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| What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? @stuartk: I became an instant fan of Clapton upon hearing Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse on the 1966 Elektra Records album entitled What’s Shakin’, the first time I had seen his name (I and those I knew didn’t yet know Clapton is heard on about... | |
| What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? The most interesting part of the movie to me is hearing George say that the best band he’s ever heard was that of Ray Charles. Levon Helm was of the same opinion. @stuartk’s mention of George’s gardening is apt. George talked about not practicing... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. Oops: that should have read 1.5" wide, not 1/5". | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. That’s a great idea Albert. From the pics it appears the only difference between the Sound Anchors base and the Mye stand are the struts. I had thought of cutting some 3/4" Baltic Birch plywood into appropriate length strips (maybe 1/5" wide), scr... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. Okay Albert (@ledoux1238), two pics sent---Eric. For others interested, the Mye LFT-8 stand looks just like the Sound Anchor bases (including the two front "legs" which extend out from the bass enclosure), with the addition of support arms (I bel... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" The Last line of record/stylus/tapehead products were not available in 1969. They were introduced in the early 1980's. Just the facts, mam. ;-) I for one am sticking with Neil's (@antinn) method of LP cleaning, and his usc formula. | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @ledoux1238: From what my correspondent told me, the Mye stand bolts onto the bottom of the woofer enclosure, the support arms reaching from the back of the base of the stand up to about the middle of the planar panel (similar to the Mye Maggie st... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. Amen @kot! The value of the LFT-8 was my motive for bringing them to the attention of Audiogon members. For he who questions the varacity of the opinion of Steve Guttenberg (and/or Robert E. Greene, as well as a number of UK hi-fi critics), you're... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @kot: I’m green with envy! I for awhile unsuccessfully attempted to get myself a pair of the LFT-6. I was however able to find a pair of the smaller LFT-4. Interestingly, the LFT-4 has sloped "side wings", a technique for tailoring the tonal balan... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. Oh, and I recorded the sound of my two year-old son and then-wife’s voices, using those recordings to evaluate loudspeaker freedom from vowel coloration (thank you JGH ;-), and midrange transparency. A brutally-revealing test! That led me to---of ... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. I recorded my Gretsch drumset (with a 26" bass drum) with a pair of small capsule condenser mics plugged straight into a Revox A77 reel-to-reel, using that recording to scrutinize and evaluate the sound of loudspeakers. For years the Magnepan Tymp... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @ledoux1238: I myself am opposed to the proposition of subjecting the output of analogue sources (phono, reel-to-reel and cassette tapes, FM tuner) to digital conversion, so won’t be getting the 18LS. However, for those wanting one of the other a... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @ledoux1238: It's understandable that a Maggie owner might feel---I don't know, maybe threatened---when a competing and somewhat similar loudspeaker is suggested as an alternative to consider. But if I had just spent $2995 on a pair of MG1.7i's, a... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @krelldreams: I know of only one guy who has had both the MG3.7i and LFT-8b in his room and said he preferred the LFT. I’m sure I could happily live with either! While Guttenberg states in his video that he prefers the LFT-8b to every Maggie he ha... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @boxcarman: Bruce Thigpen openly expressed his admiration for Jim Winey's invention of his planar-magnetic design. I myself was an early adopter, buying a pair of Tympani T-I in 1973. Thigpen went on to study the Magneplanar, and had an idea for h... |