I'm not sure whether to upgrade or not and the price of the tweeter upgrade jumped from $399 to $470 within a year. No problem really, but the LFT 8A which I have i'm able to tame the brightness of the tweeter by using dakiom feedback stablizers which cleans out my amps. You can also use it between the crossovers and the tweeter which would be more recommended. I may upgrade anyway because I always have an upgrade bug. I already have a janszen electrostat add on for the high range which puts any speaker at another level, so at this point at least to my set up, I'm not sure it's warranted. I can always interchange my speakers since i'm a collector and also have acoustats, maggies, ess heils, ohm walsh and SLS etc. The B not being dipole is another issue for me as i agree with the user of this post. If brightness was the main issue for changing the tweeter, I already resolved the issue at least in my set up, plus I have tubes and ss amps and I have buffers to clean up any brightness and tons of sound processors like dbx, bbe, aphex, behringer and peavey!
Eminent Technology LFT 8a's versus 8b's
Hi everyone and happy new year.
I’d like to ask feedback from owners that have either had the 8a’s and then bought 8b’s later or had their 8a’s tweeter upgraded to the b.
I purchased a used set of 8a’s in 2010 and they are one of my favorite speakers.
I use mine in a focal point setup where they are beside the walls about 6" out -in a long rectangular room about half way in. There are two sweet spots at either end of the room. This setup works well.
I have considered upgrading to the b’s however as confirmed to me by Bruce the b’s tweeter only puts out sound one way and is not dipole. I could not use them
the way I currently do. I am very happy with their sound as is.
Can I get feedback from fellow owners. Was the a – b upgrade worth it or do you miss anything from the 8a’s. Of note the room I have them is bass shy. They sound fine with about 150-200 watts but I found they really need a powerful amp to show what they can do. I have them hooked up to Classe ca300. Big difference in all aspects especially the bass – no sub is required even in the bass shy room I have them in. I have seen some room pictures where subs are used and wonder how much power is involved that a bigger amp wouldn't fix.
Thx for the feedback.
I’d like to ask feedback from owners that have either had the 8a’s and then bought 8b’s later or had their 8a’s tweeter upgraded to the b.
I purchased a used set of 8a’s in 2010 and they are one of my favorite speakers.
I use mine in a focal point setup where they are beside the walls about 6" out -in a long rectangular room about half way in. There are two sweet spots at either end of the room. This setup works well.
I have considered upgrading to the b’s however as confirmed to me by Bruce the b’s tweeter only puts out sound one way and is not dipole. I could not use them
the way I currently do. I am very happy with their sound as is.
Can I get feedback from fellow owners. Was the a – b upgrade worth it or do you miss anything from the 8a’s. Of note the room I have them is bass shy. They sound fine with about 150-200 watts but I found they really need a powerful amp to show what they can do. I have them hooked up to Classe ca300. Big difference in all aspects especially the bass – no sub is required even in the bass shy room I have them in. I have seen some room pictures where subs are used and wonder how much power is involved that a bigger amp wouldn't fix.
Thx for the feedback.