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Wharfedale - Reva/Diamond

Does anyone here have any experience with the Wharfedale Diamond 11 series or Reva series?

The Reva 3s and 4s looks fantastic.  They seem to have everything I want from a speaker.  Soft dome tweeter, full range, beautiful fit and finish (Walnut!) and the right price tag, but I can't find more than one or two reviews of them, and for the most part none of them were favorable.  I find this hard to believe.  I called the only two Wharfedale dealers around me and neither of them carry the Revas in stock for me to take a listen.  One did say that he actually liked the sound of the new Diamond 11 series better.  "More Refined" is how he put it. 

So this poses another problem for me...   Wharfedale seems to have a lot of speakers in the $1,000 to $2,000 range - Diamond 250, Diamond 11.5, Reva 3... All with woven polyglass woofers and soft dome tweeters. How different can they all be?


I currently own the Diamond 10.7s, but have grown tired of their fit and finish and loose, relaxed sound.  I am aiming to upgrade slightly to something with a soft dome tweeter, but hopefully a little more airy, something that will reach a little higher than the 10.7s.  I hope to gain tighter, more precise low end and of course a nicer look as well. 

So..  How to those Revas sound?


10000_hz_legend
10000_hz_legend OP
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Leemaze - 

I have had my eye on the Wharfedale Evo’s!  They look amazing and have received race reviews.

But, it appears they have the exact same woofers as the Reva 4’s which I wasn’t satisfied with.  I really don’t understand why Wharfedale keeps using phase plugs on their dedicated woofers.  Phase plugs, as far as I understand, are for helping direct mid to high frequencies and serve no purpose on a dedicated woofer.  The space between the phase plug and cone causes air to move in and out of the cabinet causing chuffing at higher excursions and without a center dust cap the cone moves substantially less air. 
I just don’t understand their thinking on this, especially with such a reportedly well integrated top end.
leemaze
330 posts
 
I finally took the plunge and bought the EVO 4.4 towers in white oak. Will report back in a few weeks in comparison to the Diamond 10.7s

cheers!
jasonsim
113 posts
 

@leemaze Any thoughts and/or comments on your experience with the Evo 4.4s?  I've been considering upgrading my Reva 3's.  

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