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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.
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I’ve run my LFT8b’s (and prior to the tweeter upgrade as 8a) bi-wired and bi-amped.

The bi-amp configuration was using 4/5ths of a Sunfire Cinema Grand. Kimber 4VS on top, 8PR on bottom. Have run bi-wire with the same wire combo from a pair of Cary SLM100 mono amps (both with KT88 and EL34). Currently running single wire with the 4VS from the Cary’s with 4VS as the jumper and EL34s.
With the Sunfire there was a subtle but appreciable difference in bi-amping but that was just having brought more muscle to the table. Never did a bi-wire with the Sunfire.

Ultimately I heard no significant difference between bi-wire vs single on the Cary’s. Did compare the 4VS by itself vs the 8PR. The 4VS ultimately had better synergy in the system.


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