Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
Adrian,

All great info mate thanks!


Be looking at all this stuff in forensic detail after a few weeks of running the boxes in.
So much stuff variable ATM, hard to make a call what the speaker actually sounds like!

Needs a bit of time to bed in, then I'll be getting the Slide Rule out...if a jobs worth doing, do it right.
Only plonked them down, spirit levelled them bob-on on their spikes and left well alone.

Fine tuning to follow, and it's worth doing. A bit soon though, but all in good time.

Thanks mate.
Quite agree that you need to let them bed in. My WB's were about 4 years old when I acquired them but they had only been used a few hundred hours. As you know I do a lot of listening, and my system is often playing radio or streaming. I reckon that in a year they have done about 1000 hours, what I found interesting is that they seemed to open up and sound better after about 6 months.

I noticed that you paid £1200 for the Wharfedale EVO 4.4's and were also considering Sonus Faber's. However in my experience price is not always everything in audio/hifi products. Every now and then a manufacturer produces a gem of a product which is not that expensive in relation to the level of sound quality it produces, and can exceed/equal other far more expensive products from others. Wharfedale should know how to design and build a great speaker, after all said and done they have been around a long time. I actually think some manufacturers deliberately over inflate their prices to create an air of exclusivity, when in fact their products are not any better than others out there, its just a matter of finding the VFM products that give great results.

Reading through the reviews for the EVO 4.4's it looks like you may have found a gem. Once you have got them bedded down and optimised position then it will be very interesting to get your thoughts.