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  • 18-06-2010 12:28am
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    vinniemac
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    I have a set of Wharfedale Active Diamonds that must be nearly 25 years old, and I'm thinking they've earned their retirement at this stage. Any suggestions as to what would be a suitable replacement for them? They'll be used for playing music in my office plugged into the sound card of my PC


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    Richersounds.ie: John
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    vinniemac wrote: »
    I have a set of Wharfedale Active Diamonds that must be nearly 25 years old, and I'm thinking they've earned their retirement at this stage. Any suggestions as to what would be a suitable replacement for them? They'll be used for playing music in my office plugged into the sound card of my PC

    Vinnie,

    Thanks for the post & I hope all is well (how are those nice Monitor Audio RS8's going?)

    Active speakers have fallen a bit in the Hi-Fi world - I remember those Wharfedales well tho - they were a great little piece of kit!

    Pretty much the only active speakers we have at the moment are the JBL Control 1G which are active & wireless(ish)

    These retail at just £149.95 and to be fair they do sound excellent for the money.

    Alternatively you could look at a small amp/receiver with a decent pair of speakers - we could do the excellent Teac Reference 300 AGH300 receiver with the Monitor Audio Bronze Reference One at just £179.95 and that would sound pretty great!

    Keep me posted if we can assist and great to hear from you again,

    ATB,

    John Mc & Crew

    John McDonald / Managing Director / Richer Sounds Ireland / www.richersounds.ie / johnmc@richersounds.ie



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    vinniemac
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    Hi John

    Thanks for the quick reply. Lovin' the RS8's especially after I bi-wired them which really made a difference despite my scepticism :-)

    The TEAC might do the job - I have a surplus pair of Q Acoustics 1010i's that I replaced with the RS8's that I could use with it. I'll have a look at other amps and receivers and get back to you in the next few days

    Regards

    Vinnie


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    Richersounds.ie: John
    Company Representative Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Richersounds.ie: John


    vinniemac wrote: »
    Hi John

    Thanks for the quick reply. Lovin' the RS8's especially after I bi-wired them which really made a difference despite my scepticism :-)

    The TEAC might do the job - I have a surplus pair of Q Acoustics 1010i's that I replaced with the RS8's that I could use with it. I'll have a look at other amps and receivers and get back to you in the next few days

    Regards

    Vinnie

    Vinnie,

    thanks for that - yep that Teac is a really great Receiver - it sounds great and looks really amazing - like a real old fashioned heavy piece of hi-fi when they made decent kit!

    Keep me posted if we can help,

    ATB,

    John Mc & Crew

    John McDonald / Managing Director / Richer Sounds Ireland / www.richersounds.ie / johnmc@richersounds.ie



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