I say the monitor 7 is the best sounding speaker I have ever owned. I have had Bose, Klipsch, and Pioneer and I like this the best. Very even sound. Good deep bass(a lot better than I thought it would be) and great punchy mids and hi's. Can however be a little top heavy so you better have them on a good even floor. I love this set of speakers.Wish I had bought them sooner!

The best speakers ever in the market.

Neutral, effortless, full-range, non-point source sound.

In the price bracket that one can get these speakers for, there are no weaknesses. Some reviewers have mentioned build quality here but since I never have the desire to take the grill off of the speaker, this is not an issue with me .

I have been seriously collecting good Hi Fi equipment since the early sixties. In the past I have owned AR3a's, Bozak Concert Grands, Klipschorn's, Bose 901's, AR9's, & AR9LS's. I am currently AR3a speakers that have been modified with Dynaudio drivers in my main home theater room. I wanted a really good set of speakers for a secondary home theater setup in my master bedroom. Given the Ubid & Ebay pricing of the Wharfedale products, I decided to try a pair of MFM-7's. These are without a doubt the "best bang for the buck" speakers that I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. They present a very wide and neutral soundstage accross the entire wall. The sound is wider than the speakers are apart and the placement of the performers is extremely realistic. The sound is absolutely clear and lifelike from one end of the audio spectrum to the other. If you are looking for great speakers and you are on a budget, without reservation, I highly recommend these.

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sound, price looks

grills, spikes on feet can scratch hardwood flooring .carefull...

i am very happy with these speakers i bought 4 at different time on u-bid for what i felt were very inexpensive compared to prices at retail stores. i use them for my home theater and they kick butt.i did have a problem with one grill but man. replaced it quickly.

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Low Price.

It amazes me how much the reviews vary for these speakers - people either love them and think that they are a great value, or they despise them and think that they are junk. IMO, the truth is somewhere in-between the two extremes. At $1,400 a pair, I can''t imagine anyone who would think that these are a good value. At $300 a pair, which is what most people pay, then they dramaticly improve in value as the competition narrows. Maybe I got lucky, but the fit and finish on my speakers was very good. Yes, the grills are flimsy, but how often so you remove the grills and put them on? I tried bi-wiring and bi-amping these speakers with little appreciable difference in sound quality. Room acoustics and speaker placement also have a big effect on sound quality. As they are rear ported speakers, the bass becomes muffled and muddy sounding if placed too close to a wall. Mids and highs are decent for a speaker of this price. I think that there are better bookself type speakers in this price range for these frequnecies. Overall, for the price I paid, this is a good speaker. How many floor standing, full range speakers can you buy for $300 a pair? I have moved them to my bedroom system where they do an adequate job. A good amplifier and wiring will help the sound quite a bit.

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Bass,Crispness and overall reproduction

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I was one of those that jumped in without listening to these speakers. However, I was pleasently surprised to find that these speakers were as good if not better than I had anticipated. I was really pleased with the overall sound reproduction and I listen to everything from Moussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain to Coltrane's Ballads CD to Pat Metheny's Still Life Talking CD (my favorite).
These speakers have great high's and low's with a midrange that is superb. I don't have anything to do with ubid - just a guy looking for good music reproduction and I have found that in these speakers. For the price paid ($239 delivered)I found these a steal.

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A tremendous value! Very neutral, laid back kind of sound. Can fill a very large room with good quality sound -and nice stereo image.

Fairly cheap construction... especially the front grills. They start to get a bit shrill at high volumes. Not very efficient... don't expect to get a great deal of clean sound without a fairly hefty amp.

After finding these "too good to be true" at the ubid price, I found only a little trouble in paradise. That said, the sound was quite good - especially for the price. These are a very neutral speaker - not hard hitting speakers like the Klipsch or JBLs. These are more of a "classical music" speaker... very smooth especially at reasonable volumes. Hard core rockers or action movie fans might be a bit disappointed. The build quality was only fair. I'd have been really unhappy with their construction if I'd paid anywhere near full price for them. That said, they have exceeded my expectations and are certainly a bargain for someone who has "Lincoln" taste in sound equipment and only a "Ford" budget. Also, had damage in shipment. Ubid was very responsive - FEDEXed me a new one and sent me a return label for the defective one. Overall, I'm an enthusiastic fan of these speakers - probably the best value on the market today!

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bass, low colorization, price

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i heard about warfedale from a salesman i got to know looking at polks. he told me about this site for reviews.
i decided to try them. i haven't been disappointed.
to me they sounded good out of the box. i did bi-wire them after a couple of months. the sound did improve. i just
bi-wired using banana plugs.
i played some cd's of classic movie westerns sound tracks.
they sounded so good, it brought my 14 year old son and his buddies out to listen.
i was disappointed with home theater, until a local hi-fi
dealer advised me. my center and surrounds were from different manufacturers. my setup now is:
i have the onyko 575
fronts mm7
cerwin vega lw12 sub
opal center
surrounds s500 [also from warfedale]
jbl110 sub for rear surrounds

I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THIS SETUP, SO ARE MY NEIGHBORS

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Good range and sound quality for the money. Clean Bass, Large Soundstage, Excellent support from IAG America.

None at this price, except maybe the grills.

I bought these speakers at uBids for $89ea and at this price they're hard to beat. Unfortunately they arrived damaged but I contacted IAG America (www.iagamerica.com) and they took great care of me and replaced them.

I took the speakers over to my friends home theater store to compare them to more expensive speakers (Polk, Infinity, etc.) and I found that they held their own very well and had great sound quality and presence, huge soundstage. They have a great frequency range (30Hz - 20kHz, what I've been told) and I even preferred running them without my Sub-Woofer hooked up (Infinity 500W). The MFM-7 handled the lower range frequency exceptionally well and was cleaner than when I ran the low range frequency through my Sub.

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Wharfedale MFM-5, Modus 8

Clean, transparent sound. Bi-wireable. A joy to listen too!

The MFM7's are reasonably attractive, but considering that Wharfedale has been manufacturing speakers since the 1930's, overall construction should be better.

First of all, I would like to address my comment in the "weaknesses" section. I feel Wharfedale does only a fair job in applying the vinyl wrap to the outside of the speaker cabinet. Other manufacturer's, who have been making speakers not nearly as long as Wharfedale, do a much better job. I also question the quality of the Fiberboard material used to make the cabinets. Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) is quite common to other manufacturer's. What density is the fiberboard in the MFM7's? That aside, an even more crucial problem with many of the Wharfedale towers is their "packaging". The styrofoam protection used is much too thin, making the heavy Wharfedale tower speaker an easy target for shipping damage. I originaly ordered a pair of Sapphire towers, but much to my regret, they arrived at my home with a crushed corner. To uBid's credit however, my money was promptly refuned and the speakers picked up by UPS at no cost to me.

Now on to the good news about these speakers. The MFM7's serve as front speakers in my home theatre setup. They are driven by an Onkyo TX-DS676, 105 watts of high current power into the MFM7's six ohm impedance. They are bi-wired via Kimber Kable, 8Pr, 10awg braided cable. The result is clean sound across the board. Tight, deep bass, transparent mids and highs. Imaging is very good and the soundstage is huge. Very low coloration. Like other reviewers before me, I now hear subtleties on CD's I had not heard before. DVD's are awesome! I am talking "hairs raising on your neck" kind of awesome. These speakers are pure joy.

With regard to value, I took another reviewer's advice before to me, and waited till an auction with around 150 speakers was offered by uBid. I bid $99 each and, yes, uBid tacked on another $100 shipping and tax, bringing the total to $300. Certainly, a fine value. Today, as a matter of fact, Klipsch KSF 8.5's are also about to close for $99 each. Another fine value!.....No, I am not affiliated with uBid in any way. I just know a good deal when I see one.

In conclusion, this is an easy review, in that the Wharfedale MFM7's easily deserve the highest ratings.
Value Rating: 5 stars - Bargain, Giant killer.
Overall Rating: 5 stars - Far better than I imagined.

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