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An Heirloom of British Hi-Fi – Made in Britain
Drawing on Gilbert Briggs’s founding vision from 1932 - that loudspeakers should convey the thrill and emotion of a live performance - the Aston is the ultimate expression of Wharfedale’s nine-decade legacy. Meticulously designed, engineered, and handcrafted in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, each pair is engraved with a unique serial number. This strictly limited run of 500 pairs ensures that owning an Aston is as rare as it is rewarding.
From its vintage-inspired wood-veneered cabinet to the modern standard of finish and precision craftsmanship, the Aston balances heritage styling with cutting-edge performance. Every surface, from the inset grille trim to the hand-matched veneer, is chosen to reflect the standards that have made Wharfedale Britain’s most famous loudspeakers. Its timeless aesthetic conceals a speaker that is thoroughly contemporary in capability.
Innovative Transducer Design
At the heart of the Aston lies a brand-new 150 mm (5.9 in) carbon-fibre bass/midrange driver housed in a rigid cast chassis, coupled with a profiled phase plug to deliver super-smooth upper mids and uncoloured dynamics. The 25 mm (1 in) soft-dome tweeter features a rear-chamber damping system that pushes its resonant frequency far below the crossover, revealing every nuance of detail without harshness. These bespoke drive units, born from decades of award-winning transducer research, offer the perfect union of strength, speed, and precision.Precision Crossover & Acoustic Engineering
The Aston’s carefully tuned crossover network employs air-core inductors and high-spec polypropylene capacitors, refined through thousands of hours of listening tests across all genres. This level-matching and slope tailoring ensure a seamless hand-off between drivers, presenting music exactly as the artist intended. The multi-layer cabinet, engineered through complex modelling and resonance-control testing, works in tandem with dual rear ports to extend clean bass down to below 50 Hz- astonishing for such a compact stand-mount design.Custom-Engineered Stands
Every pair of Astons ships with a bespoke stand crafted from hardened high-carbon British steel and tempered-glass inserts. Conceived alongside the speaker, the open-frame design offers torsional rigidity, optimal height positioning, and controlled bass-floor interaction. Finished to match the furniture-grade cabinets and supplied with stainless-steel spike seats and handcrafted gloves, these stands transform listening into a ceremonial ritual.An Invitation to Rarity
With only 500 pairs ever produced and every component Made in Britain, each Aston speaker is a testament to Wharfedale’s unwavering commitment to musical authenticity. Once these serial-numbered editions are gone, they will not return. Experience the full impact, thrill, and emotion of live performance, authentically, and exclusively with the limited-edition Aston. -
Specifications:
Speaker Type: 2-way vented-box / standmount Enclosure type: Bass reflex Transducer complement: 2-way Bass driver: 5.91" black Carbon Fibre cone Treble driver: 0.98" soft dome AV shield: No Sensitivity (2.83 V @ 1 m): 86 dB Recommended amplifier power: 25 – 100 W Peak SPL: 95 dB Nominal impedance: 4 Ω Minimum impedance: 3.9 Ω Frequency response (±3 dB): 55 Hz – 20 kHz Bass extension (–6 dB): 44 Hz Crossover frequency: 2.3 kHz Cabinet volume: 10.8 L Dimensions (H × W × D): 13.39" × 7.87" × 10.04" Net weight (speakers): 35.27 lbs. Net weight (speakers & stands): 66.14 lbs. Gross weight (speakers): 40.79 lbs. Gross weight (speakers & stands): 76.06 lbs. Stand height: 22.05" Stand width: 10.43" Stand depth: 10.04" Stand net weight: 30.86 lbs. Stand gross weight: 35.27 lbs.
