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The Wharfedale Linton Heritage measures neatly for a loudspeaker in this class. Distortion is quite low. Of course it is present in the lower area, but that is with almost all speakers, except (ultra) high-end. What does stand out – and maybe that’s where the ‘direct’ midrage originates from – is the 3rd harmonic around 1500 Hz. That one hits almost 1%. The warmth we experience is visible at 50 Hz where we see a dominant 2nd harmonic.
The response is pretty straight. We see a slight bump around 10 kHz. That gives air and openness. Off axis that is gone, but then we see it around 6 kHz. All in all fine for a loudspeaker in this class.
Hello,
Is imaging below average or it is weak compared to the best?
Does the drawing improve with stronger column twisting? I read on stereophile that the speakers must be tightly twisted inside for the best/correct stereo reproduction. Did You try it ?
Hi Nugard,
Yes, we tried a very ‘tight’ toe-in. It works, but you lose a lot of ‘space’ in the sound. Imagin is just below average. It’s not really bad or rock bottom…
Hi once again 🙂
Whether imaging is similar to other wide boxes ? I mean old wide boxes ? Harbeth Spendor, Rogers… I think these speakers wasn’t the best with precise imaging too. But they sound very nautral because of that too.
I have no clue to be honest. Didn’t test those!
Hello,
Is imaging below average or it is weak compared to the best?
Does the drawing improve with stronger column twisting? I read on stereophile that the speakers must be tightly twisted inside for the best/correct stereo reproduction. Did You try it ?
Hi Nugard,
Yes, we tried a very ‘tight’ toe-in. It works, but you lose a lot of ‘space’ in the sound. Imagin is just below average. It’s not really bad or rock bottom…
Hi once again 🙂
Whether imaging is similar to other wide boxes ? I mean old wide boxes ? Harbeth Spendor, Rogers… I think these speakers wasn’t the best with precise imaging too. But they sound very nautral because of that too.
I have no clue to be honest. Didn’t test those!