His own speakers may have had their phases reversed. Subwoofers can be tricky. If you are crossing down low without a full two way crossover and your main speaker's bass is on the fat side it may well sound better with the phase reversed. Back in the day with dipoles there was a strong movement towards wiring subwoofers out of phase. If you are crossing under 80 Hz with a full two way crossover running a steep slope you will have to go back and forth a few times to pick up on the difference. Crossing up at 100 Hz the difference is very noticeable.
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
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