Hi-Fi Choice on the Wharfedale Super Linton

The original Linton Heritage was Wharfedale's reminder that a three-way standmount, built on cabinet craft rather than sheer watts, could still charm in a modern listening room. The Super Linton takes that idea and pushes it further — new 25 mm soft-dome tweeter, new 135 mm midrange, and an enhanced-motor 200 mm woven Kevlar bass driver in a braced cabinet tuned to feel at home either on the included stands or against a well-chosen sideboard.

What Hi-Fi Choice found

Hi-Fi Choice describe a genuine all-rounder. Classical material is where the Super Linton really shows its hand — rendering orchestral scale and concert-hall ambience with thrilling dynamics and fabulous instrumental timbres. Treble is sweet, tonal balance is even, and the speaker is demonstrably happy across everything from chamber recordings to modern pop. The caveat: harsh rock mixes at party volume can tip into edgy and brittle. This isn't a speaker for festival-grade SPLs, but for almost everything else it's hard to fault.

“All the work done in reviving and refining this classic design has paid off in a sound that's bang up to date, with all the ease of listening of the original.”

— Hi-Fi Choice

How it partners

90 dB/W/m sensitivity into a stable 6 Ω load with 25–200 W recommended makes the Super Linton approachable for a wide range of amplification. Hi-Fi Choice specifically mention strong synergy with IAG's own Audiolab integrateds, a restored Quad 33/303, Cambridge's CXA81 MkII and Naim's Supernait 3 — company that flatters the speaker's tonal generosity. We'd add the Audiolab 9000A as an obvious pairing for anyone shopping both from our catalogue.

Our take

The Super Linton's appeal isn't analytical. It's the long-evening kind — a speaker that makes you reach for one more record, then another. Heard in our showroom on tube and solid-state front ends, it rewards partnering as much as positioning. Bring it home, give it room to breathe, and it will keep paying you back.