I used DRA Labs' MLSSA system and a calibrated DPA 4006 microphone with an Earthworks microphone preamplifier to measure the Wharfedale Super Linton's farfield frequency behavior and dispersion. I used an Earthworks QTC-40 mike for the nearfield responses. I usually leave a loudspeaker's grille off for the measurements. However, as the Super Linton's front baffle is set into the enclosure and the grille frame provides some acoustic profiling around the drive units, as I had done with the Wharfedale Heritage Series Dovedale that I reviewed in April 2024, I left the…
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One of audio's great legacy brands, Wharfedale got its start in 1932 when founder Gilbert Briggs built his first loudspeaker in the basement of his Ilkley, Yorkshire, home. The landscape in the valley of the River Wharfe lent the fledgling company its name, and Wharfedale Wireless Works was born. It was a time when radio—wireless—had captured the imagination of enthusiasts across Britain and beyond. Hi-fi as we know it didn't exist yet.
From those humble basement beginnings, Briggs and his wife Doris moved Wharfedale into a small factory near Bradford, about 12 miles from the River Wharfe…