Wharfedale Diamond 12 Review

I thnk the Wharfdale Diamond 12 series, especially the bookshelf speakers, do need a sub-woofer to get the full range of sound on the low end. I paired mine with Wharfedale Diamond SW-150 sub and that really provided an amazoing experience on the low end. The Wharfedale Diamond 12's are really quite natural sounding. They have a sweetness and warmth to them that really makes them special in that mdrange to low high end. They do roll off slightly at the top of the highs, but I feel this helps them sound less sibilant and less fatiguing.
Overall, I feel these are a great speaker, look good, have good sound stage and imaging and sound great if you like a slightly forward mid range.

i'm sure you know. there is nooooooooo way you can 'show' what the sound sounds like here. it just doesnt work

I had a few different whatfedale speakers over the years. They all sounded like pure SH!the. I used a whatfedale center for a few years and vocals on it were terrible ,I had a whatfedale speaker they had a cheek to call a subwoofer which sounded more like a weak bookshelf speaker with very little bass and I had a pair of floor standing whatfedales which were rubbish. One of my friends had a set of those Whatfedale cubes and computer speakers sounded better than them 😂.

After giving Whatfedale three chances I'll never buy any of their speakers again.

P.s. I am not saying I hated whatfedale speakers before I got whatfedale speakers. I heard good things about the brand before buying them. My experience with the brand is not a good one though.

The decision is always up to you The Whalfedale Diamond Speakers have been given a 5 ☆☆☆☆☆ from many different high fi people in the know. Look them up. : )

What is the name of the stand the bookshelf speaker is on?

What did you set the crossover for the center channel? As it's 90hz, probably need to set it to 100hz? Is that an issue?

With all of the rest crossed over at 80 and the center at 100? Or just crossover everything at 100?

Got myself a set of 12s went for the 10.3 10.c 10.0 and added the sw-10 can't wait to plug them to my denon x1700h and listen to them... I've tried klipsch r50 r40 r30c and r12sw and didn't like them, I felt fatigue even when listening at low volume...
I'm expecting a much better performance from the wharfedales and a warmer sound signature...
Thanks for sharing!

I've just purchased the 12.1 and seen alot of hate across the internet on them people saying the 12.0 is alot better. starting to regret my choice already! 😞

I still have my Wharfdale Diamond 8, 5.0 setup and still working well 20 years later. Considering moving to 12 setup. Do you think the 12.0 is a good fit with the 12.4 and 12.c or would the 12.1 or 12.2 be a better fit?

Great review! Which one would be your choice? Q acoustics cinema pack or wharferdale set (with 12.4)

Wharfedale always makes great design speakers

Your reviews are great but you talk with a strange whisper that's hard to adjust to.

Great review and very close to my own experience auditioning these. They are great speakers but to me they just felt a little lifeless, probably due to the lack of treble like you said. I ended up purchasing the Bowers&Wilkins 603 S2 AE instead; the detail and clarity are off the charts compared to the Wharfedale but I guess that's to be expected given the price difference lol.

These are on my buy list. Love the white.

Oh lala!

Man those speakers are absolutely gorgeous! Very, very beautiful speakers. Great review as usual man. I really want to hear these now.

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Very nice speakers I almost bought the evo series ones