Eminent Technology LFT-8c: Building a Great $15k System

Eminent Technology has built planar magnetic speakers for several decades. Their designer, Bruce Thigpen, is an original thinker and this is reflected in the design of the speakers. Eminent Technology has been in business 43 years. Thigpen has 16 patents, some licensed to Monsoon for computer speakers, Philips for tweeters; he also patented a record vacuum hold down that SOTA uses, the ET-2 air bearing tonearm,  as well as the TRW-17 rotary woofer which was featured in BBC television programs, a Telarc organ recording, and used in research labs around the world. Having heard prior versions of the LFT-8, I guessed that the latest version (LFT-8c) might be interesting. And, as it happens, the $5600 per pair price tag falls nicely into my assignment to put together an attractive $15,000 system. I chose the NAD M23 v2 power amp, with new Purifi modules, and the Wattson Madison streaming DAC preamp to go with the LFT-8c. The Wattson and the NAD are each priced at $5000, so my total system fits within the +-10% rule we’ve set for this project. Total price is therefore $15,600. Let’s see what the Eminent Technology speakers contribute. This video is sponsored by: https://shunyata.com/ Linkwitz Review:    • The Linkwitz LX521.4 Dipole Loudspeaker Re...   Perlisten A3T Review:    • Perlisten A3t speaker review   00:00 Eminent Technology LFT-8c 02:00 Overview 06:36 Sound Quality 19:34 Comparisons 20:58 Summary What Is The Absolute Sound? The Absolute Sound magazine has been a leading publication in high-end audio since 1972. Since the early 2000s, The Absolute Sound has expanded to include web, newsletter, digital magazine, social media, YouTube, and Substack platforms. The Absolute Sound platforms have a global audience of over 500,000 audiophiles. Intro/Outro Music: Backed Vibes Clean - Rollin at 5 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... #hifi #audiophile #theabsolutesound Copyright 2025, Nextscreen LLC, all rights reserved