Greetings! I'm hoping some of you may be kind enough to offer some advice. Has anyone heard the Wharfedale Linton Heritage and the Q acoustics 3050i and the Concept 40 that can give a comparison? I'm looking for a new pair of speakers in the sub $1500 range. Thanks.
As much as I hate the prospect boxing things up and returning them I may give them an audition. Q Acoustics has a 30 day return, if I'm willing to float around $3k for awhile I can A/B the Lintons and the Concept 40 head to head. I would only hope the choice would be clear, to like them both equally would be awful.
A lot of positive reviews on the Lintons, maybe you should try them out at home?We have all had demos on equipment that didn’t live up to our expectations, it doesn’t mean these won’t work in your system. lots of factors determine a speaker choice - music preference, other equipment, room acoustics etc. The speakers you have listed all seem to garnered positive reviews so go have a listen and see if it’s your cup of tea. Good Luck and have fun along the way.
I demoed the Lintons and really wanted to like them but I found them hard to listen to. The sound was just a total mess. Shouty, unfocused and incoherent. Something may have been amiss. The amp used was a basic a/v amp so maybe that was it who knows. Maybe some special processing was in effect. But I was very disappointed. Worst sound I had heard in a Hifi demo in quite awhile. I would not even call it hifi. More like bad mid-fi. Would have to give it another try to see what happens.
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