Wharfedale, established in 1932 by Gilbert Briggs, is possibly Britain's best known hifi brand. Famous for their loudspeakers, the company has gone through a number of owners since Gilbert Briggs sold it in 1958. Wharfedale is currently owned by the International Audio Group.
Early major innovations included such basics as the two-way loudspeaker and the ceramic magnet. During the 1950s and 1960s, Wharfedale became famous for its technique of eliminating cabinet resonances by using a double cabinet, with the space between the inner and outer shells filled with sand.
Today, Wharfedale continues to garner praise with it’s numerous awards and innovations making Wharfedale one of the most sought after loudspeakers worldwide. Wharfedale speakers are famous for producing loudspeakers that are indistinguishable from live music. In addition, virtually all of the components to a Wharfedale speaker are built ‘in house’ – not too many other speaker manufactures can claim this nowadays, but Wharfedale can!
At Wild West Electronics, we carry the entire current home audio Wharfedale speaker line amd are proud to be an authorized Wharfedale dealer. The line consist of the budget friendly Wharfedale Diamond 9, higher-end Wharfedale Evolution 2 and the Wharfedale Opus for the most discriminating listeners who are looking for Wharfedale’s ultimate performance.
When you buy Wharfedale speakers, you buy a bit of audio history with them, enjoy the music today with a new Wharfedale speaker system.
