Linton

Wharfedale Linton 85th. Not only beautiful, but timeless and will age gracefully.

KLH Model Five or Wharfedale Linton Heritage most likely the best around for what you're asking for.

You wanna match the retro style of the NAD C 3050? If so, Wharfedale Super Denton would fit your budget. https://www.wharfedaleusa.com/collections/bookshelf-speakers/products/super-denton-bookshelf-speakers-pair If you have the space for them, Wharfedale Linton 85th https://www.wharfedaleusa.com/pro

I’ve never heard music be more “alive” than from Wharfedale Lintons. They are warm but soooooo listenable. No fatigue whatsoever. I’ve settled on Super Lintons as my next speaker.

I have walnut Linton 85 and UK-built Harbeths that retail for 3x as much and actually prefer the veneers on the made-in-China Wharfedales.

Many new series of speakers do. But Wharfedale was doing a retro revival of its early era speakers with the Linton. They also revived the Dovedale from the 1960s, as the retro equivalent of a floorstanding speaker - massive box still with three drivers, but gigantic woofer. Four driver tower speaker

Yeah I've been considering wharfedale super Lintons and jbl l100 MK2. My budget is ~$3k new or used, and I want something with a retro hifi stereo system aesthetic. They both look worse to me and require stands. I really like that the Cornwalls feel like furniture, and the fortes will do that to an

If you are going through the effort of doing a custom build you should use a higher quality mid and tweeter. You can have better sensitivity, less basket resonance on the mid, and a higher first breakup mode on the tweeter. https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-SIG150-4-5.25-Signature-Series-Wo

walnut SHL5+XD, they are so grey-ish compared to the caramel goodness of the walnut Lintons. obvs subjective and I'm not disparaging Harbeth, just giving props to Wharfedale here

Nothing too special but i love the aesthetic and the sound for my budget. Running my Wharfedale Linton Anniversaries with a Boyuurange MT-34MK2 with Tung-sol tubes. Wharfedales on custom made wooden floor stands purchased on Etsy (shoutout to GoldCreekStudios). Use the Cambridge AXR100 to control su