Wharfedale Evo2 40 purchased on closeout, how good are they?

Congrats on the EVO 40's. The Music Direct deal was truly stellar for a great pair of speakers. The higher Wharfedale ranges, Diamond, EVO, OPUS, and now Jade are very underated speakers beacuse I think they are simply not that well known. Those of us who have owned them, know better. Yours look awesome in your setup so you tell us how you are enjoying them.

While not EVO's, I had a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 9.6's and they served as the L/R mains of a full 5.1 Diamond system I use to have. I drove them with Parasound 2100 preamp (HT bypass) and Parasound 5125 power amp with very good results. I sold the front three to a friend who drives them with a Sunfire Signature Grand processor and power amp. In fact I just spent time at his house this afternoon listening to my old speakers. So I still get to enjoy them. You should also post pics and your question in the Wharfedale owners thread. Check the sticky at the top of this forum. Best of luck with your new purchase. You made a good choice!

You're welcome Tune_man. And thanks for the kind words about my system. As you can see, my system is a dual purpose 2 channel/HT rig but I probably listen to music 80% (LP's, CD's) of the time and HT 20% (Movies, Concerts, TV).

I happen to audition the Bach Grands one day and simply was taken by them. The emotional connection was made and I knew the Bachs were the speaker for me. Time to upgrade even though I wasn't looking to. Since VA made a matching center with the Theatro Grand, I got that right away also to complete the front three soundstage. I also knew I would have no trouble selling the Diamond 9.6s and matching .CM center. I kept the 9.2's for my rear surrounds as I found them to blend in fairly well with the VA's in the front for occassional SACD/Blu-ray Concert listening. I really can't tell a difference with a surround speaker when watching a movie.

Regarding Wharfedale owners thread, click on the Owners Thread sticky. Scroll down to Wharfedale in blue. Click on that. Jump over to the last page - Pg 39. Scroll down to last post and them post a reply there. Add your pics and ask other EVO owners what they think and for their opinions too. Hopefully you can get a discussion going on over there because there has been no activity since last September. Told you Wharfedales are not that well known. Too bad because they really are a fine speaker and I am sure you will enjoy yours for a long time to come. All the best man!

I hope your post generates discussion too Tune_man. Its been too quiet over there for a long time.

Your EVO's should keep you happy for a long time and prevent upgradeitis. Just stay out of HI FI shops and don't listen to anything different. Seriously, very nice speakers and enjoy them. Overall, everything in your system looks great! Later.

Don't think of a better speaker at the price you paid. Intresting fact about Wharfedales the entire speaker is made in house. Drivers, cabinets, crossovers even the nails are all produced in-house. Nothing is outsourced. Excellent speakers and a real steal at that price.

Wharfedale has been making good-quality speakers for many years in England.

My first "good' speakers were a pair of Whafedale W70D speakers, which were 4-way speakers with beautiful oiled walnut cabinets and sand-filled rear panels that were 1.5 inches thick.

They had 12-inch, 8-inch, 5-inch, and 2-inch drivers.

I think I paid around $270 for the pair at a discount store in California in 1969 ( about $2000 equivalent to today).

They weren't all that good by today's standards; just 4 drivers in one big box, but I thought they were pretty good at the time.

They must have sold an awful lot of them; you still see them from time to time online or at garage sales.

Very underrated speakers! All these brands that try to give you great sound at a great price seem to not get the recognition these days. Audio magazines would rather talk about 150K+ speakers and how somehow they are worth the money!

congrats ; I can tell by this video that they have a really good sound.