Description
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In the early 1980s, Wharfedale created the blueprint for modern ‘budget’ hi-fi speakers when it made the first-ever Diamond. The launch of a new Diamond range is always a major hi-fi event, What Hi-Fi described Diamond as “one of the most successful speaker ranges of all time” (What Hi-Fi? 2015). It’s also one of the most enduring – the range in it’s various guises has been on the market for the past 38 years, updated from one generation to the next.
Classic Diamond price points, industrial design that’s cool and contemporary yet still distinctly Wharfedale, and sound that delivers a new ‘budget’ benchmark through exceptional acoustic design and engineering are all features of the new range.
The DIAMOND 12.C brings cinema-quality vocal tangibility and depth to the Wharfedale DIAMOND 12 series home theatre system.
Designed as the centrepiece and perfect complement for the DIAMOND 12 series standmount (bookshelf) and floorstander models, the DIAMOND 12.C is compact, accurate and powerful.
Using dual 130mm (5″) KlarityTM drivers for accurate, refined mid-range and bass frequencies, while the 25mm (1″) dome tweeter delivers open and smoothly extended high frequencies opening up detail and depth for movies, sports and music.
The new Klarity cone material, formulated from a blend of Polypropylene and mica adds stiffness to reduce flexing, enabling a lightweight cone with high rigidity, low colouration and lightning-fast response. The Klarity cone is fitted with a low-damping surround, thereby achieving both low colouration and expressive dynamics. By simulating many different cone shapes and adding ribs to provide further stiffening, a flat response curve was achieved without resorting to a high-damping surround, thereby striking the ideal balance. A precision-made magnet system with an aluminium compensation ring to minimise the effect of variations in inductance as the voice coil travels. This contributes to an absence of distortion and intermodulation generated by the ‘motor system’.
The 25mm dome is made from a woven polyester film 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 flat 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.
Inside the cabinet, Intelligent Spot Bracing connects opposite walls with a specific 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 ‘figure of eight’ brace, which may simply transfer resonance from one wall to another.
Specifications:
- Enclosure type: Closed Box System
- Transducer complement: 2-way
- Bass driver: 5″(130mm) advanced PP Cone x2
- Treble driver: 1″(25mm) Textile Dome
- AV shield: No
- Sensitivity(2.83V @ 1m): 90dB
- Recommended amplifier power: 20-120W
- Peak SPL: 96dB
- Nominal impedance: 8 Ohms Compatible
- Minimum impedance: 4.0 Ohms
- Frequency response(+/-3dB): 90Hz ~ 20kHz
- Bass extension(-6dB): 80Hz
- Crossover frequency: 2.2kHz
- Cabinet Volume (in litres): 8.7L
- Dimensions ( H x W x D ): 180 x 480 x (180+28) mm
- Net weight: 8.5kg/pcs
In stock ready to dispatch with full UK VAT receipt.
