[mca]

Coming into the new year, I have the bug to try out a new set of speakers. I do have a pair of Al's excellent HT8 speakers that I will not be selling, I just want to try out something a little different. My room is 14' x 18' deep with the speakers setup on the short wall. Current equipment includes fully Bolder modded SB3 and a Music Reference RM200 tube amp.

A couple of speakers that I am interested in are:

Emerald Physics CS2
Eminent Technology LFT8
Omega Max Hemp

Each speaker poses a possible problem though. The CS2 would need an additional amplifier to power the bass section. I do have a Behringer EP2500 that I use to power a sub, but it may be too much power and the fan is on the loud side. The LFT8 has a very low sensitivity (83db) and the RM200 may not be able to power it adequately. I fear the Max Hemp may be better suited to a smaller SET type amp.

Given my room size and current equipment, does anyone have a suggestion on what speaker might best suite me?

[SET Man]

Hey!

    Man! I was scared for a moment when I saw the thread title "New speaker bug"

    I thought there is a new kind of bug out there that infested and eat speakers!

    Anyway, good luck

Take care,
Buddy

[lonewolfny42]

Mike....

You'd have no problem with the Omega Max Hemp and the Music Reference RM200 tube amp. The Omega's can handle power ....and they sound good with a few watts or a lot of watts. Ever own a single driver speaker ?

[Russell Dawkins]

That's an extremely diverse and worthy short list of speakers, mca!

The Eminent Technology LFT-8 is probably about as inefficient as the CS2 is efficient.
An earlier ET owned by a friend - maybe the LFT4 - was about the least efficient speaker I have ever witnessed, swallowing up the output from a 150 W class A amp and producing shockingly little acoustic output to show for it.

maybe you should go for the TRW-17 sub by Eminent Technologies:
http://www.eminent-tech.com/main.html

I scanned the review by Peter Moncrieff (under "Latest News" on the TRW-17 page) - twelve pages of intense exploration into the value of sub-20Hz response. Really made me want to hear what he was talking about

I especially liked his description of the comparison between otherwise top-rated subs - flat to 16 Hz and the TRW-17 when playing the apparently well recorded cannons in Master and Commander. This was on page 152, near the top (ten pages in).
I know if I had 25 large to throw away, I would be calling Bruce Thigpen of ET!

[mca]

Chris,

I have never owned a single driver speaker, that's why their on my list!

[mca]

I thought my sub was bad-ass, but that thing is crazy!