Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 Floorstanders Review

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Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 Floorstanders
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helen highwater's Review of Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 Floorstanders Stereo Speakers

17th Jun 2004

Overall Rating

1 stars
  • Value for money
    1 stars
  • Sound Quality
    0.5 stars
  • Time Speakers Owned
    6 - 12 Months
Good Points

Good build quality, cheap and look OK


Bad Points

Sound awfull


General Comments

Like other people I made the mistake of reading What HiFi and believing the reviews of Warfedale speakers. So, I bought a pair of these Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 Floorstanders Stereo Speakers for my new Sony amp and CD player - which are both excellent by the way. Added some decent speaker cables, set it all up and listened. I was underwhelmed. The whole thing sounded boxy and there was no real depth to the music. I tried lots of different CDs - pop, classics etc and although there was a lot of variation, the sound was always false. Tried them in all sorts of places to no avail. I assumed it may be the CD or the amp, and just kind of accepted the situation.

Some years ago I ran a couple of KEF Cadenza's and they were up in the loft. So, a brought them down and linked them up instead of the Warfedales. Suddenly, there was sweet music again. Music with depth as well as beautiful pure treble. I cannot tell you how bad the Warfedales sound in comparison. OK, the KEF's are not quite as taught in the mid range but that is a very small price to pay.

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Members' Comments onhelen highwater's Review

  • statechampion1978 on 10th Jan 2005

    Do Sony make good amps? I went into my local hifi store and found that they don't sell any sony amps. That should tell you something. Perhaps buying a good amp with a good quality cd player will enable you to get the best from these speakers which I think are excellent.

  • beemer Rank: Staff Sergeant on 8th Apr 2006

    I am sorry you are not happy with the 8.3s I have to agree we are all difefrent and should not buy just on the advise of expert ratings and test for ourselves after all, we all like different things but i must point out the sony amp and cd player are not helping the situation. i think if you connected them to a quality amp and cd player im not suggesting you spend a fortune as for the price of the sony units you could have used some entry level system from the likes of marantz and cambridge audio. in conclusion i feel the sony let you down and not the excellent quality and good value for money wharfdales....

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