Never mind the wharfedale 4.2’s....save your money and grab a pair of the wharfedale diamond 225’s (usually $449) now only $299 at music direct!. They won both the Stereophile and Absolute Sound product of the year award a few years back and are still available. I own them and they punch way above their price, as you say...the midrange will be better than the 4.2’s. Read the part time audiophile review on the 4.2’s....he mentioned some things concerning the midrange, which I did not like. The bass on the 225 will be better as well. Stereophile found there to be measurable output at 31.5 HZ! Granted down in DB from the rated 40 HZ...but amazing non the less. I like the 225 so much I have a pair in reserve for when they no longer make them. Right now they are put away, as I’m enjoying my Tannoys....herb Reichert liked the 225’s better than his ls50’s, the elac B6, and even his falcons!
"The Diamond 225 had a pacey, easy-flowing transparency that made my KEF LS50s sound slightly thick, my Technics SB-C700s sound slightly dry, my Falcon Acoustics LS3/5as sound a mite bright. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to say those things, but that’s what I heard."
Some of the stuffy jerks here can laugh all they want and balk at a pair of 449 dollar speakers all they want, I can care less! I hear what I hear and can see why these speakers are so special!
https://www.musicdirect.com/speakers/wharfedale-diamond-225-bookshelf-speakers
"The Diamond 225 had a pacey, easy-flowing transparency that made my KEF LS50s sound slightly thick, my Technics SB-C700s sound slightly dry, my Falcon Acoustics LS3/5as sound a mite bright. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to say those things, but that’s what I heard."
Some of the stuffy jerks here can laugh all they want and balk at a pair of 449 dollar speakers all they want, I can care less! I hear what I hear and can see why these speakers are so special!
https://www.musicdirect.com/speakers/wharfedale-diamond-225-bookshelf-speakers