Wharfedale Linton 85TH Anniversary Speakers

Have a pair of the Wharfedale Linton Heritage speakers with stands.  Do require some "breaking in."  Some reviewers believe it's the large base driver requiring such.  After 60+hours, they are becoming increasingly enjoyable.  Oppo 83SE player, Nordost interconnects to Music Hall a70.2 ss integrated amp. Also use Macbook pro (2012) with Dacit for some listening.  The Wharfs easily reveal differences/inconsistencies in streamed music from both Apple & Amazon. 

alain465, I appreciate you feedback.

That sounds very promising!

I'd like to hear more on how its comparison with the other speakers you mentioned once it's fully broken in.

Once again, thank you!

i got about 100 hrs on the linton. first impression is the soundstage is wider, the mid are warm and precise and the high frequency is soft and far from being agressive.
my previous speakers were tannoy turnberry se, martin logan vintage and b/w 802 s/3 matrix with the northcreek xover.

i am not shy to compare the $1500.00 lintons with the speakers mentioned above.
at 90 db efficiency, my mc275 mcintosh has no troubles making the lintons alive. 

will keep you guys uptaded after a couple hundreds hours of breakin in. 

alain4654, much appreciate our response.

It'd be wonderful if you could provide more detailed feedback on your impressions of the Linton.

How about a mini-review?

hello mmai! my setup is a NAT Audio utopia tube preamp, a mcintosh mc275 tube amp and a blue sound node2 i. 

i listen mostly to jazz and acoustic music,but once in a while i’ll rock the place out.
i , m very impressed with the linton heritage. 

Mine arrived on 7/12/2019. Walnut with stands. I have them hooked up to a Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III. The CMIII has about 60 hours on it now and the Lintons have 25+ hours. I don't find them lacking during playback. For vinyl I have a MH 5.3SE and digital frontend is a NAD C542. I cover a wide range of music genres. There is The Grateful Dead and then there is everyone else lol. Rock and Roll and quite a bit of Progressive Rock. Right now it is Tom Petty The Live Anthology. Just trying to put hours on the system to loosen up the inner workings to get the system used to me and my ears used to the system 

I heard them at AXPONA and they were quite good. That was my lasting impression. I liked the throwback look also.

alain465, would you mind letting us know what the rest of your system consist of?

Also, your preferred music genre(s)?

Thank you, it is just what I was looking for.  

check out this thread:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/wharfedale-linton-heritage-85th-anniversary