Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary Review

bdm105 said:
Down to the last things I need to order for my upgrades. A Kabeldirect rca cables for the pre-amp to the Luna and speaker wire. I know I need banana plugs. Does the gauge matter?
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Best of my knowledge, length of run will determine wire gauge. The longer the distance the lower the gauge you want. This might help also (Speaker wire: How to choose the right gauge and type).
I’ve typical always bought the lowest gauge I could afford.
 
Question for all, not sure if this is a speaker issue or cable issue or what. My right speaker goes in and out constantly all of the sudden. The cables are brand new and I'm not sure what causes this issue. I can move around the cable and it will come back temporarily but seems to go out, especially when there is major vibration in the music. I have unplugged and replugged the cables several times. The power source is nearby this cable...could that be an issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
McGlam said:
Question for all, not sure if this is a speaker issue or cable issue or what. My right speaker goes in and out constantly all of the sudden. The cables are brand new and I'm not sure what causes this issue. I can move around the cable and it will come back temporarily but seems to go out, especially when there is major vibration in the music. I have unplugged and replugged the cables several times. The power source is nearby this cable...could that be an issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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How are the cables terminated and then connected to the binding post? Sounds like a loose wire or termination in the cable/binding post by the sounds of that. My money would be on the cable being at fault unless you are connecting using bare wire and then my money would be on you not having bound them properly to the post.
 
McGlam said:
Question for all, not sure if this is a speaker issue or cable issue or what. My right speaker goes in and out constantly all of the sudden. The cables are brand new and I'm not sure what causes this issue. I can move around the cable and it will come back temporarily but seems to go out, especially when there is major vibration in the music. I have unplugged and replugged the cables several times. The power source is nearby this cable...could that be an issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Have you swapped the left and right cables? And did the issue move from the right to the left?
 
dansomeone said:
Have you swapped the left and right cables? And did the issue move from the right to the left?
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I was considering doing this, so now I will. These cables were expensive and relatively new, I haven't wanted to accept that it is their fault but I guess that is probably best case scenario!
 
Switched the cables and am still noticing it somewhat on the same side. Not as bad, tends to happen as the music gets louder.
 
McGlam said:
Switched the cables and am still noticing it somewhat on the same side. Not as bad, tends to happen as the music gets louder.
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Not sure what's on the other end of those cables, but if there's a pre-amp in there somewhere, does this happen no matter the source (phono, CD, aux, etc.)? If it's a phono-only issue, could be related to loose connections with your cart.
 
McGlam said:
Switched the cables and am still noticing it somewhat on the same side. Not as bad, tends to happen as the music gets louder.
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So if you switched the speaker cables on the speakers, left to right and right to left, and the issue didn't move to the left speaker, then it sounds like a speaker cable is not the culprit. It also sounds like it's not something upstream, because I think that would have flipped too. That's all I had, I don't know what might be wrong with the right speaker, but they're still pretty new, right? Maybe call the dealer (Upscale?) and see if they can offer advice/support?
 
dansomeone said:
So if you switched the speaker cables on the speakers, left to right and right to left, and the issue didn't move to the left speaker, then it sounds like a speaker cable is not the culprit. It also sounds like it's not something upstream, because I think that would have flipped too. That's all I had, I don't know what might be wrong with the right speaker, but they're still pretty new, right? Maybe call the dealer (Upscale?) and see if they can offer advice/support?
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If switching the cables didn't change anything, it can still be upstream because the same source is feeding the speakers (assuming the cables were switched at both ends and not just at the speakers. If only the speaker ends were changed, then yes, I agree that upstream has been eliminated.).
 
Yes I completely switched the cables and the problem has returned...so the culprit is either the turntable, the receiver, or the speaker. It is funny that moving the cable around can fix the problem temporarily. I feel like that points more to the speaker, but not sure.
 
McGlam said:
Yes I completely switched the cables and the problem has returned...so the culprit is either the turntable, the receiver, or the speaker. It is funny that moving the cable around can fix the problem temporarily. I feel like that points more to the speaker, but not sure.
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Ok, @Russ I is right, I can't tell if you did both tests with the speaker cables or just one test. You swapped the entire cables, and the problem stayed in the right speaker? That means the issue isn't the cables, but it could be either the right speaker or a source. Did you try switching just the speaker ends of the cables?
 
McGlam said:
Yes I completely switched the cables and the problem has returned...so the culprit is either the turntable, the receiver, or the speaker. It is funny that moving the cable around can fix the problem temporarily. I feel like that points more to the speaker, but not sure.
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Moving the cable around fixing it really feels like a termination. Like there isn’t a proper connection and moving it reconnects it temporarily. It could be an issue with how it’s connected or the binding posts at either the amp or speaker end.
 
dansomeone said:
Ok, @Russ I is right, I can't tell if you did both tests with the speaker cables or just one test. You swapped the entire cables, and the problem stayed in the right speaker? That means the issue isn't the cables, but it could be either the right speaker or a source. Did you try switching just the speaker ends of the cables?
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No I didn't try switching just the speaker cables. What would that tell me? If it was a problem with the connect at the speaker end?
 
McGlam said:
No I didn't try switching just the speaker cables. What would that tell me? If it was a problem with the connect at the speaker end?
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If you switch the right signal from the right speaker to the left speaker, and vice versa, and the problem moves to the left speaker, then you know the problem is upstream. If the problem stays at the right speaker, then it's the speaker
 
dansomeone said:
If you switch the right signal from the right speaker to the left speaker, and vice versa, and the problem moves to the left speaker, then you know the problem is upstream. If the problem stays at the right speaker, then it's the speaker
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Does this mean switching the connections on the speaker end or the receiver end?
 
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