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Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system

I recently signed up for the V.P.I. Industries newsletter, and today received my first such. In it, Harry Weisfeld reviews a Grado phono cartridge, but this post concerns one of the speakers he listed as being those he uses to listen to music and evaluate recordings through. All but one are traditional dynamic cones/domes in a box designs, only one being a planar/dipole. That planar is the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. I'm pretty sure Harry could, if he so chose, have instead as his sole planar a pair of $6000 Magneplanar MG 3.7i's, or even $14,000 20.7's. But nope, he instead chose the $2500 ET LFT-8b, imo the greatest value in a loudspeaker on the market. I compared it to the 1.7i, and the difference was dramatic.
bdp24

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pryso
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Scot: "been around for over 3 decades and in all that time I believe he has made only one change to the design".

I'm not an authority on the ET speakers but if they went from LFT-8 to 8a to 8b then I imagine there must have been two changes sufficient enough that Thigpen made a model change.  And there could have been minor changes not in themselves warranting a model change.

But I think your basic point that the design survived more than 30 years with minimal changes speaks to the brilliance of that design.

I'm not in the market today, but if I am again I will certainly consider the ETs, thanks to bdp's posts along with others.
pryso
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bdp24, thank you.  That is the sort of response that can actually be of some value for anyone wondering about the ET speakers.  You included rationale as well as personal observations.
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