Wharfedale W10 (circa early 1960s)
Little is documented about the Wharfedale W10 as a standalone model. The record shows a full-range drive unit, later rebranded as the Super 10/RS/DD. noted that the Super 10 (formerly W10) magnet had higher flux density than the earlier Golden model. That gave it higher sensitivity and better high-frequency and transient performance. The same source lists impedance at 10/15 ohms, a 1-inch diameter centre pole, a flux density of 16,000 oersteds, and a maximum input of 10 watts RMS.
An earlier reference appears in Audio (August 1950, p.28). It mentions a variant called the "Wharfedale W10/CSB," but no further details about that version survive. By 1966, the W10 had been largely superseded in Wharfedale's bookshelf-speaker lineup by the W3, W60, and others, as shown in a HiFI-Stereo (August 1966, p.37) advertisement for expandable speaker systems.
Beyond those few contemporary mentions, almost nothing else is recorded about this model.
- Impedance: 10/15 ohms
- Flux density: 16,000 oersteds
- Centre pole diameter: 1 inch
- Max. input: 10 watts RMS
- Variants known: W10, W10/CSB, later Super 10/RS/DD
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