WHARFEDALE LINTON 3XP HI FI SPEAKERS - PAIR - TEAK - VINTAGE - ENGLAND - '75-'78

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PLEASE NOTE, I AM NOW BASED IN GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE. GUMTREE DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO CHANGE THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION ON EXISTING ADS, SO THE DEFAULT LOCATION WILL REMAIN AS STEVENAGE, WHICH IS NO LONGER THE CASE. ANY COLLECTIONS WILL NOW BE FROM GOSPORT. OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS NO EFFECT ON POSTAL ORDERS.

WHARFEDALE LINTON 3XP HI FI SPEAKERS - PAIR - TEAK - VINTAGE - ENGLAND - '75-'78

DECENT PAIR OF OLD BRITISH SPEAKERS. MUST HAVE BEEN FLYING FROM A WALL AS BOTH CABINETS HAVE 3 HOLES ON THE TOP AND 6 HOLES IN THE BOTTOM, WHERE BRACKETS WERE ONCE ATTACHED. EASY ENOUGH TO FILL IF THAT IS A PROBLEM. DOES NOT AFFECT THE SOUND. CABINETS HAVE THE USUAL MARKS DINGS AND KNOOCKS FROM A WELL USED LIFE. KEEPING THEM OILED HIDES THE NASTIES.

SIZE IS HEIGHT 18.75 INCHES X WIDTH 10.5 INCHES X DEPTH 9.5 INCHES

HERE' SOMETHING I FOUND OUT THERE, SUMS THEM UP QUITE NICELY.


The Linton 3XP hails from the glory days of the brand as it was originally constituted. Selling from 1975 to 1978 for around £100, it was most people’s idea of a high end loudspeaker, even if in real terms there were plenty more expensive designs. In a hi-fi world where many speakers were single driver full range designs, being a three-way was a mark of quality. The Linton came in fine quality teak cabinets – so nineteen seventies – and had bright trim rings around the paper dome tweeter and ‘isodynamic’ paper cone midrange driver giving them some visual drama. An 200mm paper bass unit took care of low end duties. The ‘3’ in its name refers to the number of drive units, and ‘XP’ was the name of the series – Extra Power.

The measured performance of the Linton 3XP seems amazingly poor by modern standards; even the company’s base models turn in far better statistics. For example, quoted sensitivity is 85dB/1w/1m, with maximum power input of 30W RMS and a nominal impedance of 6 ohms. The frequency response was more encouraging though, being 60Hz to 20kHz at -3dB. Round the back, the small screw-type terminals wouldn’t tick any audiophile boxes today!

Despite this, the Linton 3XP was an attractive sounding speaker of its day. By modern standards it sounds coloured and soft, but has what would traditionally be called “a good tone”. It’s pleasantly rich and sumptuous and has a gentle, lilting musical quality that lets any type of music you play sweetly roll along in front of you. Dynamics aren’t good, and the speaker overloads quickly, but driven from a reasonably powerful amplifier at middle listening levels and it’s a surprisingly pleasant thing to sit in front of. It was Wharfedale’s ability to offer a big, well finished box with a commensurately impressive sound at modest price that give it grant commercial success over this period.


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£50-00 COLLECTED.