Wharfedale Diamond 7.3 Floorstanding Speakers

Wharfedale Diamond 7.3 Floorstanding Speakers 

DESCRIPTION

Wharfedale use front and rear panels made from ‘Audiostealth’ moulded rock polymer. This material is acoustically dead, and is isolated from the main cabinet body with compliant gaskets. The result? Lower cabinet vibrations mean lower levels of colouration, a cleaner sound and tighter, louder bass.

USER REVIEWS

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[Nov 03, 2003]
RobLyons
Audio Enthusiast

Strength:

Detailed highs. More than capable of reproducing fine music.

Weakness:

Short tower speakers. Need stands to bring them up to ear level. Midbass does not get loud. Not for the rock n roll or rap listener.

These speakers are very clean and deliver crisp, accurate highs. I have only owned them for a week but I love them! They can reproduce lower frequencies but they do not shake the room like many american speakers can. I would recommend a good subwoofer with these speakers. They are short towers so when placed on the ground they are nowhere near ear level.

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Apr 07, 2000]
Mike Jarve
Audio Enthusiast

Strength:

Clean Sound, Good Imaging

Weakness:

inefficient for its size

A clear, smooth sounding speaker for nearly any music taste. Impresive low bass response from such a small woofer. The only bad thing is that I need to use my 180 watt per channel Pioneer SX-1280 receiver to drive these speakers to realistic (concert) listning levels.

Similar Products Used:

Wharfedale Diamond 7.2, Wharfedale Diamond 6R, Bose 501II

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Jul 29, 2000]
ray
Audiophile

Strength:

In addition to earlier review

Traded in for Modus 8's, but what I wanted to say is bi-wiring and filling the lower cabinet with sand, as Wharfedale suggests, is a good idea. The bass and efficiency improve this way.

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Mar 01, 2000]
Dan
Audio Enthusiast

Strength:

Tonal Balance, accurate sound reproduction.

Weakness:

None for the price. There are a little inefficient, but a goood amp will drive them just fine.

I have been listening to these speakers for over a year and
these are truly a clean sounding speaker. The speakers are a pleasure to listen to. The bass response is ok, they don't shake the room, so a sub would be helpful. I compared them to the infinity sm105 and the sm105 had better bass but the rest of the sound was not as good. I took the 7.3 over the sm105. I also compared them to the Kef coda7 and the sound was comparable, the bass was better on the 7.3. I kept both. You couldn't go wrong with these speakers. I just upgraded my speakers to the wharedale modus 1.6, and I am still going to keep the 7.3 for my other stereo system.

Similar Products Used:

Kef coda 7, infinity sm105

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
4
[Jul 06, 2001]
Jason Waters
Audio Enthusiast

Strength:

Very good dynamics, using a small ~5 inch drive gives good sound due to low cone mass. Bi wireable and sand filling are often not found in this price range. Proof that the design of the exclosure/speaker/crossover are critical. The components used are truely marginal but the sum of this is a sound quality VASTLY exceeding the items used to produce it. This does mean that replacement drives are very cheap.
I would buy another set if I ever see!

Weakness:

Very inefficent, upon disassemble of a speaker they are of very poor construction and use component operating at the limits of design.

An amazing sound produced by very low quality parts. This proves that the quality of the parts has little to do with what is reproduced. the design is different to say the least, A very large internal volume for such a small driver seems strange. The sound is very smooth but becomes harsh at high frequency's. Base response is amazing cosidering the driver size! Ported to improve efficiency (I dread how inefficent they would be unported!) You need an amp that has reasonable power 60w+ real and if you really crank it up you will damage the drives. That said drives cost <$20 USD so its not a big deal if you burst one.

Vastly superior to other 2 way low cost speakers that I have tried!

Similar Products Used:

Misc, none that grabed my attention

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
3
[Feb 24, 2000]
ray
Audio Enthusiast

Strength:

Imaging, smoothness, bass

Weakness:

inefficient

Love the sound. It is smooth and detailed without being overly harsh or bright. Very musical and well balanced, but these speakers are also very in-efficient. 87db. Still they are excellent and deserve a high rating. Bass is good and fairly deep,but I would still recomend a sub.

Similar Products Used:

Modus 8

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
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