Wharfedale Diamond Pro Monitors

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MM,

The Diamonds you first heard.......were they from the "Pro" range and active or passive, or from the domestic hi-fi range?

Deepwater,

Do you know what, if any, difference there is between the Pro and hi-fi range of 8.1 and 8.2 monitors.

:cool:
 
I have not heard the Hi-Fi, But I'm sure they are not flat. Hi-Fi speakers are hyped in the lows ans highs for dynamic sound. Where as studio monitors are more flat. The monitor that everyone is buying here is the pro 8.2A
 
Cool, many thanks.

BTW, that price of $275 you quoted.........was that each or for a pair?

:cool:
 
Does anybody know how different the monitors are from the standard hi-fi 8.2's? I am using the hi-fi ones.
 
From the quick look I just had at both the Wharfedale (hifi) and WharfedalePro sites, if the photos of the speakers are up to date, it would appear that the yellow driver is only used in the hifi range and that the Pro monitors use a black cone.
 
That's the difference visually. Wharfedale contacted me quite a while back to see if I wanted to do some "beta testing" of the new Pro line - Somehow, they knew I had a set of 8.2's that I used here (maybe they search the forums) that I was quite happy with. They said that the difference in sound was minimal at best.

It's my guess that the only difference between the non-powered Pro's and the standard Diamond's is that the Pro's are shielded. And the black cone, of course...
 
I like the yellow cones!

The other difference of course is that the actives are bi-amped, although you can bi-amp the passives if you want to, but with having to buy a crossover and a second amp that would probably cost more than buying a par of actives.

I want to upgrade my regular hi-fi speakers downstairs (I have Kef Coda 7's and the bass response is not good) and am toying with the idea of moving my passive W'dales down there and replacing them in the music room with a pair of actives.
 
Damn this is turning out to be a monsterthread. I auditioned the passive 8.2, like dhtem a lot (and they are very neutral sounding, at least to my ears.) Goign to try the actives soon.

Massive, you say you tested the actives? Really small difference? in what way?

(cuz that bryston still isn't mine... :cool: )
 
Damn this is turning out to be a monsterthread. I auditioned the passive 8.2, like dhtem a lot (and they are very neutral sounding, at least to my ears.) Goign to try the actives soon.

Massive, you say you tested the actives? Really small difference? in what way?

(cuz that bryston still isn't mine... :cool: )

Ps. I like yellow better too. Made my band mates almost drool. No i might get the actives and they will be like "hey, what is this crap? Where are those bitching ones you promised us?" LOL.
 
It has to be confirmed but it appears that the yellow cones may only be in the "hifi range" of Diamonds.........I'm not sure whether they are available as actives or if there is only a passive model.

The "studio monitor" models are from the "Diamond Pro" range and at this stage appear to be using a black cone and are available as passive or active.

What Massive Master has said is that he was told there is minimal difference in the sound between the "hifi Diamond" which is apparently passive and the passive version of the Diamond Pro.................it is possible that apart from the cone and some cosmetic changes, that the hifi and Pro speakers are the same. Obviously the actives may be a different story.
 
Deepwater,

Is there any obvious markings indicating "country of manufacture" on the Pro series and if anyone has the yellow coned model could they please check on those too.

I ask as there is a pricing anomally here and this info may explain it.

:cool:
 
Thanks for that................I knew W/dale were a UK company but comments made locally implied that these speakers are coming out of China, hence the competitive pricing. Here at least, the "Pro" models are quite a lot cheaper than the hifi models.
 
I received a pair of the Diamond Pro 8.2's yesterday and I am lovin' them! Great definition in lo and lo-mid. More balanced in the mids than my NS-10's (I always have to turn up guitars louder than I think they should be). And man they can CRANK! I'm very impressed! Well worth the money.
 
...or Yamaha MSP-5's???

Hello all,

I am on the brink of purchasing either of these nearfield's and would like to know if anyone has done any A/B comparison's between the two.
I have carefully auditioned the Yamaha MSP-5's but only had the opportunity to A/B them with Alesis M1 Active's and Fostex 0.5's. (Suffice to say that the MSP-5's are easily a better monitoring speaker than these two...)
I have read excellent reviews about the Wharfedale's as well as all the comments here. I have also read a review conducted by a hi-fi journalist who said something to the effect that if it was flattery you were looking for...look elsewhere. From a recording/mixing point of view I took this to be a very positive statement, indicating that the speaker has a revealing nature to it (i.e. what we all want in a monitor, right?)

Wharfedale 8.2A...699 AUD (street price; 500)
Yamaha MSP-5...1,390 AUD (street price; 1000)

I can't find anyone who has the Wharfedale's available to audition (hence my request for opinions) but by all accounts it's looking like the extra cost of the MSP-5's isn't justified.

Thanks,
Skan.
 
I'm in Melbourne ausrock. Where are you? I listened to the Yamaha's at Allans Music.

You make an interesting point above that the active's are cheap (not to mention cheaper than the passive's, which are apparently made in the UK). Does this necesarily mean that the active's are of lesser quality??
 
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