Enjoying this recent acquisition looking new, through an 85 watt per side Yamaha receiver. I am hearing the most coherent bass than I have heard before from an enclosure of this size.
When I set up a pair of Tannoy E-11 (that I regarded to have the most natural sounding bass within the range bookshelf speakers operate in) for an A/B test, on the Wharfedales male vocals sounded like they were far forward of the rest of the music compared to my reference Tannoys.
Questions - was the Diamond line designed to do this on purpose or is it a side effect derived from something else the Wharfedale engineers were attempting to correct with the crossover?
I feel kind of silly asking, as it just occurred to me that the voicing the different product lines of Wharfedale is more heterogenous than other brands - I don’t think that this was true in the 1970’s, but I think that it has been true since the 1990’s.
When I set up a pair of Tannoy E-11 (that I regarded to have the most natural sounding bass within the range bookshelf speakers operate in) for an A/B test, on the Wharfedales male vocals sounded like they were far forward of the rest of the music compared to my reference Tannoys.
Questions - was the Diamond line designed to do this on purpose or is it a side effect derived from something else the Wharfedale engineers were attempting to correct with the crossover?
I feel kind of silly asking, as it just occurred to me that the voicing the different product lines of Wharfedale is more heterogenous than other brands - I don’t think that this was true in the 1970’s, but I think that it has been true since the 1990’s.
I have a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 7.2s that I use with my Korg keyboard. They sound like the tweeter is shelved-down, which gives the impression of stronger bass than one would expect in a small speaker.
They were inexpensive, but seem well-made (except for the grills).
Ed
They were inexpensive, but seem well-made (except for the grills).
Ed
I read that the Diamond 7.2 16th Anniversary Limited Edition (7.2 ALE) that followed sported an improved woofer and an updated tweeter.
According to the author, the 7.2 ALE went deeper in the bass and did not have the rolled down treble of the original 7.2.
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...-out-series-wharfedale-diamond-7-2-ale.58176/