Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 2.5-way Floorstanding Speaker (pair)

Give way to in a fascinating audio experience with the Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 Floorstanding Speaker. supremely crafted and equipped with cutting-edge drivers, these speakers carry away you to a world of class, lifelike sound, enveloping you in every note and bringing your music love and movies to vibrant life. Everything from the drivers to the crossovers to the cabinets allow an instrument that reproduces music exceptional class, detail, clarity, and emotionalism.

The crossover network uses an auditory LKR 24dB topology. This includes air-core inductors of the type more commonly found in high-end speakers, selected because they produce the lowest distortion of all inductor types..With magnified presence and power, the DIAMOND 12.3 is clarified and the perfect, floorstanding speaker for 2-channel hi-fi systems, or as the front pair of a seriously impressive home theatre system.

DIAMOND Highs

The dome which is of 25mm is made from a woven polyester film with a high-loss coating to convey open and smoothly extended high frequencies. The magnet system and the front plate have been optimised for wide dispersion and uncompressed behaviour. The front plate is flat and exposes the dome as much as possible; only a very short duct on the front plate balances the acoustic load and improves the SPL (sound pressure level) measurement.

Voice Coil Beyond Class

The voice coil is wrraped on a high-power glass fibre bobbin highly exceptional speakers at this price level. This has the advantage of not adding eddy currents and delivering greater power handling than an aluminium bobbin, whilst also being much stiffer than the Kapton type associated with this price-class.

Braces in Cabinet

The cabinet is a carefully crafted, straight-edged design that's strategically braced to provide a solid and low resonance platform for the drive units to work from. It’s all wrapped in a neat, classy finish that belies the 12.3’s modest price.

Firm and Elegant

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A crossover of style

The crossover network allows an acoustic LKR 24dB topology. that includes air-core inductors of the type more commonly found in high-end speakers, because they produce the lowest distortion of all inductor types. As the resistance of the coil is higher than a standard laminated steel or ferrite core inductor, the magnetic structure of the mid/bass driver has been modified to compensate, resulting in fast, clean bass with no distortion from the inductor.

Sound and Compatibility

Combined with a carefully calibrated, relatively sophisticated crossover, the result is a speaker with a sensitivity of 89dB/W/m and a nominal impedance that's quoted as being 8ohm compatible in wharfdale 12.3 speaker. It also sound beautifully balanced and revealing — particularly at such a reasonable price. The Diamond series has long been lauded as offering tremendous bang for the buck.