Wharfedale - Diamond 12.1 (Walnut)

Five-Inch Klarity Driver, Soft-Dome Tweeter, and Advanced Bracing Anchor Diamond 12.1: Wharfedale Bookshelf Loudspeaker Plays Music with Definition, Focus, Energy, and Insight It may not physically resemble the precious stone from which it takes its name, but everything about the Wharfedale Diamond 12.1 bookshelf loudspeaker shines. Like all of its Diamond 12 Series counterparts, the range's medium-sized monitor-style unit arrives completely redesigned from the ground up to set new performance benchmarks in its class. Allowing listeners generous freedom of placement, the two-way bass-reflex speaker renders sought-after detail, tonality, texture, depth, and space from your recordings with investigative insight, engaging definition, and thrilling energy. Able to play with a satisfying low end, Diamond 12.1 touts a five-inch bass driver comprised of trademarked Klarity cone material – formulated from a blend of polypropylene and mica to add stiffness while remaining lightweight for low coloration and fast responsiveness. Fitted with a low-damping surround and shaped to achieve a flat response curve, it produces expressive dynamics even on complex material. Diamond 12.1 also possesses a precision-crafted magnet system with an aluminum compensation ring to minimize the effect of variations in inductance as the voice coil travels, ultimately leading to an absence of distortion and intermodulation generated by the motor system. As for the aforementioned voice coil? It comes wound on an epoxy/glass-fiber bobbin produces higher power handling than those assembled on aluminum machines – and claims a stiffness lacking on Kapton types normally found on speakers at this price level.