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Wharfedale Diamond 8
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rating  5 of 5
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Description: <ul> <li>Bass: 5" 130mm x 2 KEVLAR</li> <li>Tweeter: 25mm silk dome</li> <li>Power: 20-120wrms</li> <li>Nominal Impedance: 6ohm</li> <li>Sensitivity: 88dB</li> <li>Frequency: 60-20k</li> <li>Crossover: 3kHz</li> </ul>


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Reviewed by:
AVDOCTOR
(AudioPhile)

Review Date
October 24, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Price Paid:  $149.00 from IAG America ( US Dis

Summary:
Compact size with big time sound. Wharfedale is Britian's oldest loudspeaker - since 1942, and this one gets 5 stars from me ( I was going to buy KEF's offering at comparable price point to voice match new side surrounds, but got Diamond 8.1's instead there, also ).

Strengths:
Dual 5" Kevlar mid bass drivers with 1" soft dome tweeter. Bi wire or bi amp capability ( I used them bi-wired ). Large bass port in the rear REALLY extends the low end!

Weaknesses:
If any, they can turn just a bit "brass-ish" when driven to VERY high volume levels with SACD or DVD-Audio. I didn't notice this nearly as much with movies. Rear bass port makes placement from back wall. I kept turning down my subs, only to discover the slammin' bass I was hearing was coming from my center channel ( a real coin toss as to whether it's a strength or weakness

Similar Products Used:
Infinity US-1, Infinity Primus C-25BK


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