26-07-2016, 03:56 PM
I know Money for Nothing well - in fact I usually use the final and Title track. I have the original vinyl, the CD version (ripped to NAS, as well as the CD), and the streamed version via Tidal HiFi. It is an interesting comparison. The vinyl and early mastered CD are very close, but the later remixes are compressed, even though Tidal sends via uncompressed format - so the problem is in the master that they have used. For the worst in compressed music (and it is a real shame, because she is a fine vocalist) is Christine and the Queens - it is just maxed out with almost no dynamic range at all, and is essentially unlistenable to.
Regarding Self, it is only the 6th Edition that contains his treatment of device power dissipation. He invents Power Partition Diagrams, which are interesting in their own right - but the impact of reactive loads is of major interest. With a 45 degree phase angle (typical of real loads) the power transistor dissipation increases by 50%, and at 90 degrees (which is somewhat extreme) the device dissipation triples.
Linkwitz's LX521 is not for the faint hearted. If you don't have good woodwork skills and machine tools you can figure on about £5k by the time you have the woodwork, the drivers, crossover and a whole bunch of power amps. A bit of an expensive act of faith! Good job they sound good. His LX-mini however does pretty much the same job sound quality wise, but with not as much bass output, for a fraction of the price. The recommended way is to use chip amps and a MiniDSP crossover for that - but you can be more adventurous is you wish.
Yes - Fane was around 1990. It was part of a group that had a stock market listing, and Wharfedale reversed into it to get itself the listing . Monster loudspeakers manufactured in the worst factory I have ever seen. Voice coils were wet wound with epoxy, by women wearing protective gloves, and the winding lathes covered in semi-gelled epoxy, and the coils then baked in a bank of domestic ovens in a room lagged with asbestos. It was awful in every way that you could imagine.
Regarding Self, it is only the 6th Edition that contains his treatment of device power dissipation. He invents Power Partition Diagrams, which are interesting in their own right - but the impact of reactive loads is of major interest. With a 45 degree phase angle (typical of real loads) the power transistor dissipation increases by 50%, and at 90 degrees (which is somewhat extreme) the device dissipation triples.
Linkwitz's LX521 is not for the faint hearted. If you don't have good woodwork skills and machine tools you can figure on about £5k by the time you have the woodwork, the drivers, crossover and a whole bunch of power amps. A bit of an expensive act of faith! Good job they sound good. His LX-mini however does pretty much the same job sound quality wise, but with not as much bass output, for a fraction of the price. The recommended way is to use chip amps and a MiniDSP crossover for that - but you can be more adventurous is you wish.
Yes - Fane was around 1990. It was part of a group that had a stock market listing, and Wharfedale reversed into it to get itself the listing . Monster loudspeakers manufactured in the worst factory I have ever seen. Voice coils were wet wound with epoxy, by women wearing protective gloves, and the winding lathes covered in semi-gelled epoxy, and the coils then baked in a bank of domestic ovens in a room lagged with asbestos. It was awful in every way that you could imagine.
