Wharfedale Diamond 11 HCP - 2 x 11.0, 1 x 11CC and 1 x SW-10
The Wharfedale Diamond 11 HCP fresh from winning AVTech's Best Compact Speaker Package award. The Diamond 11.0 Black the Diamond 9 and Diamond 10 ranges, which yielded What Hi-Fi? Product of the Year Awards in 2005 and 2009 for the Diamond 9.1 and 10.1 respectively. New drive units across the range, designed and built in-house to deliver exceptional performance at this price level. The result is an affordable speaker range with a distinctly premium look and sound.
Extensive improvements made to the Diamond 11 Series include:
- New drive units across the range, designed and built in-house to deliver exceptional performance at this price level.
- Bass/midrange drivers incorporate massive magnet designs, special ribbed baskets and advanced suspension to complement their woven Kevlar cones.
- High-performance textile-domed tweeter sports an over-sized ceramic magnet and specially shaped rear chamber.
- Redesigned crossover network, perfected over thousands of hours of listening tests.
- Cabinet walls made from a sandwich of woods of differing density, ensuring excellent acoustic characteristics and an impeccable standard of finish.
- Bass loading via an improved version of Wharfedale’s slot-loaded distributed port, enabling deep, articulate and well-integrated bass with an absence of ‘chuffing’.
The latest generation of Diamond speakers includes design elements never previously seen at such affordable price points. At the start of the design process, Wharfedale’s engineers went back to basics to create a loudspeaker system that would once again revolutionise this sector of the hi-fi market and bring high-end performance – and style – within reach of many music lovers, not just the wealthy few.
Whereas most affordable speaker systems are based on drive units that are built down to a price, Wharfedale started with the premise that Diamond drivers should be aimed at performance. That is why the Diamond 11 Series sports advanced driver systems incorporating elements that normally only find their way into high-end loudspeakers.
Wharfedale Diamond 11.CC Centre Speaker
Specification:-
Configuration 2-way centre speaker
Enclosure type Bass reflex
Bass/mid drivers 2x 100mm woven Kevlar
Tweeter 25mm textile dome
Sensitivity 87dB
Recommended amp power 25-100W
Nominal impedance 8 Ohms compatible
Frequency response 85Hz-20kHz
Cabinet volume 5L
Dimensions (HxWxD) 145x420x138mm
Weight (each) 5kg
Wharfedale Diamond SW-10
The SW series of subwoofers offer a level of performance previously unheard of in their class. Revolutionary drive units, amplifier modules and filter stages feature on every model. They strike the perfect balance between power and sound quality, offering remarkable sound pressure levels, yet retaining enough control to be considered audiophile in quality.
The new range of SW subwoofers comes with a host of new features. They now come with Non-pressed paper cones for increase self-damping, improved transient impact and intern increased the structural rigidity of the cone itself. The center vents are copper lined to reduce the magnetic distortion and improve the heat dissipation.
Still utilising the solid, well-engineered power amplifiers the SW subwoofers are optimised for high impact at low frequencies and are ideal for movies or music. With the various finishes to the cabinets - Rosewood /Walnut Pearl/White sandex/Blackwood Vinyl with Hi-gloss baffle – these subwoofers look great with matching floorstanding speakers.
Specification:-
Drive Units 1 x (10") 250mm cone long-throw
Frequency Response 40 - 120Hz ±3dB
Amplifier Power Output 200W
Peak Power Output 350W
Line Input Sensitivity 200mv for maximum output
Crossover Range 30 - 150Hz
Inputs Stereo Line In (2 x RCA Phono)
Mono (LFE) Line In (RCA Phono)
Input Impedance Line Input 10kΩ
LFE 5kΩ
Signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) ≥ 85dB
Avg. Max Output @1m 110dB
Features Phase inversion, Auto on-off
Dimensions Height: (358+58)mm(with feet)
Width: 336mm
Depth: (366+15)mm
Net weight 15kg
Finishes Cabinet: Rosewood /Walnut Pearl/White sandex/Blackwood Vinyl with Hi-gloss baffle
Accessories IEC power cord