Bookshelf speakers Wharfedale CR-20
British Wharfedale Crystal Series consists of six models: five of them - the classic one - center speaker. CR-20 - the largest of the three members of her bookshelf speakers. 170 - mm woofer / midrange speaker is built on a powerful ferrite magnet; corrugated conical diffuser is made of a new kind of polypropylene - Comtex; membrane varies on the company concave suspension. Bass/midrange and tweeter mounted on a compact general plastic frame, which essentially makes sense decorative frame; this frame, in turn, four samorezah flush mounted to the faceplate. The latter is a two-layer structure: the inner side - MDF-board, with the outer - a plastic overlay. Inside the body richly muted synthetic padding. On the rear wall (12 - mm chipboard) - two pairs of terminals and bass reflex port, closed inside a thin mesh, protected from falling into the cavity clearance obstructions. On the inner side of the fixed switching simple filters (first order for bass/midrange drivers, the second for the high frequency driver) collected from non-polar electrolytes and large air-core coils.
Acoustics sound creates a comfortable atmosphere. Slight strengthening of the role of high frequencies causes only a slight shift of color. Moreover, this shift seems to have a beneficial effect on the quality of spatial effects. The system has a fairly large weighty bass, which are read and components from the middle of the bass register. Although, of course, is the deepening of a certain degree is achieved by a "emancipation" woofer. However, a characteristic staining in the upper bass can only pay attention when playing serious classical works. At a moderate level as at medium and high frequencies, the system shows a very good tonal resolution. Increasing the gain reduces granularity.
Wharfedale CR-20 can definitely interest fans of contemporary music, for which the attractiveness of the system, not least due to its low-frequency resources. Pair has all the necessary qualities for use in home theater front.
