Wharfedale DP8.1A Diamond Pro Active Monitor (5 in.)

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 8.9 out of 10
Quality:: 9 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 9 out of 10

Features:: 8 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10

User Reviews for Wharfedale DP8.1A Diamond Pro Active Monitor (5 in.)

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 8 out of 10
Quality:: 9 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 9 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10

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By a customer from mws.cc

Submitted: 6/18/2005

Style of Music: Acoustic, vocal

Experience: Audiofile turned hobbyist engineer

"Very Impressive Sound Quality - Hard to imagine a better speaker for $250/pair!"

This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.

Sound:

I ordered these to use on my computer for general music listening and as monitors for my work on archiving vinyl. Wow! I am very impressed with the sound quality, I didn't expect them to sound as nice as they do. I haven't listened to many other "studio" monitors, so I can't realy comment on their accuracy, but the imaging and fidelity are quite good. Simply amazing for $250! Low end is about what I expected for their size.

Feature:

Not many features, but the included grills are a plus for when you want keep them protected. I find the blue power LED to be a bit too bright, but I'll fix that. Contrary to the specs, these do have balanced inputs as well as an RCA jack.

Quality:

Seem to be very well made considering the price.

Value:

At this price point, I think these are hard to beat.

The Wow Factor:

At this price I may pick another pair to use with a networked music player like a Sqeezebox for a semi-portabe hi-end playback system around the house. With the RCA inputs they are easily interfaced with many consumer music devices as well.

Overall:

Unless they just fall appart, I expect I'll be able to find many uses for these monitors. They should keep me quite happy until I can afford the Mackie 824's or some Pinnacle's. However, as good as these sound, I've got other items to upgrade before I'd feel the need to replace these.