Wharfedale Linton Heritage 85th Anniversary

I have owned these with the matching stands for a few months.. I was looking for a retro styled speaker at the time I found these at a local dealer. After auditioning them on a mid fi marantz integrated I bought the set. The dealer also carries harbeth. I compared them to a pair of harbeths that were more than twice the price. I use them for music. No home theater here. They are paired with a Yamaha s2000 integrated amp and the matching c2000 CD player. Analog is a vintage Yamaha yp b6 TT.  I thoroughly enjoy this system as a whole. I had a pair of Linn majik 140s prior to the lintons. The 140s are for sale. I am using a rel sub with them.

Wcc, the Cifte is a great tube. I have one in the center position on my Rogue Cronus Magnum and really like it. It replaced a La Radiotechnique.

tonyenders, needless to say you ultimately chose the Linton.

I used to own a pair of C7ES3 and I am on the verge of get a pair of Linton.

Would you care to elaborate as why/how you reached such decision?

It'd help me greatly.

With their standard 3-way T-M-W configuration, the Lintons are not really directly comparable to Harbeths or Spendors that are more expensive, but not too many orders so, as those Harbeths and Spendors will be 2-way designs or super-tweeter/tweeter/mid-bass models.  The Lintons in this sense are more like scaled-down 40.2's or Classic 100's.  I know this is an improbable comparison, but has anybody been able to make this comparison?

Got my pair and thinking of selling it. But then again at that low price in think I ll keep it for my collection. ;)