Wharfedale EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers (Pair)

EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair retains classic British speaker sound: natural, musical, and addictive, free from listening fatigue while adding a level of transparency, ultra-low coloration, and detail surpassed only by Wharfedale’s Elysian range.

EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair is a unique opportunity to experience ultra-high-end sound and style at a modest cost.

AMT Tweeter

The Air Motion Transformer (AMT) tweeter utilized in the EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair range is a radically different way of moving air than a conventional dome tweeter.

A large, pleated lightweight diaphragm is driven across its surface by rows of strategically placed magnets. Not only is this an efficient way of moving air, but it is also very accurate as the diaphragm is always under close control of the motor system.

The result is a wide bandwidth transducer that achieves low distortion and delivers exceptional musical detail without being “bright,” harsh, and fatiguing.

Dome Midrange

To match the EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair AMT, Wharfedale has developed a fast, responsive, and highly efficient dome midrange.

The fabric dome damped with a plasticizer coating, is vented into a large and specially shaped rear chamber to scatter and absorb back energy that would ordinarily reflect through the dome front surface, out of phase and distorted. By absorbing and dispersing the rear energy, this driver delivers vastly improved detail, lower distortion, and coloration.

The large, damped rear chamber acts much like a woofer enclosure, permitting extended low-frequency performance. This midrange unit boasts a linear response from 800Hz to 5kHz, an astonishing bandwidth.

This wide bandwidth allowed Wharfedale designers to lower the midrange-to-woofer crossover point so that the midrange driver handles more of the lower midrange for broader dispersion and greater clarity.

Thanks to its high flux magnet, the EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair midrange dome also has high efficiency, ideally matched to that of the AMT, enabling it to respond easily and quickly to the music’s dynamics.

The wide dispersion of this dome and AMT combination ensures that you’ll hear all the musical details no matter where you sit.

The dome midrange and the AMT tweeter contribute to the incredibly open, spacious, and deep soundstage of the EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair, usually not found in dynamic “box” speakers in this price category.

Woofers

It is stiff, ensuring ideal piston motion up to frequencies above its crossover point well-damped. The cone is fitted with a low-loss rubber surround that absorbs resonance modes that may build up in the cone.

Simultaneously, EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair bass is deep, impactful, and powerful yet tuneful, musical, and precise.

Like ELYSIAN, EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair models use the most advanced version of the unique Wharfedale Slot Loaded Profiled Port (SLPP) system. As with all other bass port designs, the woofer’s rear radiation is not wasted but vented into the room. But that is where the similarities end.

The bass energy in the enclosure is under high pressure. In conventional port designs, when the bass waves abruptly exit into the low-pressure room, air turbulence occurs. This turbulence wastes bass and often causes annoying “chuffing” or popping sounds, sometimes referred to as port noise.

In the SLPP system, both ends of the port tube are flared with a semi-parabolic flange to linearise airflow through the tube.

The result is an entirely natural recreation of bass instruments’ fundamental notes presented with authority and articulation, without port-induced distortion and noise.

The best drivers and crossovers in the world would be no in a poorly made, highly resonant enclosure. EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair cabinet walls employ a multi-layered sandwich design with soft, high-loss chipboard sandwiched between stiff MDF layers.

All of the drivers’ acoustic energy launches directly into the room instead of vibrating the enclosure. You will enjoy the kind of clarity, detail and three-dimensional imaging one expects from the costliest loudspeakers (but at a far more accessible price).

Inside the cabinet, Intelligent Spot Bracing connects opposite walls with a wood brace to further reduce panel flexing and vibration.

This type of pattern is usually most pleasing to the eye. EVO4s are only sold in pairs to ensure that the veneer pattern is similar for both speakers.

Connection Ease

EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair models provide two sets of high-quality 5-way binding post terminals for optional bi-wire connection. The terminals are angled, allowing easier access and neater wire management.

The Choice for Home Cinema

If you want to assemble a superior-performance home cinema system at a sensible price, the EVO4.4 Floorstanding Speakers Pair range is an ideal choice. All models use the same tweeter, driver cone design, and crossover topology for matched tonal balance and seamless surround imaging.