Robert E. Greene in The Absolute Sound, reviewing the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker:
"Distortion in the ET sounds as though it is down at electrostatic levels---or lower. This seemed to me one of the lowest-distortion speakers in the midrange that there is, perhaps THE lowest. Measured midrange distortion is down at levels like 0.1% or less."
Noel Keywood on the LFT-8b in Hi-Fi World (UK):
"My first impression of the Eminents was that they are all but ’silent’ loudspeakers. There was such an absence of any colour, character, or mush that the LFT-8b’s sounded barely there; as a loudspeaker they are particularly ’silent’ against all else."
"The sheer absence of ’anything’ is a little disconcerting at first, hence my comment that the loudspeaker itself is silent. The absence of character, and sense of ease, gave me the impression that there was ZERO DISTORTION (my emphasis), meaning any distortion of any sort. Again, here is a ’silent’ loudspeaker, an almost uncanny experience."
"Singers and instruments are---if you can imagine this---starkly clean, with no colour or embellishment at all. There was a wealth of fine detail, and lightly struck cymbals rang with a simple, sweet delicacy that was entrancing. It was so easy to pick out fine details in a performance because of the lack of ’anything’ that all became clear in a simple manner through the Eminent."
"The LFT-8b’s are in a world of their own and quite unlike any other loudspeaker I have heard. They are not even like Martin Logans, being more stark and matter of fact, and more simply pure. The Eminents are probably the purest and least coloured loudspeakers I have ever heard. You are suddenly left with just the music, and it is an intriguing and fascinating experience."
In spite of all the above being true. audiophiles continue to ignore this $2499/pr marvel. As the kids say, oh well.
