bobinaz
Active Member
I did buy this pair of speakers. The connect in the back was a female type receptacle. The only plugs I had fit in not vary snug and the center conductor went in barely 1/8 inch. The wire I had was the skinniest wire. Even with a questionable connector and skinny wire I pugged them into my sansui 1000x rcvr. The sound was dissapointing. The music seemed muffled, highs not crisp and clean, bass sounded very padded and muddled.
I opened the back up and as one person replied, they are Wharfedales inside. Made in England. I could not find a date anywhere.
One 10 in. woofer with a round red magnet, one 8 in. mid with a square red magnet, and the tweeter was encased in its own wood box inside that I could not readily get to. There was also a 2 in. open port in front. (back not ported)
Doing some reading up on Wharfedale speakers, They are built very well, and are heavy, some due to sand inside baffles. Mine are heavy (~ 50 lbs) but there is no sand inside. The cabinet is 7/8in. red oak. The inside has about 2 in. of white cotton-like dampening material all around. The woofer and mid are not dried out and are flexible. The wiring between the mid, tweet and the connection is somewhat stiff and cracked in a few places. The electronics inside consist of two 2.0 uF caps(in parallel) and the 50 ohm pot connected to the speaker connect.
Later today I'll get a better connect for it and at least 16 guage speaker wire. I'll report here if there is ny difference.
I opened the back up and as one person replied, they are Wharfedales inside. Made in England. I could not find a date anywhere.
One 10 in. woofer with a round red magnet, one 8 in. mid with a square red magnet, and the tweeter was encased in its own wood box inside that I could not readily get to. There was also a 2 in. open port in front. (back not ported)
Doing some reading up on Wharfedale speakers, They are built very well, and are heavy, some due to sand inside baffles. Mine are heavy (~ 50 lbs) but there is no sand inside. The cabinet is 7/8in. red oak. The inside has about 2 in. of white cotton-like dampening material all around. The woofer and mid are not dried out and are flexible. The wiring between the mid, tweet and the connection is somewhat stiff and cracked in a few places. The electronics inside consist of two 2.0 uF caps(in parallel) and the 50 ohm pot connected to the speaker connect.
Later today I'll get a better connect for it and at least 16 guage speaker wire. I'll report here if there is ny difference.