As I recall, the largest in the series was the floor standing W90. The double enclosure with sand fill between them was designed to damp out all cabinet resonances and I thought it was extremely clever. I've always wondered why nobody else seems to have tried it. As I recall, the W90 was a dual 3 way system, having two 3 way 12 inch systems in the same enclosure. It was their most ambitious effort at that time. Wharfedale was always regarded as a very high quality British manufacturer and their products were distributed by among others, Lafayette Radio and Electronics. Anyone recall their main store in Syosset Long Island or their large branch store on Liberty Avenue in Jamaica Queens? In the 1950s and 1960s these were among the largest retail electronics store outlets in the New York Metropolitan area. Oh how I wish I had saved their large and fascinating catalogues. They sold everything from Audio equipment, to electronics parts, to microscopes and telescopes including their own brand name products. Brings back a lot of memories.
I have fond memories of visiting that Liberty Avenue store in my youth. Their showroom looked to be as large as an automobile showroom with lots of large windows (at least it seemed that way to a kid). I remember seeing and hearing a JBL Paragon system there and to a youngster, you can only imagine how impressive that was. I bought many parts and a couple of kits at that location as well, a KT-135 Exlplor-Air regenerative short wave receiver among them. Years later, when working for Revox in Syosset, I did get to visit the Syosset store, once arriving in a 1921 Rolls Royce (long story).
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I have fond memories of visiting that Liberty Avenue store in my youth. Their showroom looked to be as large as an automobile showroom with lots of large windows (at least it seemed that way to a kid). I remember seeing and hearing a JBL Paragon system there and to a youngster, you can only imagine how impressive that was. I bought many parts and a couple of kits at that location as well, a KT-135 Exlplor-Air regenerative short wave receiver among them. Years later, when working for Revox in Syosset, I did get to visit the Syosset store, once arriving in a 1921 Rolls Royce (long story).