I have been dispatching our F6B and C6B out to potential customers and have received extremely positive feedback.
Quote, ( customer current;y using Wharfedale Linton’s 85th anniversary)
The 85th measure well as we know but the Asci is, to my ears, better; a refinement on everything the Linton 85th do so well (to me ).
The major difference is the way the Asci portrays images & recording space in comparison, no doubt due to the very good horizontal & vertical dispersion.
Depth/layering, image solidity & consistent soundstage width are better.
The in-room slope is pretty much identical so the tonality I like so much with the Lintons is virtually the same.
Because the distortion is mostly lower on the Asci & combined with the better dispersion, it's a touch easier to make out low level detail/words I'd say.
Whatever speakers I have in my room I have bass humps at 60Hz & 80Hz & because I listen across the room as opposed to the length, I have a suckout at 50Hz.
A comparison of C6B & Linton 85th at Spinorama show near identical bass response but the passive radiator on the Acsi definitely doesn't excite my room modes quite as much as the Lintons port seems to.
As a consequence the bass goes just as deep but is a bit better controlled.
Impressive considering the difference in speaker volumes.
Apologies once more for my extended waffle..... I hope the feedback helps & feel free to quote or completely disregard any of it.’
Keith
