Peter Cormeau: For me the attraction of vinyl, the more organic feel of its music reproduction, has never gone away. I’m happy to use both analogue and digital sources for my own enjoyment. What led me to start the Linton Heritage design, over 2 years ago, was a desire to recapture the feeling that I had from the first Wharfedales that I heard, and later built myself, in the 1960s. There is a level of performance available from bigger loudspeakers that has been lost, I feel, as modern preferences have led to ever smaller speakers. Secondly, my ears at my desk are roughly 130cm from the floor, how high a stand would I need for the linton's for this, and would this position work for them? I like to express my gratitude to the Chateaux owners and acting persons, who made this happen. THANK YOU !!! With effortless weight, spot-on stereo imaging and layer upon layer of marvellous detail, you could listen to these speakers for days and still not get tired. Just remember to change the record once in a while.

My questions are how close a listening distance could I use the Linton's at, could they be used in a midfield manner? I can move my desk around. Disclaimer: The majority of the pictures were taken @ Chateau de l'Islette in Azay-Les-Rideaux, Indre-et-Loire, and Château de Villandry, in Villandry, Indre-et-Loire, both in the center of France.I like this speakers, but are they neutral, transparent enough for acoustic and classic music ? I'm afraid they can add some their "personality" to sound ? Or are they clean and without own character ? The design, a clear reference to glorious tradition, combines noble English understatement with the legendary British sound and convinces with modern technology and a multitude of possibilities. Both Audiolab devices present themselves as a perfect starting point into an audiophile future or alternatively as solutions to fill gaps in the audiophile chain, each as an option at a modest price. I went on a listening session when LS50 Meta appeared. I wanted to listen to it and next to it in the same salon were Blade II and Lintons. The Wharfedale Linton speakers are highly efficient, making them easy to drive. The 90dB sensitivity means that even amps with around 20 watts or more can power the Linton speakers to decent levels. While I fine-tuned toe-in with dual-mono pink noise, I had it in mind that the Lintons would never achieve the same sharp focus I get with the similarly priced, narrow-baffled KEF LS50 loudspeakers—but the sound clung surprisingly tight to center for a broad-baffle design.

Your speakers are true classics- the last ones before Art Nudell sold Infinity to Harman International. Harman has since been sold to Samsung. Sad. I have fond memories of your speakers as they were current when I first got into stereo sales. We were dealers and they were quite popular. They were one of my favorites. AS: Do you feel that these speakers offer an excellent audiophile sound reproduction within its price range ? I have found the unit to be a refreshing example of how professional experience in designing, developing and manufacturing can lead to products with excellent quality and value, given the price range we are talking about. Surely IAG does profit from cheap labour costs in their modern production facilities like almost any competitive high tech company with the exception of Paul Hynes. The people I communicated with and the pictures I have seen from the IAG facilities gave me the impression that working conditions are considerably better than with Chinese IPhone suppliers. The combination Audiolab - Wharfedale persuades us with sound, style and the MSRP of approx. 2500 Euro (AUD 5000, USD 3000 , GBP 2000).

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Porcelain Bus - Rusty Rails - Talking to God LP/CD/CD-Rip - Citadel CGAS 804 1988 - CGAS804DC - no streaming available

These 90 db sensitivity speakers are equipped with an 8 inch woven Kevlar bass unit, 5 inch woven Kevlar midrange and 1 inch fabric dome treble unit. This choice of material makes them quite a bit different from the paper cone bass, polymer midrange and soft dome tweeter with the original Linton design. The design choice is explained in the notes of Peter Cormeau, Acoustic Director of IAG and designer of the Lintons, as "simply good engineering practice". When I asked him about his design goals with this transducers, he explained it in a more detailed way: I have attached some recordings of both speakers and 3 different songs I played. Of course, given that this is recorded on an iPhone, this isn't meant to capture the full sound signature, but the hope is you can compare the tonality somewhat for yourself and see if you think there is a difference.The Linton Heritage of course benefits from a profound improvement with accomplished power amplifier, which is not due to the 6000A shortcomings, but to the excellent performance of the speakers. For me personally, however, the 6000A was the biggest surprise in its versatility. Of course, it performs in the boundaries that the product family assigns to it, but it does convince in every detail and in every technical function.

Below is a shot inside the enclosure, through the woofer hole and up toward the midrange enclosure. Yes, the midrange does have a separate enclosure which is a nice change. It does look like sonotube (you construction folks or DIY subwoofer fans will know exactly what I’m talking about). Also note the screen material on the ports to keep the enclosure liner to keep from getting clogged in a port.A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.