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Wharfedale Linton Heritage 85th Anniversary

These are fun speakers.  They are musical and smooth. An absolute pleasure to hear with tubes.

I cannot believe how well made they are at this price point.  I'd like to wheel in a pair of Harbeths or Spendors (classic type) to have a shootout.  The stands are well executed.  Everything feels substantial and high end.  Color me impressed.  


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erik_squires
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The ones used in buchardt are not seas or scanspeak, and the buchardt are priced as if they were.

Have you ever made speakers yourself?  Have you measured SB Acoustics drivers or listened to them?


And no, they aren't priced as if they were. They are below the traditional 10x markup, more or less, so a fair bargain. 

Compare to Gamut.
erik_squires
15,631 posts
 
P.S. - In house speaker making is no guarantee of anything, and often is used to lower parts cost.  Using off the shelf drivers from a good manufacturer is a fine thing for speaker makers to do.
erik_squires
15,631 posts
 
Burchardt uses SB Acoustics in at least some of their models, nothing wrong with them at all. From the pricing I've seen, it's quite fair.


The crossover I've seen however seem overly engineered. A thorough analysis would be interesting.  I've not seen a pair in person so I cannot comment on the cabinets.


Best,
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erik_squires
15,631 posts
 
I'm sure they will have values. Based on reading others, I recommend Clarity CSA or Mundorf MKP's for the tweets.
If you find a big electrolytic, it will be the woofer, and it IS worth changing out for a Mundorf bipolar or Axon or CSA.
erik_squires
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Wharferdales usually benefit hugely from cap upgrades. Their tweeters are unusually excellent but cheap caps hold them back.

If you buy them, worth opening them up for a look. :)
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