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Wharfedale's new SUPER DENTON is part of Wharfedale's Heritage series, based on classic designs from
Wharfedale's past but brought right up to date with modern drive unit, cabinet and crossover technology.
When the Denton 3 was introduced, in 1971, its brochure claimed that it "succeeds in combining 3 speakers ... in a very
small cabinet. The resulting sound will surprise anyone who believes that high fidelity is only obtainable with larger
cabinets".
Today, Wharfedale's engineers have replicated that concept with exactly the same aim in mind. We call it 'SUPER
DENTON'.
SUPER DENTON is formulated from three advanced drive units – a 6.5 inch (165mm) woven Kevlar cone bass unit, a
2 inch (50mm) dome midrange unit and a 1 inch (25mm) soft-dome treble unit.
The bass unit and cabinet are tuned to achieve a remarkable bass extension down to 40Hz, below the fundamental
E1 tuning of a standard bass guitar, with the woven Kevlar diaphragm providing realistic performance from
instruments and vocals in the lower midrange.
Upper midrange and lower treble output comes from a midrange unit based on the technology of the
award-winning EVO 4 loudspeakers. Here the 2 inch fabric dome driver provides the ideal transition from the
fundamental tones carried by the bass unit to the harmonic overtones higher in frequency. The wide dispersion of
this dome diaphragm is responsible for the clarity and finesse that brings the musical performance alive into your
living room.
Perfectly matched to this advanced midrange dome unit is the new 1 inch soft dome treble unit, inheriting the
ceramic magnet motor system and rear chamber used in the Dovedale Heritage, to better match the detailed
performance of its companion drivers.
Naturally, the advanced performance of these three drive units requires an equally highly researched crossover.
Developed over hundreds of hours of listening tests, the SUPER DENTON crossover matches the acoustic
performance of the drive units to achieve a seamless transition between them. Utilising air core coils and
high-specification polypropylene capacitors for midrange and treble circuits, the crossover enhances the clear and
realistic detailing that emerges effortlessly from this advanced bookshelf loudspeaker.
Even the grille incorporates internal shaping to maximize the power performance of the drive units and avoid
interference from reflections from the edges of the cabinet. The result is a musical output that suits all genres of
music and sources, whether analogue or digital. You can rest assured that SUPER DENTON will delight you and
satisfy you with musical entertainment for years to come.
In 1979, Peter Comeau co-founded Heybrook Hi-Fi to design and manufacture the
multi-award-winning HB1 and classic HB2 loudspeakers. In 2009, after leading IAG
speaker development since the acquisition of Mission, Peter assumed overall
acoustic design responsibility for all of the brands within the Group, including
Wharfedale. With a deep respect for the history of these brands and the necessity to
maintain each individual brand's design integrity, Peter continues to design
award-winning speakers at IAG's research centres in Huntingdon, England, and
Shenzhen, China.
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