Wharfedale Reva 2
WHARFEDALE REVA 2
As we take our first look at the Wharfedale Reva-2 speakers, the larger of the two standmounts in the range, the cabinet is the most obvious change.
Not only has the sandwich construction, as seen on the Diamond series, been thickened with additional layers for a supposedly stronger, lower resonance structure, the cabinets are now curved and hand-finished with multiple layers of either piano white, piano black, piano deep rosewood or walnut lacquer.
They’re immediately appealing, which can’t be said for many speakers at this price.
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Also improved are the drivers, designed and manufactured by Wharfedale in tandem with the cabinets to ensure good conformity.
There's a new glass-fibre weave for the 12.5cm mid/bass driver, which Wharfedale describes as rigid yet lightweight, and a 25mm tweeter across the range that sports a new fine-weave textile dome, and is mounted on a dished waveguide for better dispersion.
DETAILS
PRODUCT: Wharfedale Reva-2
ORIGIN: UK/China
TYPE: 2-way standmount loudspeaker
WEIGHT: 7.8kg
DIMENSIONS: (WxHxD) 204 x 357 x 275mm
FEATURES
● 25mm soft dome tweeter
● 125mm glass-fibre weave mid/bass driver
● Quoted sensitivity: 86dB/1W/1m