Wharfedale Linton Heritage 85th Anniversary

So I have a pair about 30-35 hours on them. Paired with PrimaLuna Integrate with KT150s/KT88s/EL34s & NOS Brimar/NOS RCA ClearTops 12AU7s.
These speakers sound terrible! All BOOM and VERY forward mids. No highs to speak of. Added plugs to rear bass ports with minimal results.
I have them on the matching stands with 1.5 inch foam between to speakers & stands.If these do not break in & clear up some they're going back! Totally disappointed at this point.I had a 1 on 1 conversation with jbhiller who has these too and his info was helpful but unless these need more time I just don't see anything good here. Speakers are positioned about 4 feet from rear wall but room is fairly well furnished. My 2 cents.

Interesting article. The PrimaLunas get such rave reviews but I'm beginning to question theire overall reproduction of music. I had a pair of Tekton Design Lores and they did better than the Lintons (tight bass) but still not what I was looking for. (and the wife got tired of looking at them)I have never had a pair of speakers that sounded so terrible right out of the box (Lintons). I did remove the foam I had between the speakers & stands and this did improve overall sound. Less "boom" but still up front mids and not much air on top. Tried 4 ohm & 8 ohm taps on the amp, right now connected to 8 ohm taps.  jbhiller informed me that he installed a pair of Cifte 12AU7s in his PrimaLuna and this helped especially with air on top. I'm getting a little discouraged with buying $200 - $300 tubes in experimenting with not much success.I did have a pair of French Radiotechnique 12AU7s (Lores) with no luck at all. Brimars better. I'm really trying to make the PrimaLuna work as it is a quality product, point to point & auto biasing, etc. So I'll give the Lintons some more time and maybe try the Cifte tubes.