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In Reply to: RE: Opinion Eminent Tech or Magnepan 1.7 posted by GStew on July 04, 2015 at 11:42:28
The Et 6s are one of the best speakers ever built in mine not so humble opinion, and I ve heard pretty much of most whats SOTA out there since about 1987... From about 40 hz to 20 khz, they are sublime ;) . Couple them with a great crossover and pair of highest quality subwoofers you can afford ( see if you can find Nestorovics subs used, or even the new Pinnacle's top of the line models are fantastic) and frankly short of Apogee Grands, or may be Apogee Full Range NOTHING in the planar world (or for that matter VERY few dynamic models) can approach them .... As far as ET 6s vs ET 8s its tougher to judge, the ET8s sound more dynamic and "loud" in lower freq. due to its dynamic woofers and produce higher sound pressure levels. With latest version of ET 8bs that I ve got sound being quite seamless and wholesome... In any event the ET 6s are DEFINITELY worthy of restoring and investing !!!! After listening to ET 6s (or 8bs) most other acoustical speakers will sound distorted and unnatural to you... Of course high quality amps are a must!!!!!! Symphonic Lines amps from Germany are match made in heaven with those!
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Generally, for moderate SPL listening in a small room the LFT6 is a better speaker,
For louder playback it needs a subwoofer. or you would prefer the 8b, which still needs a subwoofer.
For full power real life SPL you can't get enough output from either one of the models since their midrange output is limited. When I had to choose I ended up with a Tympani since it could put out the raw SPL and has a ribbon tweeter. While the stock XO does not give you the most out of the tweeter, the ribbon maggies (particularly the .7 series with their simpler XO) have an advantage there over both these ET models in top octave performance. But the PP midrange of the ET speakers does not compress as early as the SE maggies. so you get a more dynamic presentation given sufficient power. The LFT VI is very insensitive. .
I do wish ET would come out with a new version of the LFT 6 with the new neodymium magnets now available. I know it would be a $10k speaker, but there would be a much larger range of rooms and matching electronics that could drive a higher sensitivity and higher SPL capable speaker.
I'll take your opinion, not-so-humble or not. While I have been out of the worlds where I can listen to a number of different speakers in various setups for the last 25 years or so, when I got the LFT-VI's in 1996, they replaced (and generally bettered) a pair of original ML CLSs. I also liked them better than the highly-modified Acoustat 1+1's I also had at that time (which I liked better than a pair of somewhat modified MG-IIIa's which they replaced in the late 80's).
The VI's have been down since I moved from Minneapolis to Mississippi in 2006, but I've finally started to setup the room where I want to use them. So I'll put their rebuild on my list for later this year after I finish some DIY source projects.
And until then, I am really digging the VIIIs in their place!
Again, THANKS!
Greg in Mississippi
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