Wharfedale Opus2 - Manual (Page 17)

E N G I N E E R I N G P E R F O R M A N C E
The overall measure of success of
a high-end loudspeaker system is
to design a loudspeaker that is
both accurate and natural, very low
in distortion, which covers a wide
band-width of frequencies and can
provide immense pleasure to the
listener over long periods of time.
Many of these criteria can be
designed into a system through careful
measurement and analysis, but the final
factor - the ability to provide pleasure
to the listener is a black art – a skill
developed by the master acoustician
over a lifetime of experience.
Opus 2 loudspeakers meet all the pre-
requisites of performance – in fact
in measured tests, they outperform
all their peers and many which
cost considerably more. The final
arbiter though, the human ear, is
the most important test of all - and
all Opus2 loudspeaker models have
undergone a two-year long process
of listening and tweaking before
final approval to refine and further
refine their balance to the point
where the loudspeaker acoustically
‘vanishes’ – leaving just the music.
Only when a loudspeaker truly
represents not only the tonal
integrity and clarity of the original
performance, but also is so finely
balanced that it communicates the
genuine passion and raw emotion
of the live performance, can we be
satisfied that all the design objectives
have been fulfilled.
All Opus2 loudspeakers meet these
most stringent objectives.