Wharfedale is proud to present this 85th Anniversary Edition of one of the brand\u2019s most famous and popular loudspeakers \u2013 the Denton.<\/p>\n
Gilbert Briggs, who founded Wharfedale in 1932, turned the company into one of the most famous loudspeaker brands in the world by concentrating on quality and value for money.<\/p>\n
The Wharfedale Denton exemplified these two edicts, balancing fine craftsmanship, natural sound quality and affordability inside a compact loudspeaker that was bought in its millions right across the globe.<\/p>\n
The original Denton went on to further other models based on its highly popular formula, the Denton 3 being the last of the line\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2026until now!<\/p>\n
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Denton 85th Anniversary is a two-way speaker in the classic bookshelf tradition, beautifully hand veneered in Mahogany by Wharfedale cabinet makers with an inset front baffle and traditional Tungsten cloth grille.<\/p>\n
Underneath the traditional exterior, however, the Denton 85th Anniversary is bang up to date and utilises a mixture of traditional and advanced technology. The bass unit features Wharfedale\u2019s innovative woven Kevlar cone mounted on a rigid die-cast chassis, this combination delivering a rich, detailed bass\/midrange output with superb dynamic performance. High frequencies are handled by a woven textile soft dome treble unit with high flux ferrite magnet, engineered for smooth, detailed HF extension.<\/p>\n
These drive units are combined by a highly researched crossover that is near inaudible to the listener, resulting in a coherent, seamless musical output that is both thrilling and natural in its rendition of any source material.<\/p>\n
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Review >>><\/strong><\/p>\n The Wharfedale Denton 85th Anniversary Edition is a time machine of sorts, a speaker that recalls 1970s British audiophile sound, but it’s much better than that. The Denton is more transparent, with bigger and better-defined bass, and a more spacious soundstage than any affordable British monitor could muster back in the day. The Denton sells for $899 a pair in the US, and \u00a3549 in the UK.<\/p>\n It’s a two-way design with a 1-inch (25mm) soft dome tweeter, and a 6.5-inch (165mm) black woven Kevlar woofer; both drivers are designed and Paul Simon’s landmark Graceland album was heavily remixed in 2018, and the low down beats gave the Denton woofers a workout. The speaker packs a wallop, the Dentons handle power pretty well, but when I turned the volume way up the sound turned hard. They wouldn’t be my first choice for party speakers.<\/p>\n The Denton’s look and feel are miles ahead of the white Bowers & Wilkins 606 stand-mount speakers I auditioned in 2018 at the CNET office. Both speakers hail from UK-based manufacturers, and they’re close to the same price, but the Denton looks a lot more expensive.<\/p>\n The 606s’ sound was more forward, detailed and livelier. They’re good, but these Dentons are richer and weightier in balance, which in turn makes them less-vivid performers. The 606s are higher contrast and brighter-sounding speakers, the Dentons throttle back the energy a bit. Both are recommendable, but they sound very different.<\/p>\n The Wharfedale Denton 85th Anniversary Edition speaker is a honey, I love the way it hearkens back to the classic UK sound, and still sounds great today. Link to product: Wharfedale Denton 85<\/a> Wharfedale is proud to present this 85th Anniversary Edition of one of the brand\u2019s most…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[171,174],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nReturning to 21st century music with Alt-J’s brilliant Relaxer album, the Dentons sounded a lot better. Each tune is grounded by a weighty bass foundation that belied the Denton’s reasonable size. Vocals likewise sounded so right, nothing hyped about them, making hours-long listening sessions fatigue-free.<\/p>\n
\n– Steve Guttenberg, Cnet<\/p>\n
\nLink to review: CNet<\/a>
\nLink to review: Andrew Robinson<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"