Wharfedale Linton Heritage 85th Anniversary

Thank you jbhiller - you are the first linton 85 owner to tell your impressions.  You should get a prize for that.
About sensitivity, it is given as 90db at 2v at 1m vs denton 86db at 1w/1m....

Do you feel that they need robust amplification?

It's been reported that buchardt are cheaply built, with low-end off-the-shelf drivers, and cabinet quality that do not reflect the price.  In other words over-hyped...

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.

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.

I have had them installed for about 3 weeks now (see pics in my system), and they have about 70 hours of low to moderate playtime.
To me, they are all about low registers - very strong and dynamic from bass to lower-midrange; they retain the Denton 80th signature sound but with more extreme, detail, dynamics, imaging, and bigger soundstage of course, commensurate to their size.  
They can sound too muffled to some, with a recessed mid/upper medium and treble, yet they are capable of giving good detail and they do image really well, even if they lack air.  Of course, this is with my integrated (marantz pm8400).
I think their forte is imaging, dynamics without fatigue, and the size of the soundstage (I am used to 2-way with 5"1/4 woofers).  The sound character is really a matter of taste.  It works for some music (jazz, classical, electronics), but can lack clarity and air with rock and pop.
They are really laidback.

I questioned that too. This has to be a typo.  It is more likely 90db @ 2.87v/1m .  
Compared to the other speakers I have, totem hawk and denton 80th, the Linton are clearly more efficient, and dynamic.

I have had the same hard-mids impressions on top of over-blown bass and mid-bass...not much treble.
I have had the same impressions first time I heard the Denton's 80th.
I was impressed right out of the box with the stand-up bass tracks and the general big sound though.  If there's such things as speaker break-in, the mid-range does smooth out.  I have learned how to appreciate the lintons 7ft away, pointed right behind listening position.  Mine are about 21" from back wall (baffle) and 78in medium to medium.  Pics are in my system.  
Tonally they can sound muffled to some.  I find imaging and soundstage in general very satisfying though.  What I am missing with them is air.  I do know that the combination marantz pm8004 / Linton contribute to this lack of articulation and air.  I may get an integrated that will bring the best in them before moving to something substantially more refined.