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| Sound Quality | 9.6/10  |
|---|---|
| Value for Money | 9.8/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 9.8/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8.5/10  |
Full review by
jafsm07
on 6th Jun 2008
User Rating : 10
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Good Points: Excellent sound, good construction. Without grills.
Bad Points: Nothing till now.
General comments: I lived, I think since 1993 with a pair of Epos 11 connected to my Audiolab 8000A, unfortunately my female Dalmatian thought that one of the Epos was food and you can imagine.
As it was not my thought change my speakers and time is not so good to spend money I decide to buy a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 9.1, because of what the reviews that I read in magazines and internet. I was so afraid of this speakers, so cheap, that they were two days in their box, I was thinking in changing for something better. One night I decided to listen.
The Audiolab is connected to an old Sony X33ES cd player and I connected the Wharfedale (in stands that I made to Epos) to the extreme of the Audioquest where were the Epos, I pick the first cd I saw that was Cock Robin The Best Ballads and so afraid I push the CD play bottom.
I can tell you that stayed astonished.
What a sound, couldn't be possible, at the moment I thought that I had never listened this cd, it's a kind of music that I can listen 2, 3 stretches. I listened all the cd. And I thought at time that shouldn't be possible. After that I listened a joss Stone cd that bought two or three days before, and what a speakers.
I was astonished, it couldn't be possible 180 Euros for a pair of speakers with that sound.
For five days they didn't stop, day and night repeating any cd, I was anxious to listen my music.
At eighth day I got the nerve and tried a very difficult music, my music, I listened a cd of Roger waters and Ron Gesin called Music From The Body, a very, very difficult music to any system and again what a surprise. At that moment, I just wanted to kiss my Give Birth to a Smile Brownie (my deaf Dalmatian). She is the responsible for the introduction of these Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 little speakers with a so great sound.
25 years ago my Epos costs round 1000 Euros. They are completely forgotten. I think this Wharfedale are the best thing I bought since many years. When I close my eyes I can see Waters saying his poems, he is there in front of me, the drums are at my left, the guitar is there two, every thing is there so clear.
I never thought it was possible to buy such diamonds for this price.
jafsm07's review and ratings | 422 words
Review by
Guest.
on 28th Mar 2008
User Rating : 9
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I paid 108'for the Wharfdale Diamond 9.1 boxes and an wonderful world of music came to my ears. What more needs a happy man.
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Review by
Guest.
on 21st Jan 2008
User Rating : 9
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I was very impressed with these speakers, although should point out that I'm far from an audio expert. But the sound was extremely clear and well-defined, which is all I wanted (my previous speakers, Q Acoustic 1010s, were slightly muddy and indistinct). Mid-range and top-end are very clear, to the extent that the speakers sounded almost too bright to my ears, especially when playing pop and rock music. In my opinion, for pop/rock, other speakers might be better than the Diamond 9.1s, which seem ...
Guest.'s full review | 265 words
Review by
gvm0116
on 11th Oct 2007
User Rating : 10
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Don't let the cheap price deceive you. The Wharfdale Diamond 9.1 is one of the best all round performer speakers out there. Don't even think how these small giants would fare to Bose's 201/301, they are definitely much better!
gvm0116's full review | 63 words
Review by
Rich Willoughby
on 20th Jan 2007
User Rating : 10
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These speakers punch well above their price level - their sound is full and even, filling all but the largest rooms - I auditioned speakers in the next price bracket above these but was still glad I chose the Wharfdales. They now sell these speakers for even cheaper which makes them an absolute bargain. They also look tremendous.
Rich Willoughby's full review | 83 words
Review by
Mark Westley
on 3rd Apr 2006
User Rating : 10
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Having owned, and been not entirely happy with, Monitor Audio Bronze B2 (good but with a sting in the tail in the treble), Mordaunt Short 912i (very detailed but unnaturally bright) and B&W 601s3 (very smooth but almost to the extent of being veiled and also very directional), I had obviously heard a lot about the Wharfedale Diamond 9.1, but assumed that it would be a backward step. How wrong I was! Having heard, and subsequently bought a pair, I can only say how impressed I am with these lit ...
Mark Westley's full review | 176 words
Review by
dharmasteve
on 7th Jul 2005
User Rating : 10
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These well made Wharfdale Diamond 9.1 speakers perform way above their pricerange. Midrange is really superb. Nitin Sawhneys Beyond Skin album tests bass to its low limits. The Diamonds really control the difficult bass and percussion on Anthem without a Nation. Of course many floorstanders have a deeper bass but these have great control for their size. After running in, these speakers reproduce Jazz and Folk, Classical and Rock with a close up feel and a marvelous soundstage. My Musical Fidelit ...
dharmasteve's full review | 160 words
Review by
EJB
on 8th Jan 2005
User Rating : 10
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Old Audiophile downsizing. I read the reviews for the Wharfdale Diamond 9.1, listened to the speakers and now they are in my lounge I can't believe the sound quality.
Bass, extended and so controlled.
Mid range, clear and crisp.
Top end, pure.
Separation and imaging is first class.
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