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Last but not least: where I can buy them?
I got mine from these people
https://www.av.com/Speakers/Wharfedale-Linton-Walnut-Stand-Mount-Speakers-Pair-Nearly-New/4HOW
Last but not least: where I can buy them?
Yes. In general, they have a smooth presence, but in the middle frequencies I hear dirt and squeak, some kind of “tssstsss”How could it be squeaky and smooth in same time?
Interesting, would better driver help? Other day was looking at offer in email, small speaker. Just a plain cabinet was double price what was driver. I also like this Linton design, why they comprise on drivers so much when it probably will not change final price by much anyway.Yes. In general, they have a smooth presence, but in the middle frequencies I hear dirt and squeak, some kind of “tssstsss”
I rather doubt that they are actually made in Germany. Packed in Germany maybe and as it was last process allows them to say made in Germany maybe...
Don't be put off by one comment. They don't \squeak'. Maybe he has a system problem that the speakers are reproducing? All other reviews say they are great. It is just this...do you want speakers that are a little warm sounding, or do you need something cleaner and more clinical? Harbeth make a very good living from 'warm sounding' and Focal and others do clinical very well. For me, it is about balancing out your system to suit your taste in sound (? Taste in sound???) well i hope you know what I mean hahaha.Some people say they are smooth. How could it be squeaky and smooth in same time?
Don't be put off by one comment. They don't \squeak'. Maybe he has a system problem that the speakers are reproducing? All other reviews say they are great.
Where does that leave Naim, which while still mostly made in the UK, is not really JVs legacy?Personally I have rather an issue with the exploitation of famous names for profit... there being absolutely no link whatsoever between the company set up by Gilbert Briggs in the '30's in Yorkshire and the present day "Wharfedale".
That and the relative gullibility of people in "falling for it" in the manner the exploitative parent companies intend, at least the extent that they will immediately compare products made by IAG to real Wharfedale speakers of yore simply because they have stuck a badge saying "Wharfedale" on the finished item.
At least when Rank bought them out in '58 there was great continuity and the staff, factory, R & D team etc plus the then extant products would have all continued on as they were.
It's like someone on the lines of Ssangyong making a new car called the Singer Gazelle and people getting misty eyed recalling their parents actual Singer Gazelle... the intended effect of course!
I got mine from these people
https://www.av.com/Speakers/Wharfedale-Linton-Walnut-Stand-Mount-Speakers-Pair-Nearly-New/4HOW
Don't be put off by one comment. They don't \squeak'. Maybe he has a system problem that the speakers are reproducing? All other reviews say they are great. It is just this...do you want speakers that are a little warm sounding, or do you need something cleaner and more clinical? Harbeth make a very good living from 'warm sounding' and Focal and others do clinical very well. For me, it is about balancing out your system to suit your taste in sound (? Taste in sound???) well i hope you know what I mean hahaha.
The fact is the world was surprised when a Chinese made speaker arrived on the market and not only did the reviews all say it sounded GREAT, BUT (and prepared to be amazed!) It was well made as well. O M G !!!!
I'd just say that if you think you might like that kind of sound, and if them being a sensible price helps you, then go get some.
“Monetizing the brand” is another disease that’s infected the entire world, sadly.Where does that leave Naim, which while still mostly made in the UK, is not really JVs legacy?
BMW "Mini" is a better example of the latter
Where does that leave Naim, which while still mostly made in the UK, is not really JVs legacy?
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That's capitalism for you Jez @Arkless Electronics