1932 headquarters idle bradford west yorkshire united kingdom products audio visual equipment currently parent international audio group website wharfedale.co.uk wharfedale is the name of a prominent audio equipment manufacturer in the united kingdom best known for loudspeakers . it is currently part of the international audio group . wharfedale also used to manufacture televisions dvd players set top boxes and hi fi players . since 2008 they have only manufactured and sold audio equipment . contents 1 history 2 licensing of wharfedale name 3 manufacturing 4 references 5 external links history edit wharfedale wireless works was founded in 1932 by gilbert briggs and became one of britain s leading manufacturers of audiophile equipment particularly loudspeakers . in addition to winning awards by groups such as the bradford radio society in mass public testing at carnegie hall wharfedale speakers proved indistinguishable from live music . innovations introduced by wharfedale under briggs included such basics as the two way loudspeaker and the ceramic magnet . in the 1950s and 1960s wharfedale became famous for its technique of eliminating cabinet resonances by using a double cabinet with the space between the inner and outer shells filled with sand . purchasers of the loudspeaker systems would receive the appropriate quantity of sand which had been shipped from wharfedale in england . 1 2 3 wharfedale in yorkshire is the site of numerous sand quarries . briggs sold the company in 1958 and it has been through several owners since then . licensing of wharfedale name edit up until 2008 the brand name was licensed to argos for the manufacture of electronics products . all wharfedale branded speakers were still made by the original firm . manufacturing edit the manufacturing site was located in idle a district of bradford west yorkshire . references edit egidio mancianti 1997 . at the court of merlin the magician . published reviews hifi stereo italy . courtesy link provided by merlin music systems . other brands of speakers i service . human speakers . 1 archived 17 march 2006 at the wayback machine . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wharfedale company & oldid 699292459 categories loudspeaker manufacturersaudio equipment manufacturerscompanies based in west yorkshirebritish brandshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksengvarb from december 2013use dmy dates from december 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 january 2016 at 13 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view