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Diamond Active Series stereo speakers combine Wharfedale’s award-winning acoustic design with ‘true wireless’ freedom for modern digital lifestyles

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DIAMOND ACTIVE

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A thrilling listening experience with zero hassle

Wharfedale Diamond Active Series couple innovative, convenient wireless technology with an award-winning loudspeaker formula for tremendous bass delivery and scintillating high frequencies.

There is no need for bulky amplifiers and trailing wires anymore.

Two packages are available - The Diamond A1 (2 x bookshelf speakers) and the Diamond A2 (2 x floorstanding speakers). Each system is linked together wirelessly, via the included Diamond H1 Hub, which acts as the central console for all your music sources, including analogue, digital and Bluetooth aptX connections - Everything the modern music lover needs.

The speakers are Individually powered by the latest in digital amplification - a room-filling 100W per system. Combined with Wharfedale’s proprietary Woven-Kevlar bass driver and textile soft-dome tweeter as seen in the multi-award winning Diamond 200 series the result is a jaw-dropping sound, usually associated with more complicated audio setups.


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Access all your audio sources effortlessly, with Wharfedale’s innovative, true wireless system

Unlike other wireless and active speakers where controls and inputs are often placed awkwardly on the back panel, Wharfedale engineers have developed a unique hub, which works as the central console for your music.

The Diamond H1 Hub features Optical, Coaxial and RCA inputs on the rear panel with an additional Bluetooth aptX connection for wireless integration of laptops, smart phones and tablet devices. It’s controlled gracefully via the touch sensitive display, or for even more convenience you can use the included remote. Once connected to your source, the Diamond H1 Hub works independently from the speakers using the 5.8GHz wireless frequency band.

Place it on your TV stand, desktop, or wherever you want, without the worry of speaker placement and trailing wires in-between the units - that’s why we call it ‘True Wireless’.

To ensure the same high standard of sound as conventional wired audio systems, Wharfedale engineers have utilised an advanced wireless module, operating on the 5.8gHz frequency band. While avoiding the often crowded 2.4gHz band, the Diamond Active system is able to switch intelligently between frequencies, guaranteeing minimal interference, wherever your speakers may be placed. Additionally, the DAC is built around a high performance 24bit chipset delivering a CD-like quality from all devices. Both the Diamond A1 and Diamond A2 speaker packages include the Wharfedale Diamond H1 Hub.

HOW IT WORKS...

DIAMOND A2

Diamond A2 stereo speakers combine Wharfedale’s award-winning acoustic design with ‘true wireless’ freedom for modern digital lifestyles

The Diamond Active Series from Wharfedale, Britain’s best-known loudspeaker brand, delivers wireless connectivity with a difference. Whilst not the first stereo speakers to offer integrated amplification and Bluetooth connectivity with compatible devices including smartphones, tablets and computers, our clever ‘true wireless’ technology ensures greater flexibility than many such designs. This, combined with award-winning sonic know-how, delivers levels of convenience and performance that separate the Diamond Active Series from the rest of the wireless speaker crowd.

What Models Are There?

The Diamond A2, is the larger floorstanding speaker in the series at 91.2cm high. The Diamond A1 is the smaller ‘bookshelf’-size speaker (31.5cm high) in the range. The Diamond A2 speakers are supplied in a pair with accompanying Diamond H1 Hub. Within each speaker is a 50W amplifier in each speaker to deliver a combined ‘system power’ of 100W.

How Do They Work?

Wharfedale’s Diamond Active Series speakers work differently to conventional wireless or powered speakers. They include an advanced wireless hub, to which the playback device is paired via Bluetooth (with support for the sonically superior aptX codec). The H1 hub then conveys the left and right audio signals to the appropriate speaker via uncompressed wireless transmission, allowing greater freedom in terms of positioning. As well as removing the need for the speakers to be connected together via a cable – that’s why we call it ‘true wireless’ – the fact that each speaker incorporates its own 50W amplifier helps to ensure consistent, fully optimised stereo sound.

To enable interference-free wireless transmission, the H1 hub avoids the often-crowded 2.4GHz frequency band, focusing on 5.8GHz instead. The intelligent wireless module has the ability to switch automatically between frequencies when required, thus avoiding any local interference wherever the speakers are sited. Each speaker may be placed up to 20m from the hub, giving exceptional positioning flexibility; the only other siting requirement is that both speakers, with their dedicated amplifiers, need to be plugged into the mains.

Drivers

The Diamond A2 sports two proprietary 165mm bass/mid drivers, made with woven Kevlar – as featured in the Diamond 200 Series. The cone incorporate semi-elliptical ‘break-up’ areas, which smooth the response throughout the audible range, while rear-firing reflex ports augment the bass.

The 25mm fabric dome tweeter is also derived from the Diamond 200 Series, incorporating a precision-drive magnet system and a meticulously designed waveguide around the diaphragm for optimal dispersion. The drive units are combined via a sophisticated crossover network, specifically developed to optimise the performance of the Diamond Active speakers’ integrated amplifier/driver configuration, delivering a cohesive performance that is bold and engaging, yet also impressively refined.

All Diamond Active Models are available in a choice of Black Leatherette with High Gloss White or a High Gloss Black Front Baffle.

Specifications

Design philosophy and core technology5.8GHz True Wireless technology
+/- 6dB Bass Control
Balance Function
Mode selector: Left/Mono/Right
Digital Amplifier with DSP
Digital Input1 x Coaxial, 1 x Toslink Optical
Analog InputRCA x 2
Bluetooth InputaptX (Priority), SBC
Input sensitivity350mV
Signal frequencies5.2/5.8GHz wireless uncompressed
Sampling rate for digital inputsUp to 24bit / 96kHz
Wireless reception distance20m
Enclosure typebass reflex
Transducer complement2.5-way
Drivers165mm Woven Kevlar Woofer x 2 / 25mm Soft Dome Tweeter
System power output100W
Peak SPL96dB
Frequency response (+/-3dB)40Hz – 20KHz
Bass extension (-6dB)35Hz
Crossover frequency2.8kHz
Speaker FinishBlack Leatherette with High Gloss White / Black Front Baffle
Hub FinishHigh Gloss Black with Touch Sensitive Display
Speaker Dimensions & Weight (each)
Cabinet Volume38L
Height (on feet)(912+25)mm
Width210mm
Depth(300+10)mm
Net Weight18.8 Kg
Hub Dimensions & Weight
Height28.8mm
Width150mm
Depth156mm
Net weight0.46kg

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