Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 Bookshelf Speakers 100W - Walnut (Pair)

First off the delivery was first rate. I ordered these on the Sunday before a bank holiday and they were delivered on Tuesday. Excellently packaged to minimise risk of damage.Out of the box they are things of beauty, very well made and solid.Soundwise I was initially dissapointed they didn't seem to be much improvement over the Bose 203s they replaced, however you have to give them time to warm up and once they do the sound is fabulous. Very deep rich bass and lots of detail in the highs.I mainly listen to vinyl via a Technics 1200 MK2 I also have a Technics CD player both going into a Denon PMA 520AE Amp.The vinyl sounds great revealing detail and sounding just how I hoped, it's particularly good on Jazz Vinyl, Art Blakey's Just Coolin' really came alive.The great revelation though is when it comes to CDs, I had just about given up playing them because they just sounded so cold and well digital !, these speakers have changed that for the first time in years my CDs actually sound good, again they have depth and a richness of sound that was just missing.For the price I don't imagine these can be beaten, I don't know how they do it although I suspect the move of production to China might have had something to do with it, but don't let that put you off.These are excellent bookshelf speakers, the price can't be beaten unless you get therm for free. I'd have no hesitation in recommending these.

I bought these speakers as extention speakers for my kitchen / dinner room. I have not bought Wharfdale speakers for many many years but having read the positive comments on here I thought I would give them a go.I bought the Walnut finish version and I have to say the build quality and finish is superb well over what I was expecting. The bi wired connections on the back are really chunky and solid and will take high quality thick speaker cables with ease.Out of the box with flat direct feed they sound as good as you can expect a small / medium bookshelf speaker to sound. Nice crisp highs and clear middles the bass is a little light as you would expect from a bookshelf.However, as a test I drove them with my Technics graphic equalizer and after fiddling around I got some quite amazing deep, solid and punchy bass..... very impressive.They are quite heavy for book shelf speakers so make sure your wall brackets are sound.In short great build quality and superb finish, good sound and for £129.00 great value for money.If I could give 6 stars I would.

Very nice full sound and extremely good looking.

For a bookshelf speaker ,very good sound.If you like a lot of booming (bass) then these are of no use. These two way speaker are great for mid and high frequencies, the range input is 20-100watts. I have not gone much above 20 and the sound kicks in at about that range. The finish walnut is very pleasing and looks great. I managed to fit them on wall mount brackets even with speakers having curved sides!. I got around this by using black high density foam 4mm thick placed between the speaker and the side clamps of the wall mount brackets! And trimmed the foam to fit. The sound repro works well like this and was quite impressive.As I have a slection of speakers of speakers of which are high end and are floor standing, I will not compare them to these wharfdales as it would be unfair. I use these for use in another room using the same amp and cd player wired via a switched speaker output.My conclusion is, for shelf speakers these are very good and great value for money

Very impressive sound quality. Had mission 762 before but damaged on moving house. These wharfedale is on par with these at such a bargain price. Don't like the size put you off. Carries a powerful punch without distortion.

So I recently bought these speakers and am in the process of running them in. Got a Denon amp setup with cables already run in. Happy with the buy at current. They do require a stand to get them at the right height. Really nice wood finish and the front grills are delicate from my personal opinion. Love the shape, bass is clean for the price. Tweeters are good quality but once fully run in, will be able to update the review with much more accurate info.Overall, works well with the Wharfedale S150 sub but I've heard the sub tends to break after 6 months so will see if it's just how users are setting up or if it's build quality.