Eminent Technology LFT8B’s reversing woofer polarity


Hi,

I have a pair of the Eminent Technology LFT8B’s and read Dr. Robert E Greene review in the Absolute Sound magazine (2014 I believe) of the speakers where in the review he reversed the polarity of the woofers and said it made a significant improvement. He was going to give the speakers a mediocre review (his words) before doing this and after reversing the woofer polarity he then said they were significantly better and proceeded to give them a rave review. Have any LFT8B owners out there ever tried this? Thank you.

Scot
scothurwitz

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My list of active crossovers includes:

Marchand XM-44
Beveridge RM-3
Accuphase F-25

With each of these I have the flexibility for different slopes and frequencies. I can also attenuate (Beveridge, Accuphase, Marchand) or add gain (Marchand). I've used these frequency dividers with various panel speakers and I'll never go back to passive crossovers again. Unfortunately the LFT 8b's crossover is too high for my taste, I prefer to keep it under 100 Hz (and currently use 80 Hz). Not sure why Thigpen chose the higher crossover frequency, but I'm sure he had a reason.
@bdp24 Yes I realize the LFT-8b has just a woofer, and not an active sub. My bass array are just woofers too, based on the woofers Roger Modjeski used in his ESL system. His theory was to keep the crossover point low from the panel to the woofer, so his ESL panel (a two-way) was designed to go down to 100 Hz. He listened to a lot of Leon Redbone and some other male vocalists whose voices went low enough that at a higher crossover point than 100 Hz you could start hearing the vocals in the woofers.
I did not know the LFT-8b were three way. What's the other crossover point?
While I am sure the Mye stands are excellent, there is another person who also makes stands for Maggies. The company is Magnarisers and while I do not own Maggies I was impressed enough with the stands and their price that I contacted him to make stands for my Acoustat Model 2 speakers (sans interface as I use the direct drive amps). He did a great job for a reasonable price and there was a noticeable improvement getting them off the floor.