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Wharfedale Linton Heritage - opinions

I wonder why we have no threads on communist or socialist hi-fi? There was certainly some USSR stuff, but almost always pretty bad copies of western kit, and only within reach of high-ranking party members etc. I’ll happily stick with my capitalist hi-fi and music.
 
PerF said:
Yeah, just look at the communist era, Stalin, Lenin - true heroes:rolleyes:
How many millions life did they terminate
North Korea, China...wow
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I can't recall mentioning communism... Not that it's ever been properly tried!

Democratic Socialism within which a tightly controlled capitalism is highly taxed in order to meet the needs of the people, all the people, not just the rich ones, is probably the best bet all round.

The climate crisis, over population, starvation, lack of water supplies, lack of basic medical facilities and a good many wars are all caused directly or indirectly by capitalism, a word which basically describes mankind's greed, selfishness. and dog eat dog tendencies.
 
Cícero Shmidt said:
I agree with you and had decided for the Lintons. I just need some time to raise money. Until there, some opinions about the match of the receiver are welcome. Thanks for that
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The guy in the video above mentioned that the speakers are not receiver happy.
And you should look for an amp that stable down to 4 Ohm.
And apart from the guy is certainly trying to sell his crossover upgrades, my impression is he probably knows a bit what he's talking about..so I'd tend to trust him about the 4 Ohms.
 
Arkless Electronics said:
I can't recall mentioning communism... Not that it's ever been properly tried!

Democratic Socialism within which a tightly controlled capitalism is highly taxed in order to meet the needs of the people, all the people, not just the rich ones, is probably the best bet all round.

The climate crisis, over population, starvation, lack of water supplies, lack of basic medical facilities and a good many wars are all caused directly or indirectly by capitalism, a word which basically describes mankind's greed, selfishness. and dog eat dog tendencies.
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That's true..not everyone who has critical views about total capitalism is automatically a communist by heart.
In my view both those systems are a bit toxic in pure form
and hence a well chosen mix would certainly be a very interesting thing in an ideal world.
 
torstoi said:
The guy in the video above mentioned that the speakers are not receiver happy.
And you should look for an amp that stable down to 4 Ohm.
And apart from the guy is certainly trying to sell his crossover upgrades, my impression is he probably knows a bit what he's talking about..so I'd tend to trust him about the 4 Ohms.
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My speakers are 4 ohm. The receiver pushes them well..the only thing that was advised to me is that the receiver would get hot. But for medium temperature it operates 3 hours nicely.
 
Cícero Shmidt said:
My speakers are 4 ohm. The receiver pushes them well..the only thing that was advised to me is that the receiver would get hot. But for medium temperature it operates 3 hours nicely.
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What's the brand and type of receiver ?
Maybe it's possible to research a bit of data about it to find out how well it may suit the Lintons from the impedance ?
 
Looks quite a decent thing, built between 1977 and 1980.
2x 110 Watts @ 4 Ohm, so looks it should be ok being driven @ 4 Ohm.
Provided it's still everything working fine inside..particularly caps.

I had all my 1974-1979 amps looked though by a good repair shop
and the 1974 one completely restored to risk nothing.
Might not be the worst idea to have it checked at least,
before something goes BOOM & takes the Linton speakers with it.
 
Arkless Electronics said:
Yep and capitalism is the greatest evil the world has ever known.
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Well, certainly the motivation behind capitalism, ie greed/avarice is responsible for some of the greatest evil that has been recorded in history whether for monetary gain or power as within the 20th century totalitarian communist regime.

Tony L said:
I wonder why we have no threads on communist or socialist hi-fi? There was certainly some USSR stuff, but almost always pretty bad copies of western kit, and only within reach of high-ranking party members etc. I’ll happily stick with my capitalist hi-fi and music.
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Pretty simple really, during the period of advancement in electronics whether valve or solid state any engineers or technicians would have been working for the state in developing defence, communication, space exploration, nuclear power, etc, the opportunity would have been non existent to work in the field of home entertainment, that's changing now as there's various companies in countries from what would have previously been within the borders of the Soviet Union.
 
torstoi said:
That's true..not everyone who has critical views about total capitalism is automatically a communist by heart.
In my view both those systems are a bit toxic in pure form
and hence a well chosen mix would certainly be a very interesting thing in an ideal world.
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Correct, I'm neither, more an egalitarian.
 
torstoi said:
Looks quite a decent thing, built between 1977 and 1980.
2x 110 Watts @ 4 Ohm, so looks it should be ok being driven @ 4 Ohm.
Provided it's still everything working fine inside..particularly caps.

I had all my 1974-1979 amps looked though by a good repair shop
and the 1974 one completely restored to risk nothing.
Might not be the worst idea to have it checked at least,
before something goes BOOM & takes the Linton speakers with it.
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Woow, I didn't realize that it pushes 110w at 4ohm. Thank for that!

The receiver was looked through in 2014. Some tired capacitors were changed. As I can remember, the big ones from the source. The last repair was in 2019, I think only oxidized stuff were fixed. It works perfectly since than.
 
;) thank you!

Anyone knows where they can ship this speakers overseas? There was one shop here, but they are sold out. They also told that the shipping took 8 months :p
 
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torstoi said:
The guy in the video above mentioned that the speakers are not receiver happy.
And you should look for an amp that stable down to 4 Ohm.
And apart from the guy is certainly trying to sell his crossover upgrades, my impression is he probably knows a bit what he's talking about..so I'd tend to trust him about the 4 Ohms.
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He is the living embodiment of the phrase, “When all you have is a hammer, every problem is a nail.”
 
Subito said:
He is the living embodiment of the phrase, “When all you have is a hammer, every problem is a nail.”
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He comes across as a one-trick-pony on his 'speaker upgrade' videos, but the content he's done on open-baffle speakers and subwoofers is pretty interesting.
 
Subito said:
He is the living embodiment of the phrase, “When all you have is a hammer, every problem is a nail.”
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That's one of the quotes that deeply impressed me in the movie 'Arrival'
even if in the more targeted version of:' If all you have is a hammer, every problem becomes a nail.'

I like the quote a lot, but am technically not skilled enough to understand what you are aiming at..
what is the hammer and what the nail in his case..?

The only thing that did puzzle me a bit is how he threw all receivers into one pot,
while to my impression there were many containing very capable amps
bc they came from an era of understatement that a receiver should contain a good amp and a good tuner.
 
The “hammer” is the crossover parts he’s constantly hawking, the “nail” is the allegedly flawed audio performance of the loudspeakers he discusses.

My version of the quote was abbreviated. The full quote is from Abraham Maslow who said in 1966, "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”
 
torstoi said:
The only thing that did puzzle me a bit is how he threw all receivers into one pot,
while to my impression there were many containing very capable amps bc they came from an era of understatement that a receiver should contain a good amp and a good tuner.
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I'm pretty sure he's referring to modern AV receivers, the kind that claim "100wpc into 7 channels" but have a power supply that's no bigger than that found in a vintage receiver that's specced for 50wpc into 2 channels. In the early 2000s I owned two pairs of Wharfedale Valdus 500 loudspeakers, I don't know what their impedance curve was but the label said "4 to 8 ohms". I used one pair of these speakers with a 2ch stereo receiver, a vintage 35wpc Akai AA-1135. I used the other pair in a 5.1 surround system with a modern 105wpc Marantz SR7300 AV receiver, which was a very big and expensive model at the time. The vintage Akai drove the Valdus no problem but the modern Marantz SR7300 would shut down when playing these speakers at high volumes. My solution was to mount a computer fan on top of the grille vent, after that the Marantz never shut down.
 
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