Wharfedale W90D
Information on the Wharfedale W90D is thin, but there is some. It appears to have been a floor-standing, three-way speaker system in Wharfedale’s “Achromatic” line of the late 1960s. The W90D was the largest model in a series that also included the smaller W60D (bookshelf) and W70D (compact three-way). An advertisement in HiFI-Stereo (February 1968, p.6) listed it as an “Achromatic Three-Way” floor-standing system at $94.00. That is well above the W70D at $69.95 and the W60D at $59.95.
Wharfedale’s own advertising in Audio (August 1968, p.37) pointed to the sand-filled cabinet construction common to the Achromatic series. It said the W90D held “even more” sand than the W70D’s seven pounds. The idea was to keep the cabinet inert and prevent coloration. An Audio Buyers Guide (March 1970, p.47) listed the W90D with a woofer, mid-range driver, and tweeter, which confirms the three drivers. No driver sizes, frequency response, or impedance figures have turned up in period documentation.
The W90D seems to have been short-lived or low-volume. It does not appear in later Wharfedale catalogs. Beyond the handful of contemporary listings above, little is recorded about its design, performance or market life.
- Type: Floor-standing, three-way speaker system
- Series: Achromatic (with sand-filled cabinet)
- Drivers: Woofer, mid-range, tweeter (specific sizes undocumented)
- Original price: $94.00 (1968)
- Period sources: HiFI-Stereo (Feb 1968); Audio (Aug 1968, Mar 1970)
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