Rating: 
Summary: Over hyped
Review: Bought some Diamond 8.2's a few months back. After listening to them with all different types of music and also playing them to friends and family the response was rather negative. These speakers
have a really boomy bass, at some points it was hard to distinguish other sounds over it. I tried turning it up and at points the vocal became disorted and shrill, it also sound very flat and 2 dimensional.When played at low, easy listening levels the musical details are lost by the silk dome tweeter and its overly tame driver.
I dont use these any more as i have bought myself some Bose but i would not recommend them to anyone except those on a very tight budget who are not so fussy about sound quality.
Rating: 
Summary: Outstanding speakers
Review: I bought these speakers as a Christmas present to myself last Christmas, and they partner a Cambridge Audio A500 Integrated amplifier, connected to it using Gale XL315 speaker cable, and are sitting atop of Atacama SE1000 speaker stands. The amplifier is connected to my PC and a Sky Digital receiver, so I am being a little criminal with the source at the moment. I mainly listen to trance music, but have listened to all kinds of music at some stage. As you will gather from the previous paragraph, they are also in use for watching TV and movies. So, what do I think of these speakers? Absolutley superb is what I think of them. Its at times quite hard to believe that the sound is coming out of two relatively small boxes. These speakers have a "large" sound. What do I mean by this? Basically, I mean they sound like larger speakers. Like floorstanders if you will. The amount of bass that comes from these speakers is surprising, it hits quite deep, and the quality is simply excellent for a bookshelf speaker. Elsewhere, the speakers have beautifully crisp, smooth, silk dome tweeters, which are never bright or tiring, but are very revealing for the price of these speakers. Hence they are very unforgiving of badly recorded material. However, give it well recorded material, and it simply beggars belief that music coming from such good value speakers can sound like this. Add to this, the speakers have Kevlar 6.5" woofers, providing the bass and mids, and the speakers seem to have quite a prominent midrange, which for me equates into quite a lively, exciting sound. Overall, I am simply blown away by these speakers, they simply flatten any speaker that costs the same price, no doubt about it whatsoever. At double the price, I would of been happy, but at £135s, I am delighted.
Rating:
Summary: these rule!!!
Review: i got a pair for my 12th birthday 20 years ago...still the best i've heard or seen!
Rating:
Summary: Amazing Musicality and Soundstage for Little Money
Review: I was a bit worried when I ordered the Wharfedale Diamond 8.2's based solely on written recommendations from here and from the web. Any concerns I had disappeared the first moment I heard them. They give clean musical sound with a transparency and realistic soundstage I didn't think possible from such an inexpensive speaker. The sound just 'pops' on these babies and you'll hear things that never made it to your ears before. I'm running them with ancient Carver equipment (TFM-25 amp, CT-17 Sonic Holography Preamp tuner) that has never sounded sweeter. The sound is clean and strong throughout the music range. These speakers handle high volume room filling sound cleanly and yet play great at low volume as well. An unbeatable sound/price ratio, I highly recommend the Wharefdale Diamond 8.2s.
Rating:
Summary: Superb, sublime, and fully righteous.
Review: I'm test driving these speakers right now, with
a very worn copy of Steely Dan's Gaucho. Even if
you don't like the Dan (heresy!) the quality of
sound from these speakers cannot, MUST not, be
denied. They are fantastic, and I'm using an
old Sony boom box, worn as much as my poor Gaucho
tape, to power them. My new receiver, a fine
Harman Kardon, is on the way. I'll be
combining this with an as of yet undetermined
tape/cd/dvd/ ensemble. In addition, I will
apply a pair of Wharfedale Atlantic 100's which I've
been running off the boom box for a month or so
now. The result is hard to comprehend, I suspect it
will be most excellent!
Rating:
Summary: gorgeous sound!
Review: Ive been a music producer, record executive, and pop music critic. besides all that i've been a music fanatic since i got my first transistor radio in 1965. i need superb speakers! after shopping around brick and mortar stores, and having been flummoxed by high prices, too many options, and imbecilic sales people i came to Amazon and began reading reviews. then i ordered these fantastic speakers. i cannot over state how happy i am with them. it's just a wonderful experience... even listening to records i have heard thousands of times. i didn't want huge speakers dominating my living room (actually my wife didn't want that), but i NEED a clear vibrant bass sound. i like to hear clean high frequencies, but i don't want shrill fake treble. in the studio, we would use Yamaha NS-10's for the final mix. they offer a completely faithful, no-frills, replication of the recorded music. but they sound was so faithful that it was, well.... boring. these wharfedales are EXCITING. they are ALIVE. despite their small size they have full, warm,. round bass tones. even with my relatively low powered Denon 80 watt amp. one recommendation... plug your speaker wires into the Bass inputs in the rear of the speaker. there are two alternative plugs and when i switched to the bass inputs, the speakers realized their full potential. what a deal, too!
Rating:
Summary: Warfdale 8.2
Review: These are great little speakers. The wife didn't want the tower speakers so I "settled" with these little gems. I am not an audiophile, but I really do enjoy the sound of these speakers. For the size, they really do produce a great sound. Highly recommended.
Rating:
Summary: Absolutely Musical
Review: These remarkable and inexpensive speakers have an innate ability to sound "right" playing jazz (vocal and instrumental), popular music, as well as a wide range of classical music. In particular, I enjoy the degree of truth these speakers convey when reproducing the sound of a well-recorded piano. Great depth and presence with a rather narrowly-focused soundfield. These speakers offer terrific value-- another example of what British design and Chinese manufacture can achieve.
Rating:
Summary: Warfdale 8.2
Review: These speakers are phenomenal. I spent months researching speakers, listening at local hifi shops and reading reviews from London to Tokyo. After all is said and done, I think these beauties sound as well as any midsize (large bookshelf) speaker I heard. They are also an incredible bargain! I paid [price] + shipping from [store]. Beside the incredible sound the diamond 8.2's are very attractive. I have decided to save up for the larger 8.4's speakers and use the 8.2's for rear surround in my home theater system. If you are looking for rich sounding speakers that are still affordable, then consider these. p.s.
at the minimum bywire these speakers to boost tonal quality. The speakers come with directions on what to do, its worth it.
Rating:
Summary: Simply amazing!
Review: These speakers are phenomenal. I spent months researching speakers, listening at local hifi shops and reading reviews from London to Tokyo. After all is said and done, I think these beauties sound as well as any midsize (large bookshelf) speaker I heard. They are also an incredible bargain! I paid [price] + shipping from [store]. Beside the incredible sound the diamond 8.2's are very attractive. I have decided to save up for the larger 8.4's speakers and use the 8.2's for rear surround in my home theater system. If you are looking for rich sounding speakers that are still affordable, then consider these. p.s.
at the minimum bywire these speakers to boost tonal quality. The speakers come with directions on what to do, its worth it.
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