to a decrease in some other area. This is sort of a cardinal rule of optimization, regardless of what is being optimized. With the tweeter panels now on the outside I'm playing with increased toe-in. Originally (mids on the outside) I was using maybe 15 degrees of toe-in. I've now rotated the rear spike(I have the Sound Anchor three-spike stands) in two adjustments of 1.5 inches each around the front-inside spike. I can hear a difference. I think I'm going to settle in on the 3 inch rotation and see how things play out. 

I'm typically fairly skeptical about the accuracy of A-I on many topics as it often authoritatively makes stuff up. That said, I ran this mid panel outside vs inside and toe in question through A-I and it indicated the mids inside is often the preferred setup for most people. It described the resulting changes one would expect to hear pretty much spot-on with what I'm hearing. When I asked about the degree of toe-in to try it gave me suggestions (and results to expect) that ranged from the speaker axis crossing over behind me to crossing at my head to crossing 1-3 feet in front of me.  The room size wasn't specified, but directly on axis or crossing in front of me would be extreme toe-in for my room. I've tried on-axis in the past and didn't care for it. A-I suggested, in a sufficiently sized room (with plenty of set-back to the listening position) that the crossover 1-3 feet in front of me might be optimal. I have a hard time believing that, but it isn't an option for me anyway, so I'll let that go.