Wharfedale Floor standing speakers reviews

Wharfedale CR-30.5 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale CR-30.5 Floor standing speakers

A representative of already third generation line of Crystal is before us. Unlike previous models new ones have a trapezoidal enclosure, what is considered to be an effective way of dealing with internal resonances. High CR-30.5 are senior in the line and the most massive of its brethren. These are...
Wharfedale Crystal 40 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Crystal 40 Floor standing speakers

Wharfedale Crystal 40 is a 2.5-way speaker system. All the elements of the construction are well-made - body, drivers, crossovers. The drivers with Kevlar diffusers in this price category are not already rare (in no small measure due to efforts of Wharfedale), but the tweeters with neodymium magnets...
Wharfedale D330 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale D330 Floor standing speakers

Today it is the newest and most affordable full-fledged floor model, produced under the brand Wharfedale. The cost of such pair is only a bit higher than the shelf Diamond 11.2 - loudspeakers, which were also created for music lovers with low incomes. D330 also belongs to the "diamond" series, therefore,...
Wharfedale Diamond 10.4 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 10.4 Floor standing speakers

Diamond series has existed already for 30 years and this is its tenth version in succession. The branded MF/LF drivers with Kevlar diffusers are installed with vented low-profile basket. A dome fabric tweeter is equipped with neodymium magnet and closed from the outside by metallic mesh, providing necessary...
Wharfedale Diamond 10.5 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 10.5 Floor standing speakers

Almost forty years have passed since the first generation of the famous Diamond from Wharfedale - one of the leaders at the market of home speaker systems. And now this English brand presents another, the tenth, generation of Diamond. Insight into the updated series we will start with small floor standing...
Wharfedale Diamond 10.7 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 10.7 Floor standing speakers

Junior series Wharfedale Diamond has always been famous for great sound and quite affordable price. The latest reincarnation of this series in the Diamond 10 line also kept the long-term reputation of Diamond. Externally the new series began to look more solid. We will discuss Diamond 10.7 in our test. Four...
Wharfedale Diamond 155 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 155 Floor standing speakers

Less expensive in production 2,5-way scheme in floor standing Diamond 155. Bass-reflex was used as acoustic design and the ports are placed to the bottom wall and communicate with the exterior medium through a gap between the base plate and body. Light and durable Kevlar with antiresonant coating was...
Wharfedale Diamond 157 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 157 Floor standing speakers

The famous series of Diamond is presented by the newest floor model with the index of 157. On the front panel of these three-way systems there are in fours branded drivers, covered with a sectional grill. Two low-frequency heads work for back bass-reflex with a slot-type socket, which reduces side-tones...
Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 Floor standing speakers

Diamond Wharfedale line traces its history back to 1981 and has undergone significant changes for more than 30 years. Diamond 8.3 (junior floor speaker system in the line) is equipped with two speakers. The details of tweeter are: silk dome, neodymium magnetic system; ferrofluid does not allow the head...
Wharfedale Diamond 9.4 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 9.4 Floor standing speakers

Diamond 9.4 is two-way speaker systems with 25mm cloth tweeter and single 165mm mid-bass. For finish Wharfedale used the material, which by touch reminds rough ground aluminum. The sidewalls of the body are curvilineal and bass-reflex is implemented in the form of two pipes, which are on the front panel...
Wharfedale Diamond 9.5 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 9.5 Floor standing speakers

The model with 9.5 index goes just past the top model 9.6. This is a three-way speaker system, which is made in the body with beautifully bent side walls and qualitative vinyl finish. The lack of parallel walls allows to successfully fight against standing waves. The body is made of MDF, but it is impossible...
Wharfedale Diamond 9.6 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 9.6 Floor standing speakers

The latest models from a reputable UK manufacturer differ by a truly outstanding cost/quality ratio and Wharfedale Diamond 9.6, apparently, wasn't an exception - many technical decisions were combined in it, passing earlier this price category. The main of these is the use of mid-frequency driver with...
Wharfedale Emerald 95 Mk4 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Emerald 95 Mk4 Floor standing speakers

Classic shape and design of acoustic line Emerald oldest British company Wharfedale exists as if out of time. Meanwhile underlined bend on the front panel speaker system adds personality and completes succinctly and without a presentable appearance. This is perhaps the most elegant in terms of finishing...
Wharfedale Evo 30 Signature Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Evo 30 Signature Floor standing speakers

Externally, Wharfedale Evo 30 Signature does not almost differ from the original model - the only visible change is the "walnut" finish of the body. The systems are designed by 2,5-way scheme, where a pair of 170-mm Kevlar drivers works in the lower part of the working band. They look similar externally,...
Wharfedale Evo 50 Signature Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Evo 50 Signature Floor standing speakers

The model belongs to the premium Evo Signature series, being its flagship at the same time. Wharfedale Evo 50 are made by a three-way scheme with a front bass-reflex. A pair of 170-mm woofers is equipped with woven diffusers made of dark Kevlar - a material of the highest rigidity. A unique 50-mm driver...
Wharfedale Evo2-30 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Evo2-30 Floor standing speakers

It is quite strange but it's a fact - we began studying Wharfedale Evo2-30 with... reading of instructions! It is the first in our practice case when the manufacturer, in addition to cautions and characteristics, give a full electrical circuit to all models and even electromechanical parameters for the...
Wharfedale Evo2-40 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Evo2-40 Floor standing speakers

Wharfedale Evo2-40 is the representative of Evolution2. Perfect polished finish by natural veneer gladdens the eye. A new 25-mm tweeter with a silk dome, high-temperature coil made of aluminum wire and built-in radiator, is able to play frequencies above 30 kHz. Now in 170-mm MF- and HF-drivers there...
Wharfedale Jade 5 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Jade 5 Floor standing speakers

Jade 5 is a three-band construction with innovative acoustic loading, which the English engineers call aperiodic membrane. Dynamical heads were specially designed for these systems. This is a pair of 165 mm woofers with diffusers, woven from Acufibre, combining high rigidity with the ability to effectively...
Wharfedale Jade 7 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Jade 7 Floor standing speakers

Jade for Wharfedale more than just another series of speakers, but the result of long and hard work, its release could well be a significant event in the life of the company. Designed a line of Peter Cameau, director of acoustic research. Under his leadership, was created fundamentally new material Acufiber...
Wharfedale Opus 2-1 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Opus 2-1 Floor standing speakers

During his long 75-year history, dating back to the origins of Hi-Fi, Wharfedale brand has become firmly associated with quality budget speakers like famous bookshelf speaker Diamond 9.1. Less known is the fact that in addition to Diamond firm has slightly more expensive model lines, including attention...
Wharfedale Pacific Evo-20 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Pacific Evo-20 Floor standing speakers

"Twenty" - a very beautiful pair of two-way series Pacific Evolution (Evo-10, Evo-40). Reliable and versatile silk tech Kevlar; polished natural rosewood veneer, just a member of the rack slots, support powerful spike - soundly, solidly rich ... very serious attention is paid to the body: tapering to...
Wharfedale Pacific Evo-40 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Pacific Evo-40 Floor standing speakers

The modified Pacific series is called Evolution or EVO for short. In the new system, the configuration of the frequency bands has been changed - one of the pair of Kevlar cones reproduces only bass (up to 150 Hz). Attached "corner" on the top panel, the tweeter is made on a compact neodymium magnet....
Wharfedale Valdus 400 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Valdus 400 Floor standing speakers

Wharfedale Valdus 400 is a three-way speaker system of bass-reflex type. The bass-reflex port adorns the faceplate. The speaker systems are impressively designed, perhaps even catchy, but in taste and without cheapness. In addition, plastic contours of the front panel look acoustically appropriate. The...
Wharfedale Vardus VR-400 Floor standing speakers
Wharfedale Vardus VR-400 Floor standing speakers

Wharfedale Vardus VR-400 is 2.5-way floor closed back speakers with passive radiator. Its body has a complex hexagonal cross-section which can be described as a trapezoid, diverging to the front with cut edges. This not only gave the speaker systems an original and romantic look but also has become a...