Wharfedale Linton
The big retro three-way that measures far better than it looks — and splits listeners on whether 'easy' means natural or a little too polite.
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3 reviews
Wharfedale
Budget Diamond-series and heritage-styled hi-fi speakers
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Wharfedale is a British loudspeaker maker founded in 1932 by Gilbert Briggs, who built his first loudspeaker in the cellar of his home in Ilkley, Yorkshire, and named the company after the surrounding valley of the River Wharfe. Owned since 1997 by the International Audio Group (IAG), it designs its speakers in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, and builds most of them in IAG's own factory in China; its budget Diamond series dates from 1982.
- Founded
- 1932
- Based in
- Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England
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Wharfedale Diamond 12.1i
The budget-standmount benchmark, refreshed without a UK price rise — warm, weighty and easy, with a top end some find too polite.
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Wharfedale Diamond 12.1
The budget standmount that labs and magazines both rate — with a deliberate midrange dip people either love or EQ away.
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Prices in USD, recorded when each review was updated; speaker prices are for a pair.