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Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 Loudspeakers | Audio Emotion
Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 Loudspeakers | Audio Emotion
Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 Loudspeakers | Audio Emotion
Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 Loudspeakers | Audio Emotion
Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 Loudspeakers | Audio Emotion

Product Description

The more compact of the Wharfedale DIAMOND 12 series floorstanding options, the DIAMOND 12.3 loses none of the accuracy and musicality of the standmount (bookshelf) options. With enhanced presence and power, the DIAMOND 12.3 is refined and the perfect, affordable floorstanding speaker for 2-channel hi-fi systems, or as the front pair of a seriously impressive home theatre system.

Configured in a 2.5 way system with exception crossover technology, the DIAMOND 12.3 utilises dual 130mm (5) KlarityTM drivers for impactful yet refined mid-range and bass frequencies, while the 25mm (1) dome tweeter delivers open and smoothly extended high frequencies.

Features

Klarity Aords Focus
NEW Klarity cone material, formulated from a blend of Polypropylene and mica adds stiness to reduce exing, enabling a lightweight cone with high rigidity, low colouration and lightning-fast response.

Low Colour and Expression
The Klarity cone is tted with a low-damping surround, thereby achieving both low colouration and expressive dynamics. By simulating many dierent cone shapes and adding ribs to provide further stiening, a at response curve was achieved without resorting to a high-damping surround, thereby striking the ideal balance.

A Magnet of Forces
A precision-made magnet system with an aluminium compensation ring to minimise the eect of variations in inductance as the voice coil travels. This contributes to an absence of distortion and intermodulation generated by the motor system.

A Voice Coil Beyond This Class
The voice coil is wound on a high-power epoxy/glass bre bobbin highly unusual in 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 stier than the Kapton type associated with this price-class.

DIAMOND Highs
The 25mm dome is made from a woven polyester lm with a high-loss coating to deliver 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 at 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.

A Crossover of Style
The crossover network uses an acoustic 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. 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 modied to compensate, resulting in fast, clean bass with no distortion from the inductor.

Firm and fair
The DIAMOND 12.1 s rear-ported enclosure is precisely sized so that the internal volume works in harmony with the drive unit system to deliver the desired sonic result. A multi-layered sandwich design subdues the identiable characteristics of the cabinets sound. Even the resonant properties of the glue between the layers was measured to determine the optimum combination.

Brace Yourself
Inside the cabinet, Intelligent Spot Bracing connects opposite walls with a specic form of the wood brace to achieve an optimal reduction of cabinet resonance. These braces are precisely modelled by computer simulation to improve upon the commonplace gure of eight brace, which may simply transfer resonance from one wall to another.

Technical Specifications

General Description2.5-way floorstanding speaker
Enclosure typebass reex
Bass driver5"(130mm) advanced PP Cone
Midrande driver5"(130mm) advanced PP Cone
Treble driver1"(25mm) Textile Dome
AV ShieldNo
Sensitivity(2.83V @ 1m)89dB
Recommended Amplier Power30-150W
Peak SPL102dB
Nominal impedance8 Compatible
Minimum impedance5
Frequency response(+/-3dB)45Hz ~ 20kHz
Bass extension(-6dB)40Hz
Crossover frequency2.2kHz
Cabinet Volume (in litres)26.6L
Dimensions
(H x W x D )
(925+50) x 180 x (320+28) mm
Net Weight19.5kg/pcs

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Specifications

Speaker Type
Floorstanding
Brand
Wharfedale
Condition
New
Product Code
WDALE-DMND12.3

Delivery Information

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