Wharfedale Dovedale

EXPENSIVE, YES.BUT YOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM

■ Standmount speakers ■ £5499 ■ “ As we listen longer we become aware that the Dovedales are far more versatile than we had imagined” It would be easy to view Wharfedale’s new Dovedale speakers as a mere marketing exercise designed to mine the company’s rich heritage; but that isn’t the whole story. Yes, they are a re-engineered version of one of the company’s best-loved products of the ’60s and ’70s, and at a basic level exude the kind of retro charm some won’t be able to resist. Yet that isn’t the reason we like them. These are huge standmounters by modern standards, standing 66cm high and taking up as much space as a small fridge. In the accompanying press material, Wharfedale points out that the original Dovedale speakers were…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2023

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