Wharfedale’s new Evo 5 -speakers look perfect for music or home theater, at a price that I can find out
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- Raised cupboard volumes and massively reduced resonance
- New AMT high-frequency unit and improved bass and midrange steering programs
- From £ 549 (about $ 730 / AU $ 1,125)
Wharfedale has considerably upgraded its best-selling EVO speaker range, and the new EVO 5 speakers of the fifth generation have visual innovation and very important audio-upgrades.
There are five models in the range: two Standmount speakers (EVO 5.1 and 5.2), two floor stands (EVO 5.3 and 5.4) and a speaker in the home cinema (EVO 5.c). They are beautiful looking things and come in new color options, but what happened inside is what is really important here.
Wharfedale Evos already went against each other with speakers who cost considerably more money, and these fifth-gene versions promise to sound even better.
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The first upgrade is to the Air Motion Transformer (AMT), which uses Wharfedale instead of Dome Tweeters: it is a pleated aperture that apparently pushes four times more air than comparable traditional tweeters, who deliver lower distortion and faster temporary answers. Wharfedale says it also produces a broader frequency range and excellent horizontal dispersion.
The EVO 5 version is larger than before – 35x70mm compared to 30x60mm in the EVO 4 – and delivers improved efficiency and dispersion. Behind it is the new damping of Silentweave, which should reduce the reflections of the sound wave in the speaker.
There is more where Silentweave came from: Resoframe and Resoseal, also new for the EVO 5, are a new acoustic damping frame and damping ring and aim to help the drive units to provide a smoother reaction.
The Mid-Range driver is being redesigned for the fifth generation, with the aforementioned resoframe and silentweave. And the basic drivers use the advanced low-elevation engine system that is first seen in the Elysian models flagship. That works together with a woven Kevlar-cone of 130 mm or 150 mm, depending on the loudspeaker model and a rubber rubber with a low loss for a naturally sounding lower middle range and tight bass.
The cross -overs have also been redesigned and benefit from a redesigned printed circuit board that delivers a shorter path length between the components and drive units. In the three -way models this is split into individual PCBs for Mid/Treble and for Bas to reduce electromagnetic interference.
The bass reflex design comes from the more Premium Aura and Elysian Ranges of Wharfedale, with a slot at the base of the speaker instead of a more conventional front or rear port. Where the EVO 4 ventilated in two directions, the EVO 5 ventilation in three, which, according to Wharfedale, says that the airflow distribution optimizes for deep, articulated and well-integrated bass. The design also makes the speakers “less picky” about placement than conventionally ported designs.
The cupboards are larger than their EVO 4 opposite hangers and made from a sandwich of different density forests to reduce panel resonance to inaudible levels and reduce the leakage of unwanted sound energy. And at the bottom there is a hybrid metal/wood skirting for stiffness and insulation.
The Walnut Wood option is worn opposite the EVO 4, but the black and white are now super favorable Matt and there is a new Matt option called Lunar Gray.
The EVO 5 speakers will be available from June 2025. The prices are:
- EVO 5.1: £ 549 per pair
- EVO 5.2: £ 749 per pair
- EVO 5.3: £ 1099 per pair
- EVO 5.4: £ 1399 per pair
- EVO 5.c: £ 549
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