Spec does not really define the sound signature. Is just one small portion of it

yup, what he said. I can understand this as I own both Diamond 122 and Denton 80th Anniversary, one can sound harsher with some less than perfect recording, but the Diamond is more immune to dynamic and power, while Denton is kinda power hungry, it will not sound good if insufficient power feed to it, Denton sound very forgiving while still able to bring the music details, with decent bass punch

Well is like comparing a Honda city and Honda Accord is not quite the same

so bro diamond 122 hows it sounds like? suit for movie and jazz?

Yes, suit movie and jazz, basically most genre lah, it's consider a good speakers, just that the craftsmanship is not so good for Diamond 100 series, look for Diamond 200 series, it solve the cabinet issue. Also for movie purpose, suggest you add a sub lol, Diamond goes down to around 45hz, which is enough for most music listening. The sound on Diamond 100 tend to airy, flexible bass, more emphasis on drivers instead of cabinet, so I think the weakpoint on the cabinet. Better you have a look first, Diamond 10 series could be better looking to you.

i mostly aiming diamond 10.2.....sunday maybe will go desa kepong audition....any suggestion?

You are asking what suggestion ?

anything wanna take note during audition time?

Just listen to the sound if is to your liking. Nothing in particular. It might suits me and not you. So your ear should be the judge

thanks man....

Happy hunting

im using diamond 155,IMHO good for music listening but not for movie unless with audyssey xt32

In my personal view, I will give brightness ratings for Wharfedale Diamond series as below:

Brightness Ratings
Diamond 8 -> 1 out of 5
Diamond 9 -> 0 out of 5
Diamond 10 -> 2 out of 5

Other brands
Mordaunt-Short MS900i series ---> 4 out of 5
Mission M30 series ------> 3 out of 5
Mission MX series -------> 2 out of 5

That's why I am very careful in choosing new speakers now.

yup, mordaunt short has metal tweeter and quite efficient. im using ms502 front set.

My last advice:

1. A bad speakers will ruin your music listening pleasure easily, while only hide noise in poorly recording track

2. A good speakers will make you enjoy music, more forgiving for less than perfect recording and sacrifice very little on resolution and details

For point 2, it's a long verification process

Choose your test tracks wisely, good luck and have fun hunting your speakers

Hi Bro,

May I know what you mean by "sound very forgiving"? What does this mean?

Thanks.

hmm, it may not apply to everyone, really depends how many genre of music you listen to, I'm a bit mixed when listen to music, no specific genre for me, sound great to my ears are good music. Some speakers sound good with vocal & jazz, some good with bass/pop songs, some good at new age instrumental, some good at rock & roll, if a speakers can play all these effortlessly without much sacrifice analytical details, I will consider it a forgiving speakers, or even so some speakers will not sound good without preamp or sound tuning, but a good speakers should sound good if given clean amplification, in that case I will consider the speakers forgiving too, thus save your time to do more works to get balanced and musical sound

ic, Thanks for clarify !

guys...i called desa and wanna ask do they got Diamond series...they said now no more stock....any idea where can get Diamond series in KL area?

You can contact Wharfaudio & Visual Sdn Bhd, they got Facebook page