Fenton SHFT60B Tower

Is the Fenton SHFT60B Tower worth buying?

Yes, the Fenton SHFT60B Tower is worth buying if about £150 is your budget for a stereo pair. Two floorstanding cabinets with dual 6.5-inch drivers, a 1-inch neodymium tweeter and 180W RMS each arrive for £149.99, which is £74.99 a tower.

It suits a first hi-fi or a living-room film setup where you already own an amplifier. It is less suited if you want wireless streaming or a finish other than black wood grain, because this pair is wired only and it comes one way.

How much power does the Fenton SHFT60B Tower really handle?

Each cabinet takes 180W RMS continuously and peaks at 350W, so the continuous figure covers 51 percent of the headline number. In use, that means an amplifier delivering 40W to 100W per channel fills a normal room, and you do not need to chase the 350W figure when you buy one.

The 3-way layout puts a 1-inch tweeter above dual 6.5-inch drivers, with bass reflex porting behind. Response runs from 28 Hz to 22 kHz, which reaches 10 Hz lower than the 38 Hz of the Q Acoustics M40, so film soundtracks get real weight without a subwoofer.

The tweeter is the part that shapes the top end. A 1-inch neodymium dome keeps treble even across the room rather than in one seat, which is what you want in a room where the sofa sits off-centre.

What comes in the box with the Fenton SHFT60B Tower?

Both towers arrive together in one delivery, along with a user manual and speaker cable. That cable inclusion is unusual at this price and it means the only extra you need is the amplifier itself.

Each cabinet is wood, finished in black wood grain with a removable cloth grille, so you can run them covered or exposed. A one-year product warranty covers the pair.

What are the downsides of the Fenton SHFT60B Tower?

It carries no wireless technology at all, so there is no Bluetooth and no app control. Every source has to reach your amplifier by wire, which matters if you were hoping to stream from a phone straight to the towers.

Black wood grain is the only finish, so a light or walnut room has to live with dark cabinets. And the 350W in the model name is the peak figure, while 180W RMS is what each tower takes continuously, so size the amplifier on the smaller number.

Placement needs a little care because the ports fire to the rear. Left flat against a wall, the low end thickens; pulled roughly 30 cm clear, the bass tightens.

Fenton SHFT60B Tower vs Fenton SHF700B and Q Acoustics 3050i: which to buy?

The Fenton SHF700B costs £9.91 more at £159.90 and lifts the peak to 400W a pair with horn tweeters instead of the 1-inch dome here. It has also been rated by 194 buyers against the 108 behind the SHFT60B, so the review record is nearly twice as deep; the SHF700B is the better buy if you want more top-end bite and more evidence.

The Q Acoustics 3050i costs £349.01 more at £499 and brings two 165 mm (6.5 in) bass drivers per tower, 91 dB sensitivity, a 6 ohm load and a set of eight spikes in the box. That efficiency means a smaller amplifier plays louder, so the 3050i is the pick for a serious stereo system, while the SHFT60B Tower stays the value choice for a first pair at £149.99.

If you own no amplifier at all, the Fenton SHF700W system at £280 bundles two 400W towers with a Bluetooth amplifier and 10 m of cable, which saves you shopping for the amp.