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Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary speaker review & measurements by Erin's Audio Corner

Zvu

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Interesting because there are also "single" boxes so that they ship separately (mine did, although one of the two came in a non-original box, but the other did). I also don't see any markings as "left" or "right" on my serial number but presumably it's on the labels somewhere and on the box. I'll try to remember to check later.

Lintons are packed in single boxes because of their size. Left/Right markings are inside, on white felt bags that cabinets are in.

Only reason i can think of why would they ship separately is if someone wants HT with Lintons (i can't imagine how would that even look like :) ).
 
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So, i've just used spectrum analyzer. Those sounds you hear at the begining of first YT video are two component tone - spikes located at around 140Hz and 280Hz and moving up to 360Hz. That rules out the midrange since the crossover point between it and woofer is at quite high 630Hz.

I just looked at the Stereophile review again. Among other things, a strong, high-Q mode at 281Hz was measured there, which was present on the side walls as well as on the top and rear panels.

That would explain the behavior of the Lintons when playing the track.

 
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Unfortunately, i don't have accelerometer at my disposal, but you're probably right. The vibrations are on the sidewalls so that excludes midrange and turns attention to the woofer.
 

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Since I've been listening to more and more electronic music lately after many "jazzy" years, I have to say first of all that especially more recent productions in this area demand a lot more from a speaker than acoustic music can. Of course, this affects the bass range, but also the higher frequency ranges. In the last few days I have come across two productions that have made my Lintons stumble:

Recondite - Rise (first track on "Hinterland")


Here there is first on the left channel at 0:04 and then on the right at 0:12 a bad cabinet resonance. Since it occurs on both speakers, I don't really assume it's a defect. If you listen to the rear of the speakers during these passages, the resonance can be narrowed down to the area of the midrange enclosure.

Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Spring Frost (first track on "Mixing Colours")


My Lintons cannot reproduce the beginning of the track cleanly. Here, too, I hear cabinet resonances in the midrange driver area on both speakers.

Maybe there's a Linton user here who can listen to the two tracks at a slightly higher volume and would like to share his impressions? Thanks in advance.
Could this be a YouTube encoding problem ? I listened to the tracks on Apple Music and it doesn’t sound as resonant as YouTube. Both tracks definitely have a lot of low frequency energy, so without room correction I can imagine them sounding very boomy
 
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