Wharfedale Linton Heritage 85th Anniversary

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,
E

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.

Nothing wrong using off the shelf drivers - i agree ! As long as they are really good, example vandersteen, totem, and so many more.  The ones used in buchardt are not seas or scanspeak, and the buchardt are priced as if they were.

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.

It's rude to compare buchardt to Gamut, or other established high-end brands, or the ones I have built years ago without measuring equipment!
Buchardts are sb acoustics kits developed and assembled in countries where the cost of living is far less than in europe, canada and usa.
All the two european speaker kings had to do was pay youtube reviewers to create the buzz, and shoot a video of the speakers with pot and alcohol right in the middle, tres chic lifestyle, like this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkpE0sXJRyE
Gamut show how they build them, they show the effort they put into it.
But anyway, this is a Wharfedale Linton thread.  This buchardt discussion belongs somewhere else.