jwr159
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| Tonearm resonance Funk has a download on their website named “Isolation Bubble”, which I’ve read. Funk claims that the sound waves from your speakers will cause your tonearm to vibrate. The Houdini isolates the vibrating tonearm from the cart/stylus. Meanwhile the ... | |
| TV Based System - Hifi vs. Studio Monitors Thanks to all that have posted. Over the years, I’ve gone from a 5:2, 5:4:2 and now back to 2 channel for a second/TV system. I found putting your money into a simple but high quality 2 channel system is far more rewarding and better sounding tha... | |
| DSP Active Crossover For my filers, I spoke to Bruce Thigpen at Eminent and pretty much copied what he suggested. For his next gen speakers, he is using DSP, so is aware of what works best. Yes Audio Weaver is what was used to implement the filters. I’m not aware of ... | |
| DSP Active Crossover Finally got my act together. Since purchasing the DSP Nexus back in June, 2023, I was only bi-amping while still running the audio signal through the passive xover in my speakers for the mid range and tweeter. I recently purchased a third amp a... | |
| DSP Active Crossover Why talk to Danny Ritchie or anyone else. Just call Al Clark at Danville. Interesting guy, claims to have design more DSP boards than anyone on the planet, but has an analog background as well. And Al is generous with his time as well. I purchased... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. For those using an external processor with their LFTs 8bs, could someone explain how you went about bypassing the passive crossovers. Do you need to remove the woofer driver to access the passive crossovers? How did you directly wire the tweete... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations bdp24, my understanding is your are using the GR Research OB subs in place of the sealed subs on the 8bs. May I ask the details on how you are implementing the bi-amping. Are you using a high pass filter of some kind between your main amp and the... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations Here is a link to the ET website describing the 8c update. For $1500, it is probably well worth it. http://www.eminent-tech.com/LFT-8cwooferupdate.html | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations ledoux1238 can you talk a bit more about your experiences of using a 20 watt amp with the 8bs? Are you bi-amping. Is the Mactone driving only the mid & high LFTs or also the sub drivers as well? Are you hearing any noise or distortion of... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations There are many ways to integrate your subs. None of them, however are ideal. I am not a fan of using a L & R of mini DSP units as active cross overs between the subs and the mid LFTs. As you indicate, that requires A/D and D/A conversions. ... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations No worries at all ledoux1238 about discussing the 8c woofer upgrade in the context of this thread. Unfortunately in my case, the 8c woofer upgrade was released by ET well after I invested money and a whole lot of labor into building my subs... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations bdp24 thanks for the pointers on the Rymthmik plate amp. My subs, although dipoles, are different. Maybe a dozen years ago, there was a speaker company called Surreal Sound that made a speaker called Fifth Row. They never made it commercially. A f... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations The Carver monos at $9500 is beyond what I wish to spend. Although I have not heard the Quicksilvers yet, I like everything else about them. The utilitiarn look, no hype, no money wasted on marketing, a stellar name behind the brand, great cust... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations bdp24 thanks for the reply. Your are correct, I built my own dipole subs. They are capable of playing up to 200Hz. So I think they will mate well with the 8bs. As for the amps, I would consider Music Reference but they are hard to come by. I w... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations Thanks everyone who posted and contributed to this thread. Very helpful and informative. Most of what I have heard is positive, and it would seem using the 100W QS will be a good match with the 8bs as I plan on using them. And yes atmashpere, I do... |