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Wharfedale................. Receivers?

Gang-Twanger

Gang-Twanger

Resident Wharfedaliophool
I just found a receiver online that looks to be from the early '70's, and it's a Wharfedale (Wharfedale Linton - I still don't get that - I know what Rank-Wharfedale means - I don't think the receiver is called the Linton - I don't know what it all means - I'm confused). ANYWAY, ........

Here's a link to a picture of it (I couldn't get it to post) - 30w per channel - Really-nice-looking solid-state receiver (Made by them, or made FOR them by a different company?):
http://yfrog.com/2jp1000363ij

I had no idea these guys even sold receivers back in the day. There's a Sansui model that kinda' looks like this.
 
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Michael-Otto said:
On my modest Database you can find some WHARFEDALE receivers.

http://new-hifi-classic.de/Gallery_MO/displayimage.php?album=557&pos=2

Michael-Otto
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Cool link. I'll try the Google translater, which should do a good-enough job for me to read it, plus the specs are pretty-self-explanatory anyway. It's been hard enough trying to decipher Wharfedale's '60's and '70's speaker lines. I'm extremely-happy with mine. I've had them for a while now (like a year and a half, maybe two years).

Was Wharfedale manufacturing these, or were they made for them by another company? Whatever the case, I bet that thing sounds good. It definitely has that early '70's look with the green-lit tuner section (I wonder if the lights shut off on this one too when you're not using the tuner).
 
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Wharfedale seems to have been marketing some limited range of hifi equipment in the '70s. Nowadays it has become a household name and if you search you'll find they are selling anything from flat TVs to DVRs, to telephones.

A have a set of mini stereo components from Wharfedale, series 991. They are well built, not the kind of ribbon connected components that are not functioning as separates.
 
SaSi said:
Wharfedale seems to have been marketing some limited range of hifi equipment in the '70s. Nowadays it has become a household name and if you search you'll find they are selling anything from flat TVs to DVRs, to telephones.
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So much for name-recognition. Praying on our ignorance. It's a shame when that happens. Altec is the same way now (I have a pair of folding mini-headphones (Discman/Ipod-type). They suck. Tried them once and they've been sitting in a pile with my other useless junk since then (I paid $9.99 at Ocean State Job Lot, which leads me to believe that they originally sold for more somewhere else).
 
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Do not be confused any more!

Rank - Wharfedale has had quite a few receivers available back in 70's along with their speakers range. All the receivers were manufactured by Rotel in Japan. Some were manufactured up to specifications and meant to be perfect match for same name speakers and some were simply rebadged Rotel RX. One way or another this receiver is meant to mate with Linton speakers, considering its styling it comes from 1971 -1974 and the Linton speakers it follows are 2 way 20w what most certainly gives an idea of an output wpc.
Pleasurable, smooth Rotel sound, small muscle and you must like its looks, but well build quality. Not bad in general if you can get one for sensible coin.
 
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